Editions: 2016
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 | 99 | 2:26:36 | 2:39:49 | 2:49:11 | 3:01:29 | 3:20:03 | 2:26:36 |
| M18-24 | 5 | 3:01:12 | 3:01:12 | 3:01:12 | 3:01:12 | 3:31:46 | 3:01:12 |
| M25-29 | 13 | 2:39:49 | 2:39:49 | 2:45:08 | 2:55:04 | 3:11:22 | 2:39:49 |
| M30-34 | 19 | 2:36:40 | 2:36:40 | 2:38:41 | 3:04:06 | 3:27:20 | 2:36:40 |
| M35-39 | 23 | 2:46:57 | 2:47:47 | 2:49:11 | 3:03:00 | 3:26:12 | 2:46:57 |
| M40-44 | 19 | 2:41:11 | 2:41:11 | 2:58:41 | 3:02:26 | 3:28:44 | 2:41:11 |
| M45-49 | 12 | 2:26:36 | 2:26:36 | 2:38:49 | 2:51:44 | 3:04:28 | 2:26:36 |
| M50-54 | 5 | 3:07:54 | 3:07:54 | 3:07:54 | 3:07:54 | 3:19:12 | 3:07:54 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 23 | 3:04:34 | 3:05:27 | 3:12:05 | 3:15:23 | 3:46:41 | 3:04:34 |
| F30-34 | 9 | 3:12:05 | 3:12:05 | 3:12:05 | 3:14:04 | 3:46:41 | 3:12:05 |
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.