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 | 1,238 | 9:02:31 | 9:53:16 | 10:15:59 | 10:44:57 | 12:04:44 | 8:35:18 |
| MPRO | 8 | 8:35:18 | 8:35:18 | 8:35:18 | 8:37:47 | 8:44:43 | 8:35:18 |
| M18-24 | 28 | 10:10:31 | 10:25:54 | 11:10:04 | 11:54:36 | 12:44:55 | 10:10:31 |
| M25-29 | 73 | 9:05:56 | 9:44:14 | 9:57:30 | 10:21:30 | 11:47:09 | 9:05:56 |
| M30-34 | 151 | 8:55:02 | 9:37:50 | 9:53:10 | 10:20:28 | 11:32:47 | 8:43:01 |
| M35-39 | 222 | 9:07:45 | 9:39:30 | 10:00:22 | 10:33:08 | 11:41:18 | 8:55:35 |
| M40-44 | 285 | 9:30:55 | 9:57:55 | 10:17:28 | 10:39:21 | 11:46:52 | 9:00:30 |
| M45-49 | 216 | 9:41:39 | 10:09:24 | 10:26:13 | 11:01:41 | 12:12:34 | 9:34:58 |
| M50-54 | 136 | 9:55:03 | 10:19:36 | 10:54:44 | 11:24:20 | 12:30:19 | 9:51:38 |
| M55-59 | 71 | 9:31:17 | 10:29:55 | 11:38:59 | 12:11:57 | 13:31:04 | 9:31:17 |
| M60-64 | 35 | 11:04:34 | 11:32:29 | 12:07:49 | 12:37:58 | 13:56:32 | 11:04:34 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 11:15:47 | 11:15:47 | 11:15:47 | 12:33:11 | 13:26:55 | 11:15:47 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 213 | 9:32:53 | 10:24:57 | 10:46:36 | 11:16:31 | 12:46:15 | 9:28:43 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:28:43 | 9:28:43 | 9:28:43 | 9:30:50 | 9:43:38 | 9:28:43 |
| F25-29 | 15 | 10:22:29 | 10:22:29 | 10:47:47 | 11:16:39 | 12:58:42 | 10:22:29 |
| F30-34 | 35 | 10:08:04 | 10:13:22 | 10:29:06 | 10:46:11 | 12:18:24 | 10:08:04 |
| F35-39 | 38 | 10:33:11 | 10:44:32 | 10:56:12 | 11:10:44 | 12:23:36 | 10:33:11 |
| F40-44 | 51 | 10:19:18 | 10:46:36 | 11:00:04 | 11:44:18 | 12:44:37 | 10:19:18 |
| F45-49 | 35 | 10:38:35 | 10:58:51 | 11:14:35 | 11:40:21 | 13:35:27 | 10:38:35 |
| F50-54 | 15 | 11:20:49 | 11:20:49 | 11:24:27 | 11:25:49 | 13:27:16 | 11:20:49 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 12:03:40 | 12:03:40 | 12:11:18 | 13:05:58 | 14:40:31 | 12:03:40 |
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.