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 | 877 | 8:49:09 | 9:43:40 | 10:05:12 | 10:44:05 | 12:14:32 | 8:15:14 |
| MPRO | 9 | 8:15:14 | 8:15:14 | 8:15:14 | 8:26:14 | 8:40:20 | 8:15:14 |
| M18-24 | 20 | 9:42:56 | 9:42:56 | 9:47:52 | 10:22:31 | 11:10:26 | 9:42:56 |
| M25-29 | 65 | 9:02:29 | 9:39:04 | 9:44:36 | 10:00:47 | 11:18:49 | 9:02:29 |
| M30-34 | 104 | 9:11:39 | 9:38:42 | 9:45:32 | 10:15:15 | 11:30:28 | 8:49:09 |
| M35-39 | 119 | 8:39:10 | 9:24:50 | 9:48:55 | 10:15:02 | 11:19:27 | 8:38:23 |
| M40-44 | 144 | 9:06:09 | 9:39:37 | 9:53:24 | 10:32:03 | 11:49:23 | 9:04:29 |
| M45-49 | 137 | 9:38:17 | 9:57:00 | 10:21:52 | 10:46:34 | 12:11:34 | 9:13:05 |
| M50-54 | 139 | 9:54:19 | 10:27:17 | 10:47:39 | 11:45:33 | 12:59:33 | 9:48:48 |
| M55-59 | 82 | 10:17:24 | 10:32:19 | 11:03:40 | 11:57:09 | 13:31:31 | 10:17:24 |
| M60-64 | 41 | 10:40:39 | 11:32:02 | 11:53:47 | 12:56:11 | 13:56:45 | 10:40:39 |
| M65-69 | 13 | 12:44:32 | 12:44:32 | 12:46:18 | 13:24:16 | 15:43:22 | 12:44:32 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 179 | 9:07:11 | 10:21:07 | 10:54:28 | 11:53:07 | 13:24:45 | 9:06:04 |
| FPRO | 6 | 9:06:04 | 9:06:04 | 9:06:04 | 9:07:11 | 9:30:48 | 9:06:04 |
| F25-29 | 13 | 10:41:32 | 10:41:32 | 10:54:28 | 11:42:36 | 13:15:49 | 10:41:32 |
| F30-34 | 20 | 10:16:52 | 10:16:52 | 10:21:07 | 10:51:32 | 12:36:52 | 10:16:52 |
| F35-39 | 23 | 10:08:12 | 10:32:32 | 11:08:15 | 11:26:07 | 13:10:31 | 10:08:12 |
| F40-44 | 36 | 10:10:46 | 10:47:17 | 11:15:08 | 11:50:53 | 13:05:14 | 10:10:46 |
| F45-49 | 33 | 10:36:08 | 11:47:29 | 12:13:59 | 13:11:53 | 14:26:56 | 10:36:08 |
| F50-54 | 27 | 10:38:50 | 11:02:24 | 11:17:12 | 11:58:07 | 13:30:08 | 10:38:50 |
| F55-59 | 12 | 11:59:59 | 11:59:59 | 12:51:33 | 13:22:57 | 14:11:03 | 11:59:59 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 12:35:25 | 12:35:25 | 12:35:25 | 12:35:25 | 13:32:55 | 12:35:25 |
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.