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 | 1,828 | 8:33:04 | 9:50:29 | 10:21:42 | 11:05:06 | 12:33:46 | 8:02:00 |
| MPRO | 48 | 8:02:00 | 8:07:53 | 8:11:42 | 8:22:30 | 8:43:09 | 8:02:00 |
| M18-24 | 31 | 9:36:17 | 10:00:56 | 10:27:08 | 11:04:39 | 12:14:45 | 9:36:17 |
| M25-29 | 127 | 9:34:22 | 9:49:44 | 10:23:41 | 11:24:16 | 12:33:14 | 9:29:27 |
| M30-34 | 205 | 9:23:49 | 9:54:27 | 10:13:35 | 10:45:27 | 12:04:33 | 9:10:35 |
| M35-39 | 303 | 9:20:15 | 9:58:21 | 10:17:58 | 10:55:07 | 12:22:14 | 9:08:51 |
| M40-44 | 419 | 9:18:58 | 9:56:53 | 10:25:14 | 11:06:38 | 12:30:04 | 8:54:51 |
| M45-49 | 292 | 9:24:00 | 10:08:56 | 10:32:39 | 11:03:58 | 12:31:48 | 9:19:44 |
| M50-54 | 240 | 10:02:09 | 11:01:53 | 11:13:04 | 11:39:19 | 12:58:00 | 9:20:58 |
| M55-59 | 98 | 9:52:39 | 11:29:00 | 11:51:31 | 12:13:12 | 13:05:30 | 9:52:39 |
| M60-64 | 48 | 10:27:32 | 10:58:51 | 11:16:17 | 11:54:46 | 14:19:43 | 10:27:32 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 10:44:09 | 10:44:09 | 11:52:22 | 12:54:23 | 13:42:47 | 10:44:09 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 682 | 9:13:32 | 10:19:24 | 11:00:28 | 11:49:17 | 13:25:38 | 8:52:49 |
| FPRO | 27 | 8:52:49 | 8:55:47 | 8:57:24 | 9:13:13 | 9:41:04 | 8:52:49 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 11:13:41 | 11:13:41 | 11:13:41 | 11:53:16 | 13:28:55 | 11:13:41 |
| F25-29 | 57 | 9:59:08 | 10:22:54 | 11:08:17 | 11:42:07 | 12:57:38 | 9:59:08 |
| F30-34 | 102 | 9:54:20 | 10:23:25 | 10:42:23 | 11:22:38 | 12:57:05 | 9:35:54 |
| F35-39 | 121 | 10:14:23 | 10:57:37 | 11:10:03 | 11:49:05 | 13:18:41 | 9:51:58 |
| F40-44 | 128 | 10:20:10 | 10:59:59 | 11:20:38 | 11:55:35 | 13:28:12 | 10:02:19 |
| F45-49 | 119 | 10:28:37 | 11:12:45 | 11:53:21 | 12:27:11 | 13:41:51 | 10:13:51 |
| F50-54 | 78 | 10:32:58 | 11:24:44 | 11:55:18 | 12:12:22 | 13:50:48 | 10:32:58 |
| F55-59 | 28 | 11:25:52 | 11:38:44 | 11:46:28 | 12:52:44 | 14:17:46 | 11:25:52 |
| F60-64 | 9 | 13:20:38 | 13:20:38 | 13:20:38 | 13:20:50 | 15:23:35 | 13:20:38 |
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.