Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Phu Quoc · 3 editions (2023, 2024, 2025) · 1,874 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 | 1,631 | 4:33:18 | 4:54:42 | 5:14:00 | 5:37:37 | 6:30:31 | 4:06:55 |
| M18-24 | 27 | 4:06:55 | 4:22:48 | 4:29:56 | 5:08:21 | 6:26:05 | 4:06:55 |
| M25-29 | 105 | 4:42:54 | 4:57:39 | 5:12:54 | 5:32:18 | 6:37:48 | 4:39:49 |
| M30-34 | 287 | 4:34:43 | 4:50:57 | 5:14:37 | 5:39:38 | 6:37:39 | 4:22:20 |
| M35-39 | 315 | 4:32:00 | 4:45:46 | 5:06:10 | 5:38:01 | 6:30:44 | 4:15:15 |
| M40-44 | 351 | 4:33:18 | 4:48:32 | 5:12:11 | 5:32:02 | 6:20:33 | 4:26:35 |
| M45-49 | 257 | 4:44:32 | 5:03:51 | 5:25:00 | 5:44:41 | 6:33:10 | 4:32:56 |
| M50-54 | 155 | 4:30:52 | 5:00:50 | 5:11:24 | 5:33:25 | 6:22:35 | 4:21:09 |
| M55-59 | 79 | 4:50:44 | 5:13:02 | 5:20:46 | 5:46:30 | 6:43:06 | 4:50:44 |
| M60-64 | 43 | 5:12:04 | 5:22:34 | 5:26:26 | 5:43:11 | 6:37:38 | 5:12:04 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 5:27:17 | 5:27:17 | 5:27:17 | 6:32:07 | 6:49:31 | 5:27:17 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 243 | 4:49:54 | 5:10:04 | 5:28:54 | 5:47:29 | 6:35:54 | 4:46:59 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 4:53:45 | 4:53:45 | 4:53:45 | 5:06:41 | 5:28:54 | 4:53:45 |
| F25-29 | 21 | 4:49:54 | 4:59:06 | 4:59:41 | 5:07:21 | 5:52:37 | 4:49:54 |
| F30-34 | 46 | 5:23:59 | 5:29:06 | 5:49:36 | 5:55:46 | 7:14:38 | 5:23:59 |
| F35-39 | 41 | 4:46:59 | 4:50:32 | 5:10:04 | 5:48:29 | 6:22:42 | 4:46:59 |
| F40-44 | 50 | 5:22:43 | 5:30:07 | 5:31:31 | 5:47:29 | 6:28:10 | 5:22:43 |
| F45-49 | 39 | 5:09:32 | 5:20:52 | 5:29:50 | 5:39:55 | 6:44:34 | 5:09:32 |
| F50-54 | 28 | 5:33:26 | 5:36:44 | 5:47:46 | 6:09:22 | 6:33:14 | 5:33:26 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 5:34:45 | 5:34:45 | 5:34:45 | 6:09:10 | 6:41:10 | 5:34:45 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 6:56:14 | 6:56:14 | 6:56:14 | 6:56:14 | 8:00:09 | 6:56:14 |
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.