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 | 1,529 | 8:37:24 | 9:32:57 | 10:15:58 | 11:03:35 | 12:36:17 | 7:44:29 |
| MPRO | 39 | 7:44:29 | 7:50:15 | 8:04:29 | 8:17:57 | 8:41:48 | 7:44:29 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 10:07:16 | 10:07:16 | 10:29:16 | 11:03:33 | 12:41:21 | 10:07:16 |
| M25-29 | 60 | 9:35:44 | 9:44:55 | 10:14:01 | 10:46:39 | 11:51:56 | 9:35:44 |
| M30-34 | 160 | 8:55:31 | 9:09:31 | 9:38:57 | 10:28:12 | 12:18:29 | 8:43:52 |
| M35-39 | 224 | 9:02:56 | 9:46:08 | 10:22:36 | 10:53:52 | 12:28:36 | 8:50:53 |
| M40-44 | 325 | 9:08:42 | 9:49:50 | 10:17:44 | 11:01:14 | 12:24:19 | 8:48:51 |
| M45-49 | 334 | 9:30:28 | 10:07:57 | 10:37:45 | 11:25:41 | 12:36:33 | 9:06:03 |
| M50-54 | 202 | 9:46:11 | 10:30:24 | 10:53:32 | 11:32:45 | 13:09:50 | 9:32:57 |
| M55-59 | 130 | 9:46:47 | 10:53:48 | 11:20:44 | 12:08:46 | 13:55:48 | 9:45:57 |
| M60-64 | 25 | 10:27:49 | 10:53:46 | 11:13:45 | 11:33:50 | 13:51:36 | 10:27:49 |
| M65-69 | 13 | 11:27:51 | 11:27:51 | 13:13:11 | 13:15:49 | 14:01:25 | 11:27:51 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 668 | 9:17:34 | 10:17:59 | 10:56:57 | 11:50:37 | 13:41:40 | 8:48:23 |
| FPRO | 24 | 8:48:23 | 8:51:27 | 8:57:22 | 9:10:41 | 9:36:48 | 8:48:23 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 10:37:20 | 10:37:20 | 11:02:28 | 11:25:35 | 13:26:38 | 10:37:20 |
| F25-29 | 38 | 10:15:03 | 10:30:38 | 10:44:27 | 11:46:04 | 13:03:47 | 10:15:03 |
| F30-34 | 61 | 10:04:18 | 10:38:26 | 11:04:00 | 11:23:40 | 12:50:26 | 10:04:18 |
| F35-39 | 104 | 9:54:54 | 10:22:17 | 10:43:01 | 11:44:17 | 13:05:15 | 9:46:30 |
| F40-44 | 140 | 10:11:44 | 10:29:03 | 10:57:22 | 11:49:31 | 13:21:32 | 9:52:57 |
| F45-49 | 129 | 10:35:22 | 11:21:19 | 11:50:47 | 12:30:17 | 13:59:24 | 9:56:34 |
| F50-54 | 100 | 10:56:23 | 11:23:46 | 11:53:20 | 12:51:29 | 14:27:46 | 10:56:23 |
| F55-59 | 38 | 10:55:11 | 11:08:51 | 12:21:10 | 13:37:06 | 15:15:41 | 10:55:11 |
| F60-64 | 19 | 11:52:39 | 11:52:39 | 12:26:15 | 13:54:00 | 14:51:45 | 11:52:39 |
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.