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 | 1,770 | 8:38:39 | 9:48:33 | 10:21:58 | 11:04:28 | 12:37:49 | 7:59:38 |
| MPRO | 44 | 7:59:38 | 8:14:36 | 8:18:55 | 8:22:21 | 8:45:51 | 7:59:38 |
| M18-24 | 24 | 10:03:21 | 10:44:45 | 10:54:29 | 11:21:10 | 12:40:28 | 10:03:21 |
| M25-29 | 137 | 9:12:16 | 9:42:09 | 10:01:19 | 10:33:42 | 11:44:55 | 9:04:44 |
| M30-34 | 227 | 9:02:27 | 9:44:03 | 9:59:53 | 10:31:38 | 12:12:21 | 9:00:01 |
| M35-39 | 325 | 9:26:10 | 10:07:40 | 10:36:39 | 10:59:25 | 12:26:01 | 9:14:56 |
| M40-44 | 442 | 9:31:31 | 10:12:25 | 10:33:54 | 11:17:46 | 12:36:07 | 9:19:40 |
| M45-49 | 289 | 9:38:29 | 10:14:00 | 10:50:58 | 11:31:00 | 12:47:22 | 9:15:44 |
| M50-54 | 161 | 10:08:14 | 10:50:12 | 11:15:53 | 11:49:10 | 13:17:55 | 10:08:11 |
| M55-59 | 66 | 10:48:44 | 11:32:17 | 11:44:38 | 12:27:57 | 13:39:06 | 10:48:44 |
| M60-64 | 40 | 11:25:04 | 11:28:45 | 12:28:08 | 12:48:25 | 13:51:27 | 11:25:04 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 13:18:32 | 13:18:32 | 13:41:45 | 13:45:26 | 14:54:21 | 13:18:32 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 669 | 9:12:40 | 10:32:29 | 11:15:03 | 12:01:01 | 13:38:28 | 8:49:00 |
| FPRO | 23 | 8:49:00 | 8:54:33 | 9:00:14 | 9:11:23 | 9:34:45 | 8:49:00 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 12:33:50 | 12:33:50 | 12:33:50 | 12:33:50 | 13:23:45 | 12:33:50 |
| F25-29 | 51 | 10:32:29 | 10:46:40 | 11:14:14 | 11:39:27 | 12:55:42 | 10:32:29 |
| F30-34 | 112 | 10:08:28 | 10:41:13 | 11:07:06 | 11:47:02 | 13:17:13 | 9:52:31 |
| F35-39 | 144 | 10:03:00 | 11:08:45 | 11:31:11 | 12:25:36 | 13:44:20 | 10:02:31 |
| F40-44 | 143 | 10:29:57 | 10:56:13 | 11:32:24 | 12:02:11 | 13:23:39 | 10:08:20 |
| F45-49 | 93 | 10:19:45 | 11:14:11 | 12:10:04 | 12:44:55 | 14:21:02 | 10:19:45 |
| F50-54 | 74 | 11:16:05 | 11:36:41 | 12:10:25 | 12:55:11 | 14:16:42 | 11:16:05 |
| F55-59 | 17 | 11:49:29 | 11:49:29 | 13:08:08 | 13:21:38 | 14:44:15 | 11:49:29 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 14:32:59 | 14:32:59 | 14:32:59 | 14:32:59 | 16:33:18 | 14:32:59 |
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.