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 | 512 | 8:44:21 | 9:18:29 | 9:52:19 | 10:33:09 | 11:53:27 | 8:13:52 |
| M18-24 | 20 | 9:08:53 | 9:08:53 | 9:39:08 | 10:40:11 | 11:30:24 | 9:08:53 |
| M25-29 | 57 | 8:42:25 | 8:57:08 | 9:02:37 | 9:55:53 | 11:50:47 | 8:42:25 |
| M30-34 | 62 | 8:13:52 | 9:09:14 | 9:35:50 | 10:04:00 | 11:13:15 | 8:13:52 |
| M35-39 | 80 | 8:33:58 | 9:04:06 | 9:35:19 | 10:34:19 | 11:48:14 | 8:33:58 |
| M40-44 | 98 | 9:04:31 | 9:18:29 | 9:55:56 | 10:22:30 | 11:42:29 | 9:04:31 |
| M45-49 | 88 | 8:40:18 | 9:23:35 | 9:50:30 | 10:52:09 | 11:39:34 | 8:40:18 |
| M50-54 | 63 | 9:41:26 | 9:59:12 | 10:11:48 | 10:49:58 | 12:53:15 | 9:41:26 |
| M55-59 | 27 | 10:37:45 | 10:58:53 | 11:01:09 | 11:51:19 | 12:47:12 | 10:37:45 |
| M60-64 | 13 | 11:54:11 | 11:54:11 | 12:03:40 | 12:09:14 | 13:53:40 | 11:54:11 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 69 | 9:39:01 | 10:36:15 | 11:09:07 | 11:32:38 | 13:01:39 | 9:39:01 |
| F25-29 | 9 | 10:33:31 | 10:33:31 | 10:33:31 | 11:09:07 | 12:00:53 | 10:33:31 |
| F30-34 | 9 | 9:57:27 | 9:57:27 | 9:57:27 | 10:38:15 | 12:20:06 | 9:57:27 |
| F35-39 | 6 | 10:36:15 | 10:36:15 | 10:36:15 | 11:09:07 | 12:48:44 | 10:36:15 |
| F40-44 | 11 | 11:30:43 | 11:30:43 | 11:42:58 | 12:28:09 | 12:46:00 | 11:30:43 |
| F45-49 | 15 | 9:39:01 | 9:39:01 | 11:28:08 | 11:32:38 | 13:18:33 | 9:39:01 |
| F50-54 | 10 | 11:16:00 | 11:16:00 | 11:16:00 | 11:46:51 | 12:58:39 | 11:16:00 |
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.