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 | 1,555 | 8:57:52 | 10:11:32 | 10:54:11 | 11:41:37 | 13:21:19 | 7:54:10 |
| MPRO | 18 | 7:54:10 | 7:54:10 | 8:07:40 | 8:19:41 | 8:44:09 | 7:54:10 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 9:08:50 | 9:08:50 | 10:11:08 | 10:50:59 | 12:47:33 | 9:08:50 |
| M25-29 | 56 | 9:06:53 | 9:54:08 | 10:21:37 | 11:06:10 | 12:41:39 | 9:06:53 |
| M30-34 | 145 | 8:52:22 | 9:38:41 | 10:05:26 | 10:49:29 | 12:36:32 | 8:43:55 |
| M35-39 | 216 | 9:28:36 | 9:55:53 | 10:21:42 | 11:14:36 | 12:44:12 | 8:57:58 |
| M40-44 | 289 | 9:45:10 | 10:27:36 | 11:13:52 | 11:43:41 | 12:58:09 | 9:11:38 |
| M45-49 | 333 | 9:40:06 | 10:19:14 | 10:58:23 | 11:44:43 | 13:27:20 | 9:21:29 |
| M50-54 | 239 | 10:04:11 | 11:20:52 | 11:41:34 | 12:15:31 | 13:30:44 | 9:49:20 |
| M55-59 | 151 | 10:14:32 | 11:14:22 | 11:56:56 | 12:50:07 | 14:12:02 | 9:55:37 |
| M60-64 | 67 | 10:26:36 | 12:02:47 | 12:22:32 | 13:30:25 | 14:57:39 | 10:26:36 |
| M65-69 | 18 | 12:39:49 | 12:39:49 | 13:27:55 | 14:16:41 | 14:56:56 | 12:39:49 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 676 | 9:32:09 | 10:45:25 | 11:42:41 | 12:32:50 | 14:22:18 | 8:51:54 |
| FPRO | 18 | 8:51:54 | 8:51:54 | 8:55:35 | 9:04:42 | 9:37:26 | 8:51:54 |
| F25-29 | 37 | 10:21:32 | 10:28:07 | 11:48:05 | 12:21:51 | 14:03:24 | 10:21:32 |
| F30-34 | 76 | 9:42:56 | 10:24:28 | 10:55:06 | 12:09:40 | 14:25:17 | 9:42:56 |
| F35-39 | 113 | 10:18:59 | 10:50:43 | 11:36:57 | 12:08:30 | 13:40:42 | 9:45:20 |
| F40-44 | 133 | 10:17:41 | 10:57:07 | 12:02:07 | 12:32:10 | 14:22:23 | 10:05:34 |
| F45-49 | 122 | 10:20:26 | 11:38:25 | 12:10:56 | 12:53:59 | 14:30:31 | 10:18:34 |
| F50-54 | 99 | 10:54:09 | 11:56:32 | 12:16:21 | 13:23:37 | 14:34:16 | 10:54:09 |
| F55-59 | 52 | 11:50:06 | 12:27:39 | 13:04:21 | 13:51:15 | 15:07:40 | 11:50:06 |
| F60-64 | 15 | 12:22:47 | 12:22:47 | 13:08:17 | 13:55:09 | 15:41:38 | 12:22:47 |
| F65-69 | 6 | 13:28:43 | 13:28:43 | 13:28:43 | 14:08:16 | 15:31:35 | 13:28:43 |
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.