Age-group thresholds

IRONMAN 70.3 Nelson Mandela Bay · 2 editions (2023, 2024) · 1,695 finishers

Editions: 2023 · 2024

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 1,162 4:21:30 4:41:41 5:01:13 5:22:32 6:07:46 3:57:52
M18-24 67 3:57:52 4:28:27 4:43:19 5:15:09 6:10:21 3:57:52
M25-29 130 4:16:22 4:32:21 4:40:14 5:02:32 5:46:56 4:02:48
M30-34 162 4:15:30 4:44:25 4:52:28 5:14:47 5:57:46 4:00:10
M35-39 157 4:16:02 4:29:00 4:53:00 5:09:50 5:57:02 4:09:07
M40-44 154 4:17:31 4:39:01 4:57:58 5:18:20 5:59:42 4:11:21
M45-49 176 4:27:54 4:59:45 5:13:56 5:31:38 6:18:43 4:26:15
M50-54 131 4:34:36 4:50:10 5:15:25 5:39:16 6:12:49 4:23:29
M55-59 95 4:43:31 5:01:38 5:15:52 5:41:37 6:34:14 4:43:31
M60-64 63 4:50:46 5:11:46 5:16:53 5:37:34 6:19:50 4:50:46
M65-69 20 5:07:22 5:07:22 5:31:40 5:45:39 6:27:52 5:07:22

Women

Age group Finishers Top 1% Top 5% Top 10% Top 20% Median Best
All age groups 533 4:48:15 5:08:52 5:21:59 5:37:41 6:21:25 4:28:05
F18-24 29 5:07:31 5:16:34 5:18:09 5:26:58 6:17:13 5:07:31
F25-29 91 4:35:06 4:50:39 5:16:45 5:29:35 6:13:50 4:35:06
F30-34 78 4:28:05 5:08:52 5:18:41 5:39:25 6:19:05 4:28:05
F35-39 86 4:48:15 5:01:08 5:09:05 5:35:02 6:13:14 4:48:15
F40-44 71 4:44:31 5:22:57 5:33:06 5:49:07 6:21:15 4:44:31
F45-49 80 5:05:25 5:16:27 5:29:52 5:47:04 6:28:13 5:05:25
F50-54 45 4:51:01 5:07:49 5:23:13 5:35:06 6:28:21 4:51:01
F55-59 29 5:03:16 5:17:31 5:32:09 5:48:15 6:46:42 5:03:16
F60-64 18 5:13:16 5:13:16 5:32:39 6:05:35 6:45:42 5:13:16

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.