Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Salalah · 4 editions (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 1,120 finishers
Editions: 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025
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 | 908 | 4:19:01 | 4:42:56 | 4:53:46 | 5:12:42 | 5:58:28 | 4:01:28 |
| M18-24 | 24 | 4:19:01 | 4:46:49 | 4:48:49 | 4:56:00 | 5:14:46 | 4:19:01 |
| M25-29 | 75 | 4:01:28 | 4:29:10 | 4:47:56 | 4:58:43 | 5:46:08 | 4:01:28 |
| M30-34 | 131 | 4:31:08 | 4:41:14 | 4:49:53 | 5:09:42 | 5:54:33 | 4:18:55 |
| M35-39 | 182 | 4:16:08 | 4:29:24 | 4:46:04 | 5:06:32 | 5:51:48 | 4:06:22 |
| M40-44 | 202 | 4:17:30 | 4:43:47 | 4:58:49 | 5:20:13 | 6:02:43 | 4:06:01 |
| M45-49 | 130 | 4:39:00 | 4:46:03 | 5:01:02 | 5:16:35 | 6:00:29 | 4:06:51 |
| M50-54 | 84 | 4:39:08 | 4:49:33 | 5:06:16 | 5:15:09 | 5:58:10 | 4:39:08 |
| M55-59 | 54 | 4:45:28 | 4:53:02 | 5:23:22 | 5:47:31 | 6:18:51 | 4:45:28 |
| M60-64 | 19 | 5:02:36 | 5:02:36 | 5:26:40 | 5:44:57 | 6:19:26 | 5:02:36 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 5:37:49 | 5:37:49 | 5:37:49 | 5:52:25 | 7:11:20 | 5:37:49 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 212 | 4:51:57 | 5:07:51 | 5:19:32 | 5:35:21 | 6:16:57 | 4:44:42 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 4:58:22 | 4:58:22 | 4:58:22 | 5:14:57 | 5:21:58 | 4:58:22 |
| F25-29 | 11 | 4:50:17 | 4:50:17 | 5:12:38 | 5:18:05 | 6:02:57 | 4:50:17 |
| F30-34 | 36 | 4:51:57 | 4:53:07 | 5:07:51 | 5:19:32 | 6:11:55 | 4:51:57 |
| F35-39 | 45 | 4:44:42 | 4:56:55 | 5:34:30 | 5:40:56 | 6:15:10 | 4:44:42 |
| F40-44 | 40 | 5:05:51 | 5:09:42 | 5:17:13 | 5:24:31 | 6:05:00 | 5:05:51 |
| F45-49 | 35 | 5:11:28 | 5:24:35 | 5:33:59 | 5:55:55 | 6:19:33 | 5:11:28 |
| F50-54 | 20 | 5:27:11 | 5:27:11 | 5:27:28 | 5:38:18 | 6:17:42 | 5:27:11 |
| F55-59 | 10 | 5:52:18 | 5:52:18 | 5:52:18 | 6:05:29 | 6:32:03 | 5:52:18 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 5:40:15 | 5:40:15 | 5:40:15 | 6:39:59 | 7:08:09 | 5:40:15 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.