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 | 1,048 | 9:09:38 | 9:51:44 | 10:15:59 | 10:49:15 | 12:13:20 | 8:16:34 |
| MPRO | 13 | 8:16:34 | 8:16:34 | 8:22:18 | 8:23:22 | 8:38:56 | 8:16:34 |
| M18-24 | 20 | 10:03:26 | 10:03:26 | 10:23:42 | 10:25:36 | 12:08:45 | 10:03:26 |
| M25-29 | 59 | 9:10:32 | 9:18:57 | 9:32:36 | 9:55:16 | 11:58:15 | 9:10:32 |
| M30-34 | 109 | 9:28:03 | 9:35:15 | 9:51:44 | 10:27:52 | 11:56:25 | 9:05:38 |
| M35-39 | 169 | 9:15:00 | 9:52:29 | 10:02:16 | 10:23:35 | 11:32:50 | 9:09:38 |
| M40-44 | 213 | 9:37:56 | 9:52:41 | 10:14:32 | 10:50:54 | 11:51:07 | 9:22:45 |
| M45-49 | 211 | 9:32:53 | 10:19:24 | 10:41:50 | 11:16:58 | 12:28:51 | 9:27:38 |
| M50-54 | 129 | 9:53:57 | 10:11:27 | 10:41:37 | 11:21:51 | 12:42:44 | 9:52:20 |
| M55-59 | 69 | 10:17:56 | 10:39:18 | 10:49:28 | 11:30:16 | 13:06:42 | 10:17:56 |
| M60-64 | 37 | 10:33:21 | 11:04:35 | 11:30:52 | 12:10:22 | 13:57:42 | 10:33:21 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 11:52:46 | 11:52:46 | 11:53:28 | 12:40:51 | 15:14:24 | 11:52:46 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 245 | 9:56:54 | 10:32:44 | 10:52:28 | 11:44:30 | 13:08:51 | 9:13:34 |
| FPRO | 9 | 9:13:34 | 9:13:34 | 9:13:34 | 9:42:16 | 10:12:00 | 9:13:34 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 10:50:26 | 10:50:26 | 10:50:26 | 10:55:02 | 13:33:39 | 10:50:26 |
| F25-29 | 23 | 10:54:38 | 11:15:47 | 11:20:52 | 11:42:36 | 12:33:45 | 10:54:38 |
| F30-34 | 38 | 10:07:41 | 10:12:19 | 10:22:48 | 10:52:28 | 12:35:10 | 10:07:41 |
| F35-39 | 30 | 10:23:55 | 10:32:44 | 10:42:26 | 10:59:37 | 12:58:52 | 10:23:55 |
| F40-44 | 48 | 10:06:06 | 10:54:33 | 11:17:14 | 12:02:29 | 12:53:28 | 10:06:06 |
| F45-49 | 39 | 10:50:10 | 10:53:01 | 11:16:24 | 11:53:19 | 13:10:13 | 10:50:10 |
| F50-54 | 28 | 11:12:16 | 11:31:49 | 11:32:49 | 12:18:14 | 13:38:19 | 11:12:16 |
| F55-59 | 15 | 12:31:24 | 12:31:24 | 12:32:46 | 12:42:25 | 13:24:38 | 12:31:24 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 14:30:26 | 14:30:26 | 14:30:26 | 14:30:26 | 15:28:51 | 14:30:26 |
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.