Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Waco · 8 editions (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) · 15,809 finishers
Editions: 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 | 11,710 | 4:03:01 | 4:36:38 | 4:55:41 | 5:19:14 | 6:13:58 | 3:21:40 |
| MPRO | 66 | 3:21:40 | 3:23:21 | 3:29:41 | 3:38:00 | 3:57:27 | 3:21:40 |
| M18-24 | 1,157 | 4:08:35 | 4:34:00 | 4:50:18 | 5:13:18 | 6:03:21 | 3:29:32 |
| M25-29 | 1,551 | 4:03:05 | 4:31:22 | 4:50:24 | 5:14:35 | 6:06:39 | 3:37:34 |
| M30-34 | 1,720 | 3:59:46 | 4:36:46 | 4:56:44 | 5:20:34 | 6:16:52 | 3:39:52 |
| M35-39 | 1,858 | 4:12:25 | 4:36:03 | 4:55:07 | 5:14:49 | 6:09:53 | 3:43:07 |
| M40-44 | 1,613 | 4:07:07 | 4:37:54 | 4:53:32 | 5:18:47 | 6:12:18 | 3:36:10 |
| M45-49 | 1,438 | 4:13:15 | 4:39:50 | 4:56:49 | 5:17:27 | 6:09:37 | 3:47:11 |
| M50-54 | 1,110 | 4:17:51 | 4:51:57 | 5:07:31 | 5:31:35 | 6:24:39 | 3:53:01 |
| M55-59 | 637 | 4:27:39 | 4:55:36 | 5:13:45 | 5:35:13 | 6:34:04 | 4:02:13 |
| M60-64 | 372 | 4:37:29 | 5:08:05 | 5:25:36 | 5:47:30 | 6:37:26 | 4:16:08 |
| M65-69 | 139 | 4:33:21 | 5:06:00 | 5:30:11 | 5:56:52 | 6:54:21 | 4:19:42 |
| M70-74 | 43 | 4:52:18 | 5:32:57 | 5:41:32 | 6:31:24 | 7:19:22 | 4:52:18 |
| M75-79 | 5 | 6:02:28 | 6:02:28 | 6:02:28 | 6:02:28 | 7:48:28 | 6:02:28 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 4,099 | 4:24:24 | 4:57:00 | 5:17:03 | 5:44:57 | 6:36:58 | 3:45:48 |
| FPRO | 40 | 3:45:48 | 3:50:11 | 3:55:11 | 3:59:12 | 4:19:16 | 3:45:48 |
| F18-24 | 322 | 4:29:35 | 4:56:12 | 5:12:48 | 5:37:39 | 6:34:56 | 4:18:26 |
| F25-29 | 530 | 4:32:49 | 5:02:06 | 5:13:12 | 5:43:44 | 6:33:27 | 4:11:44 |
| F30-34 | 546 | 4:30:21 | 5:00:29 | 5:21:07 | 5:47:34 | 6:32:56 | 4:00:25 |
| F35-39 | 636 | 4:40:33 | 5:00:26 | 5:19:03 | 5:40:31 | 6:28:58 | 4:06:55 |
| F40-44 | 686 | 4:33:55 | 5:00:31 | 5:17:03 | 5:41:38 | 6:31:23 | 4:14:10 |
| F45-49 | 504 | 4:30:48 | 5:02:47 | 5:24:44 | 5:50:21 | 6:39:28 | 3:53:35 |
| F50-54 | 379 | 4:42:50 | 5:03:27 | 5:30:06 | 5:51:20 | 6:42:36 | 4:24:18 |
| F55-59 | 280 | 4:43:48 | 5:13:05 | 5:42:28 | 6:07:16 | 6:58:51 | 4:34:13 |
| F60-64 | 126 | 4:37:23 | 5:09:54 | 5:30:07 | 5:58:06 | 6:56:43 | 4:36:14 |
| F65-69 | 40 | 5:11:12 | 5:16:21 | 5:48:52 | 6:17:55 | 7:21:25 | 5:11:12 |
| F70-74 | 10 | 6:57:59 | 6:57:59 | 6:57:59 | 7:16:31 | 8:06:55 | 6:57:59 |
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.