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 | 1,168 | 9:28:44 | 10:19:43 | 10:54:18 | 11:51:26 | 13:21:47 | 8:42:21 |
| M18-24 | 68 | 9:35:07 | 10:25:56 | 11:34:42 | 12:10:14 | 12:52:44 | 9:35:07 |
| M25-29 | 166 | 9:43:34 | 10:34:49 | 10:57:01 | 11:51:19 | 13:21:14 | 9:34:32 |
| M30-34 | 166 | 9:07:02 | 9:40:55 | 10:04:48 | 10:45:33 | 13:02:28 | 8:59:22 |
| M35-39 | 142 | 9:25:41 | 10:10:59 | 10:34:49 | 11:23:47 | 13:15:00 | 8:42:21 |
| M40-44 | 160 | 9:23:58 | 9:58:12 | 10:50:30 | 11:37:45 | 13:12:25 | 8:50:31 |
| M45-49 | 140 | 9:57:11 | 10:26:55 | 11:24:36 | 12:04:31 | 13:34:15 | 9:38:40 |
| M50-54 | 165 | 10:10:05 | 10:57:13 | 11:22:49 | 11:53:57 | 13:23:24 | 9:52:32 |
| M55-59 | 95 | 10:30:23 | 11:08:08 | 11:51:55 | 12:22:06 | 13:53:30 | 10:30:23 |
| M60-64 | 45 | 10:37:15 | 11:41:55 | 12:10:46 | 12:25:21 | 13:45:22 | 10:37:15 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 12:02:02 | 12:02:02 | 12:12:42 | 14:20:48 | 14:56:30 | 12:02:02 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 327 | 9:46:59 | 10:42:23 | 11:08:38 | 12:00:23 | 13:38:23 | 9:19:51 |
| F18-24 | 23 | 10:51:29 | 11:25:19 | 11:31:10 | 12:19:17 | 13:43:49 | 10:51:29 |
| F25-29 | 38 | 9:40:56 | 10:41:55 | 10:52:04 | 11:10:42 | 13:27:03 | 9:40:56 |
| F30-34 | 28 | 10:10:43 | 10:16:38 | 10:31:19 | 10:56:11 | 12:23:02 | 10:10:43 |
| F35-39 | 48 | 10:12:30 | 10:49:29 | 11:18:48 | 12:51:10 | 13:54:11 | 10:12:30 |
| F40-44 | 45 | 9:19:51 | 9:52:46 | 10:18:19 | 11:38:03 | 12:34:55 | 9:19:51 |
| F45-49 | 55 | 9:46:59 | 10:42:23 | 10:50:44 | 11:54:48 | 13:33:49 | 9:46:59 |
| F50-54 | 44 | 11:13:41 | 11:34:15 | 12:02:29 | 12:15:32 | 13:38:23 | 11:13:41 |
| F55-59 | 32 | 11:01:17 | 11:24:26 | 12:11:21 | 13:12:46 | 14:52:16 | 11:01:17 |
| F60-64 | 11 | 11:21:35 | 11:21:35 | 11:32:04 | 12:22:50 | 14:24:27 | 11:21:35 |
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.