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 | 1,576 | 8:55:04 | 9:32:57 | 9:52:27 | 10:22:08 | 11:26:47 | 8:14:37 |
| MPRO | 27 | 8:14:37 | 8:24:14 | 8:24:54 | 8:30:35 | 8:55:04 | 8:14:37 |
| M18-24 | 52 | 9:14:09 | 9:21:10 | 9:52:23 | 10:25:41 | 11:22:31 | 9:14:09 |
| M25-29 | 154 | 9:12:16 | 9:35:41 | 9:48:19 | 10:08:30 | 11:06:53 | 9:02:23 |
| M30-34 | 327 | 9:06:15 | 9:26:26 | 9:42:57 | 10:10:51 | 11:12:18 | 8:50:15 |
| M35-39 | 397 | 8:59:54 | 9:34:53 | 9:51:14 | 10:19:40 | 11:21:17 | 8:45:06 |
| M40-44 | 348 | 9:27:27 | 9:47:48 | 10:01:30 | 10:29:10 | 11:28:16 | 9:04:08 |
| M45-49 | 158 | 9:49:53 | 10:06:24 | 10:22:26 | 10:56:49 | 12:02:35 | 9:33:08 |
| M50-54 | 64 | 10:15:27 | 10:23:18 | 10:33:20 | 10:51:16 | 12:12:50 | 10:15:27 |
| M55-59 | 29 | 9:39:58 | 10:18:25 | 10:51:23 | 11:28:40 | 12:42:37 | 9:39:58 |
| M60-64 | 13 | 10:54:03 | 10:54:03 | 11:40:04 | 12:21:11 | 14:05:25 | 10:54:03 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 12:55:12 | 12:55:12 | 12:55:12 | 13:16:42 | 13:17:59 | 12:55:12 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 214 | 9:35:05 | 10:20:25 | 10:40:58 | 11:10:18 | 12:24:47 | 9:07:04 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:07:04 | 9:07:04 | 9:07:04 | 9:33:24 | 9:42:58 | 9:07:04 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 10:26:08 | 10:26:08 | 10:26:08 | 11:18:02 | 12:13:42 | 10:26:08 |
| F25-29 | 35 | 9:47:29 | 10:06:02 | 10:29:50 | 10:47:07 | 11:54:39 | 9:47:29 |
| F30-34 | 59 | 10:10:08 | 10:28:49 | 10:52:26 | 11:24:40 | 12:25:35 | 10:10:08 |
| F35-39 | 34 | 10:35:23 | 10:35:30 | 10:54:05 | 11:01:55 | 12:29:07 | 10:35:23 |
| F40-44 | 37 | 10:49:21 | 11:00:37 | 11:04:31 | 11:44:31 | 12:37:55 | 10:49:21 |
| F45-49 | 19 | 10:35:30 | 10:35:30 | 10:38:35 | 11:24:09 | 12:17:33 | 10:35:30 |
| F50-54 | 10 | 11:23:18 | 11:23:18 | 11:23:18 | 12:04:14 | 13:16:11 | 11:23:18 |
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.