Editions: 2016
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 | 801 | 6:45:16 | 7:14:40 | 7:37:49 | 8:14:31 | 9:24:40 | 6:08:58 |
| M18-24 | 16 | 7:11:14 | 7:11:14 | 7:12:09 | 8:11:36 | 9:03:17 | 7:11:14 |
| M25-29 | 46 | 6:31:00 | 6:53:51 | 7:05:46 | 7:42:55 | 8:30:21 | 6:31:00 |
| M30-34 | 79 | 6:17:52 | 6:45:16 | 6:57:28 | 7:34:45 | 8:51:34 | 6:17:52 |
| M35-39 | 115 | 6:48:24 | 7:07:21 | 7:21:24 | 7:45:04 | 8:50:57 | 6:24:07 |
| M40-44 | 159 | 6:45:46 | 7:18:04 | 7:27:42 | 8:13:15 | 9:20:59 | 6:08:58 |
| M45-49 | 156 | 7:02:26 | 7:43:17 | 8:05:18 | 8:25:31 | 9:23:54 | 6:50:29 |
| M50-54 | 128 | 7:05:38 | 7:37:16 | 8:09:29 | 8:36:56 | 9:42:22 | 6:22:07 |
| M55-59 | 58 | 7:28:09 | 7:32:18 | 7:53:40 | 8:28:30 | 10:04:00 | 7:28:09 |
| M60-64 | 30 | 8:14:11 | 8:37:47 | 9:11:50 | 9:28:34 | 10:41:23 | 8:14:11 |
| M65-69 | 9 | 9:00:11 | 9:00:11 | 9:00:11 | 9:27:16 | 10:17:55 | 9:00:11 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 325 | 7:15:51 | 7:52:59 | 8:13:08 | 8:46:23 | 10:08:39 | 6:53:13 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 7:29:50 | 7:29:50 | 7:29:50 | 8:10:54 | 9:25:24 | 7:29:50 |
| F25-29 | 25 | 7:09:58 | 7:43:08 | 8:20:01 | 8:42:40 | 9:32:17 | 7:09:58 |
| F30-34 | 39 | 7:15:51 | 7:34:20 | 7:56:08 | 8:18:53 | 9:54:11 | 7:15:51 |
| F35-39 | 49 | 6:53:13 | 7:51:25 | 8:01:19 | 8:17:40 | 9:48:48 | 6:53:13 |
| F40-44 | 64 | 7:15:44 | 7:43:59 | 8:05:41 | 8:39:06 | 9:52:39 | 7:15:44 |
| F45-49 | 72 | 7:25:36 | 8:00:51 | 8:28:47 | 9:12:52 | 10:03:50 | 7:25:36 |
| F50-54 | 43 | 7:49:32 | 8:17:39 | 8:29:30 | 8:56:29 | 10:30:44 | 7:49:32 |
| F55-59 | 18 | 8:47:13 | 8:47:13 | 9:21:10 | 9:44:19 | 10:15:36 | 8:47:13 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 8:53:20 | 8:53:20 | 8:53:20 | 9:18:02 | 10:41:12 | 8:53:20 |
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.