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 | 1,491 | 10:08:58 | 10:57:15 | 11:32:21 | 12:11:55 | 13:35:14 | 9:34:02 |
| M18-24 | 95 | 10:33:42 | 11:13:44 | 11:38:29 | 12:10:41 | 13:20:18 | 10:33:42 |
| M25-29 | 199 | 10:03:01 | 10:38:56 | 11:15:17 | 12:04:10 | 13:17:51 | 9:43:32 |
| M30-34 | 258 | 10:00:04 | 10:22:35 | 11:02:42 | 11:45:04 | 13:08:26 | 9:34:02 |
| M35-39 | 286 | 9:48:35 | 10:56:09 | 11:32:35 | 12:19:37 | 13:33:38 | 9:44:23 |
| M40-44 | 214 | 10:20:20 | 11:02:21 | 11:34:55 | 12:26:30 | 13:31:54 | 9:48:20 |
| M45-49 | 184 | 10:37:50 | 11:02:33 | 11:37:18 | 12:12:53 | 13:45:46 | 10:08:58 |
| M50-54 | 149 | 10:53:04 | 11:27:05 | 11:53:32 | 12:39:51 | 14:12:25 | 10:48:27 |
| M55-59 | 73 | 10:42:23 | 11:30:23 | 12:20:42 | 12:49:52 | 14:29:45 | 10:42:23 |
| M60-64 | 28 | 12:11:55 | 12:26:39 | 12:29:53 | 12:58:20 | 14:32:49 | 12:11:55 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 167 | 10:01:35 | 10:46:25 | 11:44:04 | 12:49:58 | 14:14:52 | 9:42:24 |
| FPRO | 12 | 9:42:24 | 9:42:24 | 10:01:35 | 10:03:56 | 10:34:14 | 9:42:24 |
| F18-24 | 21 | 11:38:53 | 12:48:22 | 13:11:21 | 14:14:52 | 14:54:51 | 11:38:53 |
| F25-29 | 30 | 11:23:18 | 12:18:38 | 12:39:49 | 13:24:22 | 14:16:51 | 11:23:18 |
| F30-34 | 31 | 10:46:25 | 11:44:04 | 12:10:09 | 12:29:56 | 13:26:14 | 10:46:25 |
| F35-39 | 18 | 12:16:36 | 12:16:36 | 12:17:50 | 13:08:03 | 13:58:48 | 12:16:36 |
| F40-44 | 22 | 11:42:25 | 12:11:07 | 12:48:04 | 12:56:10 | 14:23:21 | 11:42:25 |
| F45-49 | 18 | 11:29:09 | 11:29:09 | 12:49:58 | 13:41:04 | 15:08:48 | 11:29:09 |
| F50-54 | 9 | 13:27:12 | 13:27:12 | 13:27:12 | 13:41:34 | 15:28:36 | 13:27:12 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 13:31:17 | 13:31:17 | 13:31:17 | 13:31:17 | 14:00:12 | 13:31:17 |
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.