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 | 1,772 | 8:51:03 | 9:30:51 | 9:53:16 | 10:23:27 | 11:27:55 | 8:01:38 |
| MPRO | 26 | 8:01:38 | 8:14:18 | 8:17:06 | 8:28:53 | 8:43:20 | 8:01:38 |
| M18-24 | 30 | 9:08:05 | 9:28:26 | 9:37:30 | 9:52:19 | 10:47:06 | 9:08:05 |
| M25-29 | 153 | 9:02:48 | 9:23:22 | 9:40:47 | 10:09:15 | 11:03:02 | 8:43:09 |
| M30-34 | 325 | 9:11:07 | 9:29:04 | 9:42:52 | 10:15:03 | 11:07:16 | 8:50:14 |
| M35-39 | 372 | 9:09:05 | 9:31:59 | 9:49:55 | 10:16:59 | 11:18:54 | 8:49:45 |
| M40-44 | 431 | 9:21:50 | 9:43:21 | 10:06:16 | 10:34:57 | 11:32:19 | 9:11:12 |
| M45-49 | 252 | 9:38:14 | 10:00:41 | 10:18:59 | 10:43:27 | 11:49:05 | 9:21:48 |
| M50-54 | 128 | 9:38:26 | 10:15:25 | 10:38:09 | 11:04:32 | 12:06:45 | 9:26:13 |
| M55-59 | 43 | 10:19:50 | 10:42:20 | 10:58:12 | 11:29:28 | 12:30:45 | 10:19:50 |
| M60-64 | 7 | 11:11:12 | 11:11:12 | 11:11:12 | 11:47:48 | 13:32:20 | 11:11:12 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 254 | 9:07:24 | 9:59:05 | 10:22:39 | 11:05:39 | 12:18:02 | 8:50:13 |
| FPRO | 11 | 8:50:13 | 8:50:13 | 8:59:45 | 9:07:24 | 9:38:56 | 8:50:13 |
| F25-29 | 35 | 9:52:01 | 9:59:05 | 10:09:55 | 10:18:09 | 11:38:29 | 9:52:01 |
| F30-34 | 48 | 9:48:41 | 10:14:28 | 10:20:05 | 11:05:43 | 11:57:58 | 9:48:41 |
| F35-39 | 48 | 9:39:01 | 10:39:58 | 10:55:51 | 11:24:54 | 12:39:34 | 9:39:01 |
| F40-44 | 55 | 10:13:49 | 10:29:19 | 10:41:34 | 11:26:32 | 12:33:23 | 10:13:49 |
| F45-49 | 38 | 10:42:58 | 10:58:57 | 11:12:47 | 11:35:26 | 13:14:32 | 10:42:58 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 10:47:43 | 10:47:43 | 11:29:58 | 12:04:54 | 12:56:14 | 10:47:43 |
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.