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 | 1,135 | 9:18:57 | 9:56:22 | 10:20:37 | 10:53:45 | 12:12:23 | 8:35:53 |
| MPRO | 12 | 8:35:53 | 8:35:53 | 8:38:34 | 8:49:39 | 9:02:08 | 8:35:53 |
| M18-24 | 23 | 9:46:59 | 10:11:07 | 10:11:08 | 10:26:29 | 12:15:51 | 9:46:59 |
| M25-29 | 53 | 9:22:56 | 9:35:27 | 9:59:02 | 10:50:18 | 11:52:37 | 9:22:56 |
| M30-34 | 110 | 9:28:43 | 9:47:07 | 10:06:57 | 10:37:51 | 11:39:56 | 9:28:08 |
| M35-39 | 179 | 9:16:14 | 9:48:07 | 10:19:02 | 10:37:06 | 11:26:35 | 9:15:18 |
| M40-44 | 257 | 9:24:12 | 9:56:04 | 10:11:29 | 10:47:27 | 11:58:15 | 9:09:27 |
| M45-49 | 223 | 9:36:22 | 10:12:19 | 10:37:13 | 11:19:31 | 12:23:00 | 9:29:01 |
| M50-54 | 148 | 10:06:55 | 10:36:00 | 10:47:58 | 11:28:14 | 12:40:52 | 9:56:18 |
| M55-59 | 82 | 10:02:46 | 11:00:46 | 11:12:03 | 12:01:43 | 13:13:50 | 10:02:46 |
| M60-64 | 37 | 11:42:49 | 11:54:00 | 12:15:05 | 13:07:20 | 14:07:03 | 11:42:49 |
| M65-69 | 9 | 12:07:31 | 12:07:31 | 12:07:31 | 12:39:20 | 15:43:00 | 12:07:31 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 247 | 9:50:51 | 10:24:49 | 10:50:56 | 11:35:53 | 12:41:59 | 9:38:24 |
| FPRO | 6 | 9:38:24 | 9:38:24 | 9:38:24 | 9:42:18 | 9:50:51 | 9:38:24 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 10:48:53 | 10:48:53 | 10:48:53 | 12:01:42 | 12:48:16 | 10:48:53 |
| F25-29 | 10 | 11:46:05 | 11:46:05 | 11:46:05 | 12:01:15 | 13:44:44 | 11:46:05 |
| F30-34 | 41 | 10:04:02 | 10:06:36 | 10:21:31 | 10:45:18 | 11:47:50 | 10:04:02 |
| F35-39 | 41 | 10:12:44 | 10:44:59 | 11:08:09 | 11:18:02 | 12:19:13 | 10:12:44 |
| F40-44 | 60 | 10:31:30 | 10:50:56 | 11:21:50 | 11:53:34 | 12:43:00 | 10:31:30 |
| F45-49 | 36 | 10:36:23 | 10:44:46 | 11:24:10 | 11:57:03 | 13:05:07 | 10:36:23 |
| F50-54 | 28 | 10:57:07 | 11:15:01 | 11:34:07 | 12:26:18 | 13:38:59 | 10:57:07 |
| F55-59 | 12 | 11:34:15 | 11:34:15 | 11:48:09 | 12:08:20 | 14:51:41 | 11:34:15 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 12:32:24 | 12:32:24 | 12:32:24 | 14:06:11 | 14:20:31 | 12:32:24 |
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.