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 | 872 | 9:11:51 | 9:34:46 | 9:57:39 | 10:32:23 | 11:44:53 | 8:42:39 |
| M18-24 | 32 | 9:32:16 | 9:34:55 | 9:54:34 | 10:41:23 | 11:56:46 | 9:32:16 |
| M25-29 | 73 | 8:42:39 | 9:13:40 | 9:49:06 | 10:20:30 | 11:38:27 | 8:42:39 |
| M30-34 | 130 | 9:16:21 | 9:30:03 | 9:45:44 | 10:32:20 | 11:48:50 | 9:09:55 |
| M35-39 | 116 | 9:10:55 | 9:20:42 | 9:37:26 | 10:18:26 | 11:21:12 | 9:08:59 |
| M40-44 | 156 | 9:11:51 | 9:26:57 | 9:37:19 | 10:02:52 | 11:26:51 | 9:03:45 |
| M45-49 | 157 | 9:14:04 | 9:52:09 | 10:10:30 | 10:29:33 | 11:38:43 | 9:09:01 |
| M50-54 | 125 | 9:41:49 | 10:06:37 | 10:40:23 | 11:15:27 | 12:13:44 | 9:29:35 |
| M55-59 | 61 | 9:57:36 | 10:14:39 | 10:30:02 | 10:54:59 | 12:27:20 | 9:57:36 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 10:47:24 | 10:47:24 | 11:08:31 | 11:52:42 | 12:59:53 | 10:47:24 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 229 | 9:02:52 | 9:39:17 | 10:19:47 | 10:55:53 | 12:25:19 | 8:38:29 |
| FPRO | 14 | 8:38:29 | 8:38:29 | 8:59:26 | 9:02:52 | 9:24:45 | 8:38:29 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 10:43:23 | 10:43:23 | 10:43:23 | 13:11:41 | 13:50:01 | 10:43:23 |
| F25-29 | 19 | 10:21:54 | 10:21:54 | 10:49:29 | 11:35:09 | 12:22:05 | 10:21:54 |
| F30-34 | 39 | 9:21:19 | 9:53:34 | 10:04:55 | 10:28:28 | 11:58:58 | 9:21:19 |
| F35-39 | 39 | 10:18:31 | 10:19:12 | 10:33:13 | 11:20:02 | 12:12:29 | 10:18:31 |
| F40-44 | 39 | 10:13:56 | 10:21:50 | 10:31:48 | 11:02:49 | 12:14:08 | 10:13:56 |
| F45-49 | 37 | 10:43:16 | 10:52:34 | 11:32:55 | 12:03:12 | 13:19:29 | 10:43:16 |
| F50-54 | 19 | 11:18:34 | 11:18:34 | 11:21:03 | 11:45:57 | 12:31:15 | 11:18:34 |
| F55-59 | 9 | 11:14:56 | 11:14:56 | 11:14:56 | 12:54:24 | 13:45:05 | 11:14:56 |
| F60-64 | 8 | 13:00:48 | 13:00:48 | 13:00:48 | 13:08:17 | 14:05:49 | 13:00:48 |
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.