Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN South American Championship Brazil · 2 editions (2016, 2017) · 3,636 finishers
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 | 3,192 | 8:54:50 | 9:29:18 | 9:50:47 | 10:20:59 | 11:30:42 | 7:40:23 |
| MPRO | 36 | 7:40:23 | 7:46:10 | 8:04:58 | 8:10:04 | 8:23:40 | 7:40:23 |
| M18-24 | 18 | 9:18:18 | 9:18:18 | 9:26:37 | 9:51:12 | 11:01:01 | 9:18:18 |
| M25-29 | 168 | 9:05:05 | 9:22:32 | 9:39:08 | 10:00:56 | 10:59:56 | 8:53:23 |
| M30-34 | 509 | 9:11:57 | 9:23:32 | 9:40:35 | 10:08:54 | 11:04:52 | 9:01:12 |
| M35-39 | 803 | 9:00:11 | 9:28:03 | 9:43:04 | 10:10:00 | 11:11:11 | 8:48:39 |
| M40-44 | 746 | 9:12:27 | 9:36:19 | 10:00:11 | 10:29:45 | 11:37:12 | 8:34:26 |
| M45-49 | 481 | 9:28:22 | 9:52:52 | 10:10:11 | 10:40:33 | 11:53:01 | 9:15:50 |
| M50-54 | 261 | 9:30:42 | 10:06:42 | 10:32:42 | 11:00:53 | 12:25:47 | 9:10:52 |
| M55-59 | 119 | 9:56:08 | 10:19:39 | 10:40:03 | 11:15:12 | 12:36:20 | 9:45:25 |
| M60-64 | 34 | 10:51:23 | 10:52:22 | 11:25:06 | 12:10:24 | 13:21:50 | 10:51:23 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 11:19:40 | 11:19:40 | 11:26:09 | 12:10:50 | 13:17:08 | 11:19:40 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 444 | 9:01:00 | 9:38:45 | 10:06:26 | 10:51:16 | 12:17:13 | 8:52:00 |
| FPRO | 26 | 8:52:00 | 8:54:10 | 8:57:36 | 9:01:13 | 9:12:43 | 8:52:00 |
| F18-24 | 8 | 9:53:37 | 9:53:37 | 9:53:37 | 10:33:32 | 11:52:28 | 9:53:37 |
| F25-29 | 37 | 9:26:15 | 9:49:06 | 10:06:26 | 10:26:39 | 11:31:09 | 9:26:15 |
| F30-34 | 92 | 9:40:03 | 10:02:26 | 10:30:54 | 10:51:16 | 12:04:43 | 9:40:03 |
| F35-39 | 93 | 9:29:32 | 10:11:46 | 10:39:31 | 11:03:19 | 12:17:37 | 9:29:32 |
| F40-44 | 85 | 9:52:57 | 10:07:28 | 10:24:09 | 11:01:32 | 12:56:21 | 9:52:57 |
| F45-49 | 55 | 9:42:41 | 10:39:20 | 11:10:55 | 11:40:08 | 12:29:00 | 9:42:41 |
| F50-54 | 29 | 10:54:48 | 11:35:01 | 11:40:33 | 11:54:31 | 12:56:34 | 10:54:48 |
| F55-59 | 12 | 11:13:40 | 11:13:40 | 12:26:27 | 12:42:03 | 13:20:16 | 11:13:40 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 12:26:50 | 12:26:50 | 12:26:50 | 12:41:15 | 13:07:57 | 12:26:50 |
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.