Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Mossel Bay · 4 editions (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 6,549 finishers
Editions: 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025
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 | 4,811 | 4:27:52 | 5:06:22 | 5:26:35 | 5:50:55 | 6:33:50 | 3:50:37 |
| MPRO | 31 | 3:50:37 | 3:51:22 | 3:54:22 | 4:04:04 | 4:11:28 | 3:50:37 |
| M18-24 | 325 | 4:31:20 | 4:59:02 | 5:19:23 | 5:46:47 | 6:21:54 | 4:25:16 |
| M25-29 | 757 | 4:32:13 | 4:59:10 | 5:20:52 | 5:42:23 | 6:25:06 | 4:12:56 |
| M30-34 | 669 | 4:26:17 | 4:54:07 | 5:12:50 | 5:38:20 | 6:25:22 | 4:15:15 |
| M35-39 | 703 | 4:33:41 | 5:13:48 | 5:33:11 | 5:56:36 | 6:30:48 | 4:10:17 |
| M40-44 | 679 | 4:35:28 | 5:06:26 | 5:27:16 | 5:48:04 | 6:38:13 | 4:21:16 |
| M45-49 | 594 | 4:51:00 | 5:19:33 | 5:36:33 | 5:58:24 | 6:37:57 | 4:36:30 |
| M50-54 | 525 | 4:52:41 | 5:19:01 | 5:35:59 | 5:59:11 | 6:37:54 | 4:40:39 |
| M55-59 | 286 | 5:00:40 | 5:17:28 | 5:33:04 | 6:03:23 | 6:53:55 | 4:58:10 |
| M60-64 | 180 | 5:22:45 | 5:46:54 | 6:00:36 | 6:20:23 | 7:00:55 | 5:06:02 |
| M65-69 | 47 | 5:24:20 | 5:49:08 | 5:53:24 | 6:35:24 | 7:14:02 | 5:24:20 |
| M70-74 | 9 | 5:52:59 | 5:52:59 | 5:52:59 | 6:14:27 | 6:36:14 | 5:52:59 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,738 | 4:59:21 | 5:33:14 | 5:50:22 | 6:09:16 | 6:50:09 | 4:21:24 |
| FPRO | 13 | 4:21:24 | 4:21:24 | 4:23:26 | 4:28:02 | 4:53:00 | 4:21:24 |
| F18-24 | 135 | 5:12:43 | 5:27:50 | 5:49:06 | 5:58:48 | 6:41:33 | 5:01:26 |
| F25-29 | 326 | 5:12:18 | 5:26:10 | 5:40:34 | 6:08:36 | 6:49:19 | 4:53:06 |
| F30-34 | 282 | 5:12:51 | 5:42:55 | 5:51:00 | 6:06:22 | 6:48:04 | 5:02:06 |
| F35-39 | 246 | 4:52:00 | 5:22:42 | 5:46:01 | 6:08:53 | 6:41:42 | 4:39:42 |
| F40-44 | 251 | 5:12:05 | 5:36:57 | 5:51:41 | 6:12:01 | 6:47:15 | 5:08:45 |
| F45-49 | 212 | 5:33:31 | 5:52:10 | 6:02:20 | 6:22:16 | 7:02:31 | 5:23:20 |
| F50-54 | 140 | 5:16:37 | 5:41:39 | 5:53:32 | 6:13:55 | 7:01:24 | 5:12:38 |
| F55-59 | 79 | 5:27:57 | 5:37:07 | 5:53:35 | 6:17:01 | 7:06:46 | 5:27:57 |
| F60-64 | 46 | 5:41:04 | 5:54:48 | 5:59:57 | 6:08:54 | 7:14:30 | 5:41:04 |
| F65-69 | 5 | 6:20:38 | 6:20:38 | 6:20:38 | 6:20:38 | 7:35:11 | 6:20:38 |
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.