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 | 1,233 | 9:40:11 | 10:41:35 | 11:20:23 | 12:07:16 | 13:44:15 | 9:09:52 |
| M18-24 | 20 | 10:08:31 | 10:08:31 | 10:45:37 | 11:41:27 | 13:17:34 | 10:08:31 |
| M25-29 | 57 | 9:30:24 | 9:41:45 | 10:33:00 | 11:20:15 | 12:43:39 | 9:30:24 |
| M30-34 | 125 | 9:12:40 | 10:35:26 | 11:17:31 | 11:55:59 | 13:22:02 | 9:09:52 |
| M35-39 | 157 | 9:27:39 | 10:08:37 | 11:08:22 | 11:46:22 | 13:10:20 | 9:21:46 |
| M40-44 | 213 | 9:33:11 | 10:26:03 | 11:03:30 | 11:48:47 | 13:36:02 | 9:28:14 |
| M45-49 | 295 | 9:43:24 | 10:26:42 | 11:13:33 | 11:54:34 | 13:33:43 | 9:17:20 |
| M50-54 | 190 | 10:14:04 | 11:22:27 | 12:09:54 | 12:51:43 | 14:10:39 | 10:05:47 |
| M55-59 | 108 | 10:45:39 | 11:29:54 | 12:05:38 | 13:05:47 | 14:26:49 | 10:34:06 |
| M60-64 | 50 | 10:46:18 | 11:45:05 | 12:42:23 | 13:19:57 | 14:40:05 | 10:46:18 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 12:16:13 | 12:16:13 | 13:25:02 | 13:53:54 | 14:46:36 | 12:16:13 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 421 | 10:35:59 | 11:17:36 | 11:53:19 | 12:39:29 | 14:12:09 | 10:20:22 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 11:18:37 | 11:18:37 | 11:18:37 | 11:25:23 | 13:51:27 | 11:18:37 |
| F25-29 | 27 | 10:35:59 | 11:13:53 | 11:15:26 | 11:43:23 | 13:00:07 | 10:35:59 |
| F30-34 | 52 | 10:22:25 | 10:43:29 | 11:42:07 | 12:10:30 | 13:50:31 | 10:22:25 |
| F35-39 | 62 | 10:20:22 | 11:00:06 | 11:20:33 | 12:28:39 | 14:10:52 | 10:20:22 |
| F40-44 | 72 | 10:23:15 | 11:16:59 | 11:53:06 | 12:27:54 | 13:42:56 | 10:23:15 |
| F45-49 | 78 | 10:56:52 | 11:39:15 | 12:29:31 | 12:47:27 | 14:18:48 | 10:56:52 |
| F50-54 | 71 | 10:59:11 | 12:02:23 | 12:11:38 | 13:09:17 | 14:46:04 | 10:59:11 |
| F55-59 | 32 | 11:10:48 | 12:17:08 | 12:59:55 | 13:32:21 | 14:36:06 | 11:10:48 |
| F60-64 | 14 | 12:33:07 | 12:33:07 | 13:09:51 | 13:54:58 | 16:02:37 | 12:33:07 |
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.