Editions: 2016
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 | 637 | 9:52:20 | 10:20:48 | 10:54:02 | 11:36:39 | 12:55:45 | 9:22:25 |
| M18-24 | 20 | 11:21:45 | 11:21:45 | 11:27:22 | 11:45:35 | 13:17:16 | 11:21:45 |
| M25-29 | 49 | 9:37:47 | 9:57:12 | 10:48:14 | 11:39:34 | 12:54:00 | 9:37:47 |
| M30-34 | 102 | 9:30:57 | 10:06:45 | 10:12:28 | 11:02:21 | 12:43:30 | 9:22:25 |
| M35-39 | 102 | 9:52:53 | 10:20:48 | 10:35:48 | 11:36:39 | 12:41:55 | 9:48:12 |
| M40-44 | 133 | 10:08:47 | 10:41:29 | 11:06:34 | 11:38:15 | 13:20:09 | 9:55:54 |
| M45-49 | 119 | 10:00:55 | 10:29:25 | 10:49:33 | 11:35:00 | 12:47:32 | 10:00:23 |
| M50-54 | 80 | 10:16:19 | 10:38:56 | 11:18:12 | 11:52:34 | 13:05:53 | 10:16:19 |
| M55-59 | 25 | 10:47:53 | 11:28:39 | 11:47:38 | 11:57:21 | 14:03:34 | 10:47:53 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 76 | 10:32:25 | 10:37:35 | 11:30:40 | 12:19:59 | 13:35:29 | 10:32:25 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 12:19:59 | 12:19:59 | 12:19:59 | 13:42:52 | 13:54:01 | 12:19:59 |
| F25-29 | 11 | 12:07:09 | 12:07:09 | 12:52:13 | 13:39:04 | 13:57:37 | 12:07:09 |
| F30-34 | 10 | 10:32:25 | 10:32:25 | 10:32:25 | 11:15:07 | 12:22:57 | 10:32:25 |
| F35-39 | 15 | 10:34:28 | 10:34:28 | 10:36:04 | 11:09:07 | 13:03:11 | 10:34:28 |
| F40-44 | 12 | 10:37:35 | 10:37:35 | 12:19:35 | 12:25:46 | 12:46:07 | 10:37:35 |
| F45-49 | 8 | 11:59:22 | 11:59:22 | 11:59:22 | 13:05:17 | 13:31:14 | 11:59:22 |
| F50-54 | 9 | 12:14:51 | 12:14:51 | 12:14:51 | 12:24:07 | 13:28:56 | 12:14:51 |
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.