Ironman Tallinn 2025: Age Group Stats and Qualification Times
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EmailOur first race from the weekend was Ironman Tallinn. A relatively small event with a reasonably fast course. We’re now purely qualifying for 2026 and Tallinn has 40 slots for the 2026 world championship.
Result Distributions
We have slightly faster distributions this year than in the last five, but not to a significant degree. Each stage differs by a matter of minutes so fully within the realms of normal variations.
DNF Rates
DNF rates are nice and low for the year. Not at the lowest end of the range, but comfortably below the last couple of years at least.
Median Splits
Medians repeat the trend of the distributions meaning they’re near enough identical with some small variations among the age groups.
Competitor Origins
We have a very broad range of athletes at this race with the UK managing the biggest showing. Slots are likely to have been similarly dispersed among the athletes present with Finland taking a good share.
Performance Changes
Tracking performance changes over the years puts this race in line with some of the earlier years of racing in Tallinn. It’s definitely leaning towards a faster race for the men, but is a bit more variable for women. As with the distribution the differences are relatively small.
Qualification
I’ve applied the qualifying ranking process to the results and from that determined the number of slots each age group is likely to claim if there is no roll down. You can adjust these numbers and look at the impact on qualification on my Ironman Tallinn qualification page.
Age Group Top 20
As we’ve seen with the last couple of races the top twenty men are tending to perform better than average. It’s a less consistent pattern for the front of pack women though. Tallinn has a relatively small field and may not have the depth in smaller women’s age groups.
Conclusion
Overall a typical set of results for the Tallinn course. Some faster than average times at the front of the race, particularly for the men. As with the other Ironman races using the new qualification system men in their 50s do well in qualification, claiming 9 of the 40 available slots. Men in their thirties also do well with a further 8 slots going to them.
