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 | 1,321 | 9:21:15 | 10:14:30 | 10:43:32 | 11:37:23 | 13:22:01 | 8:34:19 |
| MPRO | 20 | 8:34:19 | 8:34:19 | 8:34:36 | 8:35:32 | 9:08:04 | 8:34:19 |
| M18-24 | 54 | 9:06:09 | 10:29:46 | 11:04:24 | 11:52:55 | 13:52:45 | 9:06:09 |
| M25-29 | 125 | 9:28:30 | 9:58:37 | 10:25:54 | 11:13:56 | 12:47:28 | 9:25:48 |
| M30-34 | 232 | 9:33:38 | 10:07:51 | 10:47:47 | 11:30:07 | 13:12:03 | 9:25:17 |
| M35-39 | 313 | 9:34:06 | 10:18:15 | 10:43:32 | 11:33:17 | 13:22:11 | 9:30:15 |
| M40-44 | 265 | 9:47:01 | 10:26:32 | 10:51:50 | 11:52:43 | 13:21:55 | 9:31:53 |
| M45-49 | 166 | 9:45:06 | 10:23:41 | 10:42:57 | 11:51:22 | 13:20:36 | 9:21:15 |
| M50-54 | 81 | 10:14:40 | 11:07:30 | 11:52:05 | 12:37:07 | 14:43:52 | 10:14:40 |
| M55-59 | 39 | 10:27:39 | 10:50:57 | 11:51:54 | 12:47:09 | 14:20:19 | 10:27:39 |
| M60-64 | 19 | 11:09:21 | 11:09:21 | 11:18:20 | 11:53:21 | 14:47:29 | 11:09:21 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 368 | 9:34:18 | 10:48:02 | 11:27:46 | 12:23:44 | 14:17:55 | 9:14:49 |
| FPRO | 20 | 9:14:49 | 9:14:49 | 9:25:52 | 9:34:18 | 10:07:38 | 9:14:49 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 11:19:19 | 11:19:19 | 11:19:19 | 11:36:25 | 13:35:32 | 11:19:19 |
| F25-29 | 42 | 10:51:26 | 11:13:40 | 11:32:55 | 12:24:48 | 13:56:01 | 10:51:26 |
| F30-34 | 71 | 10:03:48 | 11:34:04 | 11:54:53 | 12:36:37 | 14:08:38 | 10:03:48 |
| F35-39 | 79 | 10:42:07 | 10:49:18 | 11:27:46 | 12:27:44 | 14:14:05 | 10:42:07 |
| F40-44 | 78 | 11:03:42 | 11:54:34 | 12:16:17 | 12:53:02 | 14:49:40 | 11:03:42 |
| F45-49 | 51 | 11:57:24 | 12:03:52 | 12:24:16 | 13:46:10 | 14:21:26 | 11:57:24 |
| F50-54 | 16 | 12:13:02 | 12:13:02 | 12:37:30 | 14:28:30 | 15:26:43 | 12:13:02 |
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.