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 | 656 | 9:00:26 | 9:40:22 | 10:04:09 | 10:45:30 | 12:16:17 | 8:13:32 |
| M18-24 | 8 | 11:48:55 | 11:48:55 | 11:48:55 | 12:17:37 | 13:33:27 | 11:48:55 |
| M25-29 | 27 | 9:25:40 | 9:47:04 | 9:56:45 | 10:41:05 | 11:48:07 | 9:25:40 |
| M30-34 | 97 | 8:36:59 | 9:12:19 | 9:40:42 | 10:12:15 | 11:52:44 | 8:36:59 |
| M35-39 | 178 | 8:49:23 | 9:21:48 | 9:55:16 | 10:35:54 | 12:01:35 | 8:13:32 |
| M40-44 | 182 | 9:22:34 | 9:35:42 | 10:08:15 | 10:34:00 | 12:22:51 | 9:03:58 |
| M45-49 | 87 | 9:04:29 | 10:17:41 | 10:37:04 | 11:16:00 | 12:59:32 | 9:04:29 |
| M50-54 | 41 | 9:45:24 | 10:20:35 | 10:46:03 | 11:12:42 | 12:13:44 | 9:45:24 |
| M55-59 | 24 | 10:35:40 | 10:37:46 | 10:45:44 | 11:38:52 | 12:59:45 | 10:35:40 |
| M60-64 | 8 | 11:04:06 | 11:04:06 | 11:04:06 | 12:21:00 | 14:52:53 | 11:04:06 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 62 | 9:46:40 | 10:35:10 | 11:00:40 | 11:29:08 | 13:12:43 | 9:46:40 |
| F25-29 | 8 | 10:43:31 | 10:43:31 | 10:43:31 | 11:10:12 | 12:29:34 | 10:43:31 |
| F30-34 | 10 | 11:08:38 | 11:08:38 | 11:08:38 | 11:14:50 | 12:01:37 | 11:08:38 |
| F35-39 | 14 | 10:09:13 | 10:09:13 | 10:23:38 | 11:01:43 | 12:23:49 | 10:09:13 |
| F40-44 | 11 | 10:38:16 | 10:38:16 | 11:29:08 | 12:26:16 | 13:40:09 | 10:38:16 |
| F45-49 | 7 | 9:46:40 | 9:46:40 | 9:46:40 | 10:35:10 | 11:58:24 | 9:46:40 |
| F50-54 | 6 | 12:07:37 | 12:07:37 | 12:07:37 | 12:11:42 | 12:37:36 | 12:07:37 |
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.