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 | 1,111 | 8:40:19 | 9:12:33 | 9:34:52 | 10:05:32 | 11:21:14 | 7:58:37 |
| M18-24 | 11 | 8:39:04 | 8:39:04 | 10:16:54 | 10:32:37 | 11:58:30 | 8:39:04 |
| M25-29 | 37 | 9:03:08 | 9:08:19 | 9:23:57 | 9:57:26 | 10:52:35 | 9:03:08 |
| M30-34 | 121 | 8:40:19 | 8:53:56 | 9:09:45 | 9:31:03 | 10:48:19 | 8:08:38 |
| M35-39 | 223 | 8:42:07 | 8:59:13 | 9:19:28 | 9:45:13 | 10:51:26 | 8:30:30 |
| M40-44 | 282 | 8:49:57 | 9:13:12 | 9:34:52 | 10:09:48 | 11:16:50 | 8:14:11 |
| M45-49 | 208 | 8:43:10 | 9:22:38 | 9:51:40 | 10:16:51 | 11:25:38 | 8:36:09 |
| M50-54 | 125 | 9:18:50 | 9:44:09 | 10:11:46 | 10:46:56 | 12:05:40 | 8:59:30 |
| M55-59 | 58 | 9:29:28 | 9:43:46 | 10:29:06 | 11:00:58 | 12:41:01 | 9:29:28 |
| M60-64 | 30 | 10:03:06 | 10:36:17 | 11:07:52 | 11:22:05 | 13:17:15 | 10:03:06 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 11:40:52 | 11:40:52 | 11:40:52 | 11:44:58 | 12:03:46 | 11:40:52 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 12:57:30 | 12:57:30 | 12:57:30 | 12:57:30 | 14:35:33 | 12:57:30 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 142 | 9:16:08 | 9:49:21 | 10:16:49 | 10:43:35 | 12:07:11 | 8:57:41 |
| FPRO | 5 | 8:57:41 | 8:57:41 | 8:57:41 | 8:57:41 | 9:23:45 | 8:57:41 |
| F25-29 | 11 | 9:33:46 | 9:33:46 | 9:46:26 | 10:45:47 | 12:12:52 | 9:33:46 |
| F30-34 | 14 | 10:00:39 | 10:00:39 | 10:27:35 | 10:36:44 | 11:38:42 | 10:00:39 |
| F35-39 | 32 | 9:27:14 | 9:49:21 | 10:01:15 | 10:34:51 | 11:55:12 | 9:27:14 |
| F40-44 | 31 | 9:39:06 | 10:16:49 | 10:29:22 | 10:59:22 | 11:45:03 | 9:39:06 |
| F45-49 | 20 | 10:40:56 | 10:40:56 | 10:43:35 | 11:05:00 | 12:57:29 | 10:40:56 |
| F50-54 | 17 | 10:51:20 | 10:51:20 | 11:04:04 | 11:29:33 | 12:43:03 | 10:51:20 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 11:50:00 | 11:50:00 | 11:50:00 | 12:45:55 | 13:05:46 | 11:50:00 |
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.