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 | 1,441 | 8:36:22 | 9:37:49 | 9:59:56 | 10:43:57 | 12:15:12 | 7:58:40 |
| MPRO | 25 | 7:58:40 | 7:59:30 | 8:07:31 | 8:12:35 | 8:31:04 | 7:58:40 |
| M18-24 | 15 | 9:03:15 | 9:03:15 | 9:15:50 | 9:21:40 | 12:19:17 | 9:03:15 |
| M25-29 | 87 | 9:03:40 | 9:32:35 | 9:46:54 | 10:14:12 | 11:45:47 | 9:03:40 |
| M30-34 | 205 | 9:25:23 | 9:38:13 | 10:03:34 | 10:27:08 | 12:09:44 | 9:17:36 |
| M35-39 | 265 | 8:59:17 | 9:38:29 | 9:54:35 | 10:25:23 | 11:57:59 | 8:52:38 |
| M40-44 | 318 | 9:12:54 | 9:42:22 | 9:59:17 | 10:46:46 | 12:12:06 | 8:48:49 |
| M45-49 | 286 | 9:27:16 | 9:58:56 | 10:21:38 | 11:06:12 | 12:26:23 | 9:24:01 |
| M50-54 | 130 | 9:46:56 | 10:13:03 | 10:27:24 | 11:08:14 | 12:25:52 | 9:45:33 |
| M55-59 | 74 | 10:26:02 | 10:46:35 | 10:53:53 | 11:32:21 | 13:18:08 | 10:26:02 |
| M60-64 | 24 | 10:45:24 | 11:13:02 | 11:15:37 | 12:42:06 | 13:12:15 | 10:45:24 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 11:41:02 | 11:41:02 | 11:41:02 | 12:03:38 | 14:57:52 | 11:41:02 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 319 | 9:24:37 | 9:55:08 | 10:46:45 | 11:33:35 | 13:05:38 | 8:47:02 |
| FPRO | 17 | 8:47:02 | 8:47:02 | 8:52:26 | 9:24:37 | 9:27:49 | 8:47:02 |
| F25-29 | 26 | 10:13:51 | 10:34:48 | 10:42:03 | 11:17:52 | 12:10:06 | 10:13:51 |
| F30-34 | 65 | 10:23:04 | 10:57:12 | 11:20:42 | 11:40:45 | 13:10:44 | 10:23:04 |
| F35-39 | 59 | 9:50:03 | 10:48:32 | 11:09:52 | 11:53:29 | 12:53:52 | 9:50:03 |
| F40-44 | 64 | 10:21:59 | 10:57:35 | 11:25:02 | 11:39:50 | 13:04:54 | 10:21:59 |
| F45-49 | 40 | 10:42:32 | 10:45:00 | 11:24:39 | 11:50:29 | 13:19:08 | 10:42:32 |
| F50-54 | 28 | 10:50:22 | 11:11:18 | 11:29:08 | 11:51:20 | 14:10:01 | 10:50:22 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 10:34:22 | 10:34:22 | 12:21:55 | 12:39:27 | 14:08:17 | 10:34:22 |
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.