Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Kenting · 5 editions (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 4,172 finishers
Editions: 2021 · 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 | 3,515 | 4:42:01 | 5:11:27 | 5:28:51 | 5:51:21 | 6:47:45 | 4:09:28 |
| M18-24 | 61 | 4:09:28 | 4:36:36 | 4:55:10 | 5:11:31 | 6:21:33 | 4:09:28 |
| M25-29 | 133 | 4:24:15 | 4:38:47 | 4:53:14 | 5:10:10 | 6:10:37 | 4:19:04 |
| M30-34 | 281 | 4:28:20 | 4:54:55 | 5:12:29 | 5:34:29 | 6:25:26 | 4:20:59 |
| M35-39 | 508 | 4:41:12 | 5:09:23 | 5:25:25 | 5:49:05 | 6:42:29 | 4:24:10 |
| M40-44 | 754 | 4:48:19 | 5:09:25 | 5:28:27 | 5:49:57 | 6:41:35 | 4:31:26 |
| M45-49 | 857 | 4:56:15 | 5:20:12 | 5:37:18 | 6:00:41 | 6:52:30 | 4:20:00 |
| M50-54 | 524 | 5:00:41 | 5:23:34 | 5:39:05 | 6:01:18 | 6:56:13 | 4:43:59 |
| M55-59 | 243 | 5:17:16 | 5:36:50 | 5:53:57 | 6:15:39 | 7:01:24 | 4:59:25 |
| M60-64 | 97 | 5:15:39 | 5:43:17 | 5:57:43 | 6:28:38 | 7:25:17 | 5:15:39 |
| M65-69 | 42 | 5:27:51 | 5:44:14 | 6:00:17 | 6:27:22 | 7:10:14 | 5:27:51 |
| M70-74 | 13 | 5:50:06 | 5:50:06 | 6:28:51 | 7:16:51 | 7:53:54 | 5:50:06 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 657 | 5:08:39 | 5:37:40 | 5:55:42 | 6:14:21 | 7:01:35 | 4:51:39 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 5:30:06 | 5:30:06 | 5:30:06 | 5:43:16 | 5:51:54 | 5:30:06 |
| F25-29 | 50 | 4:51:39 | 5:06:00 | 5:26:03 | 5:42:21 | 6:44:04 | 4:51:39 |
| F30-34 | 86 | 5:06:25 | 5:31:53 | 5:51:41 | 6:07:56 | 6:53:30 | 5:06:25 |
| F35-39 | 113 | 5:08:39 | 5:25:03 | 5:39:46 | 5:59:27 | 6:48:03 | 4:55:08 |
| F40-44 | 169 | 5:18:20 | 5:43:28 | 5:59:09 | 6:16:51 | 7:00:34 | 4:58:57 |
| F45-49 | 130 | 5:40:28 | 5:57:54 | 6:08:31 | 6:22:28 | 7:07:56 | 5:27:39 |
| F50-54 | 68 | 5:38:11 | 6:08:42 | 6:13:21 | 6:37:35 | 7:12:01 | 5:38:11 |
| F55-59 | 24 | 6:05:26 | 6:11:32 | 6:13:29 | 6:38:29 | 7:21:50 | 6:05:26 |
| F60-64 | 10 | 6:13:58 | 6:13:58 | 6:13:58 | 6:37:09 | 7:03:29 | 6:13:58 |
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.