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 | 1,143 | 9:28:54 | 9:59:10 | 10:19:55 | 10:51:44 | 12:09:29 | 8:30:23 |
| MPRO | 6 | 8:30:23 | 8:30:23 | 8:30:23 | 8:42:58 | 9:03:30 | 8:30:23 |
| M18-24 | 27 | 10:07:28 | 10:15:33 | 10:23:31 | 10:51:44 | 12:10:15 | 10:07:28 |
| M25-29 | 51 | 9:36:04 | 9:45:11 | 10:07:52 | 10:15:51 | 11:18:00 | 9:36:04 |
| M30-34 | 153 | 9:41:07 | 9:56:21 | 10:14:54 | 10:29:31 | 11:17:20 | 9:35:43 |
| M35-39 | 188 | 9:19:24 | 9:47:11 | 9:58:42 | 10:29:29 | 11:40:51 | 9:16:45 |
| M40-44 | 302 | 9:29:18 | 9:59:10 | 10:12:22 | 10:45:20 | 11:56:57 | 9:09:24 |
| M45-49 | 168 | 9:52:27 | 10:20:34 | 10:36:25 | 11:12:45 | 12:27:55 | 9:25:42 |
| M50-54 | 127 | 10:12:34 | 10:41:11 | 11:08:39 | 11:28:26 | 12:43:32 | 9:59:14 |
| M55-59 | 72 | 9:55:08 | 10:42:36 | 10:55:58 | 12:11:22 | 13:19:44 | 9:55:08 |
| M60-64 | 37 | 11:03:12 | 11:13:28 | 11:51:17 | 12:21:28 | 13:49:22 | 11:03:12 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 11:21:48 | 11:21:48 | 11:21:48 | 13:17:24 | 15:05:26 | 11:21:48 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 13:10:47 | 13:10:47 | 13:10:47 | 13:10:47 | 14:38:20 | 13:10:47 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 210 | 9:50:46 | 10:43:32 | 10:55:15 | 11:25:49 | 12:56:18 | 9:34:55 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 11:03:27 | 11:03:27 | 11:03:27 | 11:03:27 | 12:05:04 | 11:03:27 |
| F25-29 | 15 | 10:12:01 | 10:12:01 | 10:46:13 | 10:54:48 | 12:11:44 | 10:12:01 |
| F30-34 | 38 | 10:17:45 | 10:23:37 | 10:46:49 | 11:09:23 | 12:22:53 | 10:17:45 |
| F35-39 | 48 | 9:50:46 | 10:37:11 | 10:45:28 | 11:09:43 | 12:12:55 | 9:50:46 |
| F40-44 | 40 | 10:44:57 | 10:55:08 | 10:57:12 | 11:24:26 | 12:37:21 | 10:44:57 |
| F45-49 | 38 | 10:52:14 | 11:23:37 | 11:32:49 | 12:23:45 | 13:30:52 | 10:52:14 |
| F50-54 | 15 | 12:25:18 | 12:25:18 | 12:30:13 | 12:40:39 | 14:09:47 | 12:25:18 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 11:53:45 | 11:53:45 | 11:53:45 | 13:09:50 | 13:12:36 | 11:53:45 |
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.