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 | 1,595 | 8:48:14 | 9:52:55 | 10:40:46 | 11:26:53 | 13:08:52 | 8:04:24 |
| MPRO | 25 | 8:04:24 | 8:08:41 | 8:09:53 | 8:15:46 | 8:40:00 | 8:04:24 |
| M18-24 | 19 | 10:13:05 | 10:13:05 | 10:20:29 | 11:18:45 | 12:08:49 | 10:13:05 |
| M25-29 | 63 | 8:57:55 | 9:26:15 | 9:39:31 | 10:54:20 | 12:39:10 | 8:57:55 |
| M30-34 | 134 | 9:34:51 | 9:56:30 | 10:44:31 | 11:10:52 | 12:30:03 | 8:46:38 |
| M35-39 | 228 | 9:00:50 | 9:39:37 | 9:55:25 | 10:46:49 | 12:11:12 | 8:48:42 |
| M40-44 | 297 | 9:29:05 | 10:16:27 | 10:45:55 | 11:30:52 | 13:05:40 | 9:00:49 |
| M45-49 | 341 | 9:29:45 | 10:20:00 | 10:53:56 | 11:32:46 | 13:03:49 | 9:10:10 |
| M50-54 | 249 | 9:53:36 | 10:49:04 | 11:39:27 | 12:17:11 | 13:37:38 | 9:52:43 |
| M55-59 | 151 | 10:35:07 | 11:09:02 | 11:35:26 | 12:39:23 | 13:54:09 | 10:15:16 |
| M60-64 | 57 | 10:46:55 | 11:03:51 | 11:55:44 | 12:37:06 | 14:10:54 | 10:46:55 |
| M65-69 | 19 | 11:47:07 | 11:47:07 | 11:52:05 | 12:45:35 | 14:35:05 | 11:47:07 |
| MPC | 7 | 10:57:17 | 10:57:17 | 10:57:17 | 10:57:17 | 13:11:27 | 10:57:17 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 642 | 9:27:12 | 10:48:28 | 11:30:50 | 12:27:22 | 14:08:15 | 8:39:18 |
| FPRO | 13 | 8:39:18 | 8:39:18 | 8:44:13 | 8:51:29 | 9:27:12 | 8:39:18 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 10:38:57 | 10:38:57 | 11:10:31 | 11:25:57 | 13:53:50 | 10:38:57 |
| F25-29 | 42 | 10:37:17 | 10:53:36 | 10:58:33 | 11:39:55 | 13:56:07 | 10:37:17 |
| F30-34 | 76 | 9:51:54 | 10:20:39 | 11:07:54 | 11:30:53 | 13:31:20 | 9:51:54 |
| F35-39 | 111 | 10:26:58 | 10:47:11 | 11:20:54 | 11:59:03 | 13:41:40 | 10:19:09 |
| F40-44 | 114 | 10:26:41 | 11:07:23 | 12:05:21 | 12:32:36 | 13:52:22 | 10:17:38 |
| F45-49 | 121 | 10:21:11 | 11:47:37 | 12:22:47 | 13:07:28 | 14:27:21 | 10:13:25 |
| F50-54 | 96 | 11:03:13 | 11:47:58 | 12:13:39 | 13:10:35 | 14:27:00 | 11:03:13 |
| F55-59 | 41 | 12:13:39 | 12:17:14 | 12:38:48 | 13:12:04 | 14:48:28 | 12:13:39 |
| F60-64 | 14 | 13:01:25 | 13:01:25 | 13:15:00 | 13:30:57 | 15:05:08 | 13:01:25 |
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.