Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Durban · 10 editions (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 16,489 finishers
Editions: 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025
How to read it: in each row, the time under "Top 10%" is the time of the slowest athlete who still made the fastest 10% of the age group. Beat that time and you are in. Age groups with fewer than 5 finishers are omitted. Finishers only.
Men
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 12,039 | 4:16:17 | 4:41:13 | 4:57:31 | 5:18:31 | 6:01:43 | 3:37:22 |
| MPRO | 15 | 3:53:36 | 3:53:36 | 4:00:07 | 4:06:47 | 4:14:41 | 3:53:36 |
| M18-24 | 546 | 4:07:35 | 4:36:17 | 4:51:01 | 5:10:11 | 5:49:10 | 3:37:22 |
| M25-29 | 1,729 | 4:12:19 | 4:36:08 | 4:49:32 | 5:11:13 | 5:55:13 | 3:49:20 |
| M30-34 | 2,002 | 4:07:45 | 4:34:52 | 4:51:07 | 5:15:13 | 5:59:02 | 3:39:52 |
| M35-39 | 2,010 | 4:18:37 | 4:42:47 | 4:57:31 | 5:18:48 | 5:59:26 | 3:44:22 |
| M40-44 | 2,009 | 4:17:06 | 4:39:20 | 4:55:45 | 5:15:21 | 5:56:19 | 3:50:54 |
| M45-49 | 1,651 | 4:24:16 | 4:46:33 | 5:01:44 | 5:20:34 | 6:06:23 | 4:00:16 |
| M50-54 | 1,083 | 4:33:48 | 4:54:45 | 5:08:22 | 5:29:09 | 6:15:27 | 4:07:02 |
| M55-59 | 611 | 4:36:51 | 4:56:49 | 5:12:42 | 5:35:04 | 6:16:17 | 3:53:45 |
| M60-64 | 293 | 4:54:40 | 5:14:34 | 5:31:30 | 5:47:02 | 6:34:36 | 4:28:34 |
| M65-69 | 75 | 4:39:06 | 5:14:22 | 5:37:53 | 6:05:53 | 6:53:37 | 4:39:06 |
| M70-74 | 11 | 5:29:27 | 5:29:27 | 5:37:00 | 6:10:01 | 6:20:26 | 5:29:27 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 4,450 | 4:38:00 | 5:04:51 | 5:20:31 | 5:41:38 | 6:24:19 | 4:08:05 |
| FPRO | 9 | 4:28:41 | 4:28:41 | 4:28:41 | 4:32:40 | 4:38:48 | 4:28:41 |
| F18-24 | 267 | 4:43:44 | 5:06:01 | 5:16:17 | 5:37:42 | 6:14:40 | 4:32:40 |
| F25-29 | 844 | 4:31:49 | 4:59:09 | 5:15:06 | 5:36:28 | 6:19:44 | 4:10:53 |
| F30-34 | 797 | 4:36:32 | 5:05:46 | 5:20:18 | 5:42:43 | 6:25:37 | 4:15:38 |
| F35-39 | 735 | 4:38:05 | 5:00:01 | 5:13:45 | 5:34:23 | 6:20:44 | 4:08:05 |
| F40-44 | 708 | 4:40:11 | 5:07:49 | 5:18:21 | 5:39:59 | 6:20:59 | 4:23:41 |
| F45-49 | 560 | 4:47:24 | 5:12:02 | 5:27:45 | 5:47:27 | 6:28:37 | 4:11:16 |
| F50-54 | 293 | 4:46:00 | 5:19:14 | 5:32:52 | 5:56:06 | 6:36:08 | 4:29:52 |
| F55-59 | 166 | 5:01:50 | 5:26:06 | 5:34:06 | 5:57:40 | 6:29:26 | 4:47:12 |
| F60-64 | 49 | 5:11:32 | 5:32:16 | 5:42:12 | 5:58:04 | 6:59:47 | 5:11:32 |
| F65-69 | 15 | 6:14:09 | 6:14:09 | 6:33:01 | 6:39:51 | 7:24:38 | 6:14:09 |
| F70-74 | 7 | 7:24:03 | 7:24:03 | 7:24:03 | 7:28:46 | 8:01:54 | 7:24:03 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 2.7 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v3.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22097794.