Age-group thresholds

IRONMAN 70.3 Eagleman 2017 · 1,477 finishers

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 997 4:09:20 4:37:58 4:52:15 5:13:35 6:05:53 3:46:34
MPRO 21 3:46:34 3:54:49 3:58:51 4:01:25 4:10:43 3:46:34
M18-24 36 4:27:14 4:42:26 4:59:45 5:13:18 6:14:23 4:27:14
M25-29 89 4:23:40 4:32:57 4:44:03 5:07:18 6:00:22 4:23:40
M30-34 133 4:18:49 4:38:02 4:49:22 5:09:44 5:56:06 4:16:08
M35-39 159 4:25:53 4:37:40 4:48:28 5:08:44 5:52:16 4:20:50
M40-44 198 4:26:37 4:43:41 4:55:51 5:09:40 6:00:20 4:24:35
M45-49 152 4:38:37 4:52:15 5:03:43 5:17:10 6:13:36 4:30:04
M50-54 101 4:39:32 4:50:25 5:07:29 5:29:39 6:07:26 4:37:06
M55-59 55 5:03:42 5:17:38 5:23:59 6:00:26 6:29:41 5:03:42
M60-64 31 5:12:22 5:16:31 5:23:03 5:55:09 6:38:44 5:12:22
M65-69 13 5:17:10 5:17:10 5:18:23 5:22:00 5:56:34 5:17:10
M70-74 9 5:54:08 5:54:08 5:54:08 6:29:58 6:58:17 5:54:08

Women

Age group Finishers Top 1% Top 5% Top 10% Top 20% Median Best
All age groups 480 4:29:55 4:58:27 5:16:08 5:39:26 6:29:53 4:23:13
FPRO 17 4:23:13 4:23:13 4:23:32 4:29:26 4:33:48 4:23:13
F18-24 15 5:01:02 5:01:02 5:27:36 6:14:05 6:51:21 5:01:02
F25-29 49 4:44:50 5:12:02 5:37:51 5:54:36 6:33:39 4:44:50
F30-34 76 4:51:47 5:06:11 5:15:51 5:39:45 6:28:29 4:51:47
F35-39 72 4:53:06 4:58:57 5:11:22 5:47:28 6:38:11 4:53:06
F40-44 71 4:46:08 5:15:47 5:21:44 5:37:16 6:30:13 4:46:08
F45-49 75 4:58:27 5:15:29 5:21:42 5:34:44 6:25:29 4:58:27
F50-54 59 5:17:23 5:22:39 5:28:12 5:41:03 6:25:58 5:17:23
F55-59 34 5:37:11 5:45:51 5:50:21 5:57:48 6:46:34 5:37:11
F60-64 8 5:51:37 5:51:37 5:51:37 6:13:24 7:14:22 5:51:37

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.