Ironman Cutoff Calculator
Will you beat the cutoffs? Enter your projected swim, bike, and run splits and this calculator checks them against the official Ironman and 70.3 segment cutoffs and the overall time limit.
Your projected splits
Enter realistic race-day paces — including transitions — to see your margins.
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How this calculator works
Segment times are derived from your entered swim pace per 100m, bike average speed, and run pace, plus your transition estimates. Cumulative elapsed times are compared against IRONMAN's published segment cutoffs and overall time limit.
Assumptions
- • Swim cutoff includes T1; bike cutoff is measured off the bike (after T2)
- • Even pacing across each leg
- • Standard IRONMAN cutoffs as published at ironman.com
Limitations
- • Some races set their own intermediate cutoffs and start waves
- • Conditions (heat, current, hills) can change real splits significantly
Who this is for
- • First-time Ironman and 70.3 athletes pacing for the cutoffs
- • Back-of-pack athletes planning realistic splits
- • Anyone choosing transition and bike targets to stay safe
Who this is not for
- • Drafting-legal or non-IRONMAN-branded events with different rules
- • Predicting an exact finish time (use the Race Time Calculator)
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