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 | 1,976 | 9:02:05 | 9:43:28 | 10:03:26 | 10:32:16 | 11:47:54 | 8:04:46 |
| MPRO | 31 | 8:04:46 | 8:13:21 | 8:16:01 | 8:30:36 | 8:59:34 | 8:04:46 |
| M18-24 | 21 | 9:31:30 | 10:15:27 | 10:16:39 | 10:27:15 | 11:45:23 | 9:31:30 |
| M25-29 | 101 | 9:05:34 | 9:41:55 | 9:59:57 | 10:14:33 | 11:12:31 | 9:05:28 |
| M30-34 | 230 | 9:08:17 | 9:36:04 | 9:47:56 | 10:09:10 | 10:55:14 | 9:02:02 |
| M35-39 | 332 | 9:18:10 | 9:43:18 | 9:59:56 | 10:27:04 | 11:24:32 | 8:52:01 |
| M40-44 | 410 | 9:20:02 | 9:46:13 | 9:59:24 | 10:25:17 | 11:38:14 | 8:53:57 |
| M45-49 | 406 | 9:31:13 | 10:06:20 | 10:24:20 | 10:52:57 | 12:01:06 | 9:15:17 |
| M50-54 | 285 | 9:52:18 | 10:25:42 | 10:44:08 | 11:13:31 | 12:22:51 | 9:26:42 |
| M55-59 | 111 | 10:08:29 | 11:04:23 | 11:13:20 | 11:56:08 | 12:59:49 | 10:07:59 |
| M60-64 | 40 | 10:43:02 | 10:46:48 | 10:59:08 | 12:17:03 | 13:44:58 | 10:43:02 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 338 | 9:12:45 | 10:17:03 | 10:44:08 | 11:17:53 | 12:49:16 | 9:00:32 |
| FPRO | 11 | 9:00:32 | 9:00:32 | 9:01:47 | 9:03:59 | 9:26:26 | 9:00:32 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 11:02:19 | 11:02:19 | 11:02:19 | 11:02:19 | 11:54:58 | 11:02:19 |
| F25-29 | 17 | 9:57:04 | 9:57:04 | 10:09:08 | 10:29:12 | 11:25:38 | 9:57:04 |
| F30-34 | 53 | 9:52:46 | 10:38:54 | 10:51:37 | 11:13:20 | 12:19:34 | 9:52:46 |
| F35-39 | 64 | 10:19:45 | 10:33:19 | 10:39:48 | 11:17:53 | 12:07:37 | 10:19:45 |
| F40-44 | 70 | 10:12:21 | 10:22:28 | 10:52:46 | 11:14:14 | 12:51:37 | 10:12:21 |
| F45-49 | 59 | 10:01:56 | 10:37:31 | 11:09:03 | 11:31:24 | 13:26:59 | 10:01:56 |
| F50-54 | 41 | 11:15:38 | 11:24:54 | 11:56:29 | 12:38:21 | 14:13:33 | 11:15:38 |
| F55-59 | 11 | 12:23:55 | 12:23:55 | 13:03:52 | 13:29:28 | 13:56:58 | 12:23:55 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 13:22:43 | 13:22:43 | 13:22:43 | 13:55:25 | 14:58:11 | 13:22:43 |
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.