Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Lake Placid · 22 editions (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 44,879 finishers
Editions: 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 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 | 33,802 | 9:30:36 | 10:20:18 | 10:50:13 | 11:31:20 | 12:58:17 | 7:50:08 |
| MPRO | 343 | 7:57:13 | 8:13:25 | 8:24:12 | 8:42:50 | 9:15:27 | 7:50:08 |
| M18-24 | 950 | 9:39:20 | 10:23:13 | 10:49:36 | 11:23:44 | 12:51:05 | 9:15:04 |
| M25-29 | 2,793 | 9:35:50 | 10:07:03 | 10:30:33 | 11:07:33 | 12:32:59 | 8:25:01 |
| M30-34 | 4,792 | 9:38:44 | 10:09:28 | 10:33:13 | 11:10:12 | 12:27:56 | 8:51:38 |
| M35-39 | 5,984 | 9:42:42 | 10:17:38 | 10:41:04 | 11:17:16 | 12:37:55 | 8:49:13 |
| M40-44 | 6,777 | 9:51:49 | 10:27:06 | 10:53:43 | 11:31:38 | 12:50:42 | 8:56:31 |
| M45-49 | 5,305 | 9:59:18 | 10:43:53 | 11:11:48 | 11:48:38 | 13:11:46 | 8:57:12 |
| M50-54 | 3,758 | 10:24:44 | 11:00:29 | 11:33:23 | 12:11:23 | 13:36:32 | 9:41:30 |
| M55-59 | 1,954 | 10:36:36 | 11:24:59 | 11:57:28 | 12:38:35 | 14:07:36 | 10:00:21 |
| M60-64 | 809 | 11:03:45 | 11:38:51 | 12:08:20 | 13:00:02 | 14:28:21 | 9:56:44 |
| M65-69 | 243 | 11:41:13 | 12:17:56 | 13:06:18 | 13:48:29 | 15:06:02 | 10:58:35 |
| M70-74 | 83 | 12:34:50 | 13:24:40 | 13:34:59 | 14:08:26 | 15:34:46 | 12:34:50 |
| M75-79 | 10 | 14:06:53 | 14:06:53 | 14:06:53 | 14:51:44 | 16:12:17 | 14:06:53 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 11,077 | 10:01:47 | 11:03:45 | 11:34:15 | 12:15:37 | 13:48:44 | 8:43:29 |
| FPRO | 253 | 8:53:07 | 9:09:42 | 9:22:02 | 9:41:01 | 10:09:51 | 8:43:29 |
| F18-24 | 272 | 10:31:03 | 11:08:11 | 11:26:18 | 12:01:20 | 13:42:18 | 10:05:36 |
| F25-29 | 1,151 | 10:32:05 | 11:02:51 | 11:25:39 | 11:58:20 | 13:18:27 | 9:29:43 |
| F30-34 | 1,882 | 10:26:32 | 11:04:30 | 11:25:37 | 12:00:23 | 13:29:15 | 9:31:50 |
| F35-39 | 1,956 | 10:32:49 | 11:07:37 | 11:34:15 | 12:08:12 | 13:36:54 | 10:02:50 |
| F40-44 | 2,194 | 10:37:01 | 11:24:00 | 11:45:48 | 12:23:11 | 13:48:20 | 9:46:00 |
| F45-49 | 1,608 | 10:58:20 | 11:32:53 | 12:02:41 | 12:46:05 | 14:10:05 | 10:22:36 |
| F50-54 | 1,068 | 11:16:22 | 11:53:19 | 12:22:43 | 13:08:31 | 14:35:58 | 10:24:28 |
| F55-59 | 484 | 11:38:03 | 12:25:24 | 12:44:46 | 13:24:35 | 14:46:03 | 11:15:28 |
| F60-64 | 166 | 11:56:29 | 12:26:30 | 12:55:44 | 13:35:03 | 15:13:51 | 11:50:32 |
| F65-69 | 37 | 12:41:36 | 13:22:01 | 13:41:39 | 14:21:49 | 15:51:24 | 12:41:36 |
| F70-74 | 5 | 15:06:12 | 15:06:12 | 15:06:12 | 15:06:12 | 15:35:26 | 15:06:12 |
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.