Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 Western Sydney · 9 editions (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 9,267 finishers
Editions: 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2018 · 2019 · 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 | 7,293 | 4:04:32 | 4:23:44 | 4:34:55 | 4:51:37 | 5:27:50 | 3:43:26 |
| MPRO | 61 | 3:43:26 | 3:47:04 | 3:48:49 | 3:51:36 | 3:57:38 | 3:43:26 |
| M18-24 | 497 | 4:03:11 | 4:15:13 | 4:26:03 | 4:43:25 | 5:32:04 | 3:56:28 |
| M25-29 | 986 | 4:03:37 | 4:18:45 | 4:28:23 | 4:45:22 | 5:23:49 | 3:54:54 |
| M30-34 | 1,296 | 4:07:05 | 4:23:02 | 4:33:45 | 4:48:04 | 5:22:12 | 3:49:37 |
| M35-39 | 1,260 | 4:13:15 | 4:23:52 | 4:34:51 | 4:49:49 | 5:23:57 | 4:00:29 |
| M40-44 | 1,221 | 4:13:40 | 4:27:15 | 4:36:15 | 4:51:52 | 5:26:12 | 4:03:06 |
| M45-49 | 906 | 4:19:27 | 4:32:27 | 4:42:00 | 4:56:20 | 5:31:49 | 4:04:51 |
| M50-54 | 571 | 4:18:57 | 4:37:39 | 4:47:46 | 5:01:48 | 5:38:18 | 4:09:01 |
| M55-59 | 297 | 4:27:36 | 4:45:32 | 4:55:10 | 5:09:46 | 5:48:33 | 4:25:22 |
| M60-64 | 134 | 4:36:52 | 4:51:36 | 5:05:40 | 5:25:00 | 6:00:05 | 4:33:41 |
| M65-69 | 47 | 4:49:01 | 4:52:55 | 5:00:43 | 5:28:24 | 6:04:04 | 4:49:01 |
| M70-74 | 12 | 5:03:51 | 5:03:51 | 5:18:43 | 5:30:31 | 6:08:22 | 5:03:51 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,974 | 4:23:22 | 4:44:13 | 4:57:31 | 5:16:07 | 5:58:15 | 4:07:38 |
| FPRO | 45 | 4:07:38 | 4:08:39 | 4:14:29 | 4:16:13 | 4:27:43 | 4:07:38 |
| F18-24 | 157 | 4:25:11 | 4:37:10 | 4:56:51 | 5:15:09 | 5:58:49 | 4:25:03 |
| F25-29 | 287 | 4:32:16 | 4:49:07 | 4:58:23 | 5:11:28 | 5:48:19 | 4:24:31 |
| F30-34 | 358 | 4:27:04 | 4:41:40 | 4:54:46 | 5:16:03 | 5:53:16 | 4:20:49 |
| F35-39 | 283 | 4:35:48 | 4:47:20 | 4:57:21 | 5:12:50 | 5:55:21 | 4:24:14 |
| F40-44 | 308 | 4:40:37 | 4:50:05 | 4:58:47 | 5:14:54 | 5:59:23 | 4:27:02 |
| F45-49 | 241 | 4:45:22 | 4:52:43 | 5:05:33 | 5:22:46 | 5:58:48 | 4:33:54 |
| F50-54 | 144 | 4:58:44 | 5:06:42 | 5:16:15 | 5:33:00 | 6:07:50 | 4:50:25 |
| F55-59 | 95 | 4:59:39 | 5:20:23 | 5:40:35 | 5:54:27 | 6:23:52 | 4:59:39 |
| F60-64 | 42 | 5:15:07 | 5:25:47 | 5:46:06 | 6:09:11 | 6:31:01 | 5:15:07 |
| F65-69 | 13 | 6:00:25 | 6:00:25 | 6:00:39 | 6:08:43 | 6:39:42 | 6:00:25 |
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.