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 | 633 | 2:45:05 | 2:56:35 | 3:04:03 | 3:14:41 | 3:38:08 | 2:32:18 |
| M18-24 | 27 | 2:44:22 | 2:48:47 | 2:53:00 | 3:03:45 | 3:18:55 | 2:44:22 |
| M25-29 | 44 | 2:46:18 | 2:51:50 | 2:54:46 | 3:02:36 | 3:27:16 | 2:46:18 |
| M30-34 | 91 | 2:32:18 | 2:45:58 | 2:57:53 | 3:08:35 | 3:29:47 | 2:32:18 |
| M35-39 | 110 | 2:48:09 | 2:56:19 | 3:01:43 | 3:12:08 | 3:40:13 | 2:45:19 |
| M40-44 | 129 | 2:44:53 | 3:00:36 | 3:05:14 | 3:16:00 | 3:35:38 | 2:38:45 |
| M45-49 | 105 | 2:53:09 | 3:03:33 | 3:08:25 | 3:21:26 | 3:36:35 | 2:46:25 |
| M50-54 | 68 | 2:48:17 | 3:00:28 | 3:06:59 | 3:26:58 | 3:47:24 | 2:48:17 |
| M55-59 | 34 | 3:15:14 | 3:20:40 | 3:25:53 | 3:32:58 | 3:53:09 | 3:15:14 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 3:17:12 | 3:17:12 | 3:22:39 | 3:37:30 | 3:49:39 | 3:17:12 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 3:48:20 | 3:48:20 | 3:48:20 | 4:06:46 | 4:29:59 | 3:48:20 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 228 | 2:58:58 | 3:09:11 | 3:14:12 | 3:24:49 | 3:51:44 | 2:54:48 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 3:13:28 | 3:13:28 | 3:13:28 | 3:31:58 | 3:48:54 | 3:13:28 |
| F25-29 | 30 | 2:54:48 | 3:04:43 | 3:06:03 | 3:10:06 | 3:27:28 | 2:54:48 |
| F30-34 | 34 | 2:58:58 | 3:09:00 | 3:14:58 | 3:25:37 | 3:53:40 | 2:58:58 |
| F35-39 | 50 | 2:58:23 | 3:08:04 | 3:11:29 | 3:18:15 | 3:46:35 | 2:58:23 |
| F40-44 | 46 | 3:07:05 | 3:12:51 | 3:21:41 | 3:34:50 | 3:53:54 | 3:07:05 |
| F45-49 | 30 | 3:12:39 | 3:13:55 | 3:21:18 | 3:33:24 | 3:59:58 | 3:12:39 |
| F50-54 | 13 | 3:18:01 | 3:18:01 | 3:20:28 | 3:27:30 | 4:04:03 | 3:18:01 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 3:43:55 | 3:43:55 | 3:43:55 | 3:45:11 | 3:49:12 | 3:43:55 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 3:33:19 | 3:33:19 | 3:33:19 | 3:39:24 | 3:51:01 | 3:33:19 |
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.