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 | 1,342 | 9:23:38 | 10:10:39 | 10:47:29 | 11:26:32 | 12:48:28 | 8:25:42 |
| MPRO | 26 | 8:25:42 | 8:42:48 | 8:46:47 | 8:56:23 | 9:22:57 | 8:25:42 |
| M18-24 | 30 | 9:37:00 | 9:50:42 | 10:21:39 | 11:10:43 | 12:21:54 | 9:37:00 |
| M25-29 | 87 | 9:28:40 | 10:02:16 | 10:26:39 | 10:59:29 | 12:37:19 | 9:28:40 |
| M30-34 | 262 | 9:32:34 | 10:03:12 | 10:24:40 | 11:12:47 | 12:30:01 | 9:28:16 |
| M35-39 | 328 | 9:45:49 | 10:22:36 | 10:46:16 | 11:21:20 | 12:34:51 | 9:31:40 |
| M40-44 | 277 | 10:04:50 | 10:33:01 | 10:57:43 | 11:30:19 | 12:46:23 | 9:43:29 |
| M45-49 | 177 | 10:12:47 | 10:47:29 | 11:17:47 | 11:56:40 | 13:13:41 | 9:23:38 |
| M50-54 | 82 | 10:46:53 | 11:11:37 | 12:14:12 | 12:37:12 | 13:41:29 | 10:46:53 |
| M55-59 | 51 | 11:16:23 | 11:19:56 | 12:04:38 | 12:28:17 | 14:24:11 | 11:16:23 |
| M60-64 | 13 | 11:47:51 | 11:47:51 | 12:19:11 | 12:40:56 | 14:02:59 | 11:47:51 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 12:04:03 | 12:04:03 | 12:04:03 | 12:04:03 | 14:21:35 | 12:04:03 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 340 | 9:58:46 | 10:58:04 | 11:25:08 | 12:12:55 | 13:41:51 | 9:44:02 |
| FPRO | 20 | 9:44:02 | 9:44:02 | 9:48:26 | 9:58:46 | 10:21:27 | 9:44:02 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 12:08:49 | 12:08:49 | 12:08:49 | 12:28:35 | 13:21:23 | 12:08:49 |
| F25-29 | 32 | 10:53:55 | 11:00:33 | 12:02:42 | 12:48:34 | 13:56:41 | 10:53:55 |
| F30-34 | 69 | 11:01:07 | 11:27:50 | 11:36:58 | 12:01:54 | 13:37:56 | 11:01:07 |
| F35-39 | 86 | 10:48:50 | 11:21:03 | 11:43:19 | 12:19:22 | 13:39:57 | 10:48:50 |
| F40-44 | 63 | 11:06:03 | 11:12:28 | 11:49:06 | 12:13:20 | 13:45:44 | 11:06:03 |
| F45-49 | 31 | 11:21:50 | 12:14:07 | 12:35:17 | 13:11:25 | 14:41:01 | 11:21:50 |
| F50-54 | 20 | 12:18:52 | 12:18:52 | 12:30:09 | 12:53:54 | 15:07:31 | 12:18:52 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 13:17:32 | 13:17:32 | 13:17:32 | 13:38:26 | 14:35:48 | 13:17:32 |
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.