Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Musselman · 5 editions (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 6,249 finishers
Editions: 2021 · 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 | 3,947 | 4:22:23 | 4:43:02 | 4:56:26 | 5:17:08 | 5:57:54 | 3:57:03 |
| M18-24 | 228 | 4:17:42 | 4:40:42 | 4:51:42 | 5:16:02 | 5:57:58 | 3:57:03 |
| M25-29 | 462 | 4:16:18 | 4:33:29 | 4:52:05 | 5:14:33 | 5:57:27 | 4:03:35 |
| M30-34 | 532 | 4:17:02 | 4:29:25 | 4:44:35 | 5:08:58 | 5:49:56 | 4:03:12 |
| M35-39 | 527 | 4:19:49 | 4:33:24 | 4:45:46 | 5:08:41 | 5:53:30 | 4:02:23 |
| M40-44 | 565 | 4:24:20 | 4:43:27 | 4:50:23 | 5:13:57 | 5:50:45 | 4:03:17 |
| M45-49 | 474 | 4:31:09 | 4:51:29 | 5:04:02 | 5:18:21 | 5:56:02 | 4:16:28 |
| M50-54 | 469 | 4:36:32 | 4:52:28 | 5:03:15 | 5:20:13 | 5:58:31 | 4:27:03 |
| M55-59 | 374 | 4:50:54 | 4:59:11 | 5:14:13 | 5:29:39 | 6:05:54 | 4:32:25 |
| M60-64 | 190 | 4:57:47 | 5:08:51 | 5:21:23 | 5:33:07 | 6:25:08 | 4:43:32 |
| M65-69 | 90 | 4:58:30 | 5:16:32 | 5:26:20 | 5:47:09 | 6:31:38 | 4:58:30 |
| M70-74 | 30 | 5:27:42 | 5:31:52 | 5:38:05 | 5:50:28 | 6:33:21 | 5:27:42 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 2,302 | 4:46:08 | 5:11:32 | 5:26:00 | 5:43:59 | 6:29:49 | 4:31:29 |
| F18-24 | 76 | 4:41:18 | 4:55:47 | 5:15:43 | 5:35:39 | 6:18:39 | 4:41:18 |
| F25-29 | 235 | 4:38:00 | 5:04:56 | 5:27:11 | 5:38:46 | 6:20:06 | 4:31:29 |
| F30-34 | 278 | 4:42:38 | 4:56:29 | 5:10:15 | 5:31:04 | 6:17:31 | 4:35:54 |
| F35-39 | 289 | 4:39:50 | 5:08:40 | 5:15:34 | 5:34:58 | 6:14:58 | 4:31:54 |
| F40-44 | 339 | 4:41:07 | 5:05:53 | 5:23:37 | 5:40:51 | 6:30:25 | 4:33:19 |
| F45-49 | 365 | 4:55:49 | 5:18:57 | 5:29:55 | 5:48:23 | 6:30:31 | 4:50:36 |
| F50-54 | 300 | 4:54:47 | 5:16:51 | 5:34:28 | 5:53:23 | 6:36:29 | 4:46:09 |
| F55-59 | 239 | 5:09:43 | 5:28:26 | 5:38:43 | 5:52:58 | 6:40:46 | 5:02:43 |
| F60-64 | 120 | 5:17:29 | 5:24:42 | 5:43:37 | 5:58:59 | 6:53:20 | 5:16:23 |
| F65-69 | 48 | 5:42:45 | 6:00:25 | 6:01:48 | 6:32:13 | 7:17:00 | 5:42:45 |
| F70-74 | 11 | 6:35:39 | 6:35:39 | 6:39:04 | 6:41:59 | 7:37:48 | 6:35:39 |
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.