Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Punta del Este · 9 editions (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) · 7,181 finishers
Editions: 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 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 | 5,992 | 3:55:14 | 4:17:10 | 4:29:37 | 4:44:23 | 5:21:51 | 3:17:59 |
| MPRO | 28 | 3:17:59 | 3:20:58 | 3:21:06 | 3:25:05 | 3:48:34 | 3:17:59 |
| M18-24 | 107 | 4:00:28 | 4:07:50 | 4:16:51 | 4:23:37 | 4:59:33 | 3:58:29 |
| M25-29 | 326 | 3:47:10 | 4:08:37 | 4:20:42 | 4:33:51 | 5:05:37 | 3:37:24 |
| M30-34 | 767 | 3:52:05 | 4:10:20 | 4:20:35 | 4:32:52 | 5:09:19 | 3:43:07 |
| M35-39 | 1,119 | 3:54:07 | 4:11:34 | 4:21:18 | 4:35:22 | 5:10:55 | 3:39:02 |
| M40-44 | 1,268 | 4:02:18 | 4:19:35 | 4:30:49 | 4:42:42 | 5:18:00 | 3:47:26 |
| M45-49 | 1,075 | 4:07:52 | 4:29:12 | 4:38:48 | 4:51:45 | 5:27:19 | 3:54:47 |
| M50-54 | 644 | 4:25:23 | 4:34:14 | 4:45:56 | 4:58:37 | 5:33:33 | 4:10:09 |
| M55-59 | 413 | 4:32:53 | 4:47:01 | 4:57:24 | 5:11:27 | 5:49:53 | 3:59:49 |
| M60-64 | 175 | 4:48:56 | 5:12:14 | 5:16:42 | 5:33:16 | 6:06:33 | 4:43:14 |
| M65-69 | 51 | 5:22:09 | 5:31:45 | 5:42:41 | 5:53:52 | 6:17:44 | 5:22:09 |
| M70-74 | 14 | 6:00:29 | 6:00:29 | 6:21:12 | 6:26:32 | 6:59:38 | 6:00:29 |
| M75-79 | 5 | 6:53:56 | 6:53:56 | 6:53:56 | 6:53:56 | 7:36:20 | 6:53:56 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,189 | 4:17:52 | 4:43:42 | 4:56:39 | 5:13:20 | 5:49:38 | 3:38:29 |
| FPRO | 17 | 3:38:29 | 3:38:29 | 4:02:01 | 4:14:14 | 4:28:47 | 3:38:29 |
| F18-24 | 30 | 4:13:22 | 4:38:10 | 4:51:36 | 5:02:05 | 5:23:51 | 4:13:22 |
| F25-29 | 72 | 4:09:55 | 4:47:05 | 4:55:40 | 5:10:28 | 5:31:32 | 4:09:55 |
| F30-34 | 173 | 4:24:11 | 4:39:38 | 4:47:37 | 5:05:28 | 5:39:58 | 4:19:58 |
| F35-39 | 204 | 4:23:54 | 4:33:42 | 4:48:18 | 5:02:46 | 5:34:12 | 4:16:52 |
| F40-44 | 216 | 4:33:12 | 4:45:31 | 4:53:29 | 5:09:12 | 5:44:16 | 4:03:58 |
| F45-49 | 229 | 4:37:54 | 5:04:21 | 5:07:44 | 5:20:02 | 5:56:04 | 4:22:45 |
| F50-54 | 155 | 4:58:26 | 5:11:36 | 5:21:09 | 5:36:35 | 6:09:42 | 4:22:02 |
| F55-59 | 58 | 4:44:29 | 5:14:12 | 5:19:57 | 5:36:12 | 6:08:38 | 4:44:29 |
| F60-64 | 23 | 5:41:56 | 5:54:09 | 6:00:39 | 6:23:11 | 6:53:27 | 5:41:56 |
| F65-69 | 9 | 6:16:49 | 6:16:49 | 6:16:49 | 6:51:27 | 7:13:50 | 6:16:49 |
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.