Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Taitung · 7 editions (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022) · 7,404 finishers
Editions: 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2022
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 | 6,286 | 4:15:00 | 4:54:43 | 5:14:26 | 5:41:23 | 6:33:13 | 3:33:43 |
| MPRO | 62 | 3:33:43 | 3:42:55 | 3:46:25 | 3:52:58 | 4:00:01 | 3:33:43 |
| M18-24 | 115 | 4:06:03 | 4:18:24 | 4:35:22 | 5:09:55 | 6:09:01 | 3:54:14 |
| M25-29 | 360 | 4:22:56 | 4:45:58 | 4:58:52 | 5:27:54 | 6:21:47 | 4:08:55 |
| M30-34 | 841 | 4:24:24 | 4:47:14 | 5:01:35 | 5:31:14 | 6:25:16 | 3:59:25 |
| M35-39 | 1,360 | 4:32:02 | 4:59:34 | 5:12:12 | 5:40:54 | 6:31:55 | 4:01:03 |
| M40-44 | 1,509 | 4:42:09 | 5:06:54 | 5:23:29 | 5:48:47 | 6:38:49 | 4:12:56 |
| M45-49 | 1,091 | 4:29:57 | 5:03:57 | 5:22:04 | 5:46:29 | 6:34:27 | 4:15:41 |
| M50-54 | 585 | 4:43:50 | 5:06:08 | 5:25:30 | 5:55:45 | 6:42:24 | 4:20:35 |
| M55-59 | 235 | 5:02:16 | 5:18:50 | 5:32:56 | 6:01:30 | 6:42:24 | 4:55:23 |
| M60-64 | 83 | 5:08:31 | 5:22:58 | 5:35:37 | 6:01:41 | 6:48:20 | 5:08:31 |
| M65-69 | 27 | 5:39:15 | 5:39:31 | 5:45:19 | 6:05:38 | 7:05:53 | 5:39:15 |
| M70-74 | 14 | 6:13:41 | 6:13:41 | 6:17:20 | 6:23:09 | 6:56:14 | 6:13:41 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,118 | 4:24:28 | 5:04:50 | 5:31:40 | 6:01:09 | 6:52:28 | 4:05:37 |
| FPRO | 37 | 4:05:37 | 4:07:08 | 4:14:13 | 4:21:21 | 4:30:52 | 4:05:37 |
| F18-24 | 20 | 4:47:59 | 4:47:59 | 4:51:32 | 5:16:16 | 6:06:29 | 4:47:59 |
| F25-29 | 102 | 4:53:20 | 5:05:25 | 5:24:24 | 5:48:06 | 6:43:01 | 4:53:05 |
| F30-34 | 192 | 4:39:18 | 5:11:41 | 5:35:32 | 5:58:31 | 6:53:21 | 4:38:52 |
| F35-39 | 228 | 5:06:52 | 5:30:43 | 5:42:03 | 6:07:24 | 6:54:09 | 4:42:04 |
| F40-44 | 243 | 5:10:41 | 5:36:39 | 5:48:47 | 6:10:45 | 6:54:37 | 4:44:10 |
| F45-49 | 166 | 5:00:50 | 5:30:42 | 5:49:39 | 6:12:23 | 6:55:07 | 4:59:58 |
| F50-54 | 82 | 4:57:39 | 5:29:12 | 5:43:34 | 5:58:34 | 7:04:54 | 4:57:39 |
| F55-59 | 30 | 6:06:26 | 6:12:02 | 6:14:27 | 6:25:57 | 6:52:43 | 6:06:26 |
| F60-64 | 14 | 5:59:51 | 5:59:51 | 6:06:05 | 6:31:41 | 7:41:22 | 5:59:51 |
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.