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 | 2,237 | 8:17:16 | 9:26:40 | 9:56:13 | 10:36:53 | 11:46:41 | 7:48:07 |
| MPRO | 37 | 7:48:07 | 7:49:44 | 7:54:35 | 7:59:19 | 8:15:28 | 7:48:07 |
| M18-24 | 218 | 8:47:46 | 9:32:41 | 9:56:11 | 10:35:51 | 11:52:11 | 8:47:19 |
| M25-29 | 396 | 8:46:28 | 9:35:36 | 9:55:16 | 10:32:05 | 11:42:14 | 8:36:22 |
| M30-34 | 461 | 8:54:05 | 9:30:42 | 9:59:37 | 10:36:19 | 11:36:13 | 8:31:42 |
| M35-39 | 278 | 8:45:27 | 9:25:47 | 9:47:46 | 10:19:41 | 11:39:16 | 8:43:59 |
| M40-44 | 261 | 9:03:28 | 9:48:57 | 10:14:41 | 10:34:28 | 11:51:33 | 8:41:58 |
| M45-49 | 194 | 9:16:27 | 10:03:55 | 10:36:31 | 10:53:13 | 11:46:22 | 9:01:51 |
| M50-54 | 184 | 8:59:35 | 9:55:33 | 10:25:59 | 11:00:57 | 12:01:42 | 8:56:50 |
| M55-59 | 125 | 9:50:01 | 10:18:41 | 10:40:45 | 11:17:44 | 12:28:01 | 9:31:03 |
| M60-64 | 66 | 10:01:49 | 10:33:47 | 11:26:39 | 12:00:16 | 13:01:39 | 10:01:49 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 10:56:40 | 10:56:40 | 10:56:40 | 11:10:40 | 12:56:12 | 10:56:40 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 12:20:34 | 12:20:34 | 12:20:34 | 12:28:39 | 13:42:13 | 12:20:34 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 367 | 9:55:22 | 10:26:55 | 10:47:12 | 11:19:06 | 12:41:42 | 9:21:35 |
| F18-24 | 21 | 10:39:22 | 10:53:04 | 11:30:33 | 11:46:47 | 13:19:25 | 10:39:22 |
| F25-29 | 74 | 9:21:35 | 10:15:48 | 10:40:16 | 11:13:13 | 12:35:25 | 9:21:35 |
| F30-34 | 99 | 9:42:40 | 10:15:56 | 10:20:06 | 11:04:38 | 12:33:10 | 9:42:40 |
| F35-39 | 33 | 9:47:20 | 9:57:39 | 10:45:02 | 10:54:40 | 11:53:25 | 9:47:20 |
| F40-44 | 26 | 10:36:11 | 10:57:09 | 11:04:45 | 11:31:36 | 12:33:37 | 10:36:11 |
| F45-49 | 39 | 10:10:11 | 10:38:53 | 10:47:12 | 11:33:16 | 12:43:57 | 10:10:11 |
| F50-54 | 46 | 10:33:16 | 10:50:08 | 11:12:23 | 12:17:28 | 13:14:11 | 10:33:16 |
| F55-59 | 19 | 10:51:03 | 10:51:03 | 11:04:28 | 11:27:37 | 13:30:07 | 10:51:03 |
| F60-64 | 8 | 12:09:19 | 12:09:19 | 12:09:19 | 12:19:47 | 13:19:06 | 12:09:19 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.