Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong · 11 editions (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026) · 10,533 finishers
Editions: 2014 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026
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 | 8,084 | 3:51:11 | 4:18:14 | 4:31:44 | 4:48:01 | 5:22:14 | 3:30:25 |
| MPRO | 205 | 3:31:52 | 3:38:02 | 3:41:39 | 3:45:53 | 3:54:49 | 3:30:25 |
| M18-24 | 523 | 4:09:47 | 4:19:00 | 4:28:31 | 4:43:14 | 5:19:39 | 4:01:47 |
| M25-29 | 1,065 | 4:04:39 | 4:17:03 | 4:26:40 | 4:42:56 | 5:17:12 | 3:54:25 |
| M30-34 | 1,260 | 4:05:34 | 4:21:00 | 4:29:39 | 4:44:14 | 5:16:31 | 3:57:00 |
| M35-39 | 1,261 | 4:11:06 | 4:23:00 | 4:33:21 | 4:48:09 | 5:19:28 | 3:57:48 |
| M40-44 | 1,201 | 4:12:02 | 4:27:54 | 4:37:24 | 4:49:47 | 5:22:10 | 4:04:39 |
| M45-49 | 994 | 4:13:46 | 4:30:36 | 4:40:51 | 4:52:51 | 5:24:08 | 4:02:00 |
| M50-54 | 754 | 4:19:56 | 4:37:19 | 4:48:58 | 5:01:53 | 5:31:42 | 4:12:41 |
| M55-59 | 475 | 4:38:43 | 4:50:56 | 4:57:42 | 5:10:15 | 5:41:52 | 4:28:31 |
| M60-64 | 225 | 4:40:27 | 4:50:03 | 5:02:32 | 5:15:58 | 5:46:59 | 4:30:18 |
| M65-69 | 86 | 4:57:14 | 5:07:14 | 5:12:19 | 5:17:26 | 5:52:05 | 4:57:14 |
| M70-74 | 29 | 5:27:00 | 5:28:23 | 5:29:53 | 5:56:27 | 6:17:36 | 5:27:00 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 2,449 | 4:14:36 | 4:37:26 | 4:53:23 | 5:13:02 | 5:51:44 | 4:05:59 |
| FPRO | 127 | 4:06:15 | 4:07:42 | 4:10:40 | 4:15:46 | 4:26:39 | 4:05:59 |
| F18-24 | 139 | 4:37:04 | 4:47:22 | 4:54:52 | 5:09:24 | 5:44:59 | 4:19:15 |
| F25-29 | 383 | 4:23:26 | 4:46:34 | 4:58:40 | 5:11:31 | 5:47:56 | 4:11:29 |
| F30-34 | 427 | 4:34:49 | 4:46:17 | 4:53:15 | 5:08:56 | 5:44:56 | 4:24:49 |
| F35-39 | 343 | 4:34:14 | 4:51:32 | 5:03:44 | 5:18:30 | 5:59:12 | 4:16:49 |
| F40-44 | 343 | 4:45:27 | 4:56:07 | 5:04:48 | 5:16:37 | 5:51:46 | 4:30:40 |
| F45-49 | 280 | 4:44:16 | 4:58:00 | 5:11:51 | 5:21:31 | 5:55:32 | 4:39:30 |
| F50-54 | 222 | 5:02:00 | 5:09:55 | 5:17:07 | 5:30:07 | 5:58:19 | 4:48:47 |
| F55-59 | 112 | 5:10:32 | 5:25:45 | 5:36:17 | 5:43:56 | 6:12:32 | 5:09:14 |
| F60-64 | 55 | 5:02:13 | 5:18:38 | 5:31:25 | 5:53:11 | 6:20:51 | 5:02:13 |
| F65-69 | 16 | 5:44:37 | 5:44:37 | 5:51:26 | 5:53:10 | 6:10:55 | 5:44:37 |
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.