Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Gurye Korea · 5 editions (2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 4,904 finishers
Editions: 2017 · 2018 · 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 | 4,361 | 9:40:39 | 10:35:46 | 11:08:34 | 11:54:29 | 13:30:30 | 8:38:45 |
| M18-24 | 29 | 9:53:15 | 9:53:50 | 10:17:35 | 11:19:06 | 12:44:11 | 9:53:15 |
| M25-29 | 100 | 9:13:47 | 10:03:12 | 10:30:07 | 11:17:30 | 12:42:34 | 9:13:47 |
| M30-34 | 285 | 9:22:28 | 10:14:07 | 10:46:21 | 11:42:50 | 13:20:37 | 8:41:39 |
| M35-39 | 580 | 9:22:41 | 10:08:26 | 10:48:15 | 11:26:46 | 13:11:56 | 8:38:45 |
| M40-44 | 859 | 9:29:53 | 10:22:15 | 10:51:20 | 11:45:42 | 13:28:15 | 8:43:25 |
| M45-49 | 1,006 | 9:50:42 | 10:41:19 | 11:06:22 | 11:51:27 | 13:22:21 | 8:51:56 |
| M50-54 | 778 | 9:50:08 | 10:55:00 | 11:33:04 | 12:03:23 | 13:33:12 | 8:52:37 |
| M55-59 | 438 | 10:17:05 | 11:04:58 | 11:33:55 | 12:24:41 | 13:47:56 | 9:57:34 |
| M60-64 | 219 | 11:01:34 | 11:21:59 | 11:56:34 | 12:37:37 | 14:09:14 | 10:38:48 |
| M65-69 | 51 | 11:12:31 | 11:42:22 | 12:29:25 | 12:50:03 | 14:31:16 | 11:12:31 |
| M70-74 | 14 | 12:55:27 | 12:55:27 | 13:08:48 | 13:27:58 | 15:13:38 | 12:55:27 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 543 | 10:23:20 | 11:05:58 | 11:34:26 | 12:16:48 | 13:52:33 | 9:30:46 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 11:47:47 | 11:47:47 | 11:47:47 | 13:23:06 | 13:56:45 | 11:47:47 |
| F25-29 | 19 | 9:30:46 | 9:30:46 | 10:58:13 | 12:06:23 | 13:11:05 | 9:30:46 |
| F30-34 | 56 | 10:38:21 | 10:49:19 | 11:03:42 | 11:27:56 | 13:19:37 | 10:38:21 |
| F35-39 | 78 | 9:59:42 | 10:42:55 | 11:16:51 | 11:55:58 | 13:24:23 | 9:59:42 |
| F40-44 | 108 | 10:07:54 | 10:46:03 | 11:01:29 | 12:08:06 | 13:38:22 | 9:50:55 |
| F45-49 | 121 | 10:49:27 | 11:25:49 | 11:38:38 | 12:02:59 | 14:02:13 | 10:28:57 |
| F50-54 | 89 | 11:28:01 | 12:11:04 | 12:33:56 | 12:53:31 | 13:56:10 | 11:28:01 |
| F55-59 | 48 | 11:10:53 | 12:54:54 | 13:01:14 | 13:26:24 | 14:13:20 | 11:10:53 |
| F60-64 | 15 | 12:09:30 | 12:09:30 | 12:15:01 | 13:04:07 | 15:22:03 | 12:09:30 |
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.