Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN New Zealand · 24 editions (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) · 23,865 finishers
Editions: 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026
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 | 18,418 | 4:48:15 | 6:31:58 | 9:38:28 | 10:29:21 | 12:03:58 | 3:55:03 |
| MPRO | 398 | 3:58:03 | 4:31:56 | 8:01:02 | 8:18:24 | 8:52:21 | 3:55:03 |
| M18-24 | 689 | 5:01:02 | 9:35:23 | 9:58:34 | 10:38:51 | 12:09:54 | 4:21:16 |
| M25-29 | 1,544 | 4:42:28 | 9:02:33 | 9:41:55 | 10:11:26 | 11:28:53 | 4:17:20 |
| M30-34 | 2,693 | 4:41:20 | 6:28:26 | 9:36:16 | 10:12:54 | 11:32:01 | 4:15:37 |
| M35-39 | 2,897 | 4:48:19 | 6:04:23 | 9:40:19 | 10:23:10 | 11:43:44 | 4:19:06 |
| M40-44 | 3,153 | 4:47:04 | 5:59:34 | 9:48:12 | 10:31:46 | 11:56:59 | 4:23:59 |
| M45-49 | 2,696 | 4:51:54 | 6:27:13 | 10:05:15 | 10:50:46 | 12:21:13 | 4:21:45 |
| M50-54 | 2,119 | 5:01:58 | 6:04:50 | 10:09:11 | 11:04:06 | 12:39:23 | 4:23:00 |
| M55-59 | 1,214 | 5:12:32 | 7:04:50 | 10:49:46 | 11:33:55 | 13:12:33 | 4:31:36 |
| M60-64 | 655 | 5:31:17 | 6:45:30 | 10:56:56 | 11:45:42 | 13:49:52 | 4:58:46 |
| M65-69 | 249 | 6:06:26 | 7:33:30 | 11:54:53 | 12:41:28 | 14:30:58 | 5:17:38 |
| M70-74 | 86 | 7:43:38 | 8:32:40 | 12:37:54 | 13:55:22 | 14:49:10 | 7:43:38 |
| M75-79 | 21 | 7:50:13 | 8:20:05 | 13:19:59 | 14:25:26 | 15:49:53 | 7:50:13 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 5,447 | 5:26:00 | 7:12:49 | 10:08:41 | 11:19:42 | 13:04:58 | 4:22:46 |
| FPRO | 246 | 4:30:40 | 8:40:29 | 8:59:19 | 9:15:43 | 9:43:36 | 4:22:46 |
| F18-24 | 148 | 5:45:01 | 10:35:42 | 10:48:29 | 11:36:00 | 13:04:34 | 5:36:56 |
| F25-29 | 589 | 5:12:11 | 6:10:45 | 10:13:12 | 11:02:03 | 12:24:05 | 4:50:11 |
| F30-34 | 890 | 5:17:31 | 6:55:29 | 10:21:36 | 11:09:44 | 12:36:55 | 4:39:47 |
| F35-39 | 924 | 5:15:12 | 7:48:36 | 10:41:56 | 11:28:27 | 12:56:15 | 4:32:51 |
| F40-44 | 888 | 5:28:36 | 6:38:27 | 10:54:35 | 11:41:34 | 13:16:26 | 4:57:06 |
| F45-49 | 743 | 5:44:15 | 7:10:16 | 11:01:54 | 12:00:58 | 13:39:21 | 4:43:26 |
| F50-54 | 584 | 5:51:23 | 7:18:45 | 11:25:25 | 12:16:16 | 13:54:29 | 5:15:45 |
| F55-59 | 267 | 6:08:18 | 11:04:32 | 11:52:42 | 12:46:08 | 14:06:49 | 5:20:11 |
| F60-64 | 125 | 6:23:31 | 7:25:08 | 12:07:09 | 12:36:36 | 14:34:14 | 6:16:31 |
| F65-69 | 33 | 6:24:37 | 7:06:11 | 8:24:41 | 13:28:34 | 14:33:53 | 6:24:37 |
| F70-74 | 8 | 12:23:10 | 12:23:10 | 12:23:10 | 14:15:25 | 15:41:08 | 12:23:10 |
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.