Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Marbella · 6 editions (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) · 7,756 finishers
Editions: 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024
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 | 6,747 | 4:16:07 | 4:45:05 | 4:58:15 | 5:16:31 | 6:00:25 | 3:56:25 |
| MPRO | 114 | 3:56:48 | 3:58:41 | 4:00:23 | 4:04:42 | 4:12:58 | 3:56:25 |
| M18-24 | 233 | 4:15:20 | 4:29:39 | 4:42:40 | 4:59:19 | 5:57:03 | 4:14:22 |
| M25-29 | 664 | 4:23:12 | 4:40:55 | 4:53:55 | 5:12:20 | 5:56:57 | 4:17:42 |
| M30-34 | 1,018 | 4:28:27 | 4:43:21 | 4:55:09 | 5:12:51 | 5:54:23 | 4:17:19 |
| M35-39 | 1,099 | 4:31:09 | 4:43:35 | 4:54:29 | 5:10:59 | 5:56:06 | 4:17:29 |
| M40-44 | 1,235 | 4:38:18 | 4:50:43 | 5:00:47 | 5:17:11 | 5:56:55 | 4:28:56 |
| M45-49 | 1,078 | 4:45:18 | 4:56:25 | 5:06:58 | 5:22:35 | 6:05:44 | 4:28:28 |
| M50-54 | 777 | 4:46:43 | 5:02:40 | 5:12:38 | 5:29:29 | 6:13:21 | 4:28:28 |
| M55-59 | 351 | 4:59:47 | 5:12:08 | 5:24:09 | 5:35:33 | 6:16:11 | 4:54:39 |
| M60-64 | 131 | 5:13:59 | 5:20:45 | 5:30:43 | 5:57:15 | 6:26:31 | 5:12:18 |
| M65-69 | 38 | 5:27:53 | 5:48:01 | 5:52:33 | 6:03:19 | 6:48:07 | 5:27:53 |
| M70-74 | 7 | 6:59:32 | 6:59:32 | 6:59:32 | 7:07:56 | 7:55:58 | 6:59:32 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,009 | 4:36:16 | 4:55:38 | 5:15:07 | 5:36:49 | 6:20:51 | 4:25:26 |
| FPRO | 52 | 4:25:26 | 4:28:56 | 4:33:28 | 4:36:16 | 4:45:04 | 4:25:26 |
| F18-24 | 45 | 4:50:08 | 5:01:22 | 5:02:17 | 5:19:52 | 6:08:51 | 4:50:08 |
| F25-29 | 115 | 4:52:37 | 5:06:45 | 5:14:47 | 5:33:27 | 6:17:23 | 4:51:17 |
| F30-34 | 179 | 4:48:43 | 5:10:56 | 5:25:29 | 5:41:18 | 6:20:16 | 4:46:08 |
| F35-39 | 142 | 5:03:07 | 5:17:16 | 5:22:54 | 5:38:37 | 6:26:56 | 4:58:53 |
| F40-44 | 177 | 5:02:17 | 5:16:50 | 5:26:37 | 5:37:34 | 6:15:56 | 4:52:52 |
| F45-49 | 139 | 5:05:28 | 5:18:31 | 5:32:25 | 5:43:53 | 6:29:38 | 5:02:10 |
| F50-54 | 92 | 5:26:06 | 5:43:16 | 5:52:15 | 6:05:01 | 6:42:16 | 5:26:06 |
| F55-59 | 45 | 5:29:44 | 5:53:38 | 5:56:16 | 6:18:22 | 6:46:43 | 5:29:44 |
| F60-64 | 19 | 5:54:24 | 5:54:24 | 6:22:11 | 7:15:09 | 7:43:02 | 5:54:24 |
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.