Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Argentina · 4 editions (2017, 2018, 2019, 2022) · 2,667 finishers
Editions: 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2022
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 | 2,386 | 8:35:22 | 9:13:34 | 9:32:58 | 10:04:01 | 11:26:13 | 7:30:23 |
| MPRO | 31 | 7:30:23 | 7:39:47 | 7:46:39 | 7:55:53 | 8:26:03 | 7:30:23 |
| M18-24 | 24 | 8:41:06 | 8:45:23 | 9:01:33 | 9:19:57 | 10:26:31 | 8:41:06 |
| M25-29 | 110 | 8:45:21 | 9:02:25 | 9:20:00 | 9:45:54 | 11:12:38 | 8:31:31 |
| M30-34 | 245 | 8:45:59 | 9:03:55 | 9:15:11 | 9:36:37 | 10:55:18 | 8:29:47 |
| M35-39 | 450 | 8:48:06 | 9:06:11 | 9:22:13 | 9:46:03 | 10:58:04 | 8:43:57 |
| M40-44 | 528 | 8:59:25 | 9:24:11 | 9:37:35 | 10:08:17 | 11:11:59 | 8:42:49 |
| M45-49 | 468 | 9:08:01 | 9:27:04 | 9:50:16 | 10:20:17 | 11:37:11 | 8:54:10 |
| M50-54 | 308 | 9:24:51 | 9:44:07 | 9:58:50 | 10:36:27 | 12:02:09 | 8:59:58 |
| M55-59 | 153 | 9:42:43 | 10:10:12 | 10:40:09 | 11:12:06 | 12:37:46 | 9:33:18 |
| M60-64 | 48 | 10:07:44 | 10:47:03 | 10:50:30 | 11:32:06 | 13:19:03 | 10:07:44 |
| M65-69 | 18 | 11:27:47 | 11:27:47 | 11:57:37 | 12:43:28 | 13:31:23 | 11:27:47 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 281 | 8:28:57 | 9:25:33 | 9:54:54 | 10:26:14 | 11:55:24 | 8:20:17 |
| FPRO | 25 | 8:20:17 | 8:23:40 | 8:28:57 | 8:32:59 | 9:24:54 | 8:20:17 |
| F25-29 | 21 | 9:45:18 | 9:47:43 | 10:02:30 | 10:19:22 | 10:57:53 | 9:45:18 |
| F30-34 | 41 | 9:19:13 | 9:48:28 | 9:55:41 | 10:11:30 | 11:56:11 | 9:19:13 |
| F35-39 | 43 | 9:54:08 | 10:04:53 | 10:14:15 | 10:42:30 | 11:41:16 | 9:54:08 |
| F40-44 | 49 | 9:57:06 | 10:19:52 | 10:23:18 | 10:52:20 | 12:02:07 | 9:57:06 |
| F45-49 | 56 | 9:32:42 | 10:24:02 | 10:39:16 | 11:21:05 | 12:14:43 | 9:32:42 |
| F50-54 | 27 | 10:45:13 | 10:51:14 | 11:22:19 | 11:33:39 | 12:52:43 | 10:45:13 |
| F55-59 | 11 | 11:05:49 | 11:05:49 | 11:27:54 | 11:35:28 | 12:57:03 | 11:05:49 |
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.