Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN European Championship Frankfurt · 7 editions (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) · 14,658 finishers
Editions: 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 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 | 13,015 | 8:51:36 | 9:33:09 | 9:54:07 | 10:27:01 | 11:42:24 | 7:41:42 |
| MPRO | 179 | 7:46:07 | 7:52:54 | 8:00:58 | 8:09:53 | 8:40:06 | 7:41:42 |
| M18-24 | 142 | 9:01:46 | 9:14:34 | 9:41:21 | 10:08:33 | 11:16:29 | 8:54:03 |
| M25-29 | 739 | 8:50:23 | 9:15:50 | 9:34:04 | 9:57:36 | 11:13:45 | 8:34:05 |
| M30-34 | 1,728 | 9:00:14 | 9:22:16 | 9:40:04 | 10:05:24 | 11:14:11 | 8:40:49 |
| M35-39 | 2,214 | 9:02:19 | 9:29:25 | 9:46:48 | 10:13:41 | 11:22:07 | 8:47:16 |
| M40-44 | 2,619 | 9:14:07 | 9:39:27 | 9:57:36 | 10:27:33 | 11:37:23 | 8:41:18 |
| M45-49 | 2,450 | 9:27:07 | 9:52:46 | 10:14:41 | 10:41:48 | 11:54:18 | 8:49:35 |
| M50-54 | 1,826 | 9:32:31 | 10:04:58 | 10:24:12 | 10:53:47 | 12:09:53 | 9:00:48 |
| M55-59 | 786 | 9:52:44 | 10:23:52 | 10:41:58 | 11:21:01 | 12:32:51 | 9:25:24 |
| M60-64 | 259 | 10:28:29 | 10:43:19 | 11:12:51 | 11:39:24 | 12:48:55 | 10:01:09 |
| M65-69 | 61 | 10:51:36 | 11:30:26 | 11:46:00 | 12:08:52 | 13:24:24 | 10:51:36 |
| M70-74 | 11 | 11:42:45 | 11:42:45 | 11:56:58 | 12:09:31 | 13:31:07 | 11:42:45 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,643 | 9:11:55 | 10:05:17 | 10:27:54 | 11:14:10 | 12:31:13 | 8:38:44 |
| FPRO | 61 | 8:38:44 | 8:51:50 | 9:01:58 | 9:07:51 | 9:28:20 | 8:38:44 |
| F18-24 | 26 | 10:02:59 | 10:23:45 | 10:24:04 | 11:18:47 | 11:50:42 | 10:02:59 |
| F25-29 | 147 | 9:51:51 | 10:06:40 | 10:14:55 | 10:43:17 | 12:01:49 | 9:50:01 |
| F30-34 | 260 | 9:55:08 | 10:13:24 | 10:27:39 | 10:58:32 | 12:15:10 | 9:34:59 |
| F35-39 | 309 | 9:43:05 | 10:11:07 | 10:38:06 | 11:16:29 | 12:25:19 | 9:20:39 |
| F40-44 | 305 | 10:01:38 | 10:31:17 | 10:58:15 | 11:29:00 | 12:42:16 | 9:44:57 |
| F45-49 | 273 | 10:05:45 | 10:31:15 | 11:00:13 | 11:33:24 | 12:36:25 | 10:00:20 |
| F50-54 | 179 | 10:21:56 | 10:55:09 | 11:13:23 | 11:52:40 | 13:07:56 | 10:07:42 |
| F55-59 | 62 | 10:44:15 | 11:29:31 | 11:42:37 | 12:00:36 | 13:15:06 | 10:44:15 |
| F60-64 | 19 | 11:52:49 | 11:52:49 | 11:54:46 | 12:43:09 | 13:39:01 | 11:52:49 |
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.