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 | 1,996 | 9:04:34 | 9:41:21 | 9:56:42 | 10:26:00 | 11:29:39 | 7:48:45 |
| MPRO | 19 | 7:48:45 | 7:48:45 | 8:06:59 | 8:17:54 | 9:13:04 | 7:48:45 |
| M18-24 | 30 | 9:54:53 | 9:57:37 | 10:17:43 | 10:30:53 | 11:26:29 | 9:54:53 |
| M25-29 | 103 | 9:09:22 | 9:17:49 | 9:35:15 | 9:50:03 | 10:54:11 | 8:56:27 |
| M30-34 | 252 | 9:00:44 | 9:32:48 | 9:52:02 | 10:10:19 | 10:58:22 | 8:53:42 |
| M35-39 | 373 | 9:01:03 | 9:34:43 | 9:49:52 | 10:03:28 | 11:05:27 | 8:45:43 |
| M40-44 | 436 | 9:13:54 | 9:50:24 | 10:05:02 | 10:28:08 | 11:22:42 | 8:57:55 |
| M45-49 | 411 | 9:30:13 | 9:52:04 | 10:13:06 | 10:40:52 | 11:45:13 | 9:08:09 |
| M50-54 | 261 | 9:29:32 | 10:19:35 | 10:39:29 | 11:01:43 | 12:18:02 | 9:25:15 |
| M55-59 | 86 | 9:57:40 | 10:37:50 | 10:56:04 | 11:23:06 | 12:30:31 | 9:57:40 |
| M60-64 | 14 | 10:38:42 | 10:38:42 | 10:56:04 | 12:05:01 | 12:54:28 | 10:38:42 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 10:56:21 | 10:56:21 | 10:56:21 | 11:41:16 | 13:54:02 | 10:56:21 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 309 | 9:10:10 | 9:53:28 | 10:40:21 | 11:19:10 | 12:38:58 | 8:45:37 |
| FPRO | 12 | 8:45:37 | 8:45:37 | 9:02:46 | 9:03:10 | 9:24:38 | 8:45:37 |
| F25-29 | 16 | 9:41:24 | 9:41:24 | 10:00:37 | 10:40:21 | 11:28:36 | 9:41:24 |
| F30-34 | 47 | 9:31:33 | 9:50:26 | 10:30:52 | 11:10:41 | 12:17:32 | 9:31:33 |
| F35-39 | 65 | 9:44:21 | 10:25:07 | 10:39:45 | 10:59:06 | 12:55:28 | 9:44:21 |
| F40-44 | 67 | 10:08:34 | 10:43:42 | 11:04:04 | 11:41:33 | 12:34:12 | 10:08:34 |
| F45-49 | 53 | 10:50:09 | 11:10:34 | 11:30:15 | 11:47:16 | 12:58:42 | 10:50:09 |
| F50-54 | 32 | 10:11:24 | 11:00:45 | 11:25:39 | 11:46:23 | 13:28:22 | 10:11:24 |
| F55-59 | 9 | 12:09:01 | 12:09:01 | 12:09:01 | 12:09:25 | 13:59:21 | 12:09:01 |
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.