Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Fortaleza · 6 editions (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024) · 4,339 finishers
Editions: 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024
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 | 3,673 | 4:17:14 | 4:35:57 | 4:46:40 | 5:01:20 | 5:44:06 | 3:43:58 |
| MPRO | 9 | 3:43:58 | 3:43:58 | 3:43:58 | 3:47:17 | 3:54:55 | 3:43:58 |
| M18-24 | 104 | 4:12:19 | 4:30:39 | 4:39:30 | 4:47:41 | 5:29:05 | 4:10:32 |
| M25-29 | 316 | 4:15:04 | 4:30:16 | 4:39:20 | 4:54:41 | 5:31:18 | 4:10:46 |
| M30-34 | 611 | 4:18:18 | 4:31:30 | 4:43:10 | 4:55:09 | 5:32:34 | 4:07:33 |
| M35-39 | 980 | 4:20:14 | 4:32:58 | 4:45:34 | 5:00:25 | 5:38:32 | 4:08:17 |
| M40-44 | 802 | 4:24:47 | 4:39:41 | 4:48:16 | 5:01:19 | 5:46:43 | 4:02:03 |
| M45-49 | 446 | 4:18:35 | 4:41:09 | 4:52:13 | 5:09:17 | 5:51:07 | 4:09:00 |
| M50-54 | 207 | 4:37:42 | 4:50:54 | 4:57:57 | 5:12:32 | 5:53:40 | 4:32:32 |
| M55-59 | 123 | 4:54:55 | 5:08:15 | 5:18:42 | 5:40:05 | 6:25:15 | 4:49:03 |
| M60-64 | 56 | 4:54:01 | 4:56:48 | 5:52:42 | 5:58:11 | 6:33:44 | 4:54:01 |
| M65-69 | 15 | 5:49:31 | 5:49:31 | 5:58:22 | 6:12:55 | 6:55:02 | 5:49:31 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 666 | 4:37:52 | 5:00:14 | 5:10:38 | 5:25:54 | 6:03:56 | 4:16:34 |
| FPRO | 8 | 4:16:34 | 4:16:34 | 4:16:34 | 4:29:07 | 4:36:33 | 4:16:34 |
| F18-24 | 16 | 4:58:40 | 4:58:40 | 5:28:32 | 6:01:40 | 6:29:32 | 4:58:40 |
| F25-29 | 60 | 4:50:12 | 5:01:52 | 5:10:26 | 5:20:40 | 5:58:08 | 4:50:12 |
| F30-34 | 117 | 4:39:52 | 5:02:11 | 5:09:22 | 5:18:06 | 5:58:32 | 4:37:52 |
| F35-39 | 170 | 4:33:35 | 4:55:03 | 5:04:39 | 5:22:47 | 6:01:24 | 4:32:10 |
| F40-44 | 152 | 4:44:54 | 5:00:14 | 5:11:38 | 5:24:24 | 5:54:33 | 4:43:23 |
| F45-49 | 92 | 4:45:52 | 5:11:58 | 5:19:10 | 5:28:32 | 6:04:37 | 4:45:52 |
| F50-54 | 30 | 5:38:30 | 5:47:52 | 5:50:05 | 5:58:01 | 6:27:52 | 5:38:30 |
| F55-59 | 16 | 5:48:33 | 5:48:33 | 6:04:14 | 6:17:17 | 6:45:45 | 5:48:33 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 7:15:30 | 7:15:30 | 7:15:30 | 7:15:30 | 7:52:18 | 7:15:30 |
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.