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 | 1,140 | 9:02:39 | 9:34:10 | 9:53:25 | 10:19:54 | 11:26:02 | 8:25:44 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:25:44 | 8:25:44 | 8:31:16 | 8:39:46 | 8:59:43 | 8:25:44 |
| M18-24 | 40 | 9:08:06 | 9:16:19 | 9:36:03 | 10:10:44 | 11:01:16 | 9:08:06 |
| M25-29 | 120 | 9:12:32 | 9:25:36 | 9:33:07 | 9:50:53 | 10:47:06 | 9:00:09 |
| M30-34 | 275 | 9:12:13 | 9:31:34 | 9:43:19 | 10:05:18 | 10:55:54 | 9:02:39 |
| M35-39 | 237 | 9:22:29 | 9:41:31 | 9:58:23 | 10:20:34 | 11:18:40 | 9:09:49 |
| M40-44 | 204 | 9:27:09 | 9:58:11 | 10:11:59 | 10:36:59 | 11:41:43 | 9:03:27 |
| M45-49 | 114 | 9:35:13 | 9:58:00 | 10:24:16 | 10:42:19 | 12:12:10 | 9:29:59 |
| M50-54 | 80 | 9:56:17 | 10:12:19 | 10:29:28 | 11:07:52 | 12:16:07 | 9:56:17 |
| M55-59 | 37 | 10:15:03 | 10:39:35 | 11:24:31 | 11:51:52 | 12:43:01 | 10:15:03 |
| M60-64 | 11 | 11:52:00 | 11:52:00 | 12:03:41 | 12:42:48 | 13:30:33 | 11:52:00 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 224 | 9:27:17 | 10:21:16 | 10:45:42 | 11:11:14 | 12:10:58 | 9:13:20 |
| FPRO | 11 | 9:13:20 | 9:13:20 | 9:25:40 | 9:27:17 | 9:48:48 | 9:13:20 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 11:29:41 | 11:29:41 | 11:29:41 | 11:29:41 | 11:40:05 | 11:29:41 |
| F25-29 | 44 | 10:13:42 | 10:27:28 | 10:39:38 | 11:09:05 | 11:58:12 | 10:13:42 |
| F30-34 | 63 | 10:16:13 | 10:44:23 | 10:51:26 | 11:09:59 | 12:02:41 | 10:16:13 |
| F35-39 | 26 | 10:22:45 | 10:44:32 | 10:54:59 | 11:26:30 | 11:55:43 | 10:22:45 |
| F40-44 | 36 | 10:21:16 | 10:43:30 | 10:49:11 | 11:23:57 | 12:24:52 | 10:21:16 |
| F45-49 | 22 | 10:42:56 | 10:53:39 | 11:37:00 | 11:53:10 | 12:34:18 | 10:42:56 |
| F50-54 | 14 | 10:47:14 | 10:47:14 | 11:34:53 | 12:17:25 | 12:41:08 | 10:47:14 |
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.