Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Vichy · 11 editions (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) · 17,876 finishers
Editions: 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026
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 | 14,526 | 4:00:19 | 4:25:05 | 4:38:46 | 4:57:03 | 5:35:03 | 3:23:43 |
| MPRO | 76 | 3:23:43 | 3:26:39 | 3:31:37 | 3:46:02 | 4:03:50 | 3:23:43 |
| M18-24 | 1,415 | 4:03:11 | 4:22:33 | 4:35:20 | 4:53:38 | 5:33:33 | 3:38:20 |
| M25-29 | 2,479 | 3:58:09 | 4:20:15 | 4:33:24 | 4:53:22 | 5:29:29 | 3:28:35 |
| M30-34 | 2,503 | 3:52:47 | 4:19:30 | 4:32:15 | 4:51:02 | 5:29:47 | 3:31:00 |
| M35-39 | 2,144 | 4:07:01 | 4:25:46 | 4:38:42 | 4:54:03 | 5:29:38 | 3:39:53 |
| M40-44 | 1,815 | 4:11:35 | 4:31:17 | 4:42:55 | 4:56:57 | 5:32:23 | 3:45:35 |
| M45-49 | 1,644 | 4:11:34 | 4:33:51 | 4:48:05 | 5:04:30 | 5:40:00 | 3:47:11 |
| M50-54 | 1,295 | 4:18:10 | 4:37:41 | 4:49:14 | 5:07:38 | 5:46:18 | 3:51:25 |
| M55-59 | 733 | 4:15:12 | 4:47:33 | 5:02:49 | 5:21:10 | 5:57:14 | 3:57:52 |
| M60-64 | 295 | 4:33:39 | 4:51:23 | 5:03:36 | 5:22:09 | 6:06:35 | 4:27:48 |
| M65-69 | 101 | 4:50:56 | 5:10:58 | 5:23:34 | 5:36:42 | 6:11:55 | 4:46:17 |
| M70-74 | 24 | 4:50:59 | 5:05:11 | 5:06:20 | 5:46:30 | 6:30:36 | 4:50:59 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 3,350 | 4:21:39 | 4:50:04 | 5:08:00 | 5:29:05 | 6:09:29 | 3:45:53 |
| FPRO | 47 | 3:45:53 | 3:49:06 | 3:57:20 | 4:11:27 | 4:27:01 | 3:45:53 |
| F18-24 | 280 | 4:29:08 | 4:50:04 | 5:02:27 | 5:25:33 | 6:08:35 | 4:12:35 |
| F25-29 | 716 | 4:24:54 | 4:47:26 | 5:03:27 | 5:25:45 | 6:04:52 | 3:58:07 |
| F30-34 | 616 | 4:17:09 | 4:46:18 | 5:01:12 | 5:23:45 | 6:03:37 | 4:03:39 |
| F35-39 | 416 | 4:31:12 | 4:53:26 | 5:08:24 | 5:26:21 | 6:05:51 | 4:10:58 |
| F40-44 | 457 | 4:50:55 | 5:08:04 | 5:20:33 | 5:35:23 | 6:11:47 | 4:37:14 |
| F45-49 | 379 | 4:38:25 | 5:05:07 | 5:20:18 | 5:35:50 | 6:15:11 | 4:30:44 |
| F50-54 | 276 | 4:49:53 | 5:11:36 | 5:22:50 | 5:45:45 | 6:27:13 | 4:29:24 |
| F55-59 | 111 | 5:05:18 | 5:24:54 | 5:37:23 | 5:55:53 | 6:33:58 | 5:02:19 |
| F60-64 | 45 | 5:22:43 | 5:36:15 | 5:50:07 | 6:04:04 | 6:46:57 | 5:22:43 |
| F65-69 | 5 | 6:22:21 | 6:22:21 | 6:22:21 | 6:22:21 | 6:59:06 | 6:22:21 |
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.