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 | 1,464 | 8:39:26 | 9:57:47 | 10:49:57 | 11:40:07 | 13:28:20 | 7:46:00 |
| MPRO | 26 | 7:46:00 | 7:49:48 | 7:51:25 | 8:13:20 | 8:30:43 | 7:46:00 |
| M18-24 | 41 | 9:20:03 | 9:54:31 | 10:15:31 | 11:46:05 | 13:22:57 | 9:20:03 |
| M25-29 | 138 | 9:05:53 | 9:39:47 | 10:17:54 | 11:12:29 | 12:47:31 | 8:50:06 |
| M30-34 | 182 | 8:50:39 | 9:42:20 | 10:21:07 | 11:10:24 | 12:55:00 | 8:50:06 |
| M35-39 | 200 | 9:13:37 | 9:36:00 | 10:16:40 | 11:24:01 | 13:31:20 | 9:04:16 |
| M40-44 | 212 | 9:57:58 | 10:18:04 | 11:05:17 | 11:46:26 | 13:27:21 | 9:23:56 |
| M45-49 | 241 | 9:48:58 | 10:45:15 | 11:15:08 | 11:54:05 | 13:24:14 | 9:22:30 |
| M50-54 | 229 | 10:10:32 | 10:44:47 | 11:34:44 | 12:24:08 | 13:59:57 | 9:52:15 |
| M55-59 | 119 | 10:55:59 | 11:43:55 | 12:09:42 | 12:31:44 | 14:06:35 | 10:25:16 |
| M60-64 | 60 | 11:27:43 | 11:56:06 | 12:25:45 | 13:11:35 | 14:47:06 | 11:27:43 |
| M65-69 | 11 | 11:36:31 | 11:36:31 | 12:45:29 | 13:14:40 | 14:30:44 | 11:36:31 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 528 | 9:26:34 | 10:37:10 | 11:20:13 | 12:07:40 | 13:55:40 | 8:42:38 |
| FPRO | 16 | 8:42:38 | 8:42:38 | 8:47:28 | 9:06:26 | 9:32:25 | 8:42:38 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 11:29:06 | 11:29:06 | 11:29:06 | 11:38:10 | 13:05:31 | 11:29:06 |
| F25-29 | 43 | 10:26:44 | 10:53:22 | 11:36:05 | 11:56:41 | 13:31:30 | 10:26:44 |
| F30-34 | 70 | 9:59:10 | 10:57:26 | 11:10:22 | 12:05:54 | 14:00:01 | 9:59:10 |
| F35-39 | 72 | 9:30:26 | 10:33:33 | 11:24:05 | 12:07:40 | 13:25:09 | 9:30:26 |
| F40-44 | 88 | 10:13:08 | 10:49:35 | 11:13:17 | 11:33:00 | 13:19:00 | 10:13:08 |
| F45-49 | 83 | 10:28:30 | 11:06:50 | 11:41:20 | 12:30:17 | 13:40:23 | 10:28:30 |
| F50-54 | 73 | 10:43:23 | 11:36:53 | 11:58:09 | 12:33:50 | 14:11:37 | 10:43:23 |
| F55-59 | 44 | 12:01:13 | 12:31:47 | 12:49:27 | 13:16:02 | 14:24:16 | 12:01:13 |
| F60-64 | 18 | 13:32:55 | 13:32:55 | 13:45:20 | 14:37:56 | 15:01:19 | 13:32:55 |
| F65-69 | 9 | 14:21:47 | 14:21:47 | 14:21:47 | 14:25:24 | 16:06:51 | 14:21:47 |
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.