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 | 1,015 | 9:53:44 | 10:32:21 | 10:58:01 | 11:40:08 | 13:05:37 | 9:06:44 |
| M18-24 | 44 | 10:15:59 | 10:42:45 | 10:49:19 | 11:42:34 | 13:05:30 | 10:15:59 |
| M25-29 | 130 | 9:45:58 | 10:20:26 | 10:47:32 | 11:16:37 | 12:51:04 | 9:25:25 |
| M30-34 | 131 | 9:28:22 | 9:54:47 | 10:09:08 | 10:55:50 | 12:39:32 | 9:17:03 |
| M35-39 | 103 | 9:15:54 | 10:14:49 | 10:32:11 | 10:55:28 | 12:09:39 | 9:06:44 |
| M40-44 | 139 | 10:00:33 | 10:27:31 | 11:10:47 | 11:42:09 | 12:50:08 | 9:59:11 |
| M45-49 | 146 | 10:40:48 | 10:55:10 | 11:17:26 | 11:51:11 | 13:01:16 | 9:48:41 |
| M50-54 | 143 | 10:26:38 | 11:01:44 | 11:39:47 | 12:08:07 | 13:18:02 | 10:17:09 |
| M55-59 | 109 | 10:25:46 | 11:25:00 | 11:52:41 | 12:48:11 | 14:08:10 | 10:10:56 |
| M60-64 | 49 | 11:09:59 | 11:42:23 | 11:53:24 | 13:09:13 | 14:52:29 | 11:09:59 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 12:05:15 | 12:05:15 | 12:42:57 | 13:18:53 | 14:20:03 | 12:05:15 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 396 | 9:29:45 | 10:39:41 | 11:29:07 | 12:16:28 | 13:38:04 | 9:12:06 |
| FPRO | 18 | 9:12:06 | 9:12:06 | 9:20:52 | 9:29:45 | 9:57:23 | 9:12:06 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 12:06:01 | 12:06:01 | 12:06:01 | 12:28:25 | 12:55:17 | 12:06:01 |
| F25-29 | 25 | 10:49:04 | 11:20:56 | 11:30:11 | 11:39:02 | 12:53:49 | 10:49:04 |
| F30-34 | 41 | 10:02:28 | 10:52:22 | 11:15:21 | 11:44:40 | 12:29:46 | 10:02:28 |
| F35-39 | 46 | 9:57:43 | 11:08:14 | 11:26:37 | 12:07:48 | 13:43:42 | 9:57:43 |
| F40-44 | 63 | 10:42:19 | 11:33:23 | 11:51:48 | 12:36:50 | 13:29:09 | 10:42:19 |
| F45-49 | 76 | 10:51:29 | 11:11:05 | 12:00:16 | 12:23:21 | 13:42:04 | 10:51:29 |
| F50-54 | 53 | 11:03:31 | 11:33:37 | 12:18:45 | 12:44:06 | 13:56:24 | 11:03:31 |
| F55-59 | 39 | 11:29:07 | 12:23:38 | 12:39:31 | 13:08:11 | 13:48:18 | 11:29:07 |
| F60-64 | 21 | 12:30:27 | 13:06:46 | 13:31:28 | 13:38:00 | 14:57:11 | 12:30:27 |
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.