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 | 821 | 8:54:20 | 9:45:22 | 10:17:42 | 10:53:34 | 12:14:07 | 8:06:16 |
| MPRO | 11 | 8:06:16 | 8:06:16 | 8:07:02 | 8:08:46 | 8:46:41 | 8:06:16 |
| M18-24 | 32 | 9:22:22 | 10:04:00 | 10:34:17 | 11:09:08 | 12:12:14 | 9:22:22 |
| M25-29 | 71 | 8:46:41 | 9:14:10 | 9:53:58 | 10:16:11 | 11:17:49 | 8:46:41 |
| M30-34 | 99 | 8:44:44 | 9:17:02 | 9:38:17 | 10:14:13 | 11:27:36 | 8:44:44 |
| M35-39 | 99 | 9:09:03 | 9:41:12 | 9:51:11 | 10:32:51 | 11:35:40 | 9:09:03 |
| M40-44 | 132 | 9:26:30 | 10:07:58 | 10:27:19 | 10:52:46 | 11:56:31 | 9:24:42 |
| M45-49 | 100 | 9:47:00 | 10:08:33 | 10:30:37 | 10:54:31 | 12:27:44 | 9:47:00 |
| M50-54 | 131 | 9:24:36 | 10:45:31 | 11:14:36 | 11:40:56 | 12:55:42 | 9:07:37 |
| M55-59 | 90 | 10:39:18 | 10:49:52 | 11:12:13 | 11:41:15 | 13:13:39 | 10:39:18 |
| M60-64 | 41 | 11:33:53 | 11:56:34 | 12:14:56 | 12:39:57 | 13:51:21 | 11:33:53 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 11:37:51 | 11:37:51 | 12:50:22 | 13:54:07 | 14:36:56 | 11:37:51 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 145 | 9:25:04 | 10:15:45 | 11:13:01 | 11:57:32 | 13:33:18 | 9:16:45 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:16:45 | 9:16:45 | 9:16:45 | 9:25:04 | 9:39:57 | 9:16:45 |
| F25-29 | 13 | 10:54:13 | 10:54:13 | 11:26:10 | 11:41:24 | 12:41:52 | 10:54:13 |
| F30-34 | 9 | 10:30:18 | 10:30:18 | 10:30:18 | 10:50:38 | 12:29:57 | 10:30:18 |
| F35-39 | 15 | 10:44:00 | 10:44:00 | 11:02:20 | 11:13:26 | 13:33:56 | 10:44:00 |
| F40-44 | 26 | 10:15:45 | 11:13:01 | 11:35:41 | 12:14:41 | 12:54:31 | 10:15:45 |
| F45-49 | 33 | 11:42:10 | 11:44:30 | 12:10:54 | 12:56:33 | 14:22:36 | 11:42:10 |
| F50-54 | 24 | 11:17:05 | 11:29:02 | 11:32:36 | 12:22:23 | 13:47:41 | 11:17:05 |
| F55-59 | 12 | 12:01:07 | 12:01:07 | 12:57:22 | 13:11:51 | 15:14:11 | 12:01:07 |
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.