Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Switzerland Thun · 20 editions (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 30,504 finishers
Editions: 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 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 | 26,697 | 9:02:15 | 9:39:10 | 10:00:59 | 10:34:37 | 11:51:09 | 7:39:41 |
| MPRO | 333 | 7:49:35 | 8:09:18 | 8:17:13 | 8:30:01 | 8:53:57 | 7:39:41 |
| M18-24 | 650 | 9:06:08 | 9:31:11 | 9:52:07 | 10:25:15 | 11:45:03 | 8:38:59 |
| M25-29 | 2,374 | 9:03:29 | 9:29:54 | 9:47:59 | 10:20:18 | 11:32:53 | 8:39:55 |
| M30-34 | 4,695 | 9:09:31 | 9:32:07 | 9:50:18 | 10:20:30 | 11:31:20 | 8:28:57 |
| M35-39 | 5,358 | 9:13:39 | 9:38:11 | 9:55:04 | 10:25:24 | 11:37:34 | 8:45:29 |
| M40-44 | 5,446 | 9:26:48 | 9:50:19 | 10:10:05 | 10:39:33 | 11:51:56 | 8:15:08 |
| M45-49 | 3,923 | 9:34:12 | 9:59:56 | 10:23:10 | 10:53:41 | 12:08:30 | 8:54:42 |
| M50-54 | 2,326 | 9:51:14 | 10:20:28 | 10:40:09 | 11:12:41 | 12:33:24 | 9:19:24 |
| M55-59 | 1,009 | 10:14:51 | 10:41:05 | 11:00:27 | 11:35:41 | 12:56:00 | 9:38:39 |
| M60-64 | 374 | 10:28:20 | 10:58:25 | 11:21:28 | 11:54:57 | 13:22:44 | 10:15:15 |
| M65-69 | 91 | 10:41:20 | 11:31:14 | 11:56:17 | 12:17:47 | 13:47:39 | 10:41:20 |
| M70-74 | 28 | 12:30:42 | 13:05:06 | 13:10:30 | 13:46:31 | 14:35:50 | 12:30:42 |
| M | 88 | 9:08:24 | 9:38:41 | 9:43:14 | 10:17:38 | 11:46:23 | 9:08:24 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 3,807 | 9:29:32 | 10:11:12 | 10:42:55 | 11:18:02 | 12:37:18 | 8:32:36 |
| FPRO | 159 | 8:53:49 | 9:10:25 | 9:20:16 | 9:28:12 | 9:45:11 | 8:32:36 |
| F18-24 | 101 | 10:22:16 | 10:50:10 | 11:00:19 | 11:28:08 | 12:37:02 | 9:59:52 |
| F25-29 | 479 | 9:51:43 | 10:16:23 | 10:32:21 | 10:59:16 | 12:17:30 | 9:32:57 |
| F30-34 | 828 | 9:48:33 | 10:17:27 | 10:40:51 | 11:09:38 | 12:25:18 | 9:30:08 |
| F35-39 | 696 | 10:04:15 | 10:31:57 | 10:54:35 | 11:20:42 | 12:27:52 | 9:36:25 |
| F40-44 | 628 | 10:16:57 | 10:47:43 | 11:05:33 | 11:35:21 | 12:51:57 | 10:06:00 |
| F45-49 | 465 | 10:31:23 | 10:54:02 | 11:19:09 | 11:47:32 | 12:55:28 | 10:00:03 |
| F50-54 | 292 | 10:45:56 | 11:20:23 | 11:37:56 | 12:10:53 | 13:30:43 | 10:25:19 |
| F55-59 | 115 | 11:29:37 | 11:59:17 | 12:15:44 | 12:36:20 | 13:40:29 | 11:22:21 |
| F60-64 | 37 | 12:11:45 | 12:29:55 | 12:57:44 | 13:28:39 | 14:19:21 | 12:11:45 |
| F65-69 | 6 | 14:36:38 | 14:36:38 | 14:36:38 | 14:42:34 | 15:22:04 | 14:36:38 |
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.