Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Pays D'Aix · 11 editions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) · 16,195 finishers
Editions: 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022
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 | 14,275 | 4:00:19 | 4:24:25 | 4:39:10 | 4:56:34 | 5:35:59 | 3:30:32 |
| MPRO | 287 | 3:34:21 | 3:42:44 | 3:50:57 | 3:57:33 | 4:06:19 | 3:30:32 |
| M18-24 | 576 | 3:58:45 | 4:17:54 | 4:29:56 | 4:47:37 | 5:22:42 | 3:46:55 |
| M25-29 | 1,819 | 4:04:11 | 4:23:48 | 4:34:07 | 4:50:20 | 5:28:19 | 3:44:07 |
| M30-34 | 2,580 | 4:03:52 | 4:26:58 | 4:39:19 | 4:54:00 | 5:31:40 | 3:47:19 |
| M35-39 | 2,335 | 4:10:29 | 4:30:34 | 4:42:53 | 4:56:06 | 5:34:10 | 3:50:13 |
| M40-44 | 2,530 | 4:10:11 | 4:31:43 | 4:43:15 | 4:58:53 | 5:35:00 | 3:44:32 |
| M45-49 | 2,101 | 4:18:33 | 4:37:39 | 4:49:13 | 5:05:22 | 5:42:07 | 3:54:11 |
| M50-54 | 1,252 | 4:20:12 | 4:44:04 | 4:57:00 | 5:11:53 | 5:47:44 | 4:02:33 |
| M55-59 | 520 | 4:28:09 | 4:48:44 | 5:00:47 | 5:15:13 | 5:58:33 | 4:09:29 |
| M60-64 | 193 | 4:38:41 | 4:55:11 | 5:18:00 | 5:30:11 | 6:10:17 | 4:35:34 |
| M65-69 | 66 | 4:51:20 | 5:26:08 | 5:30:50 | 5:46:31 | 6:17:18 | 4:51:20 |
| M70-74 | 15 | 6:03:52 | 6:03:52 | 6:20:48 | 6:26:28 | 6:59:40 | 6:03:52 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,920 | 4:24:22 | 4:43:16 | 5:01:17 | 5:22:10 | 6:02:03 | 3:56:18 |
| FPRO | 105 | 4:02:29 | 4:12:22 | 4:17:53 | 4:25:17 | 4:34:03 | 3:56:18 |
| F18-24 | 87 | 4:28:39 | 4:51:59 | 5:01:04 | 5:15:00 | 6:04:46 | 4:28:39 |
| F25-29 | 332 | 4:45:06 | 4:56:01 | 5:07:47 | 5:23:48 | 5:59:36 | 4:31:01 |
| F30-34 | 360 | 4:38:27 | 5:02:27 | 5:09:31 | 5:26:05 | 6:01:29 | 4:20:06 |
| F35-39 | 294 | 4:34:27 | 4:54:06 | 5:04:57 | 5:23:33 | 5:55:14 | 4:16:50 |
| F40-44 | 263 | 4:39:11 | 5:01:58 | 5:10:36 | 5:23:34 | 6:04:45 | 4:20:22 |
| F45-49 | 235 | 4:46:57 | 5:00:42 | 5:22:21 | 5:33:56 | 6:10:43 | 4:32:57 |
| F50-54 | 159 | 5:08:15 | 5:20:32 | 5:27:22 | 5:42:23 | 6:27:35 | 5:04:47 |
| F55-59 | 58 | 4:59:45 | 5:29:09 | 5:39:47 | 5:52:01 | 6:24:31 | 4:59:45 |
| F60-64 | 20 | 5:22:29 | 5:22:29 | 5:39:35 | 5:48:26 | 6:14:18 | 5:22:29 |
| F65-69 | 6 | 6:18:46 | 6:18:46 | 6:18:46 | 6:39:27 | 7:10:13 | 6:18:46 |
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.