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 | 2,118 | 8:44:17 | 9:28:14 | 9:50:49 | 10:19:51 | 11:24:32 | 7:49:19 |
| MPRO | 36 | 7:49:19 | 7:52:50 | 8:02:03 | 8:19:07 | 8:46:25 | 7:49:19 |
| M18-24 | 31 | 9:04:17 | 9:17:20 | 9:21:36 | 9:42:03 | 10:27:23 | 9:04:17 |
| M25-29 | 121 | 9:02:14 | 9:28:30 | 9:42:34 | 10:12:15 | 11:02:24 | 8:30:53 |
| M30-34 | 274 | 8:45:33 | 9:17:15 | 9:37:51 | 10:03:43 | 11:04:32 | 8:39:17 |
| M35-39 | 400 | 8:58:28 | 9:34:22 | 9:46:42 | 10:13:40 | 11:13:08 | 8:22:24 |
| M40-44 | 475 | 8:52:01 | 9:28:58 | 9:53:27 | 10:17:36 | 11:15:01 | 8:39:34 |
| M45-49 | 411 | 9:31:55 | 9:56:01 | 10:20:12 | 10:45:30 | 11:43:07 | 9:04:11 |
| M50-54 | 244 | 9:29:18 | 9:58:51 | 10:13:54 | 10:43:02 | 11:49:46 | 8:58:59 |
| M55-59 | 85 | 9:33:51 | 10:44:29 | 10:55:36 | 11:13:17 | 12:10:55 | 9:33:51 |
| M60-64 | 31 | 10:27:24 | 10:39:46 | 10:49:53 | 11:51:51 | 12:42:27 | 10:27:24 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 10:54:09 | 10:54:09 | 10:54:09 | 12:45:56 | 14:18:22 | 10:54:09 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 300 | 8:55:11 | 9:38:20 | 10:24:03 | 11:09:52 | 12:33:30 | 8:46:18 |
| FPRO | 18 | 8:46:18 | 8:46:18 | 8:51:21 | 8:57:12 | 9:37:59 | 8:46:18 |
| F25-29 | 22 | 10:24:24 | 10:55:49 | 11:05:27 | 11:36:14 | 12:50:53 | 10:24:24 |
| F30-34 | 50 | 9:21:19 | 9:25:52 | 9:40:39 | 10:43:10 | 11:52:18 | 9:21:19 |
| F35-39 | 59 | 9:30:23 | 9:49:48 | 10:22:49 | 11:20:25 | 12:32:35 | 9:30:23 |
| F40-44 | 61 | 9:44:40 | 11:05:59 | 11:18:58 | 11:44:57 | 12:42:16 | 9:44:40 |
| F45-49 | 53 | 10:30:18 | 10:57:22 | 11:24:21 | 11:54:07 | 13:02:27 | 10:30:18 |
| F50-54 | 26 | 9:43:47 | 10:02:33 | 10:56:35 | 11:49:03 | 12:53:46 | 9:43:47 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 11:29:13 | 11:29:13 | 11:29:13 | 11:47:05 | 13:31:47 | 11:29:13 |
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.