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 | 850 | 9:43:17 | 10:18:08 | 10:48:47 | 11:32:57 | 13:28:01 | 9:28:29 |
| M18-24 | 32 | 10:22:35 | 10:51:42 | 11:19:34 | 11:35:59 | 13:34:28 | 10:22:35 |
| M25-29 | 78 | 9:38:42 | 9:44:45 | 10:14:19 | 11:13:57 | 13:22:49 | 9:38:42 |
| M30-34 | 129 | 9:38:07 | 10:02:54 | 10:18:08 | 11:25:39 | 13:06:15 | 9:28:29 |
| M35-39 | 134 | 9:40:34 | 10:16:25 | 10:56:54 | 11:31:50 | 13:32:27 | 9:38:44 |
| M40-44 | 137 | 9:56:40 | 10:23:33 | 11:10:02 | 11:44:51 | 13:17:28 | 9:55:24 |
| M45-49 | 142 | 10:09:23 | 10:35:24 | 10:49:12 | 11:34:43 | 13:28:01 | 10:05:02 |
| M50-54 | 109 | 10:16:22 | 10:24:41 | 10:44:29 | 11:18:11 | 13:06:54 | 10:11:11 |
| M55-59 | 51 | 10:13:03 | 10:29:24 | 11:16:51 | 11:45:53 | 14:04:41 | 10:13:03 |
| M60-64 | 30 | 11:21:27 | 11:55:20 | 12:13:18 | 12:53:40 | 15:31:01 | 11:21:27 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 13:35:47 | 13:35:47 | 13:35:47 | 13:35:47 | 15:06:45 | 13:35:47 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 300 | 10:47:43 | 11:10:32 | 11:33:29 | 12:20:24 | 14:03:12 | 10:24:45 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 11:57:23 | 11:57:23 | 11:57:23 | 12:04:05 | 14:53:52 | 11:57:23 |
| F25-29 | 32 | 10:24:45 | 11:10:32 | 11:14:08 | 11:36:06 | 13:48:32 | 10:24:45 |
| F30-34 | 43 | 10:47:43 | 11:08:03 | 11:46:43 | 12:31:57 | 13:20:49 | 10:47:43 |
| F35-39 | 51 | 10:57:13 | 11:02:43 | 11:13:42 | 11:33:58 | 13:28:20 | 10:57:13 |
| F40-44 | 56 | 10:32:10 | 10:52:22 | 11:25:42 | 12:24:24 | 13:53:16 | 10:32:10 |
| F45-49 | 54 | 11:10:53 | 11:32:19 | 11:55:37 | 12:25:40 | 14:03:12 | 11:10:53 |
| F50-54 | 38 | 11:22:34 | 11:28:34 | 12:11:05 | 13:40:13 | 14:39:26 | 11:22:34 |
| F55-59 | 14 | 13:11:57 | 13:11:57 | 13:21:19 | 13:25:47 | 14:47:51 | 13:11:57 |
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.