Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Swansea · 4 editions (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 6,110 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 | 4,925 | 4:10:53 | 4:50:08 | 5:07:07 | 5:27:26 | 6:07:57 | 3:49:34 |
| MPRO | 74 | 3:49:34 | 3:52:29 | 3:55:36 | 3:58:16 | 4:06:43 | 3:49:34 |
| M18-24 | 288 | 4:15:37 | 4:43:56 | 5:01:08 | 5:26:59 | 6:05:23 | 4:10:44 |
| M25-29 | 574 | 4:29:49 | 4:51:06 | 5:04:29 | 5:24:56 | 6:03:26 | 4:10:53 |
| M30-34 | 777 | 4:28:50 | 4:45:49 | 4:56:58 | 5:17:02 | 5:58:44 | 4:21:06 |
| M35-39 | 793 | 4:28:08 | 4:50:18 | 5:05:09 | 5:22:13 | 6:01:18 | 4:17:53 |
| M40-44 | 735 | 4:40:36 | 5:00:45 | 5:14:46 | 5:30:40 | 6:06:24 | 4:22:40 |
| M45-49 | 643 | 4:42:19 | 4:57:35 | 5:15:25 | 5:32:13 | 6:09:39 | 4:08:04 |
| M50-54 | 566 | 4:54:40 | 5:13:53 | 5:23:15 | 5:37:21 | 6:17:55 | 4:39:57 |
| M55-59 | 296 | 4:59:48 | 5:19:03 | 5:30:48 | 5:51:41 | 6:35:57 | 4:49:51 |
| M60-64 | 127 | 5:16:19 | 5:36:11 | 5:45:19 | 5:55:31 | 6:36:38 | 5:15:40 |
| M65-69 | 40 | 5:14:05 | 5:19:30 | 5:40:08 | 6:07:48 | 7:11:02 | 5:14:05 |
| M70-74 | 10 | 6:23:07 | 6:23:07 | 6:23:07 | 6:40:57 | 7:03:29 | 6:23:07 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,185 | 4:30:35 | 5:09:52 | 5:31:21 | 5:55:57 | 6:43:03 | 4:20:37 |
| FPRO | 38 | 4:20:37 | 4:21:05 | 4:24:33 | 4:27:33 | 4:35:48 | 4:20:37 |
| F18-24 | 91 | 4:51:58 | 5:23:26 | 5:41:55 | 5:52:27 | 6:31:21 | 4:51:58 |
| F25-29 | 164 | 4:38:10 | 5:08:50 | 5:21:06 | 5:44:03 | 6:21:28 | 4:33:28 |
| F30-34 | 147 | 4:56:54 | 5:11:56 | 5:18:26 | 5:43:14 | 6:16:55 | 4:52:18 |
| F35-39 | 138 | 5:05:29 | 5:14:25 | 5:39:03 | 5:49:46 | 6:37:57 | 4:50:27 |
| F40-44 | 202 | 5:13:11 | 5:27:50 | 5:42:39 | 6:05:56 | 6:55:57 | 5:09:34 |
| F45-49 | 172 | 5:21:28 | 5:45:47 | 6:00:04 | 6:16:41 | 6:55:25 | 5:13:34 |
| F50-54 | 123 | 5:27:47 | 5:52:28 | 6:06:43 | 6:19:52 | 7:07:43 | 5:25:34 |
| F55-59 | 67 | 5:20:11 | 5:48:52 | 6:00:11 | 6:20:06 | 7:02:01 | 5:20:11 |
| F60-64 | 33 | 6:01:17 | 6:10:15 | 6:11:11 | 6:40:56 | 7:17:49 | 6:01:17 |
| F65-69 | 9 | 7:02:25 | 7:02:25 | 7:02:25 | 7:12:10 | 7:41:17 | 7:02:25 |
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.