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 | 888 | 8:10:03 | 9:09:01 | 9:39:59 | 10:08:41 | 11:22:16 | 7:51:09 |
| MPRO | 29 | 7:51:09 | 7:51:34 | 7:58:47 | 8:04:58 | 8:31:57 | 7:51:09 |
| M18-24 | 9 | 10:19:43 | 10:19:43 | 10:19:43 | 10:20:40 | 11:57:57 | 10:19:43 |
| M25-29 | 54 | 9:00:42 | 9:16:44 | 9:31:27 | 9:52:40 | 10:34:15 | 9:00:42 |
| M30-34 | 106 | 8:52:37 | 9:05:27 | 9:20:30 | 9:56:48 | 10:58:20 | 8:44:31 |
| M35-39 | 119 | 8:46:00 | 9:07:05 | 9:22:41 | 9:48:04 | 10:53:00 | 8:42:28 |
| M40-44 | 153 | 9:05:57 | 9:28:02 | 9:44:12 | 10:07:07 | 11:01:39 | 8:58:28 |
| M45-49 | 181 | 9:11:10 | 9:56:08 | 10:08:48 | 10:33:50 | 11:39:38 | 9:09:23 |
| M50-54 | 151 | 9:24:58 | 10:01:11 | 10:10:18 | 10:53:45 | 12:07:34 | 9:17:48 |
| M55-59 | 57 | 9:56:07 | 10:16:08 | 10:38:22 | 11:20:39 | 12:26:47 | 9:56:07 |
| M60-64 | 20 | 10:18:08 | 10:18:08 | 10:39:48 | 11:14:36 | 11:50:28 | 10:18:08 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 10:44:47 | 10:44:47 | 10:44:47 | 13:17:57 | 13:25:34 | 10:44:47 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 143 | 9:20:44 | 9:35:04 | 10:07:45 | 10:38:25 | 12:03:50 | 8:35:33 |
| FPRO | 10 | 8:35:33 | 8:35:33 | 8:35:33 | 9:20:44 | 9:27:27 | 8:35:33 |
| F25-29 | 12 | 9:35:04 | 9:35:04 | 9:50:13 | 9:52:30 | 10:25:52 | 9:35:04 |
| F30-34 | 18 | 9:29:38 | 9:29:38 | 10:08:08 | 10:19:54 | 11:04:27 | 9:29:38 |
| F35-39 | 26 | 9:54:37 | 10:24:14 | 10:37:11 | 10:51:48 | 11:49:32 | 9:54:37 |
| F40-44 | 30 | 9:58:09 | 10:26:29 | 10:32:25 | 11:15:28 | 12:03:22 | 9:58:09 |
| F45-49 | 16 | 11:20:46 | 11:20:46 | 11:23:51 | 11:38:02 | 12:29:34 | 11:20:46 |
| F50-54 | 18 | 10:44:58 | 10:44:58 | 11:19:11 | 12:00:24 | 13:01:41 | 10:44:58 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 11:45:39 | 11:45:39 | 11:45:39 | 12:15:34 | 12:45:44 | 11:45:39 |
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.