Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Vichy · 10 editions (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 16,044 finishers
Editions: 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 | 13,043 | 3:58:42 | 4:23:39 | 4:36:53 | 4:55:07 | 5:33:07 | 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 | 1,136 | 4:01:33 | 4:19:58 | 4:30:21 | 4:48:34 | 5:30:00 | 3:38:20 |
| M25-29 | 2,097 | 3:54:27 | 4:17:31 | 4:30:32 | 4:49:05 | 5:26:32 | 3:28:35 |
| M30-34 | 2,238 | 3:51:20 | 4:17:32 | 4:30:34 | 4:48:17 | 5:26:47 | 3:31:00 |
| M35-39 | 1,984 | 4:04:59 | 4:24:56 | 4:37:55 | 4:52:28 | 5:28:43 | 3:39:53 |
| M40-44 | 1,700 | 4:09:33 | 4:30:14 | 4:42:23 | 4:56:22 | 5:30:54 | 3:45:35 |
| M45-49 | 1,565 | 4:11:31 | 4:33:31 | 4:47:12 | 5:03:42 | 5:39:01 | 3:47:11 |
| M50-54 | 1,197 | 4:14:25 | 4:35:44 | 4:48:03 | 5:05:54 | 5:45:12 | 3:51:25 |
| M55-59 | 663 | 4:14:23 | 4:44:58 | 5:00:45 | 5:19:12 | 5:55:54 | 3:57:52 |
| M60-64 | 274 | 4:33:39 | 4:48:37 | 5:02:49 | 5:21:07 | 6:04:45 | 4:27:48 |
| M65-69 | 90 | 4:46:17 | 5:09:50 | 5:21:55 | 5:31:48 | 6:09:10 | 4:46:17 |
| M70-74 | 21 | 4:50:59 | 5:06:20 | 5:50:19 | 6:03:18 | 6:40:21 | 4:50:59 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 3,001 | 4:20:21 | 4:47:26 | 5:06:06 | 5:26:36 | 6:06:59 | 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 | 222 | 4:29:08 | 4:48:20 | 5:01:46 | 5:20:41 | 5:57:36 | 4:12:35 |
| F25-29 | 614 | 4:24:11 | 4:45:59 | 4:59:09 | 5:20:19 | 6:01:50 | 3:58:07 |
| F30-34 | 544 | 4:13:46 | 4:41:32 | 5:00:41 | 5:21:57 | 6:00:16 | 4:03:39 |
| F35-39 | 389 | 4:27:48 | 4:51:05 | 5:07:27 | 5:24:22 | 6:03:00 | 4:10:58 |
| F40-44 | 427 | 4:50:55 | 5:08:00 | 5:19:33 | 5:34:55 | 6:11:10 | 4:37:14 |
| F45-49 | 355 | 4:38:25 | 5:03:48 | 5:20:05 | 5:35:00 | 6:12:30 | 4:30:44 |
| F50-54 | 260 | 4:49:53 | 5:11:16 | 5:20:09 | 5:42:59 | 6:27:02 | 4:29:24 |
| F55-59 | 97 | 5:02:19 | 5:24:54 | 5:37:23 | 5:55:53 | 6:34:01 | 5:02:19 |
| F60-64 | 40 | 5:22:43 | 5:22:43 | 5:46:43 | 6:04:04 | 6:46:57 | 5:22:43 |
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.