Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Mar del Plata · 4 editions (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022) · 2,676 finishers
Editions: 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2022
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 | 2,367 | 4:43:01 | 5:31:09 | 6:46:10 | 9:30:22 | 11:06:23 | 4:04:28 |
| MPRO | 31 | 7:30:23 | 7:39:47 | 7:46:39 | 7:55:53 | 8:26:03 | 7:30:23 |
| M18-24 | 28 | 4:23:15 | 4:39:41 | 5:07:29 | 8:41:06 | 9:57:42 | 4:23:15 |
| M25-29 | 113 | 4:31:10 | 4:48:12 | 5:36:22 | 9:10:14 | 10:50:43 | 4:04:28 |
| M30-34 | 249 | 4:23:58 | 5:09:20 | 6:11:46 | 9:09:48 | 10:34:46 | 4:11:02 |
| M35-39 | 463 | 4:42:02 | 5:16:06 | 6:16:06 | 9:16:13 | 10:40:19 | 4:29:46 |
| M40-44 | 525 | 4:43:01 | 5:40:06 | 6:51:44 | 9:37:44 | 10:59:28 | 4:21:51 |
| M45-49 | 461 | 4:53:34 | 5:37:32 | 9:07:23 | 9:51:50 | 11:23:35 | 4:41:37 |
| M50-54 | 292 | 5:10:32 | 6:06:39 | 8:59:58 | 10:00:13 | 11:42:39 | 4:55:47 |
| M55-59 | 137 | 5:38:35 | 6:19:03 | 8:43:38 | 10:40:09 | 12:20:38 | 5:27:36 |
| M60-64 | 49 | 5:56:37 | 6:35:26 | 6:43:01 | 7:33:59 | 12:21:01 | 5:56:37 |
| M65-69 | 15 | 6:53:34 | 6:53:34 | 11:27:47 | 12:40:35 | 13:31:23 | 6:53:34 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 309 | 5:00:14 | 5:30:57 | 6:09:41 | 9:19:13 | 11:29:36 | 4:43:40 |
| FPRO | 25 | 8:20:17 | 8:23:40 | 8:28:57 | 8:32:59 | 9:24:54 | 8:20:17 |
| F25-29 | 24 | 5:36:44 | 6:04:34 | 6:12:12 | 9:45:18 | 10:44:09 | 5:36:44 |
| F30-34 | 46 | 4:47:43 | 5:09:09 | 5:46:54 | 9:48:14 | 11:29:28 | 4:47:43 |
| F35-39 | 49 | 5:02:19 | 5:30:57 | 5:41:09 | 7:40:19 | 11:20:45 | 5:02:19 |
| F40-44 | 54 | 4:43:40 | 5:20:39 | 5:25:55 | 10:13:11 | 11:38:20 | 4:43:40 |
| F45-49 | 59 | 4:55:28 | 5:42:27 | 6:30:41 | 10:19:32 | 11:51:24 | 4:55:28 |
| F50-54 | 31 | 5:22:44 | 5:44:18 | 6:07:53 | 10:45:13 | 12:27:24 | 5:22:44 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 6:18:19 | 6:18:19 | 6:23:06 | 6:34:59 | 12:28:26 | 6:18:19 |
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.