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 | 1,197 | 9:11:11 | 9:46:26 | 10:05:18 | 10:38:01 | 11:46:47 | 8:31:33 |
| MPRO | 15 | 8:31:33 | 8:31:33 | 8:40:19 | 8:42:48 | 9:03:29 | 8:31:33 |
| M18-24 | 41 | 9:28:36 | 9:39:49 | 9:49:34 | 10:23:27 | 11:19:43 | 9:28:36 |
| M25-29 | 118 | 9:21:24 | 9:39:31 | 9:56:09 | 10:13:56 | 11:12:55 | 9:16:20 |
| M30-34 | 216 | 9:15:54 | 9:34:12 | 9:53:22 | 10:27:40 | 11:36:42 | 9:09:02 |
| M35-39 | 297 | 9:19:38 | 9:53:15 | 10:04:41 | 10:32:08 | 11:30:26 | 9:14:02 |
| M40-44 | 202 | 9:39:56 | 10:03:04 | 10:15:45 | 10:40:15 | 11:51:28 | 9:06:50 |
| M45-49 | 160 | 9:35:37 | 10:08:40 | 10:38:24 | 10:53:49 | 12:03:15 | 9:29:14 |
| M50-54 | 82 | 9:51:29 | 10:54:34 | 11:29:36 | 11:45:58 | 12:51:52 | 9:51:29 |
| M55-59 | 47 | 11:00:52 | 11:09:19 | 11:31:22 | 12:15:50 | 13:40:36 | 11:00:52 |
| M60-64 | 15 | 11:32:12 | 11:32:12 | 12:18:30 | 12:53:25 | 14:37:34 | 11:32:12 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 214 | 9:50:02 | 10:26:31 | 10:57:32 | 11:38:02 | 12:36:41 | 9:03:55 |
| FPRO | 9 | 9:03:55 | 9:03:55 | 9:03:55 | 9:09:12 | 10:00:49 | 9:03:55 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 10:48:03 | 10:48:03 | 10:48:03 | 10:50:56 | 12:35:25 | 10:48:03 |
| F25-29 | 29 | 10:23:17 | 10:40:39 | 10:53:36 | 11:01:15 | 12:09:32 | 10:23:17 |
| F30-34 | 46 | 9:50:02 | 10:56:49 | 11:15:10 | 11:31:31 | 12:14:56 | 9:50:02 |
| F35-39 | 39 | 10:37:28 | 10:55:34 | 11:23:13 | 11:52:24 | 12:35:44 | 10:37:28 |
| F40-44 | 41 | 10:31:23 | 11:49:57 | 11:59:38 | 12:25:40 | 13:31:18 | 10:31:23 |
| F45-49 | 24 | 10:51:33 | 11:24:39 | 11:52:50 | 12:07:39 | 13:12:08 | 10:51:33 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 11:36:14 | 11:36:14 | 12:31:31 | 12:41:41 | 14:14:25 | 11:36:14 |
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.