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 | 1,341 | 7:25:55 | 8:19:38 | 8:46:40 | 9:26:11 | 10:31:55 | 6:59:24 |
| M18-24 | 29 | 7:17:40 | 7:23:51 | 8:58:11 | 9:19:44 | 10:30:22 | 7:17:40 |
| M25-29 | 104 | 7:16:14 | 8:05:35 | 8:31:40 | 9:08:57 | 10:09:12 | 7:14:38 |
| M30-34 | 127 | 7:04:06 | 7:50:37 | 8:22:01 | 8:53:56 | 10:13:40 | 6:59:24 |
| M35-39 | 217 | 7:20:57 | 7:50:28 | 8:20:41 | 8:57:47 | 10:15:59 | 7:04:48 |
| M40-44 | 220 | 7:26:11 | 8:03:30 | 8:31:59 | 9:11:33 | 10:18:30 | 7:13:55 |
| M45-49 | 289 | 8:01:00 | 8:36:38 | 9:15:43 | 9:33:39 | 10:34:39 | 7:41:27 |
| M50-54 | 189 | 8:08:14 | 8:31:34 | 9:02:04 | 9:48:16 | 10:48:32 | 7:56:52 |
| M55-59 | 92 | 8:27:33 | 9:04:18 | 9:29:25 | 10:03:38 | 11:19:00 | 8:27:33 |
| M60-64 | 46 | 8:59:10 | 9:24:44 | 9:43:22 | 10:25:09 | 11:35:56 | 8:59:10 |
| M65-69 | 20 | 9:35:55 | 9:35:55 | 9:46:18 | 10:04:35 | 11:32:57 | 9:35:55 |
| M70-74 | 7 | 10:45:02 | 10:45:02 | 10:45:02 | 11:29:01 | 12:26:24 | 10:45:02 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 550 | 8:26:57 | 9:06:24 | 9:35:58 | 10:13:06 | 11:31:33 | 8:14:27 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 8:46:33 | 8:46:33 | 8:46:33 | 9:50:06 | 10:32:15 | 8:46:33 |
| F25-29 | 51 | 8:32:56 | 8:50:49 | 9:31:35 | 10:01:46 | 11:19:45 | 8:32:56 |
| F30-34 | 65 | 8:23:54 | 9:01:49 | 9:12:39 | 9:58:47 | 11:14:17 | 8:23:54 |
| F35-39 | 87 | 8:14:27 | 8:32:52 | 8:51:31 | 9:44:43 | 10:59:36 | 8:14:27 |
| F40-44 | 105 | 9:01:52 | 9:16:35 | 9:37:56 | 10:07:22 | 11:36:03 | 8:25:20 |
| F45-49 | 97 | 8:30:22 | 9:09:10 | 9:43:07 | 10:26:40 | 11:29:54 | 8:30:22 |
| F50-54 | 72 | 9:00:22 | 9:32:19 | 10:00:04 | 10:36:42 | 11:37:52 | 9:00:22 |
| F55-59 | 45 | 9:44:28 | 10:02:33 | 10:40:10 | 10:57:00 | 12:18:31 | 9:44:28 |
| F60-64 | 16 | 11:04:07 | 11:04:07 | 11:10:42 | 11:56:42 | 12:26:40 | 11:04:07 |
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.