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 | 1,731 | 8:57:48 | 9:37:48 | 9:58:51 | 10:28:14 | 11:36:43 | 8:04:40 |
| MPRO | 19 | 8:06:39 | 8:06:39 | 8:19:58 | 8:27:35 | 8:39:22 | 8:06:39 |
| M18-24 | 32 | 8:54:53 | 9:34:54 | 10:18:26 | 10:39:19 | 11:36:05 | 8:54:53 |
| M25-29 | 161 | 9:06:59 | 9:25:44 | 9:46:15 | 10:13:12 | 11:13:50 | 8:59:14 |
| M30-34 | 331 | 9:00:52 | 9:29:22 | 9:46:51 | 10:09:02 | 11:05:47 | 8:41:44 |
| M35-39 | 426 | 9:15:25 | 9:47:11 | 10:07:52 | 10:29:45 | 11:32:48 | 8:56:44 |
| M40-44 | 419 | 9:24:40 | 9:50:12 | 10:05:37 | 10:35:10 | 11:46:09 | 8:04:40 |
| M45-49 | 209 | 9:31:21 | 10:19:17 | 10:41:18 | 11:07:37 | 12:13:25 | 9:26:40 |
| M50-54 | 83 | 9:39:13 | 10:24:18 | 10:34:09 | 11:27:09 | 12:41:21 | 9:39:13 |
| M55-59 | 33 | 10:03:22 | 10:18:18 | 11:05:54 | 11:19:55 | 12:45:22 | 10:03:22 |
| M60-64 | 10 | 11:19:16 | 11:19:16 | 11:19:16 | 11:35:03 | 12:46:03 | 11:19:16 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 12:17:09 | 12:17:09 | 12:17:09 | 12:18:32 | 13:07:06 | 12:17:09 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 280 | 9:15:55 | 10:05:28 | 10:48:37 | 11:25:10 | 12:37:11 | 9:08:47 |
| FPRO | 13 | 9:08:47 | 9:08:47 | 9:09:33 | 9:15:55 | 9:48:22 | 9:08:47 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 10:01:19 | 10:01:19 | 10:01:19 | 10:42:18 | 12:57:30 | 10:01:19 |
| F25-29 | 42 | 9:58:51 | 10:16:59 | 10:31:33 | 11:05:01 | 12:15:20 | 9:58:51 |
| F30-34 | 66 | 10:15:43 | 10:32:57 | 10:49:05 | 11:10:24 | 12:07:39 | 10:15:43 |
| F35-39 | 62 | 9:52:09 | 11:01:09 | 11:12:23 | 11:46:35 | 12:53:11 | 9:52:09 |
| F40-44 | 49 | 9:51:20 | 11:01:49 | 11:49:22 | 12:07:36 | 13:17:10 | 9:51:20 |
| F45-49 | 30 | 11:09:46 | 11:12:57 | 11:39:03 | 11:55:59 | 13:37:50 | 11:09:46 |
| F50-54 | 10 | 11:25:12 | 11:25:12 | 11:25:12 | 12:14:09 | 14:09:15 | 11:25:12 |
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.