Age-group thresholds
IRONMAN World Championship · 26 editions (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) · 50,065 finishers
Editions: 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2023 women · 2024 · 2024 women · 2025 · 2025 women · 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 | 34,375 | 8:33:25 | 9:15:21 | 9:32:33 | 9:54:38 | 10:57:10 | 7:35:53 |
| MPRO | 1,071 | 7:51:02 | 8:03:56 | 8:13:06 | 8:23:26 | 8:47:54 | 7:35:53 |
| M18-24 | 942 | 8:58:52 | 9:17:42 | 9:29:05 | 9:42:52 | 10:26:12 | 8:34:15 |
| M25-29 | 2,441 | 8:51:45 | 9:09:48 | 9:20:17 | 9:34:29 | 10:09:04 | 8:34:01 |
| M30-34 | 3,914 | 8:52:36 | 9:10:31 | 9:20:58 | 9:33:15 | 10:08:11 | 8:25:11 |
| M35-39 | 5,023 | 8:54:52 | 9:15:13 | 9:27:00 | 9:42:46 | 10:21:24 | 8:24:36 |
| M40-44 | 5,700 | 9:05:27 | 9:28:57 | 9:42:00 | 9:58:33 | 10:43:53 | 8:40:45 |
| M45-49 | 5,022 | 9:18:02 | 9:41:24 | 9:55:34 | 10:15:41 | 11:05:50 | 8:34:56 |
| M50-54 | 4,553 | 9:33:06 | 10:02:03 | 10:18:55 | 10:42:33 | 11:41:58 | 8:43:33 |
| M55-59 | 2,558 | 9:55:58 | 10:25:36 | 10:46:57 | 11:12:57 | 12:23:12 | 9:14:23 |
| M60-64 | 1,682 | 10:20:38 | 10:57:09 | 11:18:01 | 11:48:23 | 13:07:26 | 9:46:54 |
| M65-69 | 871 | 11:07:02 | 11:42:07 | 12:08:17 | 12:47:13 | 14:04:56 | 10:33:11 |
| M70-74 | 448 | 12:08:08 | 12:50:16 | 13:25:54 | 13:58:30 | 15:17:30 | 11:45:05 |
| M75-79 | 104 | 13:18:03 | 13:35:24 | 14:01:32 | 14:45:11 | 15:47:36 | 13:06:03 |
| M80-84 | 18 | 15:38:25 | 15:38:25 | 15:41:51 | 15:59:08 | 16:38:20 | 15:38:25 |
| MHC | 6 | 9:43:21 | 9:43:21 | 9:43:21 | 12:15:11 | 12:21:07 | 9:43:21 |
| MPC/ID | 17 | 11:12:40 | 11:12:40 | 12:01:49 | 12:54:48 | 14:08:04 | 11:12:40 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 15,690 | 9:14:47 | 10:02:24 | 10:28:13 | 10:58:03 | 12:06:22 | 8:24:31 |
| FPRO | 808 | 8:35:56 | 8:52:30 | 9:02:09 | 9:15:09 | 9:42:12 | 8:24:31 |
| F18-24 | 655 | 10:00:15 | 10:24:18 | 10:42:46 | 11:00:14 | 11:59:38 | 9:38:26 |
| F25-29 | 1,346 | 9:44:25 | 10:07:25 | 10:23:08 | 10:43:15 | 11:29:05 | 9:14:12 |
| F30-34 | 2,056 | 9:46:22 | 10:06:39 | 10:23:05 | 10:42:30 | 11:24:30 | 9:19:52 |
| F35-39 | 2,145 | 9:53:02 | 10:13:56 | 10:28:29 | 10:50:51 | 11:37:36 | 9:28:48 |
| F40-44 | 2,368 | 10:01:56 | 10:26:33 | 10:41:27 | 11:02:10 | 11:53:10 | 9:32:05 |
| F45-49 | 2,153 | 10:17:04 | 10:41:55 | 11:03:17 | 11:29:04 | 12:25:39 | 9:23:25 |
| F50-54 | 1,777 | 10:33:32 | 11:06:29 | 11:26:53 | 11:55:53 | 12:56:12 | 9:46:02 |
| F55-59 | 1,279 | 10:53:02 | 11:32:17 | 11:54:13 | 12:25:18 | 13:32:08 | 10:33:10 |
| F60-64 | 727 | 11:41:44 | 12:20:16 | 12:42:15 | 13:15:55 | 14:30:14 | 10:57:10 |
| F65-69 | 291 | 12:28:43 | 13:14:30 | 13:36:37 | 14:09:28 | 15:35:46 | 12:22:38 |
| F70-74 | 72 | 13:24:27 | 13:59:31 | 14:07:11 | 14:32:59 | 15:38:44 | 13:24:27 |
| F75-79 | 9 | 15:51:50 | 15:51:50 | 15:51:50 | 15:54:16 | 16:48:53 | 15:51:50 |
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.