Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Portugal-Cascais · 5 editions (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 6,418 finishers
Editions: 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 | 5,701 | 8:53:12 | 9:34:35 | 9:58:42 | 10:38:09 | 11:59:41 | 7:50:07 |
| MPRO | 34 | 7:50:07 | 7:52:17 | 7:58:51 | 8:09:59 | 8:34:25 | 7:50:07 |
| M18-24 | 188 | 8:41:11 | 9:21:12 | 9:50:29 | 10:38:17 | 11:52:46 | 8:38:09 |
| M25-29 | 556 | 8:47:24 | 9:18:50 | 9:43:08 | 10:18:05 | 11:46:00 | 8:21:24 |
| M30-34 | 814 | 8:46:22 | 9:18:59 | 9:42:48 | 10:15:28 | 11:39:54 | 8:28:43 |
| M35-39 | 857 | 8:59:34 | 9:25:38 | 9:45:38 | 10:18:27 | 11:36:54 | 8:32:08 |
| M40-44 | 1,008 | 9:10:40 | 9:39:43 | 10:02:00 | 10:34:49 | 11:48:55 | 8:37:49 |
| M45-49 | 927 | 9:16:53 | 9:52:31 | 10:17:32 | 10:53:39 | 12:11:01 | 8:44:36 |
| M50-54 | 764 | 9:41:35 | 10:11:21 | 10:34:33 | 11:10:05 | 12:28:31 | 9:09:25 |
| M55-59 | 375 | 10:07:43 | 10:24:42 | 10:52:45 | 11:19:01 | 12:49:44 | 9:41:11 |
| M60-64 | 134 | 10:22:41 | 10:45:17 | 11:11:18 | 11:59:20 | 13:34:31 | 10:13:26 |
| M65-69 | 38 | 11:31:22 | 11:33:34 | 11:38:25 | 12:24:28 | 13:03:45 | 11:31:22 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 14:13:06 | 14:13:06 | 14:13:06 | 15:01:44 | 15:12:43 | 14:13:06 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 717 | 9:14:14 | 10:09:08 | 10:38:47 | 11:23:37 | 12:50:32 | 8:49:52 |
| FPRO | 20 | 8:49:52 | 8:49:52 | 8:55:22 | 9:05:21 | 9:21:48 | 8:49:52 |
| F18-24 | 21 | 11:05:23 | 11:05:28 | 11:11:08 | 11:14:42 | 12:30:32 | 11:05:23 |
| F25-29 | 79 | 9:40:43 | 10:06:46 | 10:38:47 | 11:19:48 | 12:47:56 | 9:40:43 |
| F30-34 | 136 | 9:29:35 | 10:05:02 | 10:21:14 | 11:11:21 | 12:13:12 | 9:26:10 |
| F35-39 | 101 | 10:16:07 | 10:30:03 | 10:36:40 | 11:16:18 | 12:42:29 | 9:58:55 |
| F40-44 | 112 | 10:21:29 | 10:24:41 | 11:05:13 | 11:19:23 | 12:39:52 | 9:59:57 |
| F45-49 | 110 | 10:04:23 | 10:32:54 | 11:09:30 | 11:59:22 | 13:38:15 | 9:46:55 |
| F50-54 | 91 | 10:10:40 | 11:21:47 | 11:36:29 | 12:21:13 | 13:36:06 | 10:10:40 |
| F55-59 | 32 | 11:41:56 | 11:48:26 | 12:06:43 | 12:24:29 | 13:43:07 | 11:41:56 |
| F60-64 | 11 | 12:22:42 | 12:22:42 | 13:17:54 | 13:33:52 | 15:14:12 | 12:22:42 |
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.