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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 | 2,253 | 8:50:39 | 9:24:11 | 9:41:52 | 10:07:26 | 11:10:49 | 8:12:50 |
| M18-24 | 100 | 8:32:27 | 9:05:58 | 9:28:29 | 10:01:25 | 11:06:58 | 8:32:27 |
| M25-29 | 245 | 8:38:56 | 9:05:12 | 9:28:02 | 9:49:04 | 10:43:44 | 8:29:09 |
| M30-34 | 333 | 8:31:09 | 9:12:03 | 9:28:25 | 9:50:47 | 10:44:31 | 8:12:50 |
| M35-39 | 315 | 8:38:47 | 9:00:47 | 9:25:29 | 9:46:29 | 10:50:30 | 8:28:13 |
| M40-44 | 349 | 8:50:51 | 9:21:52 | 9:40:35 | 9:56:22 | 10:52:33 | 8:43:11 |
| M45-49 | 312 | 9:22:10 | 9:36:37 | 9:54:28 | 10:22:21 | 11:17:43 | 9:00:48 |
| M50-54 | 322 | 9:32:19 | 9:55:42 | 10:10:34 | 10:41:21 | 11:40:41 | 9:14:10 |
| M55-59 | 180 | 9:46:52 | 10:13:40 | 10:30:00 | 10:50:36 | 11:39:46 | 9:45:05 |
| M60-64 | 84 | 9:28:44 | 10:00:59 | 10:49:47 | 11:16:14 | 12:04:01 | 9:28:44 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 11:59:30 | 11:59:30 | 11:59:30 | 12:01:03 | 13:53:57 | 11:59:30 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 286 | 8:49:30 | 9:47:19 | 10:16:21 | 10:59:56 | 12:10:45 | 8:24:37 |
| FPRO | 11 | 8:24:37 | 8:24:37 | 8:44:35 | 8:49:30 | 8:56:59 | 8:24:37 |
| F18-24 | 15 | 9:47:19 | 9:47:19 | 10:40:49 | 11:15:31 | 12:56:56 | 9:47:19 |
| F25-29 | 47 | 9:11:58 | 10:01:28 | 10:17:55 | 10:46:47 | 11:37:47 | 9:11:58 |
| F30-34 | 48 | 9:46:12 | 10:03:31 | 10:09:09 | 10:44:55 | 12:10:04 | 9:46:12 |
| F35-39 | 27 | 10:04:43 | 10:08:14 | 10:16:21 | 10:43:18 | 11:52:12 | 10:04:43 |
| F40-44 | 40 | 10:01:26 | 10:17:54 | 10:37:39 | 11:00:05 | 11:56:59 | 10:01:26 |
| F45-49 | 37 | 9:31:56 | 10:06:16 | 10:45:45 | 11:33:45 | 13:01:58 | 9:31:56 |
| F50-54 | 34 | 10:06:47 | 10:52:17 | 11:16:21 | 11:52:10 | 13:15:17 | 10:06:47 |
| F55-59 | 21 | 11:18:36 | 11:28:54 | 11:37:58 | 12:30:43 | 13:32:28 | 11:18:36 |
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.