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 | 1,128 | 9:26:05 | 10:21:40 | 10:50:00 | 11:40:30 | 13:03:55 | 8:11:06 |
| M18-24 | 78 | 8:11:06 | 9:57:04 | 10:41:15 | 11:30:35 | 12:59:26 | 8:11:06 |
| M25-29 | 169 | 9:29:46 | 10:20:53 | 10:47:31 | 11:31:29 | 12:51:31 | 9:20:38 |
| M30-34 | 169 | 8:35:29 | 10:00:40 | 10:26:39 | 11:13:25 | 12:55:55 | 8:13:33 |
| M35-39 | 164 | 9:23:20 | 10:09:55 | 10:30:07 | 11:24:06 | 12:37:18 | 9:07:59 |
| M40-44 | 154 | 9:26:05 | 10:27:41 | 10:43:40 | 11:33:32 | 13:05:56 | 8:46:56 |
| M45-49 | 128 | 9:56:53 | 10:33:45 | 11:11:10 | 11:59:16 | 13:01:01 | 9:04:07 |
| M50-54 | 135 | 10:08:31 | 10:21:01 | 11:05:24 | 11:47:09 | 12:59:02 | 9:59:51 |
| M55-59 | 81 | 10:25:23 | 10:36:34 | 11:28:41 | 12:28:56 | 14:11:07 | 10:25:23 |
| M60-64 | 37 | 10:48:27 | 11:05:34 | 11:23:54 | 12:52:20 | 14:38:17 | 10:48:27 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 11:42:14 | 11:42:14 | 11:42:14 | 13:22:32 | 13:57:38 | 11:42:14 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 312 | 10:09:20 | 10:53:05 | 11:19:39 | 11:48:23 | 13:19:05 | 9:49:08 |
| F18-24 | 16 | 10:07:53 | 10:07:53 | 11:05:09 | 11:47:31 | 13:28:18 | 10:07:53 |
| F25-29 | 41 | 9:49:08 | 10:36:24 | 11:04:22 | 11:54:46 | 13:04:40 | 9:49:08 |
| F30-34 | 54 | 10:27:20 | 10:54:26 | 11:15:06 | 11:36:24 | 13:03:59 | 10:27:20 |
| F35-39 | 47 | 9:56:16 | 10:44:45 | 10:58:06 | 11:47:43 | 13:09:09 | 9:56:16 |
| F40-44 | 43 | 10:09:20 | 10:40:21 | 10:58:33 | 11:25:40 | 13:03:39 | 10:09:20 |
| F45-49 | 40 | 10:17:36 | 10:55:52 | 11:17:02 | 11:35:16 | 13:02:43 | 10:17:36 |
| F50-54 | 35 | 10:51:00 | 11:42:19 | 12:05:56 | 12:55:55 | 14:17:08 | 10:51:00 |
| F55-59 | 24 | 11:43:24 | 12:06:56 | 12:07:17 | 12:35:22 | 14:01:09 | 11:43:24 |
| F60-64 | 10 | 13:14:18 | 13:14:18 | 13:14:18 | 13:19:40 | 14:52:42 | 13:14:18 |
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.