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 | 775 | 9:45:55 | 10:41:57 | 11:12:57 | 11:54:52 | 13:23:45 | 8:41:39 |
| M25-29 | 12 | 10:18:16 | 10:18:16 | 10:25:52 | 11:24:10 | 12:25:39 | 10:18:16 |
| M30-34 | 35 | 8:41:39 | 9:40:05 | 10:14:45 | 11:26:05 | 13:07:32 | 8:41:39 |
| M35-39 | 63 | 9:10:44 | 10:10:28 | 10:31:41 | 11:19:36 | 12:28:27 | 9:10:44 |
| M40-44 | 135 | 9:27:59 | 10:18:37 | 11:03:33 | 11:48:14 | 13:17:42 | 9:23:24 |
| M45-49 | 194 | 10:22:00 | 10:41:57 | 10:57:43 | 11:40:52 | 13:11:42 | 9:50:42 |
| M50-54 | 172 | 9:53:25 | 10:54:13 | 11:33:19 | 11:55:29 | 13:10:38 | 9:28:38 |
| M55-59 | 87 | 10:42:03 | 11:09:46 | 11:51:20 | 12:51:39 | 14:03:53 | 10:42:03 |
| M60-64 | 55 | 10:38:48 | 11:29:52 | 12:03:18 | 13:15:42 | 14:31:09 | 10:38:48 |
| M65-69 | 18 | 12:31:23 | 12:31:23 | 12:43:34 | 12:50:03 | 14:40:56 | 12:31:23 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 93 | 10:53:14 | 11:18:34 | 11:53:40 | 12:28:38 | 13:43:32 | 10:53:14 |
| F25-29 | 5 | 12:06:23 | 12:06:23 | 12:06:23 | 12:06:23 | 13:46:32 | 12:06:23 |
| F30-34 | 5 | 11:09:23 | 11:09:23 | 11:09:23 | 11:09:23 | 12:39:50 | 11:09:23 |
| F35-39 | 12 | 11:16:51 | 11:16:51 | 11:53:40 | 12:12:39 | 13:24:23 | 11:16:51 |
| F40-44 | 16 | 10:53:14 | 10:53:14 | 10:54:05 | 12:28:38 | 13:37:30 | 10:53:14 |
| F45-49 | 21 | 11:18:34 | 11:25:49 | 11:27:58 | 12:24:32 | 13:53:27 | 11:18:34 |
| F50-54 | 21 | 12:11:04 | 12:15:59 | 12:44:02 | 12:53:50 | 13:42:18 | 12:11:04 |
| F55-59 | 10 | 13:39:50 | 13:39:50 | 13:39:50 | 13:40:18 | 14:50:00 | 13:39:50 |
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.