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 | 2,114 | 8:43:09 | 9:20:17 | 9:47:22 | 10:15:02 | 11:23:10 | 7:48:43 |
| MPRO | 42 | 7:48:43 | 8:02:54 | 8:12:57 | 8:19:04 | 8:45:34 | 7:48:43 |
| M18-24 | 25 | 9:11:11 | 9:12:05 | 9:30:19 | 9:55:19 | 10:43:45 | 9:11:11 |
| M25-29 | 142 | 9:07:47 | 9:15:59 | 9:28:47 | 9:54:37 | 10:48:38 | 8:46:53 |
| M30-34 | 275 | 8:54:34 | 9:10:39 | 9:24:50 | 9:55:10 | 10:56:55 | 8:40:36 |
| M35-39 | 421 | 9:03:39 | 9:22:51 | 9:46:00 | 10:06:26 | 11:11:46 | 8:46:35 |
| M40-44 | 466 | 9:04:08 | 9:35:06 | 9:51:32 | 10:15:33 | 11:23:59 | 8:47:41 |
| M45-49 | 394 | 9:15:09 | 9:45:15 | 10:05:12 | 10:30:05 | 11:27:43 | 8:42:38 |
| M50-54 | 240 | 9:40:27 | 10:04:23 | 10:29:36 | 10:59:17 | 12:09:04 | 9:24:19 |
| M55-59 | 78 | 9:46:10 | 10:08:27 | 10:46:41 | 11:23:47 | 12:31:20 | 9:46:10 |
| M60-64 | 20 | 11:07:14 | 11:07:14 | 11:36:05 | 12:26:36 | 12:58:26 | 11:07:14 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 11:38:56 | 11:38:56 | 11:38:56 | 11:38:56 | 13:01:13 | 11:38:56 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 325 | 8:57:08 | 9:50:49 | 10:22:59 | 11:12:23 | 12:30:17 | 8:42:42 |
| FPRO | 13 | 8:42:42 | 8:42:42 | 8:49:16 | 8:53:20 | 9:12:09 | 8:42:42 |
| F25-29 | 24 | 9:20:52 | 10:08:06 | 10:15:35 | 10:37:05 | 11:35:32 | 9:20:52 |
| F30-34 | 55 | 9:50:49 | 9:58:33 | 10:17:21 | 10:44:48 | 11:52:11 | 9:50:49 |
| F35-39 | 67 | 9:46:13 | 10:15:16 | 10:48:26 | 11:14:01 | 12:20:01 | 9:46:13 |
| F40-44 | 55 | 9:39:12 | 9:56:18 | 10:55:45 | 11:22:09 | 12:27:37 | 9:39:12 |
| F45-49 | 52 | 10:39:05 | 11:12:23 | 11:27:49 | 12:00:04 | 12:53:12 | 10:39:05 |
| F50-54 | 35 | 10:33:34 | 10:34:50 | 11:10:15 | 12:00:16 | 13:01:16 | 10:33:34 |
| F55-59 | 15 | 11:55:24 | 11:55:24 | 12:38:24 | 13:35:51 | 14:55:31 | 11:55:24 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 13:34:09 | 13:34:09 | 13:34:09 | 13:53:45 | 15:03:51 | 13:34:09 |
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.