Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 La Quinta · 2 editions (2024, 2025) · 4,383 finishers
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 | 3,247 | 3:54:34 | 4:28:21 | 4:49:02 | 5:12:50 | 5:58:48 | 3:36:26 |
| MPRO | 99 | 3:36:26 | 3:42:16 | 3:45:41 | 3:50:32 | 3:58:00 | 3:36:26 |
| M18-24 | 312 | 4:23:40 | 4:38:39 | 4:55:20 | 5:21:32 | 5:55:39 | 4:14:29 |
| M25-29 | 552 | 4:13:23 | 4:39:09 | 4:53:17 | 5:16:06 | 5:54:43 | 4:01:58 |
| M30-34 | 597 | 4:16:36 | 4:38:30 | 4:52:08 | 5:14:28 | 6:00:48 | 3:55:46 |
| M35-39 | 442 | 4:24:43 | 4:38:50 | 4:50:43 | 5:13:31 | 5:56:58 | 4:10:08 |
| M40-44 | 375 | 4:19:21 | 4:36:30 | 4:49:40 | 5:08:24 | 5:56:39 | 4:14:28 |
| M45-49 | 293 | 4:23:33 | 4:46:22 | 5:01:19 | 5:15:09 | 6:03:26 | 4:19:38 |
| M50-54 | 212 | 4:28:21 | 4:51:44 | 5:02:09 | 5:19:57 | 6:11:53 | 4:14:16 |
| M55-59 | 178 | 4:36:31 | 4:56:06 | 5:10:47 | 5:26:19 | 6:14:26 | 4:33:09 |
| M60-64 | 118 | 4:50:40 | 4:55:25 | 5:15:03 | 5:44:35 | 6:28:23 | 4:48:11 |
| M65-69 | 50 | 5:19:07 | 5:21:52 | 5:34:25 | 5:48:46 | 6:27:32 | 5:19:07 |
| M70-74 | 9 | 6:03:00 | 6:03:00 | 6:03:00 | 6:15:20 | 7:10:21 | 6:03:00 |
| MPC/ID | 7 | 5:34:38 | 5:34:38 | 5:34:38 | 5:35:42 | 6:53:17 | 5:34:38 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,136 | 4:18:24 | 4:44:59 | 5:07:26 | 5:33:40 | 6:21:16 | 4:06:08 |
| FPRO | 45 | 4:06:08 | 4:08:20 | 4:11:19 | 4:14:12 | 4:27:14 | 4:06:08 |
| F18-24 | 104 | 4:39:38 | 5:06:07 | 5:14:08 | 5:39:27 | 6:05:14 | 4:34:11 |
| F25-29 | 236 | 4:39:01 | 4:57:05 | 5:11:09 | 5:33:40 | 6:13:38 | 4:32:45 |
| F30-34 | 188 | 4:34:19 | 4:53:05 | 5:10:32 | 5:33:42 | 6:15:57 | 4:28:52 |
| F35-39 | 143 | 4:44:59 | 4:56:12 | 5:04:18 | 5:34:02 | 6:25:00 | 4:34:42 |
| F40-44 | 129 | 4:49:10 | 4:55:45 | 5:12:10 | 5:31:29 | 6:25:51 | 4:43:52 |
| F45-49 | 94 | 4:38:12 | 5:15:03 | 5:27:27 | 5:45:14 | 6:36:40 | 4:38:12 |
| F50-54 | 74 | 4:45:27 | 5:29:30 | 5:36:40 | 6:03:24 | 6:44:11 | 4:45:27 |
| F55-59 | 64 | 5:03:57 | 5:22:53 | 5:33:45 | 5:45:06 | 6:35:00 | 5:03:57 |
| F60-64 | 39 | 5:33:21 | 5:34:06 | 6:10:49 | 6:22:29 | 6:59:45 | 5:33:21 |
| F65-69 | 13 | 6:25:45 | 6:25:45 | 6:28:18 | 6:29:14 | 7:32:21 | 6:25:45 |
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.