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 | 1,340 | 9:45:44 | 10:38:35 | 11:09:17 | 11:56:30 | 13:27:29 | 9:18:29 |
| M18-24 | 24 | 10:09:13 | 11:31:14 | 11:37:44 | 11:45:09 | 13:41:18 | 10:09:13 |
| M25-29 | 91 | 9:30:07 | 10:22:10 | 11:01:06 | 11:57:58 | 13:02:35 | 9:30:07 |
| M30-34 | 149 | 9:26:35 | 10:09:56 | 10:39:40 | 11:20:35 | 13:04:10 | 9:25:01 |
| M35-39 | 166 | 9:25:43 | 10:27:28 | 10:42:05 | 11:30:33 | 13:10:40 | 9:18:29 |
| M40-44 | 266 | 9:39:55 | 10:31:56 | 11:12:07 | 11:53:35 | 13:14:54 | 9:20:55 |
| M45-49 | 252 | 9:55:19 | 10:42:45 | 11:14:15 | 12:01:20 | 13:25:19 | 9:48:45 |
| M50-54 | 217 | 10:22:42 | 10:50:22 | 11:34:15 | 12:24:53 | 13:44:48 | 9:45:44 |
| M55-59 | 108 | 10:56:11 | 11:15:33 | 11:39:32 | 12:39:28 | 14:11:49 | 10:27:25 |
| M60-64 | 47 | 11:04:42 | 11:52:17 | 12:35:44 | 13:30:01 | 14:36:29 | 11:04:42 |
| M65-69 | 15 | 12:51:15 | 12:51:15 | 13:12:42 | 13:53:17 | 14:52:52 | 12:51:15 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 13:41:46 | 13:41:46 | 13:41:46 | 13:41:46 | 15:55:57 | 13:41:46 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 637 | 9:47:57 | 11:13:06 | 11:52:24 | 12:41:14 | 14:06:50 | 9:05:33 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:05:33 | 9:05:33 | 9:05:33 | 9:28:46 | 9:40:05 | 9:05:33 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 11:21:01 | 11:21:01 | 11:21:01 | 12:19:00 | 14:08:46 | 11:21:01 |
| F25-29 | 26 | 10:51:33 | 11:07:20 | 11:10:01 | 12:15:10 | 13:43:53 | 10:51:33 |
| F30-34 | 64 | 10:34:37 | 10:53:11 | 11:40:36 | 12:05:50 | 13:34:01 | 10:34:37 |
| F35-39 | 114 | 10:49:11 | 11:23:53 | 11:56:14 | 12:35:19 | 13:51:22 | 10:28:50 |
| F40-44 | 143 | 10:51:38 | 11:16:40 | 11:40:55 | 12:29:51 | 13:41:30 | 10:51:02 |
| F45-49 | 121 | 11:13:06 | 11:54:38 | 12:22:09 | 13:07:41 | 14:19:12 | 11:04:31 |
| F50-54 | 91 | 11:42:17 | 12:15:57 | 12:30:05 | 13:32:38 | 14:42:25 | 11:42:17 |
| F55-59 | 35 | 11:15:44 | 11:34:59 | 11:49:54 | 12:53:23 | 14:21:55 | 11:15:44 |
| F60-64 | 23 | 11:49:21 | 12:04:08 | 12:57:54 | 14:05:49 | 15:12:06 | 11:49:21 |
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.