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 | 1,104 | 9:12:00 | 9:48:22 | 10:12:06 | 10:45:15 | 12:00:06 | 8:35:49 |
| M25-29 | 194 | 8:48:18 | 9:11:21 | 9:25:44 | 9:42:23 | 10:26:09 | 8:35:49 |
| M50-54 | 575 | 9:44:12 | 10:11:55 | 10:30:52 | 10:53:09 | 11:43:22 | 9:28:24 |
| M60-64 | 201 | 10:43:50 | 11:08:03 | 11:30:15 | 11:58:46 | 13:11:36 | 10:30:14 |
| M65-69 | 82 | 10:55:21 | 11:55:15 | 12:38:26 | 13:05:00 | 14:11:44 | 10:55:21 |
| M70-74 | 42 | 12:48:54 | 13:30:02 | 13:41:57 | 13:57:24 | 15:14:48 | 12:48:54 |
| M75-79 | 7 | 14:12:22 | 14:12:22 | 14:12:22 | 15:47:36 | 16:26:47 | 14:12:22 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 1,201 | 9:19:49 | 10:21:59 | 10:45:27 | 11:16:15 | 12:22:19 | 8:33:46 |
| FPRO | 32 | 8:33:46 | 8:41:37 | 8:50:31 | 9:01:58 | 9:22:17 | 8:33:46 |
| F18-24 | 34 | 10:26:30 | 10:34:12 | 10:59:35 | 11:29:07 | 12:43:48 | 10:26:30 |
| F25-29 | 86 | 9:40:14 | 10:28:56 | 10:38:37 | 10:52:01 | 11:51:31 | 9:40:14 |
| F30-34 | 126 | 9:42:17 | 10:13:53 | 10:24:23 | 10:55:12 | 11:33:04 | 9:37:29 |
| F35-39 | 151 | 9:58:24 | 10:17:26 | 10:33:06 | 10:47:20 | 11:43:28 | 9:53:34 |
| F40-44 | 199 | 10:13:22 | 10:30:35 | 10:46:24 | 11:04:07 | 11:57:48 | 10:02:31 |
| F45-49 | 187 | 10:26:21 | 11:00:34 | 11:20:45 | 11:38:06 | 12:34:04 | 10:23:36 |
| F50-54 | 157 | 10:46:48 | 11:06:22 | 11:28:07 | 11:51:32 | 12:46:28 | 10:45:05 |
| F55-59 | 125 | 11:13:02 | 11:33:57 | 12:01:30 | 12:24:59 | 13:12:57 | 11:07:19 |
| F60-64 | 71 | 12:25:47 | 12:38:15 | 13:12:35 | 13:27:00 | 14:34:15 | 12:25:47 |
| F65-69 | 23 | 12:22:38 | 12:35:09 | 12:46:14 | 13:54:38 | 15:06:59 | 12:22:38 |
| F70-74 | 8 | 13:54:22 | 13:54:22 | 13:54:22 | 14:32:59 | 15:27:52 | 13:54:22 |
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.