Editions: 2021
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 | 913 | 9:19:59 | 10:17:20 | 10:48:44 | 11:34:37 | 13:11:45 | 8:45:03 |
| M18-24 | 42 | 9:19:59 | 9:54:25 | 10:49:35 | 11:37:44 | 13:44:12 | 9:19:59 |
| M25-29 | 85 | 8:45:03 | 9:51:20 | 10:22:43 | 11:20:37 | 12:44:40 | 8:45:03 |
| M30-34 | 120 | 8:58:59 | 9:41:35 | 10:21:15 | 10:53:36 | 12:38:57 | 8:51:59 |
| M35-39 | 120 | 9:00:16 | 9:46:20 | 10:17:20 | 11:19:58 | 12:52:04 | 8:58:22 |
| M40-44 | 131 | 9:47:10 | 10:26:45 | 10:51:00 | 11:29:54 | 13:06:23 | 9:42:43 |
| M45-49 | 121 | 9:41:15 | 10:23:30 | 10:57:04 | 11:26:00 | 13:03:01 | 8:57:09 |
| M50-54 | 167 | 10:04:19 | 10:44:20 | 11:00:19 | 12:10:18 | 13:34:04 | 9:20:39 |
| M55-59 | 84 | 10:11:17 | 10:40:45 | 11:06:15 | 12:12:33 | 13:39:40 | 10:11:17 |
| M60-64 | 29 | 10:40:20 | 11:40:54 | 11:51:21 | 12:52:04 | 13:53:33 | 10:40:20 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 12:23:21 | 12:23:21 | 13:58:16 | 14:30:42 | 15:08:05 | 12:23:21 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 330 | 10:14:10 | 11:02:09 | 11:29:20 | 12:21:28 | 13:58:23 | 9:56:43 |
| F18-24 | 13 | 11:09:07 | 11:09:07 | 11:20:04 | 11:42:43 | 13:51:26 | 11:09:07 |
| F25-29 | 32 | 10:25:21 | 10:35:00 | 11:01:25 | 11:57:41 | 13:30:13 | 10:25:21 |
| F30-34 | 35 | 10:04:03 | 10:14:10 | 10:47:16 | 11:27:15 | 12:43:09 | 10:04:03 |
| F35-39 | 38 | 9:56:43 | 10:09:29 | 10:25:58 | 11:21:10 | 13:30:07 | 9:56:43 |
| F40-44 | 60 | 10:37:58 | 11:38:54 | 12:30:40 | 12:57:05 | 14:15:03 | 10:37:58 |
| F45-49 | 55 | 10:21:05 | 11:22:28 | 11:46:24 | 12:38:56 | 13:59:50 | 10:21:05 |
| F50-54 | 50 | 11:00:17 | 11:20:11 | 11:28:07 | 12:04:45 | 14:23:08 | 11:00:17 |
| F55-59 | 31 | 11:46:47 | 12:15:48 | 12:45:36 | 13:20:34 | 14:44:39 | 11:46:47 |
| F60-64 | 13 | 12:00:07 | 12:00:07 | 12:01:10 | 12:13:53 | 13:25:32 | 12:00:07 |
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.