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 | 420 | 10:05:51 | 10:43:01 | 11:22:20 | 11:59:22 | 13:38:56 | 9:07:21 |
| M18-24 | 21 | 10:43:34 | 11:33:36 | 11:41:52 | 12:28:36 | 13:51:50 | 10:43:34 |
| M25-29 | 60 | 9:07:21 | 10:29:57 | 11:02:17 | 11:40:18 | 12:57:32 | 9:07:21 |
| M30-34 | 74 | 9:42:16 | 10:20:14 | 10:53:25 | 11:43:43 | 13:14:07 | 9:42:16 |
| M35-39 | 75 | 9:31:16 | 10:21:41 | 11:22:20 | 11:45:01 | 13:19:11 | 9:31:16 |
| M40-44 | 54 | 10:15:34 | 10:29:58 | 11:06:47 | 12:38:42 | 14:08:04 | 10:15:34 |
| M45-49 | 55 | 10:21:37 | 11:24:56 | 11:50:45 | 12:45:12 | 14:06:59 | 10:21:37 |
| M50-54 | 49 | 10:29:31 | 10:45:36 | 11:24:21 | 12:24:22 | 14:14:57 | 10:29:31 |
| M55-59 | 22 | 11:35:48 | 11:44:37 | 12:12:20 | 13:17:09 | 14:26:45 | 11:35:48 |
| M60-64 | 7 | 12:16:51 | 12:16:51 | 12:16:51 | 12:59:00 | 14:02:51 | 12:16:51 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 54 | 11:20:02 | 11:54:39 | 12:26:00 | 12:41:29 | 14:24:36 | 11:20:02 |
| F25-29 | 7 | 12:07:23 | 12:07:23 | 12:07:23 | 13:05:59 | 14:31:09 | 12:07:23 |
| F30-34 | 14 | 11:28:46 | 11:28:46 | 11:54:39 | 12:19:13 | 13:35:16 | 11:28:46 |
| F35-39 | 5 | 11:20:02 | 11:20:02 | 11:20:02 | 11:20:02 | 12:34:08 | 11:20:02 |
| F40-44 | 7 | 12:37:38 | 12:37:38 | 12:37:38 | 12:54:59 | 14:33:55 | 12:37:38 |
| F45-49 | 8 | 12:26:00 | 12:26:00 | 12:26:00 | 13:11:57 | 15:31:12 | 12:26:00 |
| F50-54 | 8 | 12:36:55 | 12:36:55 | 12:36:55 | 13:21:15 | 13:43:10 | 12:36:55 |
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.