Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 New Zealand · 10 editions (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) · 5,897 finishers
Editions: 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 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 | 3,754 | 4:14:04 | 4:35:25 | 4:46:18 | 5:02:43 | 5:41:47 | 3:49:18 |
| MPRO | 9 | 3:49:18 | 3:49:18 | 3:49:18 | 3:57:08 | 4:03:02 | 3:49:18 |
| M18-24 | 275 | 4:04:29 | 4:15:29 | 4:28:44 | 4:45:03 | 5:26:38 | 4:01:05 |
| M25-29 | 507 | 4:13:03 | 4:29:19 | 4:38:24 | 4:57:11 | 5:30:49 | 3:58:29 |
| M30-34 | 530 | 4:13:34 | 4:28:29 | 4:42:26 | 5:00:44 | 5:40:06 | 4:05:45 |
| M35-39 | 506 | 4:16:43 | 4:33:36 | 4:43:30 | 4:55:42 | 5:36:16 | 4:04:25 |
| M40-44 | 446 | 4:26:29 | 4:38:09 | 4:44:22 | 4:56:59 | 5:35:31 | 4:03:39 |
| M45-49 | 464 | 4:33:10 | 4:40:07 | 4:46:43 | 4:57:49 | 5:43:05 | 4:14:07 |
| M50-54 | 402 | 4:37:15 | 4:45:03 | 4:52:18 | 5:08:36 | 5:53:56 | 4:30:48 |
| M55-59 | 307 | 4:46:02 | 4:56:45 | 5:05:25 | 5:17:08 | 5:49:45 | 4:38:24 |
| M60-64 | 171 | 4:55:53 | 5:09:37 | 5:22:47 | 5:30:45 | 6:14:40 | 4:48:32 |
| M65-69 | 74 | 5:00:49 | 5:17:45 | 5:21:10 | 5:38:43 | 6:22:30 | 5:00:49 |
| M70-74 | 44 | 5:37:28 | 5:41:26 | 5:47:03 | 6:13:29 | 6:52:14 | 5:37:28 |
| M75-79 | 12 | 6:29:15 | 6:29:15 | 6:37:38 | 6:46:12 | 7:27:32 | 6:29:15 |
| M80-84 | 6 | 7:05:49 | 7:05:49 | 7:05:49 | 7:12:43 | 7:14:40 | 7:05:49 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 2,143 | 4:45:52 | 5:03:26 | 5:19:29 | 5:37:22 | 6:18:41 | 4:21:09 |
| FPRO | 6 | 4:21:09 | 4:21:09 | 4:21:09 | 4:23:27 | 4:24:37 | 4:21:09 |
| F18-24 | 188 | 4:56:11 | 5:04:07 | 5:22:50 | 5:39:01 | 6:12:38 | 4:32:17 |
| F25-29 | 396 | 4:46:16 | 4:57:09 | 5:11:56 | 5:30:20 | 6:06:57 | 4:36:25 |
| F30-34 | 301 | 4:46:22 | 5:00:27 | 5:09:39 | 5:28:28 | 6:07:09 | 4:34:08 |
| F35-39 | 284 | 4:51:06 | 5:04:30 | 5:13:43 | 5:28:06 | 6:12:39 | 4:39:24 |
| F40-44 | 241 | 4:40:57 | 5:02:26 | 5:16:20 | 5:34:26 | 6:12:43 | 4:32:48 |
| F45-49 | 274 | 4:48:09 | 5:07:43 | 5:26:25 | 5:43:04 | 6:24:08 | 4:38:09 |
| F50-54 | 201 | 5:01:00 | 5:22:27 | 5:32:42 | 5:49:59 | 6:32:47 | 4:45:30 |
| F55-59 | 142 | 5:27:38 | 5:35:01 | 5:44:44 | 6:01:11 | 6:40:05 | 5:06:11 |
| F60-64 | 67 | 5:28:09 | 5:40:37 | 5:43:09 | 5:56:27 | 6:48:20 | 5:28:09 |
| F65-69 | 35 | 5:34:37 | 5:39:41 | 5:57:08 | 6:27:53 | 7:03:47 | 5:34:37 |
| F70-74 | 5 | 6:09:30 | 6:09:30 | 6:09:30 | 6:09:30 | 8:00:41 | 6:09:30 |
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.