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 | 1,614 | 9:41:10 | 10:31:38 | 10:58:50 | 11:39:26 | 13:08:28 | 8:36:06 |
| M18-24 | 26 | 9:19:56 | 10:02:56 | 10:12:12 | 10:48:21 | 12:35:47 | 9:19:56 |
| M25-29 | 65 | 9:18:21 | 9:59:52 | 10:31:38 | 11:27:57 | 13:08:48 | 9:18:21 |
| M30-34 | 168 | 9:28:20 | 9:50:05 | 10:35:52 | 11:14:58 | 12:30:30 | 8:54:51 |
| M35-39 | 258 | 9:25:26 | 10:15:21 | 10:53:03 | 11:18:32 | 12:44:15 | 8:36:06 |
| M40-44 | 348 | 9:40:16 | 10:26:25 | 10:47:19 | 11:27:26 | 12:48:49 | 9:15:36 |
| M45-49 | 319 | 10:03:00 | 10:39:23 | 11:11:44 | 11:48:31 | 13:06:28 | 9:30:13 |
| M50-54 | 221 | 10:11:36 | 10:56:23 | 11:19:28 | 12:12:07 | 13:22:28 | 10:01:20 |
| M55-59 | 126 | 10:46:52 | 11:16:30 | 11:40:44 | 12:32:50 | 14:08:45 | 10:21:58 |
| M60-64 | 50 | 11:18:46 | 12:02:45 | 12:33:19 | 13:02:15 | 14:08:51 | 11:18:46 |
| M65-69 | 24 | 11:07:00 | 12:19:38 | 12:21:22 | 13:14:11 | 14:40:52 | 11:07:00 |
| M70-74 | 7 | 13:12:11 | 13:12:11 | 13:12:11 | 14:46:48 | 16:14:24 | 13:12:11 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 568 | 10:28:03 | 11:08:37 | 11:42:56 | 12:32:31 | 14:02:25 | 9:54:44 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 11:08:37 | 11:08:37 | 11:08:37 | 11:08:37 | 13:59:16 | 11:08:37 |
| F25-29 | 38 | 10:54:52 | 11:06:09 | 11:56:31 | 12:14:59 | 13:22:57 | 10:54:52 |
| F30-34 | 83 | 9:54:44 | 10:52:41 | 11:25:13 | 12:25:17 | 13:53:32 | 9:54:44 |
| F35-39 | 94 | 10:34:17 | 10:50:01 | 11:21:24 | 11:51:39 | 13:23:22 | 10:34:17 |
| F40-44 | 117 | 10:25:03 | 10:51:25 | 11:23:32 | 12:10:52 | 13:43:03 | 10:16:56 |
| F45-49 | 115 | 10:31:32 | 11:01:20 | 11:46:39 | 12:56:04 | 14:11:21 | 10:28:03 |
| F50-54 | 65 | 12:12:32 | 12:23:44 | 12:53:06 | 13:25:24 | 14:20:22 | 12:12:32 |
| F55-59 | 36 | 11:47:18 | 11:49:06 | 12:54:52 | 13:47:19 | 14:58:56 | 11:47:18 |
| F60-64 | 11 | 12:33:11 | 12:33:11 | 13:37:04 | 13:58:33 | 15:35:24 | 12:33:11 |
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.