Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Kalmar-Sweden · 11 editions (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2024, 2025) · 20,847 finishers
Editions: 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2022 · 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 | 17,324 | 8:50:12 | 9:34:44 | 9:57:26 | 10:32:56 | 11:44:14 | 7:38:48 |
| MPRO | 154 | 7:46:39 | 7:52:29 | 8:04:01 | 8:13:39 | 8:34:02 | 7:38:48 |
| M18-24 | 539 | 8:56:26 | 9:34:00 | 9:57:00 | 10:31:13 | 11:42:23 | 8:29:17 |
| M25-29 | 1,595 | 8:55:12 | 9:28:18 | 9:49:47 | 10:21:41 | 11:33:52 | 8:19:40 |
| M30-34 | 2,421 | 8:50:45 | 9:23:19 | 9:43:18 | 10:19:42 | 11:32:59 | 8:26:39 |
| M35-39 | 2,847 | 8:55:49 | 9:29:06 | 9:50:42 | 10:20:49 | 11:30:24 | 8:24:27 |
| M40-44 | 3,480 | 9:05:03 | 9:39:43 | 9:59:20 | 10:33:23 | 11:38:33 | 8:28:31 |
| M45-49 | 3,083 | 9:21:55 | 9:52:51 | 10:12:04 | 10:40:23 | 11:48:47 | 8:52:13 |
| M50-54 | 1,996 | 9:28:30 | 10:03:01 | 10:25:25 | 10:55:29 | 12:05:03 | 8:57:04 |
| M55-59 | 829 | 9:53:08 | 10:17:54 | 10:44:40 | 11:20:26 | 12:37:55 | 9:26:25 |
| M60-64 | 271 | 10:10:05 | 10:54:01 | 11:13:14 | 11:42:42 | 12:55:43 | 9:27:23 |
| M65-69 | 81 | 10:38:11 | 11:29:36 | 11:52:01 | 12:23:30 | 13:23:02 | 10:38:11 |
| M70-74 | 25 | 12:28:18 | 12:29:21 | 12:50:17 | 12:58:50 | 14:39:25 | 12:28:18 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 3,523 | 9:24:18 | 10:23:32 | 10:49:08 | 11:22:24 | 12:40:53 | 8:27:49 |
| FPRO | 73 | 8:27:49 | 8:41:27 | 8:54:01 | 9:02:28 | 9:25:12 | 8:27:49 |
| F18-24 | 138 | 10:17:04 | 10:27:55 | 10:48:22 | 11:20:33 | 12:42:44 | 10:06:38 |
| F25-29 | 439 | 9:49:11 | 10:25:10 | 10:50:06 | 11:21:40 | 12:32:22 | 9:15:54 |
| F30-34 | 591 | 9:47:11 | 10:22:55 | 10:43:33 | 11:05:27 | 12:28:56 | 9:31:24 |
| F35-39 | 571 | 9:53:35 | 10:26:29 | 10:52:16 | 11:20:01 | 12:31:25 | 9:25:02 |
| F40-44 | 671 | 10:04:53 | 10:35:56 | 10:54:28 | 11:27:52 | 12:41:43 | 9:29:29 |
| F45-49 | 539 | 10:23:21 | 10:44:22 | 11:04:53 | 11:37:33 | 12:48:42 | 10:01:30 |
| F50-54 | 315 | 10:31:20 | 11:06:40 | 11:21:17 | 11:55:35 | 13:06:45 | 9:55:00 |
| F55-59 | 133 | 10:43:17 | 11:18:55 | 11:52:32 | 12:28:24 | 13:32:12 | 10:32:55 |
| F60-64 | 41 | 11:32:59 | 12:16:09 | 12:35:28 | 12:58:29 | 14:19:59 | 11:32:59 |
| F65-69 | 11 | 12:53:35 | 12:53:35 | 13:03:20 | 13:08:20 | 14:05:32 | 12:53:35 |
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.