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 | 1,341 | 9:44:00 | 10:25:51 | 11:06:13 | 11:59:28 | 13:34:15 | 8:53:55 |
| M18-24 | 54 | 9:36:55 | 10:16:43 | 10:56:44 | 11:46:45 | 13:10:57 | 9:36:55 |
| M25-29 | 146 | 9:41:51 | 10:14:52 | 10:46:47 | 11:27:38 | 13:06:18 | 9:34:03 |
| M30-34 | 170 | 9:26:48 | 10:09:56 | 10:25:51 | 11:30:31 | 13:15:57 | 8:53:55 |
| M35-39 | 197 | 9:40:53 | 9:57:43 | 10:32:06 | 11:34:35 | 12:55:19 | 9:00:11 |
| M40-44 | 225 | 9:52:47 | 10:38:27 | 11:08:41 | 12:03:58 | 13:38:13 | 9:28:01 |
| M45-49 | 210 | 9:58:46 | 10:39:46 | 11:17:36 | 12:03:32 | 13:42:23 | 9:27:32 |
| M50-54 | 166 | 10:24:09 | 10:57:22 | 11:32:55 | 12:22:23 | 13:58:47 | 10:17:13 |
| M55-59 | 119 | 11:02:24 | 11:34:03 | 12:22:01 | 13:00:42 | 14:24:14 | 11:01:22 |
| M60-64 | 43 | 11:34:24 | 11:41:10 | 12:09:33 | 12:59:40 | 14:16:29 | 11:34:24 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 11:57:29 | 11:57:29 | 11:57:29 | 13:28:15 | 14:04:34 | 11:57:29 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 565 | 9:59:08 | 11:10:16 | 11:52:31 | 12:31:50 | 14:00:20 | 9:12:39 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:12:39 | 9:12:39 | 9:12:39 | 9:47:06 | 9:59:08 | 9:12:39 |
| F18-24 | 17 | 10:51:20 | 10:51:20 | 11:48:59 | 12:24:56 | 13:59:58 | 10:51:20 |
| F25-29 | 53 | 10:25:17 | 10:58:40 | 11:58:35 | 12:29:02 | 13:52:18 | 10:25:17 |
| F30-34 | 104 | 10:08:33 | 11:10:16 | 11:55:27 | 12:28:43 | 13:32:39 | 9:49:01 |
| F35-39 | 105 | 10:37:12 | 11:23:39 | 11:57:43 | 12:27:25 | 13:46:00 | 10:32:29 |
| F40-44 | 107 | 10:45:43 | 11:33:54 | 11:51:10 | 12:35:43 | 14:10:41 | 10:21:18 |
| F45-49 | 83 | 10:46:13 | 11:52:31 | 12:24:31 | 13:05:21 | 14:40:59 | 10:46:13 |
| F50-54 | 48 | 11:14:43 | 11:43:44 | 12:41:10 | 13:37:53 | 14:35:46 | 11:14:43 |
| F55-59 | 20 | 11:35:13 | 11:35:13 | 12:02:35 | 12:36:26 | 14:27:59 | 11:35:13 |
| F60-64 | 15 | 12:14:58 | 12:14:58 | 13:27:40 | 13:34:15 | 14:58:35 | 12:14:58 |
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.