Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN Wales · 13 editions (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) · 20,565 finishers
Editions: 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 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 | 18,516 | 9:54:05 | 10:44:43 | 11:20:03 | 12:02:29 | 13:29:02 | 8:35:49 |
| MPRO | 133 | 8:43:54 | 8:53:21 | 9:00:13 | 9:08:47 | 9:31:55 | 8:35:49 |
| M18-24 | 653 | 10:24:14 | 10:58:46 | 11:23:41 | 12:00:17 | 13:25:11 | 9:39:45 |
| M25-29 | 1,752 | 9:56:18 | 10:37:31 | 11:04:18 | 11:47:23 | 13:09:25 | 9:23:36 |
| M30-34 | 2,936 | 9:56:51 | 10:30:20 | 10:57:15 | 11:42:39 | 13:08:26 | 9:26:21 |
| M35-39 | 3,575 | 9:58:03 | 10:38:37 | 11:12:42 | 11:56:00 | 13:20:04 | 9:16:23 |
| M40-44 | 3,798 | 10:10:17 | 10:52:18 | 11:27:30 | 12:08:31 | 13:26:32 | 9:18:45 |
| M45-49 | 2,889 | 10:22:44 | 11:05:06 | 11:35:00 | 12:18:28 | 13:41:07 | 9:40:17 |
| M50-54 | 1,827 | 10:46:39 | 11:30:52 | 11:58:14 | 12:38:39 | 14:01:20 | 9:31:14 |
| M55-59 | 703 | 11:14:41 | 11:53:29 | 12:18:03 | 12:51:59 | 14:30:14 | 10:33:03 |
| M60-64 | 202 | 11:49:35 | 12:10:44 | 12:30:48 | 13:01:48 | 14:43:23 | 11:30:23 |
| M65-69 | 44 | 12:50:17 | 13:21:35 | 13:25:57 | 13:52:32 | 15:02:50 | 12:50:17 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 2,049 | 10:14:21 | 11:20:55 | 11:52:18 | 12:44:31 | 14:20:52 | 9:41:52 |
| FPRO | 71 | 9:41:52 | 9:51:21 | 9:56:31 | 10:05:41 | 10:32:46 | 9:41:52 |
| F18-24 | 91 | 11:19:12 | 11:46:23 | 12:02:21 | 12:58:00 | 14:32:11 | 11:19:12 |
| F25-29 | 237 | 10:51:08 | 11:29:57 | 12:01:07 | 12:45:43 | 13:58:09 | 10:35:30 |
| F30-34 | 365 | 10:46:44 | 11:19:36 | 11:45:19 | 12:17:09 | 13:48:29 | 10:38:28 |
| F35-39 | 344 | 11:05:06 | 11:30:24 | 11:52:18 | 12:48:19 | 14:15:53 | 10:43:11 |
| F40-44 | 368 | 11:16:46 | 11:49:31 | 12:24:47 | 13:12:05 | 14:22:46 | 10:20:10 |
| F45-49 | 291 | 11:04:32 | 11:59:26 | 12:35:06 | 13:16:45 | 14:42:09 | 10:15:23 |
| F50-54 | 195 | 11:41:14 | 12:25:53 | 12:51:29 | 13:45:18 | 15:11:25 | 11:23:33 |
| F55-59 | 65 | 12:28:19 | 13:09:33 | 13:28:34 | 13:59:10 | 14:54:59 | 12:28:19 |
| F60-64 | 16 | 14:04:26 | 14:04:26 | 14:05:41 | 14:11:16 | 15:31:00 | 14:04:26 |
| F65-69 | 5 | 15:01:51 | 15:01:51 | 15:01:51 | 15:01:51 | 16:36:45 | 15:01:51 |
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.