Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN France · 18 editions (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) · 33,516 finishers
Editions: 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023
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 | 30,866 | 9:05:46 | 9:54:31 | 10:22:07 | 10:57:44 | 12:14:56 | 7:16:16 |
| MPRO | 278 | 7:27:09 | 7:52:52 | 8:27:32 | 8:39:42 | 9:07:04 | 7:16:16 |
| M18-24 | 676 | 9:17:39 | 9:48:04 | 10:17:52 | 10:53:45 | 12:10:01 | 7:53:31 |
| M25-29 | 2,870 | 9:02:42 | 9:47:08 | 10:12:04 | 10:43:43 | 11:52:45 | 7:57:35 |
| M30-34 | 5,045 | 9:11:59 | 9:48:05 | 10:12:06 | 10:44:01 | 11:54:20 | 7:53:05 |
| M35-39 | 5,944 | 9:16:45 | 9:51:41 | 10:15:31 | 10:50:08 | 12:01:29 | 8:05:22 |
| M40-44 | 6,657 | 9:21:07 | 10:04:19 | 10:29:10 | 11:02:36 | 12:14:21 | 8:07:38 |
| M45-49 | 4,950 | 9:29:10 | 10:14:52 | 10:41:06 | 11:16:10 | 12:29:13 | 7:55:00 |
| M50-54 | 2,856 | 9:47:07 | 10:26:20 | 10:54:21 | 11:29:26 | 12:46:34 | 8:34:44 |
| M55-59 | 1,107 | 9:51:16 | 10:37:36 | 11:05:52 | 11:44:13 | 13:13:26 | 8:43:45 |
| M60-64 | 385 | 9:55:48 | 11:13:41 | 11:36:33 | 12:16:58 | 13:48:33 | 9:10:50 |
| M65-69 | 79 | 10:47:41 | 11:03:14 | 11:49:11 | 12:32:05 | 13:44:13 | 10:47:41 |
| M70-74 | 17 | 11:32:28 | 11:32:28 | 12:28:49 | 13:24:04 | 14:01:20 | 11:32:28 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 2,650 | 9:27:53 | 10:15:23 | 10:46:54 | 11:31:15 | 12:58:18 | 8:05:20 |
| FPRO | 142 | 8:09:18 | 9:12:21 | 9:22:04 | 9:36:08 | 10:03:46 | 8:05:20 |
| F18-24 | 52 | 10:18:48 | 10:34:13 | 11:02:18 | 11:36:34 | 12:37:06 | 10:18:48 |
| F25-29 | 307 | 9:56:11 | 10:40:53 | 10:58:24 | 11:25:29 | 12:47:09 | 9:22:51 |
| F30-34 | 494 | 9:51:14 | 10:35:34 | 10:50:29 | 11:31:25 | 12:49:23 | 8:49:48 |
| F35-39 | 489 | 10:03:45 | 10:37:07 | 10:59:54 | 11:38:05 | 12:52:14 | 8:58:35 |
| F40-44 | 477 | 9:42:46 | 10:44:47 | 11:16:06 | 11:50:49 | 13:03:52 | 9:38:42 |
| F45-49 | 348 | 10:09:10 | 10:54:22 | 11:20:58 | 12:02:07 | 13:19:39 | 9:02:44 |
| F50-54 | 234 | 10:17:15 | 11:16:44 | 11:41:58 | 12:12:45 | 13:34:49 | 10:13:45 |
| F55-59 | 74 | 11:25:35 | 12:01:13 | 12:08:06 | 12:37:59 | 13:51:11 | 11:25:35 |
| F60-64 | 31 | 11:35:23 | 12:44:28 | 13:25:38 | 13:47:44 | 14:53:33 | 11:35:23 |
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.