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 | 1,514 | 9:51:24 | 10:36:55 | 11:11:55 | 11:50:26 | 13:19:12 | 9:07:43 |
| M18-24 | 45 | 10:36:45 | 10:55:53 | 11:10:34 | 11:24:14 | 12:27:43 | 10:36:45 |
| M25-29 | 161 | 9:31:27 | 10:10:08 | 10:36:38 | 11:33:46 | 12:52:11 | 9:14:52 |
| M30-34 | 200 | 9:41:00 | 10:09:08 | 10:35:07 | 11:10:24 | 12:40:36 | 9:07:43 |
| M35-39 | 262 | 9:43:21 | 10:36:19 | 11:05:39 | 11:26:38 | 12:55:29 | 9:36:24 |
| M40-44 | 238 | 10:02:09 | 10:46:03 | 11:27:28 | 11:58:53 | 13:19:56 | 9:51:24 |
| M45-49 | 251 | 10:10:51 | 10:42:52 | 11:29:24 | 12:07:49 | 13:25:34 | 9:56:38 |
| M50-54 | 187 | 10:28:59 | 11:19:58 | 11:39:34 | 12:18:56 | 14:03:56 | 9:33:16 |
| M55-59 | 116 | 10:52:41 | 11:19:38 | 11:45:46 | 12:37:55 | 14:02:12 | 10:43:12 |
| M60-64 | 41 | 12:00:58 | 12:25:16 | 12:42:13 | 13:06:36 | 14:09:18 | 12:00:58 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 12:56:15 | 12:56:15 | 12:56:15 | 12:59:43 | 14:16:03 | 12:56:15 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 690 | 10:17:38 | 11:18:46 | 11:48:13 | 12:30:24 | 13:52:20 | 9:33:47 |
| FPRO | 12 | 9:33:47 | 9:33:47 | 9:43:39 | 9:49:27 | 10:02:38 | 9:33:47 |
| F18-24 | 22 | 11:07:25 | 11:28:38 | 11:47:12 | 12:37:53 | 13:24:59 | 11:07:25 |
| F25-29 | 89 | 10:19:47 | 11:07:41 | 12:05:28 | 12:20:30 | 13:02:09 | 10:19:47 |
| F30-34 | 112 | 10:59:45 | 11:20:15 | 11:47:54 | 12:25:48 | 13:43:22 | 10:35:44 |
| F35-39 | 122 | 11:03:19 | 11:30:38 | 11:47:47 | 12:19:28 | 13:38:03 | 10:40:46 |
| F40-44 | 115 | 11:04:20 | 11:19:02 | 12:14:24 | 12:52:30 | 14:23:45 | 10:46:09 |
| F45-49 | 118 | 11:19:37 | 11:37:47 | 12:16:24 | 12:51:08 | 13:52:20 | 11:15:34 |
| F50-54 | 62 | 11:35:28 | 11:59:32 | 12:14:48 | 12:54:33 | 14:19:59 | 11:35:28 |
| F55-59 | 27 | 11:18:28 | 11:32:30 | 11:55:28 | 13:28:54 | 14:37:29 | 11:18:28 |
| F60-64 | 11 | 12:02:56 | 12:02:56 | 13:04:25 | 13:49:10 | 14:56:39 | 12:02:56 |
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.