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 | 2,161 | 8:41:00 | 9:27:45 | 9:50:19 | 10:22:55 | 11:33:18 | 8:05:56 |
| MPRO | 43 | 8:05:56 | 8:14:23 | 8:19:02 | 8:22:42 | 8:41:00 | 8:05:56 |
| M18-24 | 20 | 9:08:09 | 9:08:09 | 9:11:49 | 9:40:34 | 10:42:41 | 9:08:09 |
| M25-29 | 108 | 8:58:48 | 9:07:22 | 9:14:07 | 9:53:18 | 10:48:14 | 8:57:22 |
| M30-34 | 247 | 8:56:20 | 9:23:53 | 9:38:01 | 10:06:59 | 11:12:05 | 8:53:39 |
| M35-39 | 373 | 9:05:02 | 9:27:27 | 9:41:28 | 10:17:23 | 11:16:34 | 8:58:25 |
| M40-44 | 472 | 9:02:26 | 9:33:09 | 9:56:22 | 10:23:15 | 11:23:44 | 8:43:11 |
| M45-49 | 483 | 9:31:50 | 9:51:18 | 10:03:12 | 10:33:51 | 11:48:43 | 9:06:43 |
| M50-54 | 276 | 9:39:34 | 10:15:48 | 10:32:44 | 10:58:09 | 12:02:20 | 8:58:56 |
| M55-59 | 108 | 9:50:02 | 10:18:25 | 10:36:27 | 11:07:00 | 12:16:12 | 9:32:25 |
| M60-64 | 23 | 10:25:33 | 10:59:15 | 11:02:09 | 11:25:04 | 12:48:30 | 10:25:33 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 12:11:10 | 12:11:10 | 12:11:10 | 12:11:10 | 14:08:49 | 12:11:10 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 309 | 9:19:06 | 9:57:47 | 10:20:20 | 11:10:11 | 12:28:30 | 8:34:57 |
| FPRO | 11 | 8:34:57 | 8:34:57 | 9:08:18 | 9:10:49 | 9:33:25 | 8:34:57 |
| F25-29 | 23 | 9:33:56 | 9:54:06 | 10:00:32 | 10:08:48 | 11:45:43 | 9:33:56 |
| F30-34 | 36 | 9:27:13 | 10:05:33 | 10:33:03 | 10:52:15 | 12:07:36 | 9:27:13 |
| F35-39 | 56 | 9:33:00 | 10:14:03 | 10:33:26 | 10:55:03 | 12:18:59 | 9:33:00 |
| F40-44 | 58 | 9:55:52 | 10:06:11 | 10:26:47 | 10:59:18 | 12:05:19 | 9:55:52 |
| F45-49 | 64 | 9:57:47 | 10:19:50 | 11:27:46 | 11:42:01 | 12:46:32 | 9:57:47 |
| F50-54 | 38 | 10:27:50 | 10:54:37 | 11:31:53 | 12:04:17 | 13:08:05 | 10:27:50 |
| F55-59 | 16 | 11:34:00 | 11:34:00 | 12:05:23 | 12:19:12 | 13:03:41 | 11:34:00 |
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.