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 | 3,530 | 9:20:26 | 10:03:05 | 10:40:33 | 11:30:59 | 13:07:03 | 8:42:02 |
| M18-24 | 88 | 8:53:44 | 9:45:04 | 10:07:20 | 11:33:40 | 13:36:10 | 8:53:44 |
| M25-29 | 267 | 9:01:57 | 9:23:24 | 10:00:04 | 10:56:46 | 12:39:03 | 8:51:27 |
| M30-34 | 421 | 9:03:54 | 9:35:29 | 9:55:33 | 10:47:08 | 12:35:53 | 8:53:33 |
| M35-39 | 539 | 9:15:14 | 9:44:25 | 10:15:21 | 11:07:02 | 12:41:56 | 8:42:02 |
| M40-44 | 627 | 9:29:31 | 10:10:31 | 10:45:07 | 11:38:45 | 13:03:36 | 8:54:46 |
| M45-49 | 669 | 9:43:45 | 10:19:02 | 10:48:46 | 11:31:25 | 13:14:35 | 9:22:32 |
| M50-54 | 506 | 10:08:49 | 10:33:12 | 11:05:03 | 11:47:32 | 13:18:30 | 9:32:03 |
| M55-59 | 243 | 10:01:23 | 11:08:07 | 11:44:32 | 12:24:18 | 13:50:22 | 9:45:40 |
| M60-64 | 116 | 10:41:10 | 11:05:11 | 11:48:41 | 12:41:45 | 14:13:00 | 10:37:53 |
| M65-69 | 40 | 11:10:13 | 11:13:49 | 11:46:50 | 13:21:20 | 14:42:12 | 11:10:13 |
| M70-74 | 10 | 13:29:29 | 13:29:29 | 13:29:29 | 13:33:28 | 14:29:28 | 13:29:29 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,159 | 10:21:40 | 10:59:22 | 11:34:59 | 12:20:32 | 13:56:19 | 9:51:25 |
| F18-24 | 25 | 10:22:44 | 11:23:45 | 11:32:15 | 11:48:51 | 13:03:38 | 10:22:44 |
| F25-29 | 118 | 10:30:20 | 10:45:45 | 11:04:14 | 11:49:21 | 13:37:13 | 10:05:52 |
| F30-34 | 161 | 9:58:45 | 10:34:57 | 11:04:14 | 11:55:37 | 13:36:56 | 9:58:04 |
| F35-39 | 169 | 10:16:51 | 10:33:06 | 11:14:04 | 12:00:03 | 13:27:24 | 10:16:05 |
| F40-44 | 218 | 10:36:10 | 11:19:17 | 11:54:55 | 12:32:00 | 13:56:50 | 9:51:25 |
| F45-49 | 216 | 10:31:39 | 10:52:34 | 11:32:09 | 12:24:19 | 14:04:37 | 10:26:40 |
| F50-54 | 133 | 11:02:03 | 11:35:43 | 11:46:58 | 12:29:17 | 13:54:44 | 10:46:56 |
| F55-59 | 77 | 11:13:32 | 12:05:09 | 12:23:17 | 13:08:14 | 14:23:50 | 11:13:32 |
| F60-64 | 32 | 11:41:14 | 12:12:35 | 12:20:06 | 13:24:56 | 14:22:12 | 11:41:14 |
| F65-69 | 7 | 14:12:04 | 14:12:04 | 14:12:04 | 14:26:08 | 15:09:57 | 14:12:04 |
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.