Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Malaysia · 12 editions (2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 7,770 finishers
Editions: 2006 · 2007 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 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 | 6,788 | 9:14:20 | 10:15:12 | 10:51:16 | 11:50:35 | 14:00:17 | 8:10:24 |
| MPRO | 147 | 8:12:39 | 8:30:58 | 8:37:58 | 8:51:43 | 9:17:18 | 8:10:24 |
| M18-24 | 171 | 9:49:20 | 10:49:57 | 11:08:52 | 12:04:07 | 13:30:36 | 9:44:51 |
| M25-29 | 449 | 9:30:51 | 10:08:04 | 10:34:30 | 11:20:26 | 13:35:41 | 8:57:42 |
| M30-34 | 893 | 9:30:14 | 10:09:09 | 10:36:15 | 11:39:08 | 13:50:57 | 9:08:40 |
| M35-39 | 1,343 | 9:48:31 | 10:16:44 | 10:46:38 | 11:47:55 | 14:02:12 | 9:22:02 |
| M40-44 | 1,466 | 9:47:44 | 10:30:51 | 11:03:15 | 11:59:09 | 14:17:51 | 9:04:43 |
| M45-49 | 1,101 | 10:07:33 | 10:46:29 | 11:16:06 | 12:05:20 | 14:16:53 | 9:34:19 |
| M50-54 | 666 | 10:20:19 | 10:48:41 | 11:18:48 | 12:10:48 | 14:00:42 | 9:46:15 |
| M55-59 | 327 | 10:45:28 | 11:08:13 | 11:42:21 | 12:27:58 | 14:04:25 | 10:09:45 |
| M60-64 | 135 | 11:22:10 | 11:30:23 | 11:50:35 | 12:43:34 | 14:02:33 | 11:07:19 |
| M65-69 | 62 | 12:14:12 | 12:57:24 | 13:12:45 | 13:32:15 | 14:58:15 | 12:14:12 |
| M70-74 | 19 | 13:08:13 | 13:08:13 | 13:53:09 | 14:45:43 | 15:26:29 | 13:08:13 |
| M75-79 | 5 | 14:23:14 | 14:23:14 | 14:23:14 | 14:23:14 | 16:24:35 | 14:23:14 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 982 | 9:37:06 | 10:19:19 | 10:58:53 | 11:53:28 | 13:49:09 | 9:13:08 |
| FPRO | 83 | 9:13:08 | 9:26:38 | 9:36:14 | 9:48:23 | 10:11:54 | 9:13:08 |
| F18-24 | 28 | 10:45:53 | 11:11:30 | 11:11:35 | 11:51:09 | 13:03:07 | 10:45:53 |
| F25-29 | 76 | 9:37:46 | 10:45:01 | 11:18:23 | 11:55:44 | 13:19:42 | 9:37:46 |
| F30-34 | 123 | 10:46:27 | 11:00:53 | 11:20:04 | 12:04:30 | 13:59:25 | 10:39:00 |
| F35-39 | 164 | 10:34:21 | 10:47:52 | 11:11:51 | 11:47:35 | 13:42:48 | 10:15:13 |
| F40-44 | 179 | 10:55:27 | 11:18:49 | 11:39:54 | 12:10:37 | 14:26:31 | 10:19:19 |
| F45-49 | 171 | 10:57:13 | 11:47:33 | 12:11:09 | 12:44:59 | 14:23:16 | 10:50:37 |
| F50-54 | 80 | 11:33:25 | 11:48:31 | 12:16:25 | 12:44:53 | 13:58:44 | 11:33:25 |
| F55-59 | 51 | 12:00:49 | 12:04:36 | 12:28:36 | 12:50:29 | 14:09:10 | 12:00:49 |
| F60-64 | 19 | 12:55:30 | 12:55:30 | 13:27:32 | 13:45:00 | 15:02:45 | 12:55:30 |
| F65-69 | 6 | 14:51:52 | 14:51:52 | 14:51:52 | 15:37:13 | 15:46:07 | 14:51:52 |
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.