Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Texas · 15 editions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) · 29,916 finishers
Editions: 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 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 | 22,667 | 8:25:51 | 9:32:38 | 10:15:29 | 11:13:35 | 13:02:55 | 7:13:13 |
| MPRO | 411 | 7:23:50 | 7:34:01 | 7:43:44 | 7:57:08 | 8:25:14 | 7:13:13 |
| M18-24 | 891 | 8:59:06 | 9:46:35 | 10:25:57 | 11:18:13 | 13:00:58 | 8:35:59 |
| M25-29 | 1,866 | 8:53:26 | 9:36:10 | 10:12:06 | 11:04:04 | 12:49:42 | 8:06:09 |
| M30-34 | 2,942 | 8:45:59 | 9:28:21 | 10:02:44 | 10:54:22 | 12:48:48 | 7:53:17 |
| M35-39 | 3,616 | 8:51:52 | 9:30:54 | 10:07:42 | 11:00:06 | 12:43:28 | 8:12:58 |
| M40-44 | 4,358 | 9:00:50 | 9:46:30 | 10:23:15 | 11:17:37 | 12:57:07 | 8:21:39 |
| M45-49 | 3,673 | 9:11:04 | 9:55:03 | 10:34:33 | 11:25:48 | 13:09:24 | 8:19:20 |
| M50-54 | 2,612 | 9:23:19 | 10:15:04 | 10:50:43 | 11:45:07 | 13:32:04 | 8:38:33 |
| M55-59 | 1,403 | 9:45:11 | 10:34:06 | 11:12:52 | 12:08:23 | 13:52:36 | 9:04:15 |
| M60-64 | 634 | 10:06:08 | 11:00:24 | 11:27:31 | 12:19:05 | 14:16:40 | 9:55:25 |
| M65-69 | 187 | 10:33:57 | 11:20:02 | 11:42:46 | 12:37:16 | 14:36:40 | 10:04:45 |
| M70-74 | 62 | 11:20:07 | 12:05:16 | 12:33:25 | 13:00:46 | 14:45:52 | 11:20:07 |
| M75-79 | 8 | 12:31:16 | 12:31:16 | 12:31:16 | 14:16:19 | 15:16:47 | 12:31:16 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 7,249 | 9:01:32 | 10:03:41 | 10:48:57 | 11:44:55 | 13:41:38 | 8:10:34 |
| FPRO | 251 | 8:11:09 | 8:32:37 | 8:43:51 | 8:55:34 | 9:26:23 | 8:10:34 |
| F18-24 | 205 | 10:00:43 | 10:49:22 | 11:07:35 | 11:50:30 | 13:40:25 | 9:40:16 |
| F25-29 | 633 | 9:30:06 | 10:22:44 | 10:52:35 | 11:30:37 | 13:12:38 | 8:41:02 |
| F30-34 | 1,032 | 9:29:37 | 10:11:08 | 10:44:49 | 11:38:21 | 13:25:19 | 8:50:29 |
| F35-39 | 1,170 | 9:36:17 | 10:18:34 | 10:50:03 | 11:42:58 | 13:38:06 | 8:57:00 |
| F40-44 | 1,404 | 9:48:03 | 10:37:13 | 11:06:15 | 11:57:24 | 13:46:41 | 9:11:42 |
| F45-49 | 1,198 | 10:00:19 | 10:50:51 | 11:20:36 | 12:09:15 | 13:51:56 | 9:10:01 |
| F50-54 | 782 | 10:15:44 | 11:10:10 | 11:35:38 | 12:19:51 | 14:15:32 | 9:27:50 |
| F55-59 | 367 | 10:45:19 | 11:12:22 | 11:42:09 | 12:38:41 | 14:37:57 | 10:30:23 |
| F60-64 | 150 | 11:01:24 | 12:11:29 | 12:42:38 | 13:10:10 | 14:49:27 | 10:56:01 |
| F65-69 | 48 | 12:19:28 | 12:32:55 | 12:42:18 | 13:33:08 | 15:00:16 | 12:19:28 |
| F70-74 | 8 | 14:16:48 | 14:16:48 | 14:16:48 | 14:20:30 | 14:51:32 | 14:16:48 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.