Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN African Championship South Africa · 6 editions (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) · 6,932 finishers
Editions: 2016 · 2017 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023
How to read it: in each row, the time under "Top 10%" is the time of the slowest athlete who still made the fastest 10% of the age group. Beat that time and you are in. Age groups with fewer than 5 finishers are omitted. Finishers only.
Men
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 5,660 | 8:20:04 | 9:12:52 | 9:46:15 | 10:29:22 | 12:02:53 | 7:11:44 |
| MPRO | 94 | 7:11:44 | 7:27:55 | 7:40:12 | 7:54:22 | 8:24:42 | 7:11:44 |
| M18-24 | 82 | 8:01:35 | 9:03:15 | 9:21:40 | 9:59:40 | 11:40:02 | 8:01:35 |
| M25-29 | 350 | 8:35:15 | 9:03:40 | 9:36:42 | 10:19:44 | 11:40:40 | 8:08:39 |
| M30-34 | 776 | 8:38:29 | 9:17:05 | 9:39:16 | 10:18:39 | 11:55:27 | 8:08:48 |
| M35-39 | 1,033 | 8:23:39 | 9:03:53 | 9:35:43 | 10:20:22 | 11:50:11 | 8:09:12 |
| M40-44 | 1,177 | 8:37:48 | 9:20:11 | 9:49:45 | 10:31:44 | 12:00:12 | 7:51:49 |
| M45-49 | 1,020 | 8:55:55 | 9:39:56 | 10:04:40 | 10:46:43 | 12:18:09 | 8:10:33 |
| M50-54 | 596 | 8:46:48 | 9:45:33 | 10:07:55 | 10:47:51 | 12:12:25 | 8:27:54 |
| M55-59 | 341 | 9:23:14 | 10:04:49 | 10:33:23 | 11:10:56 | 12:42:13 | 9:12:52 |
| M60-64 | 138 | 9:49:41 | 10:12:01 | 10:32:09 | 11:14:19 | 12:55:53 | 9:25:55 |
| M65-69 | 44 | 10:56:04 | 11:26:11 | 11:34:52 | 12:14:30 | 13:30:33 | 10:56:04 |
| M70-74 | 8 | 11:16:59 | 11:16:59 | 11:16:59 | 11:38:17 | 13:31:28 | 11:16:59 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,272 | 8:51:21 | 9:41:44 | 10:17:26 | 11:06:40 | 12:39:38 | 8:01:59 |
| FPRO | 50 | 8:01:59 | 8:17:25 | 8:22:13 | 8:43:18 | 9:24:37 | 8:01:59 |
| F18-24 | 21 | 10:07:35 | 10:11:59 | 10:15:18 | 11:52:18 | 13:10:15 | 10:07:35 |
| F25-29 | 100 | 9:11:00 | 9:40:54 | 10:13:06 | 10:43:21 | 12:14:04 | 9:11:00 |
| F30-34 | 209 | 9:04:28 | 9:57:57 | 10:24:12 | 11:10:51 | 12:27:44 | 8:41:17 |
| F35-39 | 220 | 9:05:10 | 9:41:44 | 10:20:17 | 11:01:08 | 12:41:48 | 8:51:21 |
| F40-44 | 235 | 9:30:12 | 10:01:54 | 10:36:49 | 11:17:42 | 12:34:03 | 8:58:10 |
| F45-49 | 206 | 10:13:20 | 10:34:40 | 10:47:56 | 11:26:35 | 12:57:55 | 9:57:02 |
| F50-54 | 145 | 9:54:26 | 10:45:21 | 11:14:01 | 11:38:11 | 13:06:56 | 9:46:35 |
| F55-59 | 58 | 9:27:54 | 10:08:34 | 10:34:22 | 11:49:05 | 13:24:51 | 9:27:54 |
| F60-64 | 22 | 10:43:24 | 11:10:49 | 11:59:26 | 12:47:16 | 13:39:39 | 10:43:24 |
| F65-69 | 6 | 14:03:18 | 14:03:18 | 14:03:18 | 14:20:26 | 14:32:17 | 14:03:18 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 2.7 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v3.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22097794.