Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Copenhagen · 12 editions (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 26,056 finishers
Editions: 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 | 21,986 | 8:44:01 | 9:24:38 | 9:45:26 | 10:14:08 | 11:19:42 | 7:20:06 |
| MPRO | 178 | 7:28:10 | 7:45:40 | 7:53:39 | 8:02:49 | 8:27:37 | 7:27:34 |
| M18-24 | 1,091 | 8:44:30 | 9:19:03 | 9:34:10 | 10:00:09 | 11:07:32 | 8:14:03 |
| M25-29 | 2,592 | 8:42:23 | 9:11:24 | 9:28:54 | 9:53:13 | 10:53:31 | 7:49:10 |
| M30-34 | 3,178 | 8:41:29 | 9:10:54 | 9:33:16 | 9:56:05 | 10:58:33 | 7:20:06 |
| M35-39 | 3,246 | 8:53:03 | 9:23:41 | 9:41:41 | 10:03:54 | 11:03:23 | 8:18:46 |
| M40-44 | 3,853 | 8:58:17 | 9:32:30 | 9:51:33 | 10:17:04 | 11:17:09 | 8:27:43 |
| M45-49 | 3,506 | 9:06:24 | 9:43:00 | 10:00:56 | 10:29:06 | 11:28:47 | 8:30:44 |
| M50-54 | 2,686 | 9:30:21 | 9:56:03 | 10:17:41 | 10:47:10 | 11:50:46 | 8:53:08 |
| M55-59 | 1,172 | 9:44:52 | 10:11:34 | 10:33:56 | 11:05:46 | 12:10:21 | 9:16:16 |
| M60-64 | 365 | 9:52:54 | 10:33:18 | 10:46:57 | 11:24:22 | 12:41:48 | 9:27:55 |
| M65-69 | 91 | 10:11:27 | 11:07:57 | 11:35:29 | 12:16:34 | 13:30:31 | 10:11:27 |
| M70-74 | 25 | 12:42:04 | 12:42:43 | 12:48:23 | 12:54:53 | 14:01:33 | 12:42:04 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 4,070 | 9:28:30 | 10:13:25 | 10:35:54 | 11:05:31 | 12:16:16 | 8:31:32 |
| FPRO | 39 | 8:31:32 | 8:37:36 | 8:53:33 | 9:02:51 | 9:22:46 | 8:31:32 |
| F18-24 | 148 | 9:42:25 | 10:10:04 | 10:18:47 | 10:55:34 | 11:48:24 | 9:35:22 |
| F25-29 | 607 | 9:34:49 | 9:57:16 | 10:17:01 | 10:40:12 | 11:41:11 | 9:10:43 |
| F30-34 | 690 | 9:17:06 | 10:02:00 | 10:29:04 | 10:57:33 | 11:55:08 | 9:02:14 |
| F35-39 | 601 | 9:48:35 | 10:14:00 | 10:35:54 | 10:59:41 | 12:05:05 | 9:00:00 |
| F40-44 | 669 | 9:48:04 | 10:19:05 | 10:38:19 | 11:12:27 | 12:24:28 | 9:34:10 |
| F45-49 | 606 | 10:09:19 | 10:37:48 | 10:56:59 | 11:30:13 | 12:37:41 | 9:07:41 |
| F50-54 | 461 | 10:28:24 | 11:00:57 | 11:26:22 | 11:49:45 | 12:53:57 | 10:09:11 |
| F55-59 | 177 | 10:35:54 | 11:12:18 | 11:31:10 | 12:01:15 | 13:09:36 | 10:32:46 |
| F60-64 | 57 | 11:09:56 | 11:27:14 | 12:22:33 | 12:40:04 | 13:34:32 | 11:09:56 |
| F65-69 | 12 | 12:33:28 | 12:33:28 | 13:20:12 | 13:43:55 | 14:25:00 | 12:33:28 |
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.