Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Arizona · 21 editions (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 43,161 finishers
Editions: 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2008 b · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025
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 | 32,096 | 8:52:06 | 9:55:03 | 10:30:39 | 11:18:54 | 12:54:20 | 7:28:52 |
| MPRO | 556 | 7:44:29 | 8:03:14 | 8:12:55 | 8:24:13 | 8:52:50 | 7:28:52 |
| M18-24 | 860 | 9:14:08 | 9:58:15 | 10:28:12 | 11:11:06 | 12:47:33 | 8:11:06 |
| M25-29 | 2,391 | 9:11:38 | 9:45:57 | 10:19:33 | 11:03:20 | 12:34:52 | 8:19:11 |
| M30-34 | 4,112 | 9:06:31 | 9:48:45 | 10:14:40 | 10:55:29 | 12:30:16 | 8:13:33 |
| M35-39 | 5,574 | 9:15:28 | 9:55:34 | 10:24:33 | 11:07:34 | 12:38:12 | 8:26:41 |
| M40-44 | 6,426 | 9:26:06 | 10:07:26 | 10:37:34 | 11:19:50 | 12:47:42 | 8:26:15 |
| M45-49 | 5,239 | 9:36:25 | 10:18:44 | 10:49:41 | 11:32:47 | 12:58:57 | 9:01:42 |
| M50-54 | 3,709 | 9:50:23 | 10:38:34 | 11:08:59 | 11:51:40 | 13:23:57 | 9:02:49 |
| M55-59 | 2,021 | 10:19:36 | 11:05:24 | 11:35:56 | 12:22:51 | 13:54:39 | 9:22:44 |
| M60-64 | 858 | 10:28:22 | 11:19:04 | 12:01:15 | 12:47:31 | 14:22:38 | 9:29:05 |
| M65-69 | 257 | 11:14:51 | 11:57:30 | 12:38:47 | 13:21:45 | 14:42:30 | 10:44:09 |
| M70-74 | 60 | 12:32:29 | 12:54:58 | 13:24:43 | 14:08:18 | 15:44:10 | 12:32:29 |
| M75-79 | 10 | 15:24:34 | 15:24:34 | 15:24:34 | 15:33:06 | 16:24:09 | 15:24:34 |
| MPC | 18 | 10:57:17 | 10:57:17 | 10:57:17 | 12:30:43 | 13:44:16 | 10:57:17 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 11,065 | 9:27:12 | 10:33:52 | 11:15:51 | 12:05:56 | 13:47:44 | 8:36:13 |
| FPRO | 341 | 8:41:41 | 8:52:31 | 9:03:15 | 9:14:49 | 9:44:56 | 8:36:13 |
| F18-24 | 231 | 10:15:21 | 10:54:09 | 11:13:41 | 11:46:11 | 13:18:04 | 10:07:53 |
| F25-29 | 967 | 10:05:45 | 10:38:45 | 11:07:49 | 11:46:28 | 13:15:19 | 9:23:45 |
| F30-34 | 1,641 | 10:04:18 | 10:42:24 | 11:11:09 | 11:49:17 | 13:27:49 | 9:30:05 |
| F35-39 | 1,959 | 10:05:52 | 10:49:31 | 11:19:37 | 12:02:32 | 13:34:39 | 9:30:26 |
| F40-44 | 2,124 | 10:16:02 | 10:57:22 | 11:28:48 | 12:13:48 | 13:46:30 | 9:33:48 |
| F45-49 | 1,755 | 10:27:32 | 11:17:12 | 11:48:15 | 12:34:39 | 14:04:38 | 9:56:34 |
| F50-54 | 1,247 | 10:54:09 | 11:43:23 | 12:08:00 | 12:57:43 | 14:33:23 | 10:04:45 |
| F55-59 | 536 | 11:25:52 | 12:11:25 | 12:41:21 | 13:22:10 | 14:39:00 | 10:55:11 |
| F60-64 | 194 | 12:08:11 | 12:48:05 | 13:19:40 | 13:45:20 | 15:08:35 | 11:52:39 |
| F65-69 | 56 | 13:11:42 | 13:52:55 | 14:17:16 | 14:46:46 | 15:35:38 | 13:11:42 |
| F70-74 | 6 | 15:02:30 | 15:02:30 | 15:02:30 | 15:29:52 | 15:53:38 | 15:02:30 |
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.