Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship · 10 editions (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 26,621 finishers
Editions: 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2022 · 2023 · 2023 women · 2024 · 2024 women · 2025 · 2025 women
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 | 18,891 | 3:58:40 | 4:18:45 | 4:27:55 | 4:39:17 | 5:04:01 | 3:32:09 |
| MPRO | 248 | 3:33:22 | 3:37:57 | 3:39:38 | 3:44:28 | 3:54:17 | 3:32:09 |
| M18-24 | 771 | 3:58:30 | 4:04:45 | 4:13:21 | 4:24:33 | 4:45:06 | 3:54:54 |
| M25-29 | 1,758 | 4:00:11 | 4:09:12 | 4:15:13 | 4:23:37 | 4:43:20 | 3:50:56 |
| M30-34 | 2,532 | 4:04:31 | 4:15:31 | 4:22:20 | 4:30:33 | 4:49:44 | 3:50:28 |
| M35-39 | 2,790 | 4:11:03 | 4:20:16 | 4:26:25 | 4:34:27 | 4:52:31 | 3:56:09 |
| M40-44 | 2,882 | 4:16:39 | 4:27:29 | 4:32:39 | 4:41:25 | 5:00:10 | 4:02:07 |
| M45-49 | 2,596 | 4:23:54 | 4:34:21 | 4:41:23 | 4:50:45 | 5:11:40 | 3:56:59 |
| M50-54 | 2,142 | 4:27:07 | 4:38:25 | 4:45:08 | 4:54:04 | 5:14:28 | 4:14:48 |
| M55-59 | 1,491 | 4:35:01 | 4:47:42 | 4:54:56 | 5:04:11 | 5:24:54 | 4:18:44 |
| M60-64 | 868 | 4:43:40 | 4:59:31 | 5:08:10 | 5:20:05 | 5:45:16 | 4:29:39 |
| M65-69 | 489 | 5:04:54 | 5:23:14 | 5:31:01 | 5:42:34 | 6:13:21 | 4:47:05 |
| M70-74 | 234 | 5:29:29 | 5:43:37 | 5:57:53 | 6:14:46 | 6:57:00 | 5:19:08 |
| M75-79 | 54 | 5:54:57 | 6:11:50 | 6:25:00 | 6:36:47 | 7:17:51 | 5:54:57 |
| M80-84 | 8 | 7:25:14 | 7:25:14 | 7:25:14 | 7:32:01 | 8:02:43 | 7:25:14 |
| MHC | 8 | 5:26:48 | 5:26:48 | 5:26:48 | 5:45:53 | 6:04:04 | 5:26:48 |
| MPC | 9 | 5:00:27 | 5:00:27 | 5:00:27 | 5:29:41 | 5:54:08 | 5:00:27 |
| MPC/ID | 9 | 4:50:18 | 4:50:18 | 4:50:18 | 5:00:14 | 5:13:25 | 4:50:18 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 7,730 | 4:24:23 | 4:54:15 | 5:05:38 | 5:19:35 | 5:51:06 | 3:53:02 |
| FPRO | 159 | 3:57:05 | 4:02:27 | 4:07:12 | 4:12:28 | 4:25:39 | 3:53:02 |
| F18-24 | 453 | 4:35:05 | 4:50:33 | 4:57:55 | 5:12:26 | 5:40:41 | 4:22:19 |
| F25-29 | 873 | 4:32:54 | 4:45:36 | 4:55:20 | 5:07:12 | 5:30:44 | 4:27:12 |
| F30-34 | 1,090 | 4:34:13 | 4:53:32 | 5:00:39 | 5:10:43 | 5:35:48 | 4:23:17 |
| F35-39 | 1,005 | 4:40:25 | 4:56:13 | 5:05:32 | 5:15:43 | 5:40:30 | 4:28:45 |
| F40-44 | 1,108 | 4:43:41 | 5:02:07 | 5:09:50 | 5:22:22 | 5:48:06 | 4:32:03 |
| F45-49 | 1,019 | 4:54:15 | 5:10:40 | 5:18:13 | 5:30:51 | 5:58:48 | 4:45:54 |
| F50-54 | 795 | 5:05:35 | 5:16:41 | 5:24:12 | 5:36:12 | 6:05:47 | 4:49:01 |
| F55-59 | 581 | 5:08:19 | 5:25:36 | 5:35:20 | 5:45:42 | 6:20:36 | 4:52:28 |
| F60-64 | 396 | 5:18:37 | 5:42:24 | 5:54:35 | 6:06:09 | 6:40:30 | 5:00:59 |
| F65-69 | 189 | 5:37:27 | 6:02:34 | 6:19:22 | 6:38:08 | 7:06:32 | 5:36:47 |
| F70-74 | 50 | 6:07:40 | 6:18:25 | 6:43:22 | 6:50:11 | 7:33:52 | 6:07:40 |
| F75-79 | 6 | 6:50:34 | 6:50:34 | 6:50:34 | 7:16:46 | 7:36:43 | 6:50:34 |
| FPC/ID | 5 | 5:49:47 | 5:49:47 | 5:49:47 | 5:49:47 | 6:25:43 | 5:49:47 |
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.