Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Switzerland · 14 editions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 23,294 finishers
Editions: 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 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 | 19,182 | 4:04:48 | 4:27:59 | 4:39:19 | 4:54:33 | 5:27:22 | 3:26:53 |
| MPRO | 248 | 3:32:08 | 3:38:43 | 3:45:20 | 3:51:04 | 4:01:33 | 3:26:53 |
| M18-24 | 624 | 4:07:18 | 4:16:40 | 4:25:55 | 4:39:07 | 5:14:37 | 3:45:32 |
| M25-29 | 1,950 | 4:08:22 | 4:22:31 | 4:31:00 | 4:45:48 | 5:19:58 | 3:44:02 |
| M30-34 | 3,400 | 4:11:08 | 4:25:04 | 4:35:29 | 4:48:34 | 5:18:48 | 3:50:46 |
| M35-39 | 3,479 | 4:16:27 | 4:30:32 | 4:39:52 | 4:52:55 | 5:24:45 | 3:57:18 |
| M40-44 | 3,325 | 4:20:12 | 4:34:42 | 4:43:02 | 4:56:53 | 5:28:18 | 3:57:22 |
| M45-49 | 2,886 | 4:22:07 | 4:38:02 | 4:47:58 | 5:02:29 | 5:33:40 | 3:55:24 |
| M50-54 | 1,924 | 4:29:44 | 4:44:02 | 4:52:54 | 5:07:41 | 5:38:41 | 4:16:14 |
| M55-59 | 898 | 4:34:06 | 4:50:44 | 4:59:57 | 5:15:07 | 5:44:02 | 4:19:42 |
| M60-64 | 311 | 4:39:21 | 4:57:01 | 5:07:58 | 5:22:21 | 5:52:56 | 4:25:28 |
| M65-69 | 98 | 4:45:16 | 5:06:03 | 5:16:03 | 5:32:02 | 6:06:51 | 4:45:16 |
| M70-74 | 34 | 5:28:18 | 5:30:00 | 5:37:15 | 6:17:22 | 6:38:59 | 5:28:18 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 4,112 | 4:22:45 | 4:46:13 | 4:59:44 | 5:16:54 | 5:49:38 | 3:52:30 |
| FPRO | 122 | 3:56:40 | 4:04:33 | 4:08:52 | 4:17:00 | 4:30:55 | 3:52:30 |
| F18-24 | 191 | 4:29:16 | 4:50:01 | 5:01:02 | 5:15:37 | 5:56:17 | 4:23:37 |
| F25-29 | 680 | 4:30:42 | 4:48:03 | 4:58:17 | 5:12:23 | 5:45:15 | 4:18:41 |
| F30-34 | 945 | 4:33:53 | 4:52:13 | 4:59:57 | 5:14:54 | 5:46:04 | 4:08:19 |
| F35-39 | 656 | 4:40:15 | 4:55:53 | 5:03:40 | 5:18:09 | 5:45:34 | 4:20:37 |
| F40-44 | 593 | 4:43:08 | 4:57:14 | 5:10:29 | 5:22:10 | 5:51:40 | 4:23:54 |
| F45-49 | 478 | 4:46:13 | 4:59:37 | 5:16:12 | 5:27:30 | 5:58:53 | 4:22:21 |
| F50-54 | 294 | 4:56:12 | 5:08:41 | 5:21:09 | 5:33:07 | 6:03:28 | 4:47:09 |
| F55-59 | 107 | 5:01:43 | 5:22:03 | 5:29:24 | 5:44:01 | 6:14:57 | 4:53:28 |
| F60-64 | 36 | 5:08:44 | 5:25:24 | 5:31:09 | 5:58:37 | 6:31:32 | 5:08:44 |
| F65-69 | 10 | 5:42:02 | 5:42:02 | 5:42:02 | 5:47:55 | 6:18:06 | 5:42:02 |
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.