Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Shanghai Chongming · 1 editions (2025) · 1,058 finishers
Editions: 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 | 862 | 3:56:52 | 4:34:40 | 4:44:29 | 5:04:19 | 5:46:57 | 3:38:03 |
| MPRO | 11 | 3:38:03 | 3:38:03 | 3:43:48 | 3:44:28 | 3:51:31 | 3:38:03 |
| M18-24 | 23 | 4:16:45 | 4:29:02 | 4:34:40 | 4:40:18 | 5:26:02 | 4:16:45 |
| M25-29 | 57 | 4:20:06 | 4:26:32 | 4:39:34 | 4:47:04 | 5:30:25 | 4:20:06 |
| M30-34 | 117 | 4:13:40 | 4:37:38 | 4:45:29 | 5:04:06 | 5:50:22 | 3:51:35 |
| M35-39 | 181 | 4:01:49 | 4:33:24 | 4:41:15 | 5:02:25 | 5:38:47 | 4:01:29 |
| M40-44 | 209 | 4:21:43 | 4:40:07 | 4:52:20 | 5:06:36 | 5:46:02 | 4:05:04 |
| M45-49 | 120 | 4:23:44 | 4:35:35 | 4:53:17 | 5:22:57 | 5:48:42 | 4:19:56 |
| M50-54 | 78 | 4:41:08 | 4:50:09 | 4:57:38 | 5:10:35 | 6:04:04 | 4:41:08 |
| M55-59 | 41 | 4:35:56 | 4:42:28 | 4:53:57 | 5:42:25 | 6:21:55 | 4:35:56 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 5:02:30 | 5:02:30 | 5:05:39 | 5:29:27 | 5:57:08 | 5:02:30 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 5:16:38 | 5:16:38 | 5:16:38 | 5:25:04 | 5:32:54 | 5:16:38 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 196 | 4:13:17 | 4:50:53 | 5:06:40 | 5:28:46 | 6:06:30 | 4:06:10 |
| FPRO | 5 | 4:06:10 | 4:06:10 | 4:06:10 | 4:06:10 | 4:24:46 | 4:06:10 |
| F25-29 | 13 | 4:58:25 | 4:58:25 | 5:30:18 | 5:32:22 | 6:20:37 | 4:58:25 |
| F30-34 | 38 | 4:51:26 | 4:55:56 | 5:09:32 | 5:30:53 | 6:05:41 | 4:51:26 |
| F35-39 | 42 | 4:34:54 | 4:48:05 | 4:58:02 | 5:22:06 | 6:03:08 | 4:34:54 |
| F40-44 | 40 | 4:38:54 | 4:48:55 | 5:08:13 | 5:27:02 | 5:57:26 | 4:38:54 |
| F45-49 | 23 | 4:51:48 | 5:06:40 | 5:14:18 | 5:28:46 | 6:03:57 | 4:51:48 |
| F50-54 | 20 | 5:28:02 | 5:28:02 | 5:37:16 | 5:57:18 | 6:26:54 | 5:28:02 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 5:39:30 | 5:39:30 | 5:39:30 | 5:43:47 | 6:08:33 | 5:39:30 |
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.