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 | 932 | 8:54:18 | 9:29:16 | 10:07:44 | 10:51:20 | 12:40:03 | 8:26:46 |
| M18-24 | 78 | 8:56:26 | 9:49:27 | 10:21:50 | 11:12:58 | 12:05:06 | 8:56:26 |
| M25-29 | 125 | 8:52:26 | 9:35:13 | 9:57:44 | 10:48:15 | 12:36:21 | 8:51:30 |
| M30-34 | 125 | 8:48:45 | 9:10:58 | 9:33:01 | 10:37:42 | 12:39:41 | 8:42:21 |
| M35-39 | 126 | 8:46:06 | 9:04:56 | 9:28:13 | 10:16:22 | 12:03:12 | 8:26:46 |
| M40-44 | 123 | 8:54:37 | 9:22:33 | 9:44:09 | 10:29:42 | 12:36:21 | 8:34:09 |
| M45-49 | 112 | 9:27:25 | 10:03:37 | 10:29:46 | 10:57:38 | 12:39:26 | 9:08:28 |
| M50-54 | 93 | 9:17:50 | 10:10:15 | 10:41:21 | 11:26:56 | 12:56:26 | 9:17:50 |
| M55-59 | 81 | 9:13:15 | 10:07:37 | 10:22:38 | 11:05:28 | 13:33:32 | 9:13:15 |
| M60-64 | 47 | 10:06:30 | 10:46:54 | 11:04:28 | 11:51:15 | 14:09:11 | 10:06:30 |
| M65-69 | 13 | 12:31:32 | 12:31:32 | 12:45:38 | 14:14:17 | 14:44:26 | 12:31:32 |
| M70-74 | 7 | 12:37:35 | 12:37:35 | 12:37:35 | 13:03:44 | 14:52:35 | 12:37:35 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 222 | 10:21:14 | 11:12:19 | 11:55:15 | 12:25:16 | 13:45:11 | 9:23:33 |
| F18-24 | 15 | 10:53:44 | 10:53:44 | 11:59:56 | 12:20:30 | 13:20:08 | 10:53:44 |
| F25-29 | 27 | 9:23:33 | 11:12:11 | 11:12:19 | 12:25:16 | 13:38:54 | 9:23:33 |
| F30-34 | 29 | 10:21:14 | 10:23:00 | 11:55:15 | 12:15:45 | 13:48:22 | 10:21:14 |
| F35-39 | 34 | 10:34:59 | 11:43:50 | 12:05:20 | 12:19:56 | 13:20:13 | 10:34:59 |
| F40-44 | 29 | 10:10:34 | 11:11:27 | 11:31:28 | 12:12:03 | 14:14:20 | 10:10:34 |
| F45-49 | 28 | 10:57:25 | 11:19:07 | 11:21:47 | 12:06:38 | 13:46:19 | 10:57:25 |
| F50-54 | 26 | 10:56:07 | 11:05:53 | 11:17:48 | 12:21:13 | 13:38:27 | 10:56:07 |
| F55-59 | 22 | 12:22:22 | 12:49:17 | 12:52:06 | 13:26:03 | 13:47:07 | 12:22:22 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 11:56:27 | 11:56:27 | 11:56:27 | 13:59:17 | 14:40:31 | 11:56:27 |
| F65-69 | 6 | 15:12:39 | 15:12:39 | 15:12:39 | 15:32:11 | 15:35:31 | 15:12:39 |
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.