Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Nelson Mandela Bay · 2 editions (2023, 2024) · 1,695 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 | 1,162 | 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.