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 | 1,258 | 10:15:03 | 11:09:35 | 11:41:29 | 12:24:10 | 13:52:43 | 9:21:08 |
| M18-24 | 8 | 9:53:50 | 9:53:50 | 9:53:50 | 11:27:03 | 11:49:13 | 9:53:50 |
| M25-29 | 37 | 10:42:05 | 10:54:55 | 11:31:24 | 11:58:24 | 13:41:37 | 10:42:05 |
| M30-34 | 100 | 10:06:45 | 11:00:07 | 11:28:54 | 12:20:22 | 13:44:20 | 10:06:45 |
| M35-39 | 211 | 9:54:15 | 10:50:37 | 11:24:08 | 12:07:02 | 13:49:09 | 9:21:08 |
| M40-44 | 274 | 10:15:26 | 10:55:16 | 11:40:21 | 12:32:00 | 13:56:00 | 9:56:54 |
| M45-49 | 301 | 10:15:01 | 11:15:47 | 11:46:06 | 12:22:47 | 13:47:07 | 10:08:02 |
| M50-54 | 182 | 10:44:38 | 11:33:46 | 11:57:22 | 12:34:13 | 14:00:12 | 10:34:19 |
| M55-59 | 101 | 10:15:39 | 11:16:20 | 12:15:19 | 12:38:25 | 13:55:44 | 10:15:03 |
| M60-64 | 39 | 11:37:53 | 12:06:17 | 12:35:17 | 13:10:25 | 14:09:15 | 11:37:53 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 146 | 10:46:03 | 11:34:39 | 11:58:08 | 12:45:09 | 14:31:51 | 10:23:20 |
| F30-34 | 20 | 10:53:05 | 10:53:05 | 11:12:35 | 11:50:37 | 14:08:36 | 10:53:05 |
| F35-39 | 24 | 11:09:42 | 11:24:13 | 12:33:21 | 12:45:09 | 14:37:24 | 11:09:42 |
| F40-44 | 43 | 10:23:20 | 10:56:59 | 11:58:08 | 12:50:52 | 14:21:48 | 10:23:20 |
| F45-49 | 24 | 11:38:38 | 11:41:46 | 11:48:23 | 12:02:59 | 14:52:53 | 11:38:38 |
| F50-54 | 20 | 11:34:39 | 11:34:39 | 12:33:56 | 12:44:59 | 13:42:40 | 11:34:39 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 13:01:14 | 13:01:14 | 13:01:14 | 13:43:22 | 13:53:46 | 13:01:14 |
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.