Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Maastricht-Limburg · 5 editions (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) · 5,069 finishers
Editions: 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2022
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 | 4,464 | 9:13:29 | 9:48:07 | 10:08:13 | 10:37:35 | 11:49:13 | 8:18:09 |
| MPRO | 39 | 8:18:09 | 8:23:27 | 8:27:10 | 8:35:15 | 9:04:03 | 8:18:09 |
| M18-24 | 103 | 9:13:32 | 10:02:32 | 10:17:30 | 10:44:19 | 11:41:14 | 9:11:48 |
| M25-29 | 416 | 9:12:02 | 9:38:26 | 9:52:16 | 10:19:47 | 11:34:14 | 8:54:38 |
| M30-34 | 721 | 9:14:08 | 9:38:22 | 9:51:53 | 10:21:01 | 11:27:09 | 8:55:44 |
| M35-39 | 746 | 9:18:47 | 9:43:38 | 10:00:57 | 10:27:23 | 11:35:51 | 8:57:50 |
| M40-44 | 804 | 9:36:31 | 9:55:20 | 10:10:55 | 10:38:24 | 11:44:30 | 9:24:56 |
| M45-49 | 752 | 9:39:27 | 10:04:42 | 10:23:12 | 10:50:48 | 11:56:03 | 8:58:06 |
| M50-54 | 535 | 9:57:34 | 10:19:40 | 10:37:29 | 11:03:54 | 12:22:45 | 9:45:53 |
| M55-59 | 245 | 10:15:53 | 10:29:39 | 10:59:03 | 11:34:12 | 12:53:41 | 9:56:04 |
| M60-64 | 68 | 10:33:14 | 11:01:09 | 11:24:54 | 11:44:03 | 12:48:40 | 10:33:14 |
| M65-69 | 24 | 11:21:56 | 11:44:19 | 11:52:53 | 12:17:32 | 13:05:57 | 11:21:56 |
| M70-74 | 8 | 13:10:52 | 13:10:52 | 13:10:52 | 13:26:45 | 15:01:07 | 13:10:52 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 605 | 9:39:39 | 10:24:18 | 10:45:42 | 11:21:03 | 12:41:45 | 9:24:42 |
| FPRO | 23 | 9:24:42 | 9:31:06 | 9:34:55 | 9:38:29 | 9:58:44 | 9:24:42 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 10:30:43 | 10:30:43 | 10:42:11 | 11:34:36 | 12:22:49 | 10:30:43 |
| F25-29 | 53 | 10:18:57 | 10:30:57 | 10:35:39 | 11:08:21 | 11:54:07 | 10:18:57 |
| F30-34 | 109 | 9:45:27 | 10:21:43 | 10:37:23 | 10:58:04 | 12:28:05 | 9:44:18 |
| F35-39 | 100 | 9:53:35 | 10:38:54 | 10:54:47 | 11:09:19 | 12:22:39 | 9:53:35 |
| F40-44 | 104 | 10:16:47 | 10:45:33 | 11:12:03 | 11:29:02 | 12:35:05 | 9:58:08 |
| F45-49 | 91 | 10:27:50 | 11:12:57 | 11:29:13 | 11:58:46 | 13:06:45 | 10:27:50 |
| F50-54 | 69 | 11:10:43 | 11:21:18 | 11:35:00 | 11:55:00 | 13:34:54 | 11:10:43 |
| F55-59 | 34 | 11:26:29 | 11:28:19 | 11:43:35 | 12:39:06 | 14:21:44 | 11:26:29 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 12:39:53 | 12:39:53 | 12:39:53 | 12:50:59 | 14:09:56 | 12:39:53 |
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.