Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Hamburg · 8 editions (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 15,467 finishers
Editions: 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 | 13,494 | 8:30:41 | 9:11:38 | 9:34:52 | 10:05:03 | 11:17:22 | 7:05:26 |
| MPRO | 77 | 7:05:26 | 7:20:17 | 7:30:40 | 7:44:15 | 8:03:06 | 7:05:26 |
| M18-24 | 322 | 8:29:37 | 9:04:02 | 9:28:50 | 10:01:42 | 11:23:19 | 7:59:47 |
| M25-29 | 1,026 | 8:25:11 | 8:50:59 | 9:16:34 | 9:51:00 | 11:04:18 | 7:47:01 |
| M30-34 | 1,820 | 8:26:15 | 8:56:33 | 9:15:48 | 9:45:20 | 10:44:28 | 7:55:02 |
| M35-39 | 2,099 | 8:25:20 | 8:59:27 | 9:18:51 | 9:51:03 | 10:57:39 | 7:50:42 |
| M40-44 | 2,382 | 8:43:44 | 9:15:16 | 9:32:33 | 9:57:54 | 11:02:11 | 8:00:06 |
| M45-49 | 2,376 | 8:58:06 | 9:26:55 | 9:46:20 | 10:16:49 | 11:24:19 | 8:17:47 |
| M50-54 | 2,002 | 9:05:23 | 9:42:27 | 10:00:31 | 10:28:45 | 11:41:01 | 8:19:26 |
| M55-59 | 936 | 9:34:04 | 10:03:20 | 10:21:26 | 10:54:55 | 12:10:05 | 9:18:26 |
| M60-64 | 346 | 9:53:13 | 10:14:19 | 10:37:04 | 11:20:09 | 12:34:00 | 9:36:36 |
| M65-69 | 88 | 10:18:00 | 10:49:40 | 11:10:24 | 11:31:57 | 12:49:45 | 10:18:00 |
| M70-74 | 16 | 11:23:48 | 11:23:48 | 11:34:26 | 13:27:48 | 14:28:03 | 11:23:48 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,973 | 8:41:59 | 9:36:06 | 10:09:36 | 10:45:26 | 12:05:33 | 8:03:13 |
| FPRO | 77 | 8:03:13 | 8:12:28 | 8:21:23 | 8:36:13 | 9:04:24 | 8:03:13 |
| F18-24 | 43 | 9:24:33 | 9:49:52 | 10:19:18 | 10:31:07 | 11:37:35 | 9:24:33 |
| F25-29 | 199 | 9:06:09 | 9:32:30 | 9:52:00 | 10:32:56 | 11:49:38 | 8:56:51 |
| F30-34 | 301 | 9:14:57 | 9:47:39 | 10:03:27 | 10:34:33 | 11:37:52 | 8:59:44 |
| F35-39 | 287 | 9:14:13 | 9:43:44 | 10:15:09 | 10:43:02 | 11:54:44 | 9:05:17 |
| F40-44 | 324 | 9:34:36 | 10:01:08 | 10:27:31 | 10:53:23 | 12:05:47 | 9:13:27 |
| F45-49 | 318 | 9:37:39 | 10:10:18 | 10:37:04 | 11:10:59 | 12:28:45 | 8:37:43 |
| F50-54 | 249 | 9:58:48 | 10:38:18 | 10:49:02 | 11:22:01 | 12:39:32 | 9:14:02 |
| F55-59 | 115 | 10:29:59 | 10:42:16 | 10:52:00 | 11:32:14 | 12:48:32 | 10:17:29 |
| F60-64 | 46 | 11:16:17 | 11:21:58 | 11:52:10 | 12:17:07 | 13:20:56 | 11:16:17 |
| F65-69 | 13 | 11:40:43 | 11:40:43 | 11:53:47 | 12:41:19 | 14:12:55 | 11:40:43 |
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.