Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 European Championship Elsinore · 5 editions (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) · 9,231 finishers
Editions: 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022
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 | 7,228 | 3:57:01 | 4:20:15 | 4:32:20 | 4:47:26 | 5:21:07 | 3:38:58 |
| MPRO | 115 | 3:39:21 | 3:39:46 | 3:41:06 | 3:44:26 | 3:51:54 | 3:38:58 |
| M18-24 | 354 | 3:59:50 | 4:11:23 | 4:21:59 | 4:35:33 | 5:10:04 | 3:55:54 |
| M25-29 | 735 | 4:03:02 | 4:12:07 | 4:22:24 | 4:40:22 | 5:12:48 | 3:53:24 |
| M30-34 | 906 | 4:06:30 | 4:20:26 | 4:27:18 | 4:41:36 | 5:13:07 | 3:56:35 |
| M35-39 | 889 | 4:10:54 | 4:22:24 | 4:30:47 | 4:42:55 | 5:15:52 | 4:01:04 |
| M40-44 | 1,211 | 4:14:39 | 4:26:12 | 4:35:17 | 4:48:06 | 5:19:50 | 3:58:32 |
| M45-49 | 1,240 | 4:15:52 | 4:29:14 | 4:40:06 | 4:51:55 | 5:24:45 | 4:02:58 |
| M50-54 | 1,039 | 4:22:53 | 4:36:27 | 4:45:26 | 4:57:37 | 5:30:24 | 4:10:07 |
| M55-59 | 495 | 4:32:20 | 4:44:34 | 4:52:42 | 5:07:50 | 5:39:23 | 4:21:48 |
| M60-64 | 172 | 4:33:02 | 4:50:52 | 5:01:05 | 5:12:09 | 5:53:21 | 4:31:23 |
| M65-69 | 57 | 4:56:20 | 5:02:48 | 5:08:17 | 5:23:23 | 5:56:37 | 4:56:20 |
| M70-74 | 12 | 5:47:46 | 5:47:46 | 6:03:08 | 6:06:23 | 6:22:12 | 5:47:46 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 2,003 | 4:16:18 | 4:40:53 | 4:54:51 | 5:12:25 | 5:49:57 | 3:59:57 |
| FPRO | 59 | 3:59:57 | 4:05:18 | 4:07:07 | 4:09:34 | 4:17:48 | 3:59:57 |
| F18-24 | 102 | 4:32:40 | 4:39:54 | 4:46:45 | 4:58:39 | 5:38:25 | 4:24:52 |
| F25-29 | 304 | 4:29:33 | 4:44:29 | 4:51:56 | 5:02:07 | 5:37:59 | 4:26:16 |
| F30-34 | 263 | 4:26:37 | 4:44:15 | 4:56:21 | 5:12:55 | 5:45:02 | 4:17:37 |
| F35-39 | 267 | 4:32:33 | 4:47:47 | 4:55:16 | 5:09:45 | 5:49:30 | 4:18:15 |
| F40-44 | 323 | 4:38:05 | 4:53:05 | 5:01:22 | 5:16:17 | 5:50:07 | 4:30:46 |
| F45-49 | 329 | 4:29:01 | 5:02:05 | 5:12:20 | 5:25:06 | 5:58:02 | 4:18:54 |
| F50-54 | 218 | 4:51:33 | 5:04:13 | 5:09:53 | 5:31:36 | 6:04:12 | 4:34:16 |
| F55-59 | 97 | 5:04:53 | 5:15:26 | 5:29:20 | 5:40:25 | 6:15:42 | 5:04:53 |
| F60-64 | 28 | 4:59:57 | 5:15:56 | 5:16:48 | 5:34:08 | 6:22:47 | 4:59:57 |
| F65-69 | 8 | 6:34:39 | 6:34:39 | 6:34:39 | 6:39:24 | 7:07:22 | 6:34:39 |
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.