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 | 2,151 | 9:08:24 | 9:45:02 | 10:09:45 | 10:42:30 | 11:56:33 | 8:14:26 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:14:26 | 8:14:26 | 8:25:53 | 8:27:29 | 8:45:38 | 8:14:26 |
| M18-24 | 18 | 9:38:44 | 9:38:44 | 9:53:20 | 10:26:26 | 11:35:42 | 9:38:44 |
| M25-29 | 105 | 9:01:07 | 9:24:03 | 9:44:08 | 10:02:51 | 11:21:21 | 8:52:07 |
| M30-34 | 258 | 9:10:12 | 9:30:23 | 9:44:54 | 10:05:58 | 11:15:44 | 8:52:47 |
| M35-39 | 334 | 9:08:34 | 9:40:06 | 9:56:04 | 10:25:42 | 11:23:29 | 8:49:51 |
| M40-44 | 430 | 9:18:06 | 9:48:55 | 10:12:25 | 10:39:19 | 11:44:04 | 8:55:41 |
| M45-49 | 459 | 9:35:39 | 10:09:42 | 10:29:25 | 10:57:04 | 12:11:13 | 9:26:25 |
| M50-54 | 342 | 9:35:51 | 10:20:40 | 10:52:40 | 11:21:37 | 12:43:24 | 9:21:17 |
| M55-59 | 139 | 10:23:18 | 10:53:47 | 11:08:28 | 11:30:58 | 12:54:56 | 9:56:16 |
| M60-64 | 39 | 10:21:59 | 10:48:43 | 11:00:11 | 11:54:56 | 12:48:35 | 10:21:59 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 11:24:55 | 11:24:55 | 11:24:55 | 11:46:37 | 13:48:46 | 11:24:55 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 339 | 9:44:48 | 10:22:18 | 10:55:50 | 11:30:56 | 13:05:59 | 8:52:20 |
| FPRO | 6 | 8:52:20 | 8:52:20 | 8:52:20 | 9:18:55 | 9:44:48 | 8:52:20 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 10:22:18 | 10:22:18 | 10:22:18 | 10:22:18 | 12:11:17 | 10:22:18 |
| F25-29 | 22 | 9:56:36 | 10:09:24 | 10:10:34 | 10:19:42 | 11:40:52 | 9:56:36 |
| F30-34 | 45 | 9:43:41 | 10:28:13 | 10:35:23 | 10:53:00 | 12:03:48 | 9:43:41 |
| F35-39 | 69 | 9:57:13 | 10:54:10 | 10:58:53 | 11:30:21 | 12:46:40 | 9:57:13 |
| F40-44 | 58 | 10:29:19 | 10:33:32 | 11:16:59 | 11:34:58 | 12:44:30 | 10:29:19 |
| F45-49 | 66 | 9:49:20 | 11:06:27 | 11:32:00 | 12:24:29 | 13:25:28 | 9:49:20 |
| F50-54 | 41 | 11:07:09 | 11:41:19 | 12:11:14 | 13:12:30 | 14:19:29 | 11:07:09 |
| F55-59 | 23 | 11:30:21 | 11:54:31 | 11:56:33 | 12:23:16 | 14:48:40 | 11:30:21 |
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.