Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Monterrey · 12 editions (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) · 14,887 finishers
Editions: 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026
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 | 11,670 | 3:13:11 | 4:04:13 | 4:35:44 | 5:00:43 | 5:46:25 | 2:32:18 |
| MPRO | 96 | 3:40:49 | 3:42:35 | 3:43:19 | 3:46:22 | 3:53:34 | 3:40:49 |
| M18-24 | 696 | 3:03:55 | 4:12:43 | 4:27:54 | 4:52:15 | 5:37:08 | 2:44:22 |
| M25-29 | 1,231 | 3:05:18 | 4:14:54 | 4:34:27 | 4:57:37 | 5:41:18 | 2:46:18 |
| M30-34 | 1,775 | 3:07:07 | 4:05:46 | 4:32:47 | 4:56:53 | 5:41:08 | 2:32:18 |
| M35-39 | 2,366 | 3:12:37 | 4:16:29 | 4:38:54 | 4:59:06 | 5:43:01 | 2:45:19 |
| M40-44 | 2,305 | 3:13:22 | 4:10:01 | 4:41:27 | 5:04:56 | 5:45:43 | 2:38:45 |
| M45-49 | 1,633 | 3:16:34 | 4:06:14 | 4:42:30 | 5:09:56 | 5:54:02 | 2:46:25 |
| M50-54 | 856 | 3:13:23 | 3:56:30 | 4:38:26 | 5:11:29 | 5:59:49 | 2:48:17 |
| M55-59 | 450 | 3:26:38 | 4:06:10 | 4:49:05 | 5:11:49 | 6:06:29 | 3:15:14 |
| M60-64 | 172 | 3:22:39 | 3:49:39 | 4:39:00 | 5:12:42 | 6:09:51 | 3:17:12 |
| M65-69 | 64 | 3:48:20 | 4:50:15 | 5:08:45 | 5:39:07 | 6:33:58 | 3:48:20 |
| M70-74 | 23 | 4:10:35 | 4:19:08 | 5:52:05 | 6:12:43 | 6:45:48 | 4:10:35 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 3,217 | 3:19:52 | 4:08:05 | 4:46:37 | 5:16:11 | 6:02:45 | 2:54:48 |
| FPRO | 59 | 4:00:48 | 4:07:47 | 4:11:03 | 4:14:09 | 4:25:48 | 4:00:48 |
| F18-24 | 183 | 3:31:58 | 4:40:27 | 4:46:37 | 5:05:00 | 5:41:11 | 3:13:28 |
| F25-29 | 394 | 3:06:59 | 3:39:03 | 4:43:59 | 5:07:01 | 5:56:50 | 2:54:48 |
| F30-34 | 588 | 3:19:56 | 4:22:37 | 4:49:53 | 5:15:02 | 5:55:18 | 2:58:58 |
| F35-39 | 631 | 3:14:42 | 3:58:42 | 4:50:41 | 5:12:06 | 5:59:54 | 2:58:23 |
| F40-44 | 596 | 3:22:03 | 4:08:34 | 5:02:56 | 5:25:36 | 6:11:23 | 3:07:05 |
| F45-49 | 402 | 3:25:55 | 4:14:20 | 5:05:05 | 5:27:03 | 6:10:54 | 3:12:39 |
| F50-54 | 222 | 3:27:30 | 4:45:49 | 5:22:47 | 5:41:04 | 6:14:46 | 3:18:01 |
| F55-59 | 74 | 3:43:55 | 3:49:12 | 5:12:28 | 5:36:24 | 6:10:33 | 3:43:55 |
| F60-64 | 51 | 3:33:19 | 3:44:13 | 4:20:52 | 5:52:03 | 6:20:01 | 3:33:19 |
| F65-69 | 12 | 4:01:31 | 4:01:31 | 4:35:47 | 5:16:18 | 6:18:43 | 4:01:31 |
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.