Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast · 12 editions (2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 15,417 finishers
Editions: 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 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 | 11,458 | 3:54:20 | 4:15:14 | 4:28:31 | 4:44:32 | 5:18:51 | 3:29:47 |
| MPRO | 232 | 3:31:16 | 3:39:17 | 3:41:59 | 3:45:15 | 3:55:31 | 3:29:47 |
| M18-24 | 644 | 3:57:07 | 4:11:19 | 4:17:33 | 4:38:31 | 5:13:28 | 3:45:46 |
| M25-29 | 1,188 | 3:57:42 | 4:09:33 | 4:19:39 | 4:36:00 | 5:12:52 | 3:48:47 |
| M30-34 | 1,669 | 4:01:00 | 4:15:02 | 4:23:49 | 4:39:16 | 5:14:18 | 3:51:14 |
| M35-39 | 1,941 | 4:06:31 | 4:18:11 | 4:29:11 | 4:42:33 | 5:13:33 | 3:49:17 |
| M40-44 | 2,042 | 4:11:04 | 4:26:10 | 4:35:23 | 4:48:05 | 5:19:45 | 3:54:50 |
| M45-49 | 1,607 | 4:11:59 | 4:29:28 | 4:37:25 | 4:52:03 | 5:22:57 | 4:04:34 |
| M50-54 | 1,108 | 4:17:59 | 4:34:08 | 4:43:24 | 4:56:20 | 5:26:47 | 4:06:27 |
| M55-59 | 596 | 4:27:01 | 4:41:09 | 4:48:58 | 5:03:02 | 5:33:32 | 4:20:59 |
| M60-64 | 288 | 4:24:13 | 4:46:53 | 4:55:12 | 5:08:56 | 5:40:23 | 4:20:34 |
| M65-69 | 102 | 4:48:38 | 5:06:56 | 5:18:00 | 5:31:16 | 6:02:37 | 4:41:25 |
| M70-74 | 35 | 4:56:05 | 5:20:10 | 5:25:51 | 5:39:52 | 6:25:04 | 4:56:05 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 3,959 | 4:16:53 | 4:38:55 | 4:53:07 | 5:10:09 | 5:47:29 | 4:00:20 |
| FPRO | 141 | 4:01:53 | 4:07:51 | 4:11:27 | 4:15:17 | 4:25:50 | 4:00:20 |
| F18-24 | 240 | 4:27:57 | 4:37:14 | 4:47:32 | 5:04:52 | 5:47:57 | 4:15:46 |
| F25-29 | 556 | 4:20:30 | 4:40:57 | 4:49:59 | 5:04:59 | 5:45:44 | 4:10:38 |
| F30-34 | 661 | 4:29:03 | 4:42:59 | 4:55:54 | 5:08:26 | 5:42:29 | 4:12:50 |
| F35-39 | 608 | 4:29:29 | 4:46:42 | 4:54:29 | 5:08:36 | 5:43:43 | 4:11:37 |
| F40-44 | 655 | 4:36:03 | 4:51:53 | 5:03:39 | 5:17:32 | 5:50:13 | 4:14:13 |
| F45-49 | 522 | 4:41:54 | 4:56:03 | 5:06:20 | 5:22:36 | 5:51:52 | 4:22:34 |
| F50-54 | 314 | 4:53:37 | 5:01:28 | 5:10:46 | 5:25:27 | 5:58:57 | 4:34:50 |
| F55-59 | 181 | 4:55:25 | 5:12:12 | 5:20:38 | 5:37:56 | 6:13:22 | 4:49:38 |
| F60-64 | 65 | 5:00:28 | 5:21:14 | 5:29:20 | 5:46:22 | 6:24:30 | 5:00:28 |
| F65-69 | 14 | 5:38:41 | 5:38:41 | 6:21:15 | 6:39:39 | 6:59:40 | 5:38:41 |
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.