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 | 285 | 8:29:56 | 8:56:31 | 9:23:55 | 9:54:28 | 11:15:48 | 8:16:48 |
| M18-24 | 5 | 9:56:50 | 9:56:50 | 9:56:50 | 9:56:50 | 10:37:27 | 9:56:50 |
| M25-29 | 20 | 8:20:35 | 8:20:35 | 8:31:29 | 8:48:59 | 9:27:37 | 8:20:35 |
| M30-34 | 48 | 8:16:48 | 8:32:55 | 9:08:04 | 9:37:53 | 10:41:31 | 8:16:48 |
| M35-39 | 47 | 8:31:52 | 8:45:06 | 9:03:18 | 9:33:46 | 11:09:02 | 8:31:52 |
| M40-44 | 53 | 8:49:20 | 9:04:05 | 9:20:07 | 9:49:53 | 11:22:40 | 8:49:20 |
| M45-49 | 39 | 8:44:58 | 9:04:19 | 9:42:03 | 10:18:20 | 11:22:37 | 8:44:58 |
| M50-54 | 30 | 9:33:30 | 9:43:01 | 9:54:28 | 10:21:47 | 11:58:11 | 9:33:30 |
| M55-59 | 29 | 9:55:30 | 9:56:10 | 9:59:43 | 10:24:25 | 11:21:41 | 9:55:30 |
| M60-64 | 9 | 10:19:11 | 10:19:11 | 10:19:11 | 10:26:18 | 11:36:49 | 10:19:11 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 11:17:46 | 11:17:46 | 11:17:46 | 11:17:46 | 11:44:09 | 11:17:46 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 36 | 9:30:50 | 9:59:52 | 10:22:13 | 10:46:14 | 11:51:54 | 9:30:50 |
| F30-34 | 11 | 9:30:50 | 9:30:50 | 9:59:52 | 10:14:20 | 11:26:20 | 9:30:50 |
| F35-39 | 6 | 10:33:16 | 10:33:16 | 10:33:16 | 10:46:14 | 11:12:47 | 10:33:16 |
| F40-44 | 6 | 10:22:13 | 10:22:13 | 10:22:13 | 10:25:37 | 11:10:01 | 10:22:13 |
| F45-49 | 7 | 11:45:32 | 11:45:32 | 11:45:32 | 12:01:15 | 12:08:04 | 11:45:32 |
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.