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 | 444 | 2:07:46 | 2:18:19 | 2:25:24 | 2:33:57 | 2:52:37 | 2:05:46 |
| M18-24 | 36 | 2:18:19 | 2:20:30 | 2:24:55 | 2:35:13 | 2:51:20 | 2:18:19 |
| M25-29 | 69 | 2:05:50 | 2:15:44 | 2:20:08 | 2:29:39 | 2:43:45 | 2:05:50 |
| M30-34 | 64 | 2:07:24 | 2:11:27 | 2:16:49 | 2:26:33 | 2:39:41 | 2:07:24 |
| M35-39 | 57 | 2:06:39 | 2:12:42 | 2:30:59 | 2:39:55 | 3:00:19 | 2:06:39 |
| M40-44 | 56 | 2:19:41 | 2:22:46 | 2:28:02 | 2:34:36 | 2:55:34 | 2:19:41 |
| M45-49 | 72 | 2:08:34 | 2:18:03 | 2:27:01 | 2:33:14 | 2:48:42 | 2:08:34 |
| M50-54 | 39 | 2:05:46 | 2:08:10 | 2:30:00 | 2:44:38 | 2:54:12 | 2:05:46 |
| M55-59 | 31 | 2:22:58 | 2:27:22 | 2:29:41 | 2:44:45 | 2:58:08 | 2:22:58 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 2:31:56 | 2:31:56 | 2:34:49 | 2:50:20 | 3:04:40 | 2:31:56 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 406 | 2:27:15 | 2:37:52 | 2:43:22 | 2:50:35 | 3:09:12 | 2:22:07 |
| F18-24 | 25 | 2:31:40 | 2:35:45 | 2:42:06 | 2:45:09 | 3:12:06 | 2:31:40 |
| F25-29 | 79 | 2:29:41 | 2:39:11 | 2:41:25 | 2:44:29 | 3:02:15 | 2:29:41 |
| F30-34 | 48 | 2:28:22 | 2:37:06 | 2:40:03 | 2:44:32 | 3:00:54 | 2:28:22 |
| F35-39 | 54 | 2:24:20 | 2:26:51 | 2:32:49 | 2:45:25 | 3:05:24 | 2:24:20 |
| F40-44 | 79 | 2:32:41 | 2:39:26 | 2:44:35 | 2:54:50 | 3:08:31 | 2:32:41 |
| F45-49 | 54 | 2:22:07 | 2:35:42 | 2:50:35 | 2:55:20 | 3:09:12 | 2:22:07 |
| F50-54 | 33 | 2:37:47 | 2:47:45 | 3:06:45 | 3:08:54 | 3:29:32 | 2:37:47 |
| F55-59 | 22 | 2:47:36 | 2:47:37 | 2:49:09 | 2:53:58 | 3:20:15 | 2:47:36 |
| F60-64 | 9 | 2:48:24 | 2:48:24 | 2:48:24 | 3:10:59 | 3:41:10 | 2:48:24 |
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.