Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Middle East Championship Bahrain · 3 editions (2016, 2017, 2019) · 2,348 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 | 1,900 | 3:47:14 | 4:11:09 | 4:28:32 | 4:49:35 | 5:34:41 | 3:25:21 |
| MPRO | 67 | 3:25:21 | 3:35:44 | 3:38:05 | 3:42:20 | 3:55:35 | 3:25:21 |
| M18-24 | 50 | 4:05:50 | 4:20:56 | 4:34:22 | 4:52:14 | 5:32:16 | 4:05:50 |
| M25-29 | 196 | 4:08:45 | 4:18:28 | 4:29:45 | 4:57:51 | 5:44:32 | 4:08:05 |
| M30-34 | 329 | 4:02:23 | 4:16:51 | 4:29:26 | 4:51:18 | 5:39:35 | 3:56:44 |
| M35-39 | 393 | 4:03:44 | 4:14:58 | 4:32:34 | 4:45:40 | 5:35:00 | 3:54:22 |
| M40-44 | 319 | 4:05:02 | 4:22:32 | 4:37:39 | 4:51:37 | 5:28:48 | 4:01:15 |
| M45-49 | 284 | 4:16:02 | 4:30:06 | 4:40:40 | 4:55:38 | 5:29:46 | 4:14:50 |
| M50-54 | 162 | 4:17:39 | 4:33:28 | 4:50:12 | 5:06:09 | 5:46:45 | 4:12:47 |
| M55-59 | 68 | 4:28:56 | 4:45:30 | 4:59:41 | 5:12:06 | 5:38:21 | 4:28:56 |
| M60-64 | 22 | 4:37:17 | 4:38:33 | 4:39:56 | 5:19:29 | 5:35:35 | 4:37:17 |
| 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 | 448 | 4:00:11 | 4:19:41 | 4:39:21 | 5:09:17 | 5:54:08 | 3:52:51 |
| FPRO | 36 | 3:52:51 | 3:55:29 | 3:59:40 | 4:02:44 | 4:17:20 | 3:52:51 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 4:16:35 | 4:16:35 | 4:16:35 | 5:41:00 | 6:12:20 | 4:16:35 |
| F25-29 | 50 | 4:23:52 | 4:40:24 | 4:50:21 | 5:11:40 | 5:47:18 | 4:23:52 |
| F30-34 | 85 | 4:40:58 | 4:52:35 | 5:05:16 | 5:18:08 | 6:06:17 | 4:40:58 |
| F35-39 | 90 | 4:34:48 | 4:39:35 | 5:07:52 | 5:21:28 | 5:50:47 | 4:34:48 |
| F40-44 | 76 | 4:31:12 | 4:40:47 | 4:54:01 | 5:14:14 | 5:58:22 | 4:31:12 |
| F45-49 | 62 | 4:16:24 | 4:43:58 | 4:58:11 | 5:18:49 | 6:04:06 | 4:16:24 |
| F50-54 | 27 | 5:08:33 | 5:09:21 | 5:11:57 | 5:35:01 | 6:01:54 | 5:08:33 |
| F55-59 | 11 | 5:03:09 | 5:03:09 | 5:35:09 | 5:41:55 | 6:07:47 | 5:03:09 |
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.