Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Frankfurt · 14 editions (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 29,181 finishers
Editions: 2003 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 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 | 26,024 | 8:46:17 | 9:28:33 | 9:48:29 | 10:16:18 | 11:25:50 | 7:25:57 |
| MPRO | 303 | 7:29:48 | 7:41:38 | 7:49:49 | 8:04:16 | 8:30:07 | 7:25:57 |
| M18-24 | 636 | 8:57:17 | 9:19:38 | 9:37:39 | 10:04:28 | 11:23:20 | 8:27:52 |
| M25-29 | 2,081 | 8:50:13 | 9:15:02 | 9:32:44 | 9:56:39 | 11:04:01 | 8:05:02 |
| M30-34 | 4,083 | 8:55:48 | 9:20:50 | 9:37:41 | 10:00:15 | 11:01:17 | 8:26:43 |
| M35-39 | 5,327 | 9:05:33 | 9:27:24 | 9:43:40 | 10:09:09 | 11:13:35 | 8:16:17 |
| M40-44 | 5,780 | 9:15:43 | 9:39:22 | 9:53:51 | 10:20:59 | 11:26:08 | 8:27:13 |
| M45-49 | 4,123 | 9:26:46 | 9:51:37 | 10:07:04 | 10:31:36 | 11:38:15 | 8:48:25 |
| M50-54 | 2,257 | 9:34:13 | 10:01:23 | 10:24:15 | 10:54:49 | 12:00:55 | 8:57:41 |
| M55-59 | 956 | 9:49:08 | 10:18:11 | 10:39:03 | 11:19:59 | 12:39:23 | 9:12:06 |
| M60-64 | 340 | 10:11:50 | 10:45:11 | 10:59:51 | 11:28:38 | 12:50:30 | 9:59:07 |
| M65-69 | 101 | 10:39:36 | 10:58:40 | 11:31:15 | 12:02:01 | 13:31:40 | 10:06:44 |
| M70-74 | 35 | 11:27:12 | 12:23:02 | 12:38:41 | 12:51:09 | 13:54:38 | 11:27:12 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 3,157 | 9:12:13 | 10:00:05 | 10:26:15 | 11:03:20 | 12:18:52 | 8:51:24 |
| FPRO | 145 | 8:52:33 | 8:58:06 | 9:03:11 | 9:10:21 | 9:31:57 | 8:51:24 |
| F18-24 | 87 | 9:44:03 | 10:05:29 | 10:19:25 | 10:44:40 | 11:35:23 | 9:44:03 |
| F25-29 | 330 | 9:53:03 | 10:09:03 | 10:24:14 | 10:43:46 | 11:58:29 | 9:38:43 |
| F30-34 | 624 | 9:47:25 | 10:13:11 | 10:29:23 | 10:58:37 | 12:09:34 | 9:13:15 |
| F35-39 | 624 | 9:59:51 | 10:19:52 | 10:38:43 | 11:13:51 | 12:16:58 | 9:36:34 |
| F40-44 | 568 | 10:00:40 | 10:27:14 | 10:48:51 | 11:14:46 | 12:23:21 | 9:45:26 |
| F45-49 | 411 | 10:17:48 | 10:37:39 | 11:05:00 | 11:31:26 | 12:48:36 | 9:51:50 |
| F50-54 | 233 | 10:18:43 | 11:03:20 | 11:31:57 | 12:00:48 | 13:05:44 | 10:13:16 |
| F55-59 | 107 | 10:59:49 | 11:23:18 | 11:47:49 | 12:04:55 | 13:12:31 | 10:04:32 |
| F60-64 | 20 | 11:27:41 | 11:27:41 | 12:13:47 | 12:42:22 | 14:15:24 | 11:27:41 |
| F65-69 | 7 | 13:05:40 | 13:05:40 | 13:05:40 | 13:30:37 | 14:02:32 | 13:05:40 |
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.