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 | 2,156 | 9:05:09 | 9:36:28 | 9:55:43 | 10:24:05 | 11:28:14 | 7:57:20 |
| MPRO | 28 | 7:57:20 | 8:12:43 | 8:17:05 | 8:25:07 | 9:01:11 | 7:57:20 |
| M18-24 | 23 | 9:12:56 | 9:20:48 | 9:47:39 | 10:04:59 | 11:44:09 | 9:12:56 |
| M25-29 | 113 | 9:14:49 | 9:30:45 | 9:35:43 | 9:51:43 | 10:47:19 | 9:05:09 |
| M30-34 | 242 | 9:13:35 | 9:32:44 | 9:46:24 | 10:04:59 | 10:54:52 | 8:47:47 |
| M35-39 | 361 | 9:06:58 | 9:24:35 | 9:47:41 | 10:10:07 | 11:01:52 | 8:36:25 |
| M40-44 | 466 | 9:19:02 | 9:40:08 | 9:59:35 | 10:23:31 | 11:22:34 | 9:10:36 |
| M45-49 | 456 | 9:23:18 | 9:48:14 | 10:11:42 | 10:37:01 | 11:37:25 | 9:06:06 |
| M50-54 | 287 | 9:33:06 | 10:02:46 | 10:27:07 | 10:52:55 | 12:00:03 | 9:31:04 |
| M55-59 | 123 | 9:57:49 | 10:44:11 | 10:59:21 | 11:26:47 | 12:46:28 | 9:49:55 |
| M60-64 | 45 | 10:19:27 | 10:27:30 | 10:56:01 | 11:22:29 | 12:49:49 | 10:19:27 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 11:12:51 | 11:12:51 | 11:12:51 | 12:04:12 | 13:20:25 | 11:12:51 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 308 | 9:26:25 | 10:18:13 | 10:41:53 | 11:13:46 | 12:53:45 | 9:06:25 |
| FPRO | 11 | 9:06:25 | 9:06:25 | 9:08:03 | 9:16:44 | 9:55:33 | 9:06:25 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 9:39:07 | 9:39:07 | 9:39:07 | 9:39:07 | 12:40:35 | 9:39:07 |
| F25-29 | 17 | 10:03:22 | 10:03:22 | 10:27:42 | 10:39:05 | 11:50:21 | 10:03:22 |
| F30-34 | 46 | 9:26:25 | 10:42:03 | 11:01:29 | 11:18:57 | 12:00:34 | 9:26:25 |
| F35-39 | 48 | 10:00:39 | 10:30:18 | 10:40:47 | 10:53:30 | 12:11:42 | 10:00:39 |
| F40-44 | 71 | 9:58:53 | 10:47:50 | 11:08:35 | 11:39:07 | 13:04:43 | 9:58:53 |
| F45-49 | 60 | 9:44:31 | 10:18:13 | 11:40:37 | 11:54:23 | 13:02:50 | 9:44:31 |
| F50-54 | 34 | 10:14:10 | 11:11:44 | 11:51:37 | 12:39:20 | 13:40:13 | 10:14:10 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 11:57:12 | 11:57:12 | 12:14:18 | 12:33:45 | 14:15:45 | 11:57:12 |
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.