In order to qualify for World Triathlon World Championships athletes are expected to meet the following times with 12 months of the event they wish to enter.
| World Championship Qualifying Times – Derived from average of past 4 World Championships | |||||||||||
| Female – Sprint | Female – Standard | ||||||||||
| Age Group | 70th percentile time | Age Group | 70th percentile time | ||||||||
| 16-19 | 01:21:22 | 18-19 | 02:52:17 | ||||||||
| 20-24 | 01:18:01 | 20-24 | 02:37:21 | ||||||||
| 25-29 | 01:21:23 | 25-29 | 02:37:54 | ||||||||
| 30-34 | 01:22:19 | 30-34 | 02:37:46 | ||||||||
| 35-39 | 01:22:30 | 35-39 | 02:41:01 | ||||||||
| 40-44 | 01:24:09 | 40-44 | 02:42:54 | ||||||||
| 45-49 | 01:25:38 | 45-49 | 02:45:15 | ||||||||
| 50-54 | 01:29:11 | 50-54 | 02:52:06 | ||||||||
| 55-59 | 01:29:46 | 55-59 | 02:58:42 | ||||||||
| 60-64 | 01:44:12 | 60-64 | 03:14:02 | ||||||||
| 65-69 | 01:48:04 | 65-69 | 03:36:19 | ||||||||
| 70-74 | 01:57:21 | 70-74 | 03:53:26 | ||||||||
| 75-79 | 02:22:35 | 75-79 | 04:20:11 | ||||||||
| 80-84 | 02:33:04 | 80-84 | 04:23:00 | ||||||||
| Male – Sprint | Male – Standard | ||||||||||
| Age Group | 70th percentile time | Age Group | 70th percentile time | ||||||||
| 16-19 | 01:09:05 | 18-19 | 02:22:30 | ||||||||
| 20-24 | 01:10:34 | 20-24 | 02:16:34 | ||||||||
| 25-29 | 01:10:55 | 25-29 | 02:17:45 | ||||||||
| 30-34 | 01:12:12 | 30-34 | 02:19:34 | ||||||||
| 35-39 | 01:13:23 | 35-39 | 02:23:35 | ||||||||
| 40-44 | 01:14:11 | 40-44 | 02:23:21 | ||||||||
| 45-49 | 01:14:59 | 45-49 | 02:27:55 | ||||||||
| 50-54 | 01:15:13 | 50-54 | 02:33:17 | ||||||||
| 55-59 | 01:19:02 | 55-59 | 02:40:14 | ||||||||
| 60-64 | 01:26:46 | 60-64 | 02:50:33 | ||||||||
| 65-69 | 01:32:40 | 65-69 | 03:02:21 | ||||||||
| 70-74 | 01:40:45 | 70-74 | 03:23:16 | ||||||||
| 75-79 | 01:52:54 | 75-79 | 03:58:18 | ||||||||
| 80-84 | 02:13:54 | 80-84 | 04:19:50 | ||||||||
| 85-89 | 03:22:31 | 85-89 | 05:11:08 | ||||||||
