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 | 936 | 8:52:28 | 9:47:07 | 10:03:51 | 10:33:53 | 11:44:02 | 8:15:18 |
| MPRO | 24 | 8:15:18 | 8:15:47 | 8:25:28 | 8:36:53 | 8:56:52 | 8:15:18 |
| M18-24 | 37 | 9:33:32 | 9:52:28 | 9:58:41 | 10:05:06 | 11:38:58 | 9:33:32 |
| M25-29 | 133 | 9:29:53 | 9:47:07 | 9:58:10 | 10:34:52 | 11:31:57 | 9:18:46 |
| M30-34 | 213 | 9:18:21 | 9:48:23 | 10:04:25 | 10:26:57 | 11:31:21 | 9:13:08 |
| M35-39 | 226 | 9:31:57 | 9:49:39 | 10:10:44 | 10:35:59 | 11:38:18 | 9:15:59 |
| M40-44 | 158 | 9:33:41 | 9:58:23 | 10:19:45 | 10:50:59 | 11:58:46 | 9:26:22 |
| M45-49 | 89 | 9:58:08 | 10:30:47 | 10:43:53 | 11:09:06 | 12:27:21 | 9:58:08 |
| M50-54 | 26 | 10:35:49 | 10:43:25 | 11:25:00 | 11:45:02 | 13:19:44 | 10:35:49 |
| M55-59 | 19 | 11:23:58 | 11:23:58 | 11:24:17 | 11:34:31 | 12:25:05 | 11:23:58 |
| M60-64 | 9 | 11:45:44 | 11:45:44 | 11:45:44 | 11:46:51 | 13:59:10 | 11:45:44 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 137 | 9:29:35 | 10:09:36 | 10:27:20 | 11:14:15 | 12:26:12 | 9:20:46 |
| FPRO | 13 | 9:20:46 | 9:20:46 | 9:29:35 | 9:34:18 | 10:15:01 | 9:20:46 |
| F25-29 | 22 | 10:48:59 | 10:49:43 | 10:54:28 | 11:25:07 | 12:18:56 | 10:48:59 |
| F30-34 | 24 | 10:15:32 | 10:27:20 | 10:41:29 | 11:07:01 | 12:20:16 | 10:15:32 |
| F35-39 | 28 | 10:09:36 | 10:42:34 | 10:54:02 | 11:37:51 | 12:19:19 | 10:09:36 |
| F40-44 | 25 | 10:53:02 | 11:02:12 | 11:18:03 | 11:30:13 | 12:35:50 | 10:53:02 |
| F45-49 | 14 | 11:44:28 | 11:44:28 | 11:49:54 | 12:35:41 | 13:54:54 | 11:44:28 |
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.