Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Canada · 10 editions (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024) · 14,443 finishers
Editions: 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2022 · 2024
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 | 10,375 | 9:14:34 | 10:07:59 | 10:40:29 | 11:24:26 | 13:02:18 | 6:57:09 |
| MPRO | 91 | 6:57:09 | 7:20:53 | 7:43:41 | 8:27:31 | 8:58:59 | 6:57:09 |
| M18-24 | 288 | 8:49:05 | 9:51:46 | 10:28:15 | 11:06:38 | 12:29:03 | 7:26:47 |
| M25-29 | 802 | 9:29:40 | 9:57:19 | 10:30:15 | 11:13:12 | 12:44:02 | 8:02:59 |
| M30-34 | 1,322 | 9:23:01 | 9:56:11 | 10:18:40 | 10:54:54 | 12:33:30 | 7:42:16 |
| M35-39 | 1,451 | 9:24:39 | 9:55:28 | 10:20:53 | 10:59:49 | 12:37:22 | 8:21:27 |
| M40-44 | 1,923 | 9:34:50 | 10:15:10 | 10:44:56 | 11:22:13 | 12:56:59 | 8:17:36 |
| M45-49 | 1,754 | 9:53:08 | 10:19:06 | 10:47:46 | 11:29:02 | 13:03:51 | 8:11:29 |
| M50-54 | 1,384 | 10:00:29 | 10:44:17 | 11:14:02 | 11:56:14 | 13:28:27 | 8:22:45 |
| M55-59 | 772 | 10:18:42 | 11:03:19 | 11:28:03 | 12:14:17 | 13:52:43 | 9:31:06 |
| M60-64 | 397 | 10:41:14 | 11:27:16 | 11:51:52 | 12:50:06 | 14:18:49 | 9:40:39 |
| M65-69 | 138 | 10:29:38 | 11:38:42 | 12:16:02 | 13:13:12 | 14:29:51 | 10:26:25 |
| M70-74 | 40 | 11:41:59 | 12:26:29 | 12:59:02 | 13:45:19 | 15:28:24 | 11:41:59 |
| M75-79 | 6 | 13:46:17 | 13:46:17 | 13:46:17 | 15:22:47 | 15:28:10 | 13:46:17 |
| MPC | 6 | 13:28:06 | 13:28:06 | 13:28:06 | 13:48:22 | 13:48:22 | 13:28:06 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 4,068 | 9:46:58 | 10:52:09 | 11:25:43 | 12:12:14 | 13:48:42 | 7:52:29 |
| FPRO | 79 | 7:52:29 | 8:09:27 | 8:22:46 | 9:17:12 | 9:53:58 | 7:52:29 |
| F18-24 | 98 | 10:38:38 | 11:25:40 | 11:31:47 | 12:14:40 | 13:54:56 | 10:38:38 |
| F25-29 | 378 | 10:13:48 | 10:57:56 | 11:24:53 | 12:04:45 | 13:31:03 | 9:57:39 |
| F30-34 | 622 | 10:09:04 | 10:57:06 | 11:22:37 | 12:01:13 | 13:27:13 | 9:34:03 |
| F35-39 | 660 | 10:06:35 | 10:47:44 | 11:16:45 | 11:54:50 | 13:36:46 | 8:39:41 |
| F40-44 | 774 | 10:30:32 | 11:04:46 | 11:31:40 | 12:18:50 | 13:56:31 | 9:18:52 |
| F45-49 | 615 | 10:25:29 | 11:11:57 | 11:41:02 | 12:18:54 | 13:49:41 | 9:19:50 |
| F50-54 | 527 | 11:00:05 | 11:23:40 | 11:52:25 | 12:37:22 | 14:19:10 | 9:28:48 |
| F55-59 | 202 | 10:53:46 | 12:06:43 | 12:29:14 | 13:05:09 | 14:38:01 | 10:29:19 |
| F60-64 | 90 | 11:01:41 | 12:30:47 | 12:56:46 | 13:41:21 | 15:10:49 | 11:01:41 |
| F65-69 | 17 | 12:47:12 | 12:47:12 | 13:26:11 | 13:45:48 | 15:01:39 | 12:47:12 |
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.