Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Geelong · 13 editions (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) · 12,362 finishers
Editions: 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 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 | 9,525 | 3:51:50 | 4:18:00 | 4:30:44 | 4:47:17 | 5:21:14 | 3:30:25 |
| MPRO | 236 | 3:31:52 | 3:38:08 | 3:41:58 | 3:46:11 | 3:54:51 | 3:30:25 |
| M18-24 | 595 | 4:09:00 | 4:18:14 | 4:27:17 | 4:42:42 | 5:19:04 | 3:58:53 |
| M25-29 | 1,236 | 4:04:39 | 4:17:03 | 4:25:22 | 4:42:26 | 5:16:09 | 3:54:25 |
| M30-34 | 1,513 | 4:06:19 | 4:19:42 | 4:29:23 | 4:43:55 | 5:15:40 | 3:57:00 |
| M35-39 | 1,494 | 4:09:48 | 4:21:43 | 4:31:10 | 4:46:17 | 5:17:04 | 3:55:51 |
| M40-44 | 1,429 | 4:11:43 | 4:27:50 | 4:36:37 | 4:49:15 | 5:21:32 | 4:04:39 |
| M45-49 | 1,187 | 4:13:41 | 4:30:39 | 4:40:19 | 4:52:51 | 5:24:04 | 4:02:00 |
| M50-54 | 870 | 4:19:56 | 4:37:19 | 4:49:44 | 5:01:46 | 5:31:55 | 4:12:35 |
| M55-59 | 560 | 4:32:52 | 4:49:47 | 4:56:33 | 5:08:33 | 5:39:34 | 4:20:05 |
| M60-64 | 261 | 4:40:27 | 4:52:03 | 5:02:22 | 5:16:17 | 5:45:55 | 4:30:18 |
| M65-69 | 98 | 4:56:22 | 5:04:51 | 5:12:09 | 5:17:26 | 5:50:53 | 4:56:22 |
| M70-74 | 33 | 5:27:00 | 5:28:23 | 5:39:59 | 5:56:27 | 6:25:53 | 5:27:00 |
| M75-79 | 5 | 5:53:29 | 5:53:29 | 5:53:29 | 5:53:29 | 6:32:18 | 5:53:29 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 2,837 | 4:14:55 | 4:36:15 | 4:51:49 | 5:11:09 | 5:50:02 | 4:05:59 |
| FPRO | 145 | 4:06:15 | 4:08:17 | 4:10:54 | 4:15:46 | 4:26:30 | 4:05:59 |
| F18-24 | 163 | 4:25:16 | 4:49:13 | 4:54:20 | 5:08:37 | 5:44:59 | 4:19:15 |
| F25-29 | 429 | 4:25:04 | 4:43:53 | 4:55:55 | 5:10:34 | 5:45:44 | 4:11:29 |
| F30-34 | 496 | 4:30:43 | 4:45:03 | 4:53:00 | 5:06:47 | 5:42:16 | 4:19:25 |
| F35-39 | 404 | 4:32:34 | 4:48:49 | 5:00:35 | 5:16:27 | 5:56:10 | 4:16:49 |
| F40-44 | 401 | 4:45:27 | 4:53:14 | 5:02:04 | 5:16:06 | 5:50:02 | 4:30:40 |
| F45-49 | 324 | 4:47:28 | 4:58:00 | 5:11:32 | 5:22:36 | 5:57:24 | 4:39:30 |
| F50-54 | 261 | 5:02:00 | 5:10:03 | 5:17:07 | 5:29:04 | 5:57:57 | 4:48:47 |
| F55-59 | 131 | 5:02:43 | 5:14:45 | 5:30:27 | 5:40:42 | 6:10:44 | 5:00:25 |
| F60-64 | 61 | 5:02:13 | 5:25:25 | 5:32:19 | 5:55:18 | 6:22:03 | 5:02:13 |
| F65-69 | 20 | 5:44:37 | 5:44:37 | 5:51:26 | 5:53:10 | 6:35:08 | 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 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.