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 | 1,833 | 8:34:17 | 9:13:51 | 9:37:33 | 10:08:05 | 11:13:06 | 8:02:20 |
| MPRO | 41 | 8:02:20 | 8:06:23 | 8:10:34 | 8:15:36 | 8:41:09 | 8:02:20 |
| M18-24 | 28 | 8:55:45 | 8:57:03 | 9:09:59 | 9:55:36 | 10:48:39 | 8:55:45 |
| M25-29 | 94 | 8:43:24 | 9:33:23 | 10:00:48 | 10:29:16 | 11:16:30 | 8:43:24 |
| M30-34 | 232 | 8:49:42 | 8:58:15 | 9:22:02 | 9:45:13 | 10:45:55 | 8:43:08 |
| M35-39 | 368 | 8:56:52 | 9:16:27 | 9:32:29 | 9:50:00 | 10:53:16 | 8:46:30 |
| M40-44 | 427 | 8:55:29 | 9:22:04 | 9:40:47 | 10:08:39 | 11:04:44 | 8:50:10 |
| M45-49 | 325 | 9:18:20 | 9:41:23 | 10:07:55 | 10:30:02 | 11:33:56 | 9:13:45 |
| M50-54 | 204 | 9:22:53 | 9:55:34 | 10:08:01 | 10:43:06 | 11:53:04 | 9:12:46 |
| M55-59 | 78 | 9:38:48 | 10:06:13 | 10:34:08 | 11:05:07 | 12:07:48 | 9:38:48 |
| M60-64 | 25 | 10:27:02 | 10:29:03 | 10:54:16 | 11:17:28 | 12:49:56 | 10:27:02 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 11:38:53 | 11:38:53 | 11:38:53 | 11:40:45 | 12:45:39 | 11:38:53 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 243 | 8:54:03 | 9:56:43 | 10:30:39 | 11:15:34 | 12:27:44 | 8:46:44 |
| FPRO | 7 | 8:46:44 | 8:46:44 | 8:46:44 | 8:48:40 | 8:56:51 | 8:46:44 |
| F25-29 | 12 | 9:29:21 | 9:29:21 | 10:15:01 | 11:28:09 | 11:45:49 | 9:29:21 |
| F30-34 | 52 | 9:25:25 | 10:09:49 | 10:46:27 | 11:12:58 | 12:15:36 | 9:25:25 |
| F35-39 | 42 | 9:40:43 | 10:14:54 | 10:41:27 | 11:16:47 | 12:19:53 | 9:40:43 |
| F40-44 | 52 | 10:21:50 | 10:35:31 | 10:54:17 | 11:07:45 | 12:21:27 | 10:21:50 |
| F45-49 | 37 | 9:47:28 | 10:04:25 | 10:17:22 | 11:17:51 | 12:40:07 | 9:47:28 |
| F50-54 | 27 | 11:00:02 | 11:41:01 | 11:50:10 | 11:57:18 | 13:04:41 | 11:00:02 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 12:17:53 | 12:17:53 | 12:17:53 | 13:33:19 | 14:18:20 | 12:17:53 |
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.