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 | 803 | 9:37:27 | 10:26:40 | 10:50:52 | 11:43:34 | 13:24:02 | 8:38:12 |
| M18-24 | 64 | 9:51:56 | 10:29:42 | 10:37:46 | 11:26:25 | 13:14:56 | 9:51:56 |
| M25-29 | 105 | 9:37:27 | 9:53:24 | 10:35:28 | 11:13:44 | 12:59:29 | 9:13:55 |
| M30-34 | 114 | 9:13:18 | 10:26:40 | 11:01:52 | 11:34:16 | 13:13:40 | 9:07:54 |
| M35-39 | 102 | 9:40:06 | 10:11:07 | 10:35:04 | 11:06:39 | 12:36:59 | 8:46:23 |
| M40-44 | 105 | 9:26:21 | 10:29:31 | 10:48:58 | 11:43:34 | 13:13:30 | 8:38:12 |
| M45-49 | 80 | 9:41:30 | 10:15:23 | 11:11:31 | 11:41:47 | 13:01:52 | 9:41:30 |
| M50-54 | 106 | 10:16:50 | 10:41:09 | 11:39:39 | 12:14:43 | 13:42:23 | 10:15:15 |
| M55-59 | 74 | 9:30:55 | 10:31:48 | 10:56:34 | 11:55:23 | 13:50:32 | 9:30:55 |
| M60-64 | 39 | 11:22:30 | 11:42:27 | 12:38:51 | 12:57:49 | 14:12:23 | 11:22:30 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 12:29:14 | 12:29:14 | 12:29:14 | 13:21:03 | 16:06:38 | 12:29:14 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 12:51:52 | 12:51:52 | 12:51:52 | 13:40:21 | 14:33:59 | 12:51:52 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 268 | 10:04:28 | 10:36:26 | 11:13:00 | 12:06:36 | 14:10:27 | 9:55:43 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 11:09:19 | 11:09:19 | 11:13:00 | 11:47:43 | 13:38:15 | 11:09:19 |
| F25-29 | 32 | 9:56:58 | 10:29:35 | 10:52:23 | 11:34:27 | 13:10:32 | 9:56:58 |
| F30-34 | 35 | 9:55:43 | 10:04:28 | 10:28:50 | 10:57:16 | 13:18:10 | 9:55:43 |
| F35-39 | 25 | 10:23:37 | 11:40:58 | 11:46:18 | 12:24:11 | 13:43:05 | 10:23:37 |
| F40-44 | 42 | 10:16:42 | 10:58:48 | 11:02:40 | 12:06:36 | 14:11:39 | 10:16:42 |
| F45-49 | 34 | 10:31:39 | 10:38:18 | 10:51:56 | 11:40:24 | 13:33:41 | 10:31:39 |
| F50-54 | 43 | 10:20:45 | 11:13:02 | 11:38:59 | 12:53:44 | 14:46:16 | 10:20:45 |
| F55-59 | 33 | 12:30:13 | 12:37:13 | 13:22:33 | 14:01:08 | 15:05:56 | 12:30:13 |
| F60-64 | 10 | 11:19:12 | 11:19:12 | 11:19:12 | 13:59:46 | 15:05:41 | 11:19:12 |
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.