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 | 725 | 9:11:55 | 9:46:50 | 10:12:26 | 10:51:41 | 12:10:04 | 8:48:41 |
| M18-24 | 27 | 9:39:42 | 9:40:44 | 9:43:19 | 10:33:09 | 12:18:50 | 9:39:42 |
| M25-29 | 61 | 9:08:04 | 9:22:37 | 10:09:07 | 10:44:57 | 11:51:19 | 9:08:04 |
| M30-34 | 91 | 9:15:00 | 9:39:47 | 9:52:15 | 10:28:27 | 11:38:56 | 9:15:00 |
| M35-39 | 102 | 9:09:59 | 9:25:56 | 9:48:30 | 10:42:29 | 12:05:40 | 8:48:41 |
| M40-44 | 138 | 9:39:49 | 9:44:19 | 10:11:10 | 10:45:33 | 11:45:55 | 9:27:28 |
| M45-49 | 141 | 9:10:10 | 9:58:26 | 10:17:00 | 11:01:08 | 12:26:22 | 9:01:38 |
| M50-54 | 93 | 10:03:27 | 10:33:14 | 10:55:17 | 11:20:03 | 12:27:11 | 10:03:27 |
| M55-59 | 53 | 10:12:52 | 10:43:11 | 11:10:03 | 11:41:00 | 13:03:18 | 10:12:52 |
| M60-64 | 14 | 10:52:29 | 10:52:29 | 10:58:19 | 11:00:05 | 11:54:23 | 10:52:29 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 115 | 10:25:53 | 10:41:32 | 10:57:52 | 11:22:00 | 12:47:16 | 10:18:43 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 10:41:32 | 10:41:32 | 10:41:32 | 10:41:32 | 12:22:54 | 10:41:32 |
| F25-29 | 16 | 10:36:13 | 10:36:13 | 10:37:33 | 10:57:52 | 12:09:17 | 10:36:13 |
| F30-34 | 18 | 10:25:53 | 10:25:53 | 10:38:21 | 10:47:59 | 12:08:19 | 10:25:53 |
| F35-39 | 21 | 10:18:43 | 10:47:06 | 10:50:45 | 11:20:54 | 12:49:39 | 10:18:43 |
| F40-44 | 18 | 11:00:25 | 11:00:25 | 11:07:45 | 11:22:00 | 12:13:17 | 11:00:25 |
| F45-49 | 15 | 11:02:46 | 11:02:46 | 11:16:00 | 11:17:55 | 12:47:16 | 11:02:46 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 11:28:19 | 11:28:19 | 11:41:33 | 12:04:49 | 12:30:54 | 11:28:19 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 12:21:36 | 12:21:36 | 12:21:36 | 13:11:01 | 13:13:55 | 12:21:36 |
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.