Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 UK · 12 editions (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) · 11,954 finishers
Editions: 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017
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 | 10,304 | 4:45:09 | 5:12:14 | 5:27:26 | 5:46:25 | 6:24:33 | 4:15:04 |
| MPRO | 113 | 4:15:58 | 4:18:07 | 4:20:27 | 4:25:00 | 4:33:24 | 4:15:04 |
| M18-24 | 421 | 4:51:54 | 5:10:15 | 5:20:17 | 5:37:38 | 6:16:30 | 4:42:30 |
| M25-29 | 1,347 | 4:49:14 | 5:09:47 | 5:21:55 | 5:40:13 | 6:17:17 | 4:35:10 |
| M30-34 | 2,048 | 4:54:16 | 5:10:40 | 5:23:09 | 5:42:33 | 6:19:13 | 4:29:34 |
| M35-39 | 2,176 | 4:57:44 | 5:13:47 | 5:29:48 | 5:46:04 | 6:23:37 | 4:39:42 |
| M40-44 | 2,045 | 5:02:11 | 5:19:47 | 5:33:58 | 5:52:08 | 6:27:16 | 4:33:05 |
| M45-49 | 1,283 | 5:06:40 | 5:25:54 | 5:36:13 | 5:55:04 | 6:32:56 | 4:48:41 |
| M50-54 | 586 | 5:18:11 | 5:35:19 | 5:44:15 | 6:00:07 | 6:40:33 | 5:10:58 |
| M55-59 | 185 | 5:34:04 | 5:50:46 | 5:59:14 | 6:11:44 | 6:47:28 | 5:24:23 |
| M60-64 | 69 | 5:48:05 | 5:49:30 | 5:57:19 | 6:17:59 | 7:00:21 | 5:48:05 |
| M65-69 | 26 | 6:15:35 | 6:22:44 | 6:27:56 | 6:57:58 | 7:14:39 | 6:15:35 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,650 | 4:56:59 | 5:26:14 | 5:46:10 | 6:07:43 | 6:55:12 | 4:40:14 |
| FPRO | 61 | 4:40:14 | 4:49:28 | 4:52:16 | 4:55:42 | 5:04:18 | 4:40:14 |
| F18-24 | 68 | 5:07:03 | 5:29:20 | 5:53:50 | 6:18:03 | 6:44:51 | 5:07:03 |
| F25-29 | 246 | 5:11:10 | 5:40:29 | 5:49:19 | 6:10:45 | 6:54:31 | 5:02:53 |
| F30-34 | 354 | 5:16:19 | 5:34:16 | 5:47:58 | 6:04:39 | 6:45:03 | 5:07:12 |
| F35-39 | 339 | 5:20:45 | 5:36:38 | 5:44:23 | 6:06:38 | 6:53:06 | 5:03:23 |
| F40-44 | 268 | 5:36:03 | 5:51:47 | 6:00:56 | 6:22:13 | 7:04:38 | 5:20:05 |
| F45-49 | 174 | 5:26:14 | 5:53:16 | 6:04:00 | 6:21:41 | 7:03:07 | 5:26:10 |
| F50-54 | 89 | 5:22:53 | 6:07:04 | 6:24:39 | 6:43:55 | 7:26:16 | 5:22:53 |
| F55-59 | 39 | 6:04:16 | 6:10:34 | 6:21:21 | 6:39:40 | 7:25:12 | 6:04:16 |
| F60-64 | 10 | 6:52:47 | 6:52:47 | 6:52:47 | 7:08:54 | 7:46:58 | 6:52:47 |
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.