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 | 1,716 | 8:43:20 | 9:49:39 | 10:23:39 | 11:04:08 | 12:39:05 | 8:03:13 |
| MPRO | 36 | 8:03:13 | 8:04:58 | 8:14:41 | 8:30:50 | 8:43:20 | 8:03:13 |
| M18-24 | 25 | 9:32:17 | 10:27:30 | 10:31:37 | 11:35:32 | 12:57:16 | 9:32:17 |
| M25-29 | 109 | 9:15:06 | 9:41:02 | 9:48:50 | 10:24:43 | 11:37:07 | 8:55:34 |
| M30-34 | 230 | 9:17:30 | 9:46:43 | 10:18:23 | 10:48:06 | 12:13:15 | 9:08:50 |
| M35-39 | 308 | 9:10:51 | 9:54:08 | 10:19:27 | 10:53:11 | 12:22:25 | 8:50:21 |
| M40-44 | 414 | 9:32:34 | 10:07:26 | 10:33:54 | 11:12:15 | 12:42:33 | 9:09:39 |
| M45-49 | 257 | 9:34:24 | 9:57:21 | 10:39:21 | 11:24:12 | 12:45:09 | 9:27:26 |
| M50-54 | 198 | 9:51:56 | 10:50:12 | 11:14:43 | 11:50:45 | 13:11:05 | 9:49:39 |
| M55-59 | 90 | 10:00:49 | 10:36:29 | 11:05:17 | 11:51:54 | 13:40:04 | 10:00:49 |
| M60-64 | 34 | 11:07:11 | 11:18:25 | 12:20:09 | 12:41:53 | 14:07:01 | 11:07:11 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 12:01:20 | 12:01:20 | 12:29:45 | 12:55:36 | 14:15:16 | 12:01:20 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 642 | 9:28:22 | 10:28:42 | 11:09:38 | 11:56:53 | 13:34:48 | 9:01:41 |
| FPRO | 23 | 9:01:41 | 9:06:41 | 9:15:10 | 9:24:27 | 9:43:50 | 9:01:41 |
| F18-24 | 11 | 10:36:50 | 10:36:50 | 11:30:35 | 11:32:55 | 13:00:35 | 10:36:50 |
| F25-29 | 53 | 10:07:52 | 10:16:12 | 11:06:27 | 11:22:31 | 13:19:57 | 10:07:52 |
| F30-34 | 97 | 10:06:41 | 10:53:23 | 11:12:11 | 11:59:19 | 13:07:25 | 10:06:41 |
| F35-39 | 124 | 10:15:53 | 10:59:33 | 11:17:37 | 12:03:27 | 13:23:49 | 10:14:11 |
| F40-44 | 135 | 10:24:12 | 10:47:21 | 11:24:21 | 11:57:38 | 13:35:52 | 10:09:09 |
| F45-49 | 90 | 10:16:39 | 11:26:27 | 11:52:34 | 12:33:37 | 13:56:47 | 10:16:39 |
| F50-54 | 72 | 10:48:29 | 11:22:12 | 11:51:11 | 12:56:00 | 13:53:07 | 10:48:29 |
| F55-59 | 33 | 11:06:12 | 11:54:53 | 12:28:20 | 12:55:35 | 14:20:02 | 11:06:12 |
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.