Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz 2025: Age Group Stats and Qualification Times
This week’s entry on the Ironman calendar was Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz in Spain. While it’s not the fastest European courses it holds its own among them. At this point Ironman races are still in the old qualification system with slots assigned by start numbers and qualifying separately for Nice and Kona.
Results from the 2021 race are excluded from some charts due to changes to the swim.
Result Distributions
This year’s race looks to be slightly faster than the amalgamated data from previous years. This comes through the bike and also the run. While swim times don’t deviate far from previous races. Overall it’s a very small difference, around 5 minutes faster through the field.
DNF Rates
DNF rates this year are the lowest seen for the course so far. They’re comparable with two previous years, but the race has alternated with higher DNF years in between.
Median Splits
Medians are my least favourite chart. They tend to reflect the distribution which makes it hard to come up with anything new to say! This is especially true here, where results don’t differ too much to previous years.
Competitor Origins
We get a broad range of competitors at this event with most qualifiers likely to be Spanish in origin.
Performance Changes
With the exception of 2021, with its altered swim, Ironman Vitoria-Gasteiz has been quite consistent over its years of racing. This year looks slightly quicker than previous races, particularly towards the front. But, it’s a small difference overall.
Qualification
Based on slot numbers at this year’s race I’ve calculated the number of slots allocated in each age group. From that we can determine the finish times that automatically qualify you. This is using the older system based on start numbers, but you can now also try out the new system on any race results on the qualification page.
Age Group Top 20
Considering there top 20 in each age group we see a race that does trend faster than the average. In many cases it’s only 2021 with its shortened course that’s any faster. There is variation between age groups but this was a faster year for qualification in Victoria-Gasteiz.
Conclusion
Although the changes are subtle it’s clear that this year’s race was the fastest the full course has seen. DNF rates were also low by race standards so it looks like a good year fro the race.