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 | 440 | 9:33:22 | 9:59:21 | 10:14:06 | 10:48:26 | 12:16:25 | 9:14:23 |
| M18-24 | 10 | 9:55:13 | 9:55:13 | 9:55:13 | 10:12:44 | 11:49:09 | 9:55:13 |
| M25-29 | 33 | 9:30:05 | 9:35:56 | 9:56:07 | 10:13:23 | 11:50:33 | 9:30:05 |
| M30-34 | 88 | 9:29:49 | 9:51:07 | 10:01:01 | 10:53:48 | 11:52:40 | 9:29:49 |
| M35-39 | 113 | 9:28:00 | 9:47:33 | 10:06:41 | 10:33:04 | 12:02:05 | 9:14:23 |
| M40-44 | 87 | 9:35:05 | 10:22:42 | 10:33:37 | 10:51:04 | 12:12:02 | 9:35:05 |
| M45-49 | 53 | 10:02:13 | 10:03:35 | 10:29:51 | 10:52:38 | 12:58:19 | 10:02:13 |
| M50-54 | 33 | 10:58:35 | 11:02:52 | 11:08:57 | 11:47:28 | 12:51:54 | 10:58:35 |
| M55-59 | 15 | 10:54:11 | 10:54:11 | 11:07:35 | 11:26:48 | 12:38:02 | 10:54:11 |
| M60-64 | 5 | 12:54:33 | 12:54:33 | 12:54:33 | 12:54:33 | 15:13:36 | 12:54:33 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 55 | 10:45:10 | 11:08:31 | 11:34:12 | 11:46:27 | 13:26:18 | 10:45:10 |
| F25-29 | 9 | 11:06:01 | 11:06:01 | 11:06:01 | 11:59:13 | 12:47:19 | 11:06:01 |
| F30-34 | 7 | 11:08:31 | 11:08:31 | 11:08:31 | 11:20:50 | 12:11:26 | 11:08:31 |
| F35-39 | 14 | 10:45:10 | 10:45:10 | 11:34:12 | 11:34:45 | 12:45:14 | 10:45:10 |
| F40-44 | 9 | 11:46:27 | 11:46:27 | 11:46:27 | 12:32:19 | 13:44:19 | 11:46:27 |
| F50-54 | 7 | 11:40:58 | 11:40:58 | 11:40:58 | 13:03:46 | 14:15:19 | 11:40:58 |
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.