Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Middle East Championship Bahrain 2019 · 1,066 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 | 856 | 3:39:16 | 4:10:31 | 4:20:30 | 4:39:57 | 5:21:44 | 3:25:21 |
| MPRO | 18 | 3:25:21 | 3:25:21 | 3:29:16 | 3:35:44 | 3:39:16 | 3:25:21 |
| M18-24 | 15 | 4:27:35 | 4:27:35 | 4:37:49 | 4:48:05 | 5:11:41 | 4:27:35 |
| M25-29 | 78 | 4:08:05 | 4:10:51 | 4:15:40 | 4:28:41 | 5:21:26 | 4:08:05 |
| M30-34 | 154 | 3:59:51 | 4:06:51 | 4:20:59 | 4:38:48 | 5:22:42 | 3:56:44 |
| M35-39 | 178 | 3:59:41 | 4:11:52 | 4:14:58 | 4:35:12 | 5:15:58 | 3:54:22 |
| M40-44 | 143 | 4:04:40 | 4:15:31 | 4:22:40 | 4:41:11 | 5:14:40 | 4:02:29 |
| M45-49 | 141 | 4:16:00 | 4:25:05 | 4:34:22 | 4:53:05 | 5:23:49 | 4:14:50 |
| M50-54 | 73 | 4:12:47 | 4:25:42 | 4:33:28 | 4:55:18 | 5:36:49 | 4:12:47 |
| M55-59 | 38 | 4:28:56 | 4:33:41 | 4:45:30 | 5:04:57 | 5:31:37 | 4:28:56 |
| M60-64 | 10 | 5:05:41 | 5:05:41 | 5:05:41 | 5:19:29 | 5:24:10 | 5:05:41 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 4:45:33 | 4:45:33 | 4:45:33 | 5:50:02 | 6:15:29 | 4:45:33 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 210 | 3:55:51 | 4:23:52 | 4:40:47 | 4:59:59 | 5:42:15 | 3:52:51 |
| FPRO | 9 | 3:52:51 | 3:52:51 | 3:52:51 | 3:55:29 | 4:00:11 | 3:52:51 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 4:16:35 | 4:16:35 | 4:16:35 | 4:16:35 | 5:45:07 | 4:16:35 |
| F25-29 | 20 | 4:23:52 | 4:23:52 | 4:49:28 | 4:59:59 | 5:30:03 | 4:23:52 |
| F30-34 | 46 | 4:40:58 | 4:49:55 | 4:58:58 | 5:11:45 | 5:41:53 | 4:40:58 |
| F35-39 | 44 | 4:34:48 | 4:39:27 | 4:48:04 | 5:20:27 | 5:42:30 | 4:34:48 |
| F40-44 | 37 | 4:31:12 | 4:35:51 | 4:40:47 | 4:54:01 | 5:37:36 | 4:31:12 |
| F45-49 | 29 | 4:16:24 | 4:39:19 | 4:42:55 | 4:58:11 | 5:50:43 | 4:16:24 |
| F50-54 | 14 | 5:08:33 | 5:08:33 | 5:09:21 | 5:11:57 | 6:01:54 | 5:08:33 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 5:56:16 | 5:56:16 | 5:56:16 | 5:56:16 | 6:28:16 | 5:56:16 |
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.