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 | 1,083 | 8:22:14 | 9:19:32 | 9:48:18 | 10:26:32 | 11:46:52 | 7:47:55 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 9:24:58 | 9:24:58 | 9:48:55 | 11:07:50 | 11:57:15 | 9:24:58 |
| M25-29 | 92 | 8:22:14 | 9:23:57 | 9:38:21 | 10:13:13 | 11:36:30 | 8:22:14 |
| M30-34 | 169 | 8:05:13 | 8:52:37 | 9:17:54 | 9:55:43 | 11:26:48 | 7:47:55 |
| M35-39 | 202 | 8:16:38 | 9:22:47 | 9:53:53 | 10:32:49 | 12:03:50 | 8:04:05 |
| M40-44 | 251 | 8:37:45 | 9:28:38 | 9:54:07 | 10:26:37 | 11:36:13 | 8:15:03 |
| M45-49 | 189 | 8:29:34 | 9:17:21 | 9:46:04 | 10:15:23 | 11:37:38 | 8:10:30 |
| M50-54 | 95 | 8:26:34 | 10:01:04 | 10:20:28 | 10:43:59 | 12:16:03 | 8:26:34 |
| M55-59 | 40 | 8:54:25 | 9:35:23 | 10:06:22 | 10:26:34 | 11:41:57 | 8:54:25 |
| M60-64 | 15 | 10:14:21 | 10:14:21 | 10:40:50 | 10:44:17 | 11:55:48 | 10:14:21 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 10:42:41 | 10:42:41 | 10:42:41 | 11:52:35 | 11:57:54 | 10:42:41 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 108 | 9:48:26 | 10:22:24 | 10:44:10 | 11:06:19 | 12:08:49 | 9:17:54 |
| F25-29 | 11 | 10:02:01 | 10:02:01 | 10:33:22 | 10:50:41 | 12:17:19 | 10:02:01 |
| F30-34 | 16 | 10:09:31 | 10:09:31 | 10:46:45 | 11:17:05 | 12:03:51 | 10:09:31 |
| F35-39 | 27 | 9:17:54 | 10:15:52 | 10:25:11 | 10:44:10 | 11:42:16 | 9:17:54 |
| F40-44 | 26 | 10:22:24 | 11:06:19 | 11:09:55 | 11:28:23 | 12:17:00 | 10:22:24 |
| F45-49 | 15 | 9:48:26 | 9:48:26 | 10:58:03 | 11:21:04 | 11:57:35 | 9:48:26 |
| F50-54 | 5 | 10:52:01 | 10:52:01 | 10:52:01 | 10:52:01 | 12:09:47 | 10:52:01 |
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.