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 | 1,347 | 9:00:38 | 10:11:59 | 10:45:58 | 11:31:57 | 13:07:12 | 8:20:56 |
| MPRO | 28 | 8:20:56 | 8:22:56 | 8:27:39 | 8:39:26 | 9:00:38 | 8:20:56 |
| M18-24 | 45 | 10:09:59 | 10:32:27 | 10:52:28 | 11:14:21 | 12:31:23 | 10:09:59 |
| M25-29 | 134 | 9:24:27 | 10:15:37 | 11:10:09 | 11:40:36 | 12:56:47 | 9:23:02 |
| M30-34 | 239 | 9:43:06 | 10:07:51 | 10:36:03 | 11:22:41 | 12:51:47 | 9:30:27 |
| M35-39 | 316 | 9:35:30 | 10:12:48 | 10:51:11 | 11:28:33 | 13:01:42 | 9:22:56 |
| M40-44 | 243 | 10:01:19 | 10:26:01 | 10:46:18 | 11:22:44 | 12:52:58 | 9:39:07 |
| M45-49 | 184 | 9:52:37 | 10:54:01 | 11:27:54 | 12:09:31 | 13:13:34 | 9:52:33 |
| M50-54 | 86 | 10:33:36 | 10:53:45 | 11:41:51 | 12:38:42 | 13:56:38 | 10:33:36 |
| M55-59 | 46 | 10:45:11 | 11:29:28 | 11:50:39 | 13:03:46 | 14:22:41 | 10:45:11 |
| M60-64 | 18 | 12:21:51 | 12:21:51 | 12:40:36 | 13:38:18 | 14:04:16 | 12:21:51 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 376 | 9:44:56 | 10:43:25 | 11:18:49 | 11:58:55 | 13:44:16 | 9:12:53 |
| FPRO | 15 | 9:12:53 | 9:12:53 | 9:33:25 | 9:43:36 | 10:14:15 | 9:12:53 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 10:54:09 | 10:54:09 | 10:54:09 | 11:39:31 | 13:39:18 | 10:54:09 |
| F25-29 | 50 | 10:16:06 | 10:42:40 | 11:07:23 | 11:26:22 | 12:54:59 | 10:16:06 |
| F30-34 | 82 | 10:27:53 | 11:06:10 | 11:20:51 | 11:49:14 | 13:24:20 | 10:27:53 |
| F35-39 | 76 | 10:45:48 | 11:23:45 | 11:54:38 | 12:35:09 | 14:03:38 | 10:45:48 |
| F40-44 | 67 | 10:43:25 | 11:07:53 | 11:18:49 | 12:08:21 | 13:55:17 | 10:43:25 |
| F45-49 | 46 | 11:36:06 | 12:09:06 | 12:14:35 | 12:48:04 | 14:10:19 | 11:36:06 |
| F50-54 | 25 | 11:55:33 | 12:09:49 | 12:16:33 | 13:01:58 | 14:46:28 | 11:55:33 |
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.