Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN 70.3 World Championship - Men · 25 editions (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) · 58,070 finishers
Editions: 2006 · 2009 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2017 women · 2018 · 2018 women · 2019 · 2019 women · 2021 · 2022 · 2022 women · 2023 · 2023 women · 2024 · 2024 women · 2025 · 2025 women · 2026 · 2026 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 | 36,530 | 3:58:10 | 4:18:39 | 4:27:58 | 4:39:40 | 5:06:10 | 3:32:09 |
| MPRO | 677 | 3:35:05 | 3:39:52 | 3:43:41 | 3:47:18 | 3:58:25 | 3:32:09 |
| M18-24 | 1,617 | 3:59:32 | 4:09:41 | 4:17:42 | 4:27:40 | 4:49:13 | 3:51:35 |
| M25-29 | 3,353 | 4:01:59 | 4:11:46 | 4:17:45 | 4:26:28 | 4:46:11 | 3:50:56 |
| M30-34 | 4,849 | 4:06:36 | 4:16:11 | 4:22:37 | 4:31:06 | 4:50:46 | 3:50:28 |
| M35-39 | 5,603 | 4:11:34 | 4:20:29 | 4:26:49 | 4:35:18 | 4:54:36 | 3:52:49 |
| M40-44 | 5,813 | 4:15:29 | 4:26:56 | 4:33:21 | 4:42:36 | 5:02:33 | 4:02:07 |
| M45-49 | 4,934 | 4:21:15 | 4:33:34 | 4:40:55 | 4:51:03 | 5:13:34 | 3:56:59 |
| M50-54 | 3,885 | 4:27:04 | 4:39:52 | 4:46:52 | 4:56:34 | 5:18:53 | 4:12:44 |
| M55-59 | 2,687 | 4:35:53 | 4:49:50 | 4:57:56 | 5:07:33 | 5:31:40 | 4:18:44 |
| M60-64 | 1,583 | 4:43:40 | 5:03:09 | 5:12:10 | 5:23:45 | 5:53:20 | 4:29:39 |
| M65-69 | 924 | 5:04:54 | 5:23:57 | 5:33:52 | 5:46:15 | 6:21:36 | 4:47:05 |
| M70-74 | 448 | 5:24:58 | 5:50:38 | 6:00:51 | 6:16:17 | 6:59:04 | 5:06:02 |
| M75-79 | 106 | 5:54:57 | 6:20:27 | 6:30:28 | 6:46:05 | 7:21:58 | 5:43:38 |
| M80-84 | 19 | 6:57:49 | 6:57:49 | 7:06:34 | 7:25:14 | 8:02:43 | 6:57:49 |
| MHC | 8 | 5:26:48 | 5:26:48 | 5:26:48 | 5:45:53 | 6:04:04 | 5:26:48 |
| MPC | 12 | 5:00:27 | 5:00:27 | 5:29:41 | 5:37:24 | 6:02:32 | 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 | 21,540 | 4:25:33 | 4:52:20 | 5:04:43 | 5:20:16 | 5:53:26 | 3:53:02 |
| FPRO | 555 | 3:58:49 | 4:07:55 | 4:12:28 | 4:17:47 | 4:33:07 | 3:53:02 |
| F18-24 | 1,210 | 4:38:18 | 4:51:40 | 5:00:15 | 5:13:23 | 5:42:19 | 4:18:30 |
| F25-29 | 2,429 | 4:32:14 | 4:47:34 | 4:57:13 | 5:08:08 | 5:35:58 | 4:15:52 |
| F30-34 | 3,182 | 4:34:58 | 4:52:13 | 5:00:54 | 5:11:54 | 5:37:42 | 4:19:51 |
| F35-39 | 3,014 | 4:39:23 | 4:55:48 | 5:05:25 | 5:17:11 | 5:43:44 | 4:23:18 |
| F40-44 | 3,174 | 4:44:52 | 5:01:03 | 5:11:21 | 5:23:20 | 5:51:10 | 4:16:58 |
| F45-49 | 2,806 | 4:52:22 | 5:09:44 | 5:19:37 | 5:33:16 | 6:02:13 | 4:34:45 |
| F50-54 | 2,178 | 5:01:51 | 5:17:33 | 5:27:13 | 5:39:53 | 6:11:31 | 4:29:09 |
| F55-59 | 1,526 | 5:10:43 | 5:30:08 | 5:39:46 | 5:54:08 | 6:25:09 | 4:52:28 |
| F60-64 | 953 | 5:27:29 | 5:46:07 | 5:58:44 | 6:14:14 | 6:47:15 | 5:00:59 |
| F65-69 | 391 | 5:38:18 | 6:13:53 | 6:22:48 | 6:41:07 | 7:16:33 | 5:36:47 |
| F70-74 | 106 | 6:07:40 | 6:37:40 | 6:48:32 | 7:08:37 | 7:44:48 | 6:01:25 |
| F75-79 | 14 | 6:47:29 | 6:47:29 | 6:50:34 | 6:59:57 | 7:40:59 | 6:47:29 |
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.