Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Australia · 19 editions (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 23,364 finishers
Editions: 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 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 | 19,602 | 8:46:41 | 9:40:50 | 10:05:45 | 10:39:39 | 11:55:13 | 0:46:28 |
| MPRO | 217 | 0:48:23 | 8:06:16 | 8:16:55 | 8:29:20 | 8:55:12 | 0:46:28 |
| M18-24 | 523 | 8:51:48 | 9:25:16 | 9:47:52 | 10:23:31 | 11:33:42 | 7:37:15 |
| M25-29 | 1,524 | 8:54:20 | 9:27:35 | 9:45:35 | 10:12:05 | 11:17:49 | 1:10:28 |
| M30-34 | 2,807 | 9:06:36 | 9:34:10 | 9:49:57 | 10:17:41 | 11:21:44 | 0:53:35 |
| M35-39 | 3,581 | 9:09:36 | 9:40:16 | 9:58:44 | 10:28:34 | 11:32:50 | 0:54:20 |
| M40-44 | 3,861 | 9:05:42 | 9:50:18 | 10:11:53 | 10:42:37 | 11:49:53 | 0:53:37 |
| M45-49 | 3,026 | 9:29:59 | 10:08:48 | 10:30:34 | 11:00:38 | 12:18:34 | 0:52:23 |
| M50-54 | 2,119 | 9:24:36 | 10:20:09 | 10:46:29 | 11:23:11 | 12:40:52 | 0:58:24 |
| M55-59 | 1,177 | 9:58:45 | 10:39:35 | 11:06:25 | 11:46:53 | 13:13:08 | 1:17:07 |
| M60-64 | 548 | 9:39:37 | 11:03:32 | 11:42:38 | 12:18:30 | 13:46:10 | 1:24:25 |
| M65-69 | 166 | 10:24:36 | 11:36:24 | 11:59:02 | 12:49:29 | 14:27:30 | 1:40:51 |
| M70-74 | 46 | 1:36:41 | 12:07:17 | 12:20:01 | 13:16:34 | 14:31:17 | 1:36:41 |
| M75-79 | 5 | 15:27:46 | 15:27:46 | 15:27:46 | 15:27:46 | 16:01:11 | 15:27:46 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 3,762 | 9:21:33 | 10:21:00 | 10:48:53 | 11:26:27 | 12:50:20 | 0:51:53 |
| FPRO | 138 | 8:57:10 | 9:07:11 | 9:15:45 | 9:28:43 | 9:56:54 | 0:51:53 |
| F18-24 | 92 | 0:57:43 | 10:32:05 | 10:48:53 | 11:19:56 | 12:22:25 | 0:57:43 |
| F25-29 | 393 | 10:02:41 | 10:23:17 | 10:46:11 | 11:11:05 | 12:08:55 | 1:31:24 |
| F30-34 | 633 | 9:50:02 | 10:19:14 | 10:38:44 | 11:08:28 | 12:22:11 | 1:46:30 |
| F35-39 | 612 | 9:50:46 | 10:37:28 | 10:57:04 | 11:26:30 | 12:43:40 | 1:02:49 |
| F40-44 | 706 | 10:03:44 | 10:46:36 | 11:11:45 | 11:47:52 | 12:59:14 | 1:06:49 |
| F45-49 | 574 | 10:34:50 | 11:02:49 | 11:27:53 | 11:53:36 | 13:23:01 | 1:25:40 |
| F50-54 | 374 | 10:43:59 | 11:20:37 | 11:46:42 | 12:26:18 | 13:43:56 | 10:38:50 |
| F55-59 | 163 | 10:45:41 | 11:46:05 | 12:01:35 | 12:32:46 | 13:51:45 | 10:29:20 |
| F60-64 | 60 | 10:50:03 | 11:56:29 | 12:32:24 | 13:01:54 | 14:14:33 | 10:50:03 |
| F65-69 | 13 | 12:43:26 | 12:43:26 | 13:17:41 | 13:33:10 | 15:15:30 | 12:43:26 |
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.