Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN South Africa · 12 editions (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2024, 2025) · 16,267 finishers
Editions: 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2018 · 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 | 13,552 | 8:56:20 | 10:06:59 | 10:44:22 | 11:29:32 | 12:54:08 | 7:44:55 |
| MPRO | 247 | 7:52:19 | 8:10:33 | 8:19:23 | 8:31:56 | 8:55:21 | 7:44:55 |
| M18-24 | 296 | 9:27:56 | 10:10:55 | 10:43:11 | 11:42:25 | 12:50:33 | 8:52:46 |
| M25-29 | 1,351 | 9:29:15 | 10:24:15 | 10:48:49 | 11:30:38 | 12:51:47 | 8:49:05 |
| M30-34 | 2,408 | 9:25:44 | 10:04:19 | 10:39:54 | 11:19:21 | 12:44:56 | 8:34:35 |
| M35-39 | 2,797 | 9:31:46 | 10:11:21 | 10:45:53 | 11:28:01 | 12:44:42 | 8:42:16 |
| M40-44 | 2,765 | 9:39:30 | 10:25:03 | 10:55:11 | 11:35:39 | 12:52:39 | 8:40:50 |
| M45-49 | 1,868 | 10:00:35 | 10:35:43 | 11:00:24 | 11:43:28 | 13:05:39 | 9:25:49 |
| M50-54 | 1,056 | 10:05:31 | 10:36:47 | 11:08:29 | 11:51:42 | 13:18:54 | 9:18:06 |
| M55-59 | 497 | 10:26:25 | 10:46:37 | 11:22:18 | 12:15:06 | 13:58:15 | 10:09:02 |
| M60-64 | 194 | 10:38:41 | 11:22:37 | 11:41:00 | 12:20:56 | 14:05:17 | 10:38:23 |
| M65-69 | 51 | 11:24:20 | 11:32:22 | 11:48:20 | 12:48:43 | 14:05:36 | 11:24:20 |
| M70-74 | 19 | 12:50:19 | 12:50:19 | 12:53:41 | 13:05:56 | 14:42:20 | 12:50:19 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 2,715 | 9:25:14 | 10:23:31 | 11:09:09 | 11:56:37 | 13:29:33 | 8:33:56 |
| FPRO | 154 | 8:51:41 | 9:08:23 | 9:17:41 | 9:27:07 | 9:52:23 | 8:33:56 |
| F18-24 | 50 | 10:53:42 | 11:23:07 | 11:38:51 | 12:07:25 | 13:34:57 | 10:53:42 |
| F25-29 | 312 | 10:11:13 | 10:55:49 | 11:26:14 | 12:02:26 | 13:21:28 | 9:44:47 |
| F30-34 | 545 | 10:23:45 | 11:05:37 | 11:28:13 | 11:57:36 | 13:25:32 | 9:53:19 |
| F35-39 | 566 | 10:17:04 | 10:57:33 | 11:22:26 | 12:02:38 | 13:30:02 | 10:01:26 |
| F40-44 | 507 | 10:34:42 | 11:11:39 | 11:38:41 | 12:23:10 | 13:45:43 | 10:19:17 |
| F45-49 | 337 | 10:52:07 | 11:29:04 | 11:50:44 | 12:26:50 | 13:57:56 | 10:33:32 |
| F50-54 | 171 | 10:55:55 | 11:33:36 | 12:04:54 | 12:48:52 | 13:58:35 | 10:33:30 |
| F55-59 | 54 | 11:08:35 | 11:45:43 | 12:10:32 | 12:46:22 | 14:05:28 | 11:08:35 |
| F60-64 | 15 | 12:08:51 | 12:08:51 | 13:33:24 | 13:33:43 | 15:23:39 | 12:08:51 |
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.