Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Goseong · 5 editions (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 5,279 finishers
Editions: 2019 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025
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 | 4,673 | 4:38:23 | 5:04:01 | 5:19:30 | 5:38:42 | 6:19:49 | 4:04:02 |
| M18-24 | 24 | 4:25:54 | 4:29:23 | 4:46:49 | 5:12:55 | 5:58:40 | 4:25:54 |
| M25-29 | 134 | 4:26:05 | 4:50:50 | 5:05:57 | 5:25:24 | 6:02:16 | 4:15:04 |
| M30-34 | 368 | 4:29:29 | 4:47:24 | 5:06:29 | 5:28:16 | 6:11:44 | 4:04:02 |
| M35-39 | 576 | 4:35:51 | 4:53:37 | 5:09:01 | 5:28:45 | 6:12:55 | 4:23:14 |
| M40-44 | 1,031 | 4:36:07 | 5:01:53 | 5:14:40 | 5:35:37 | 6:14:05 | 4:24:45 |
| M45-49 | 1,105 | 4:44:03 | 5:07:48 | 5:22:39 | 5:39:57 | 6:17:34 | 4:19:40 |
| M50-54 | 775 | 4:48:22 | 5:15:04 | 5:26:49 | 5:48:05 | 6:24:36 | 4:16:43 |
| M55-59 | 399 | 4:54:37 | 5:11:41 | 5:26:20 | 5:50:46 | 6:28:50 | 4:44:58 |
| M60-64 | 185 | 4:59:30 | 5:29:07 | 5:43:56 | 6:04:35 | 6:48:25 | 4:59:07 |
| M65-69 | 58 | 5:19:07 | 5:27:45 | 5:55:40 | 6:15:39 | 6:51:22 | 5:19:07 |
| M70-74 | 14 | 6:04:15 | 6:04:15 | 6:14:47 | 6:16:47 | 6:57:05 | 6:04:15 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 606 | 5:10:49 | 5:27:44 | 5:40:14 | 5:55:25 | 6:36:49 | 5:00:35 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 6:12:04 | 6:12:04 | 6:12:04 | 6:30:22 | 6:53:19 | 6:12:04 |
| F25-29 | 34 | 5:00:35 | 5:15:31 | 5:25:29 | 5:43:08 | 6:14:04 | 5:00:35 |
| F30-34 | 76 | 5:12:42 | 5:26:19 | 5:34:02 | 5:46:54 | 6:21:17 | 5:12:42 |
| F35-39 | 83 | 5:04:04 | 5:27:44 | 5:38:47 | 5:53:17 | 6:34:46 | 5:04:04 |
| F40-44 | 87 | 5:00:56 | 5:24:49 | 5:32:37 | 5:56:28 | 6:40:50 | 5:00:56 |
| F45-49 | 145 | 5:10:18 | 5:26:57 | 5:38:21 | 5:53:47 | 6:36:02 | 5:02:05 |
| F50-54 | 100 | 5:20:54 | 5:40:33 | 5:49:48 | 6:02:41 | 6:47:25 | 5:20:54 |
| F55-59 | 48 | 5:21:26 | 5:32:02 | 5:45:47 | 6:00:02 | 6:32:16 | 5:21:26 |
| F60-64 | 20 | 6:11:00 | 6:11:00 | 6:21:21 | 6:27:14 | 6:47:35 | 6:11:00 |
| F65-69 | 7 | 6:31:04 | 6:31:04 | 6:31:04 | 6:39:21 | 7:17:21 | 6:31:04 |
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.