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 | 849 | 8:55:46 | 10:05:20 | 10:55:44 | 11:51:00 | 13:44:39 | 8:07:55 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:07:55 | 8:07:55 | 8:13:16 | 8:26:16 | 9:00:49 | 8:07:55 |
| M18-24 | 26 | 8:55:46 | 9:21:30 | 9:49:54 | 10:29:14 | 12:53:45 | 8:55:46 |
| M25-29 | 70 | 9:20:10 | 10:07:17 | 10:39:37 | 11:51:00 | 13:39:19 | 9:20:10 |
| M30-34 | 117 | 9:21:00 | 9:55:16 | 10:41:11 | 11:38:30 | 13:27:03 | 9:08:57 |
| M35-39 | 122 | 9:10:24 | 10:24:19 | 10:46:37 | 11:34:50 | 13:12:29 | 9:09:01 |
| M40-44 | 150 | 9:43:28 | 10:12:37 | 10:59:07 | 11:45:13 | 13:35:08 | 9:28:16 |
| M45-49 | 139 | 10:05:28 | 11:01:02 | 11:25:38 | 12:11:24 | 13:45:53 | 10:05:02 |
| M50-54 | 109 | 10:09:45 | 10:56:14 | 11:34:39 | 12:30:33 | 13:54:22 | 9:17:53 |
| M55-59 | 64 | 10:39:32 | 11:36:21 | 12:05:16 | 12:53:10 | 14:50:35 | 10:39:32 |
| M60-64 | 26 | 11:07:10 | 11:21:56 | 12:16:33 | 13:43:19 | 14:58:14 | 11:07:10 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 13:09:04 | 13:09:04 | 13:09:04 | 13:09:04 | 15:39:00 | 13:09:04 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 332 | 9:49:18 | 10:32:51 | 11:22:54 | 12:18:55 | 14:08:35 | 9:16:12 |
| FPRO | 12 | 9:16:12 | 9:16:12 | 9:19:20 | 9:36:55 | 9:55:18 | 9:16:12 |
| F18-24 | 8 | 10:32:51 | 10:32:51 | 10:32:51 | 11:15:29 | 12:22:09 | 10:32:51 |
| F25-29 | 38 | 10:29:02 | 10:38:13 | 11:18:13 | 11:53:41 | 13:56:58 | 10:29:02 |
| F30-34 | 50 | 10:18:40 | 10:42:40 | 11:24:00 | 12:24:46 | 13:43:16 | 10:18:40 |
| F35-39 | 59 | 10:23:34 | 10:39:50 | 11:12:32 | 12:00:19 | 14:08:13 | 10:23:34 |
| F40-44 | 67 | 10:22:40 | 11:06:56 | 11:57:13 | 12:37:01 | 14:26:50 | 10:22:40 |
| F45-49 | 47 | 10:22:11 | 11:42:14 | 12:18:55 | 13:23:15 | 14:52:11 | 10:22:11 |
| F50-54 | 25 | 11:28:13 | 12:01:38 | 12:23:43 | 12:47:54 | 14:47:02 | 11:28:13 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 12:01:01 | 12:01:01 | 12:50:32 | 13:17:52 | 15:35:48 | 12:01:01 |
| F60-64 | 10 | 13:07:22 | 13:07:22 | 13:07:22 | 14:25:05 | 15:41:19 | 13:07:22 |
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.