Results and finish times

Sandling Beach Triathlon results

Finish-time statistics for 6 years of Sandling Beach Triathlon in Wake Forest, North Carolina, aggregated from official results. Names are not published here.

How fast is it?

Slower than most North Carolina sprint triathlons

The fastest quarter of the 2026 sprint triathlon field finished under 1:49:36, against 1:26:47 in a typical North Carolina sprint triathlon, so times here run 26 percent slower.

  • Olympic Triathlon: Faster than most US olympic triathlons. The fastest quarter of the 2026 olympic triathlon field finished under 2:37:07, against 2:43:48 in a typical US olympic triathlon, so times here run 4 percent faster.

Compares the fastest quarter of each field, so walkers and first-timers do not skew it. It reflects the course and the field together: a flat course, cool weather, or a competitive crowd all make times faster.

2026

Oct 3, 2026

EventFinishersWinnerMedianMiddle halfWomen medianMen median
Sprint - IndividualPreliminary1301:30:352:00:211:49:36 to 2:13:112:02:081:58:02
International - IndividualPreliminary1292:11:522:55:342:37:07 to 3:08:283:05:202:50:02
Sprint - AquaBikePreliminary71:02:051:31:251:16:08 to 1:44:451:44:451:17:51
Sprint - RelayPreliminary61:33:592:03:251:45:14 to 2:09:461:57:142:09:49
International - AquaBikePreliminary41:49:451:53:091:50:00 to 1:58:242:00:341:49:55
International - RelayPreliminary42:58:013:02:502:58:50 to 3:15:173:20:163:02:18

Sprint - Individual

median 2:00:211:33:022:55:03
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+22:18:49
20-29332:00:48
30-39312:06:43
40-49241:53:42
50-59131:56:47
60-6991:49:49
Under 20181:58:14

Finishers and median time per group.

International - Individual

median 2:55:342:14:194:02:15
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+33:13:50
20-29422:56:18
30-39303:05:03
40-49212:49:33
50-59192:47:32
60-6953:08:28
Under 2092:41:41

Finishers and median time per group.

2025

Oct 4, 2025

EventFinishersWinnerMedianMiddle halfWomen medianMen median
International - Individual1202:03:522:46:302:33:30 to 2:59:402:56:512:40:00
Sprint - Individual1071:23:341:53:301:46:12 to 2:04:141:53:431:52:12
International - AquaBike71:27:511:59:171:50:38 to 2:13:182:11:291:51:29

International - Individual

median 2:46:302:04:373:40:59
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+13:30:55
20-29412:45:42
30-39272:47:33
40-49262:39:55
50-59152:41:01
60-6932:57:17
Under 2072:48:18

Finishers and median time per group.

Sprint - Individual

median 1:53:301:26:312:50:45
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+51:54:00
20-29272:02:31
30-39161:55:15
40-49181:51:12
50-59241:50:12
60-6991:52:12
Under 2081:46:39

Finishers and median time per group.

2024

Oct 5, 2024

EventFinishersWinnerMedianMiddle halfWomen medianMen median
Sprint - Individual811:27:571:56:071:47:06 to 2:11:412:05:101:51:37
International - Individual672:05:252:55:552:43:32 to 3:07:043:03:112:48:27
Sprint - AquaBikePreliminary51:16:181:30:421:27:48 to 1:41:251:48:321:30:42
International - AquaBikePreliminary41:41:531:48:141:46:05 to 1:54:151:45:251:58:47

Sprint - Individual

median 1:56:071:28:502:35:37
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+42:28:54
20-29211:56:07
30-39162:00:04
40-49151:53:15
50-5991:52:14
60-6962:04:25
Under 20101:48:00

Finishers and median time per group.

International - Individual

median 2:55:552:11:013:52:42
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+23:40:55
20-29122:51:29
30-39182:55:32
40-49222:55:15
50-5982:46:17
60-6953:05:36

Finishers and median time per group.

2023

Oct 7, 2023

EventFinishersWinnerMedianMiddle halfWomen medianMen median
Sprint - Individual6554:171:17:301:09:04 to 1:27:521:23:051:15:20
International - Individual571:27:261:58:031:47:53 to 2:07:492:03:301:57:55

Sprint - Individual

median 1:17:3055:274:58:56
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+31:35:13
20-29101:17:26
30-39141:16:49
40-49101:12:45
50-59131:17:07
60-69111:22:15
Under 2021:04:27

Finishers and median time per group.

International - Individual

median 1:58:031:28:452:42:12
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

20-29111:56:04
30-39181:57:53
40-49152:00:26
50-5941:57:29
60-6972:03:13

Finishers and median time per group.

2022

Oct 8, 2022

EventFinishersWinnerMedianMiddle halfWomen medianMen median
Sprint - Individual841:34:152:03:491:47:57 to 2:15:512:08:411:59:38
International - Individual682:15:402:47:452:33:55 to 3:07:293:01:022:42:20
Sprint - AquaBike41:22:121:28:361:25:24 to 1:39:202:05:081:26:28
Sprint - Relay41:55:132:01:581:59:00 to 2:04:281:59:272:03:33

Sprint - Individual

median 2:03:491:34:393:06:57
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+22:05:26
20-29141:52:16
30-39242:07:54
40-49162:04:37
50-59132:07:33
60-69131:53:39
Under 2012:31:58

Finishers and median time per group.

International - Individual

median 2:47:452:17:313:58:49
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

20-29102:59:55
30-39182:39:31
40-49162:43:10
50-59152:54:07
60-6963:03:00
Under 2012:45:36

Finishers and median time per group.

2021

Oct 2, 2021

EventFinishersWinnerMedianMiddle halfWomen medianMen median
Sprint - Individual1171:27:541:59:311:47:57 to 2:11:092:06:171:54:35
International - Individual1022:10:262:52:532:37:22 to 3:04:202:56:472:50:01
International - AquaBike41:30:301:59:531:51:45 to 2:07:33–1:59:53
Sprint - Relay41:53:372:08:072:00:59 to 2:19:381:53:372:12:48
Sprint - AquaBike31:23:061:27:391:25:22 to 1:38:051:38:051:23:06
International - Relay32:08:172:51:142:29:45 to 2:54:252:51:142:32:56

Sprint - Individual

median 1:59:311:30:213:02:38
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+42:02:12
20-29252:05:57
30-39311:51:57
40-49231:53:15
50-59192:03:32
60-69112:03:06
Under 2042:16:13

Finishers and median time per group.

International - Individual

median 2:52:532:16:293:32:49
Finish times, fastest to slowest. Each bar is a slice of the field; the dashed line is the median.

By age group

70+12:51:58
20-29182:50:23
30-39242:49:18
40-49402:53:35
50-59112:53:33
60-6963:11:00
Under 2022:52:56

Finishers and median time per group.

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