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 | 1,287 | 9:14:10 | 9:49:26 | 10:14:27 | 10:44:09 | 12:05:22 | 8:56:28 |
| M18-24 | 25 | 9:10:21 | 9:45:02 | 10:20:49 | 10:48:54 | 11:56:56 | 9:10:21 |
| M25-29 | 96 | 9:33:23 | 9:50:15 | 10:07:25 | 10:33:17 | 11:53:42 | 9:33:23 |
| M30-34 | 171 | 8:57:50 | 9:37:27 | 10:05:11 | 10:30:14 | 11:51:01 | 8:56:28 |
| M35-39 | 213 | 9:14:10 | 9:34:30 | 9:59:21 | 10:23:08 | 11:31:34 | 8:59:34 |
| M40-44 | 254 | 9:08:43 | 9:42:16 | 10:04:03 | 10:35:50 | 11:57:25 | 9:03:43 |
| M45-49 | 249 | 9:13:38 | 9:56:53 | 10:21:53 | 10:53:39 | 12:16:25 | 9:12:18 |
| M50-54 | 171 | 9:41:50 | 10:21:52 | 10:43:43 | 11:11:00 | 12:34:58 | 9:37:57 |
| M55-59 | 84 | 9:49:26 | 10:42:22 | 11:06:22 | 11:41:00 | 13:06:52 | 9:49:26 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 10:31:45 | 10:31:45 | 11:02:29 | 12:10:52 | 13:49:36 | 10:31:45 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 12:24:28 | 12:24:28 | 12:24:28 | 13:10:19 | 13:23:25 | 12:24:28 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 123 | 10:06:29 | 10:36:38 | 11:09:16 | 11:52:00 | 13:13:26 | 9:52:47 |
| F25-29 | 14 | 9:52:47 | 9:52:47 | 10:22:05 | 10:38:47 | 12:31:21 | 9:52:47 |
| F30-34 | 28 | 10:06:29 | 10:11:57 | 10:22:30 | 11:19:51 | 12:11:03 | 10:06:29 |
| F35-39 | 22 | 10:36:38 | 10:40:13 | 11:06:31 | 11:52:00 | 12:25:54 | 10:36:38 |
| F40-44 | 16 | 11:09:16 | 11:09:16 | 11:19:23 | 12:03:50 | 12:39:25 | 11:09:16 |
| F45-49 | 23 | 10:24:56 | 11:01:47 | 11:26:08 | 12:25:24 | 14:02:43 | 10:24:56 |
| F50-54 | 13 | 11:25:23 | 11:25:23 | 11:36:29 | 12:21:18 | 13:48:26 | 11:25:23 |
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.