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 | 1,221 | 8:56:49 | 9:40:59 | 10:17:18 | 10:59:46 | 12:47:36 | 8:25:33 |
| M18-24 | 117 | 9:15:00 | 9:46:25 | 10:19:15 | 10:54:32 | 12:49:43 | 8:55:32 |
| M25-29 | 149 | 8:51:11 | 9:24:31 | 10:09:34 | 10:53:31 | 12:30:27 | 8:25:33 |
| M30-34 | 147 | 8:35:04 | 9:05:08 | 9:41:47 | 10:23:20 | 12:04:05 | 8:31:51 |
| M35-39 | 145 | 8:54:22 | 9:24:45 | 9:48:43 | 10:36:48 | 12:10:12 | 8:34:57 |
| M40-44 | 148 | 8:53:35 | 9:21:29 | 10:14:36 | 10:52:50 | 12:46:22 | 8:32:04 |
| M45-49 | 152 | 9:08:12 | 9:50:52 | 10:20:46 | 11:16:49 | 12:57:27 | 9:07:38 |
| M50-54 | 152 | 9:14:14 | 9:52:26 | 10:31:09 | 11:14:05 | 13:05:16 | 8:57:25 |
| M55-59 | 111 | 9:43:08 | 10:27:26 | 10:50:16 | 11:30:07 | 12:48:54 | 9:11:09 |
| M60-64 | 59 | 10:22:30 | 11:13:12 | 11:43:11 | 12:24:04 | 13:59:53 | 10:22:30 |
| M65-69 | 24 | 11:53:38 | 11:56:43 | 13:03:12 | 13:25:54 | 14:39:06 | 11:53:38 |
| M75-79 | 5 | 12:13:27 | 12:13:27 | 12:13:27 | 12:13:27 | 13:58:57 | 12:13:27 |
| MGuide | 8 | 11:10:57 | 11:10:57 | 11:10:57 | 11:31:26 | 11:43:56 | 11:10:57 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 247 | 10:15:38 | 10:56:49 | 11:25:44 | 12:17:48 | 13:40:56 | 9:15:31 |
| F18-24 | 23 | 10:37:03 | 11:09:46 | 11:48:25 | 12:08:32 | 13:14:47 | 10:37:03 |
| F25-29 | 33 | 10:30:16 | 10:39:49 | 11:00:46 | 12:26:33 | 13:45:07 | 10:30:16 |
| F30-34 | 32 | 10:04:40 | 10:29:44 | 10:59:10 | 11:31:45 | 13:04:39 | 10:04:40 |
| F35-39 | 31 | 10:15:38 | 10:36:50 | 10:56:13 | 11:44:35 | 12:53:57 | 10:15:38 |
| F40-44 | 30 | 9:15:31 | 10:56:49 | 11:03:08 | 11:25:44 | 12:53:27 | 9:15:31 |
| F45-49 | 30 | 10:30:59 | 11:10:12 | 11:58:02 | 12:00:33 | 12:53:37 | 10:30:59 |
| F50-54 | 24 | 11:46:54 | 12:42:21 | 12:45:43 | 12:46:45 | 13:37:20 | 11:46:54 |
| F55-59 | 20 | 12:23:06 | 12:23:06 | 12:23:09 | 13:31:55 | 14:44:44 | 12:23:06 |
| F60-64 | 11 | 12:48:24 | 12:48:24 | 12:58:36 | 13:32:29 | 13:45:28 | 12:48:24 |
| F65-69 | 8 | 13:21:59 | 13:21:59 | 13:21:59 | 14:11:21 | 15:44:11 | 13:21:59 |
| FGuide | 5 | 12:57:23 | 12:57:23 | 12:57:23 | 12:57:23 | 14:20:14 | 12:57:23 |
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.