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 | 1,775 | 9:52:47 | 10:36:00 | 11:07:51 | 11:47:52 | 13:18:00 | 8:59:59 |
| M18-24 | 57 | 9:36:07 | 10:08:17 | 10:47:29 | 11:16:11 | 12:35:49 | 9:36:07 |
| M25-29 | 171 | 9:29:45 | 10:07:43 | 10:40:32 | 11:19:00 | 12:52:39 | 9:08:39 |
| M30-34 | 259 | 9:39:03 | 10:16:17 | 10:53:32 | 11:35:05 | 12:57:40 | 9:26:57 |
| M35-39 | 308 | 9:58:24 | 10:33:13 | 10:52:27 | 11:40:09 | 13:08:08 | 9:47:21 |
| M40-44 | 337 | 9:58:34 | 10:36:41 | 11:14:07 | 11:48:46 | 13:10:29 | 9:36:15 |
| M45-49 | 297 | 10:00:02 | 10:46:43 | 11:14:54 | 11:50:44 | 13:12:37 | 9:52:23 |
| M50-54 | 197 | 10:23:25 | 11:17:01 | 11:38:08 | 12:17:45 | 13:42:55 | 10:21:05 |
| M55-59 | 100 | 10:57:40 | 11:53:06 | 12:35:06 | 12:54:09 | 14:28:27 | 10:57:40 |
| M60-64 | 36 | 10:57:03 | 11:28:56 | 12:50:19 | 13:25:23 | 15:15:53 | 10:57:03 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 12:59:32 | 12:59:32 | 12:59:32 | 14:41:21 | 15:19:36 | 12:59:32 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 610 | 10:40:41 | 11:30:46 | 11:54:09 | 12:33:25 | 14:02:18 | 10:08:05 |
| F18-24 | 14 | 11:34:24 | 11:34:24 | 11:35:51 | 11:40:14 | 12:55:52 | 11:34:24 |
| F25-29 | 69 | 10:57:28 | 11:46:01 | 11:52:53 | 12:40:15 | 14:16:31 | 10:57:28 |
| F30-34 | 114 | 10:34:49 | 11:14:41 | 11:46:58 | 12:33:51 | 13:47:29 | 10:21:57 |
| F35-39 | 116 | 10:45:30 | 11:06:37 | 11:40:44 | 12:15:51 | 14:00:03 | 10:08:05 |
| F40-44 | 106 | 10:51:06 | 11:20:24 | 11:52:06 | 12:25:20 | 14:01:34 | 10:49:44 |
| F45-49 | 103 | 11:13:18 | 11:32:17 | 12:02:59 | 12:52:02 | 14:03:03 | 11:11:53 |
| F50-54 | 53 | 10:35:09 | 11:49:30 | 12:16:40 | 12:39:22 | 14:23:12 | 10:35:09 |
| F55-59 | 30 | 12:18:51 | 12:40:36 | 12:45:44 | 13:18:07 | 14:30:48 | 12:18:51 |
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.