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 | 1,241 | 9:03:48 | 9:44:29 | 9:58:56 | 10:30:20 | 11:35:44 | 8:07:39 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:07:39 | 8:07:39 | 8:12:44 | 8:20:25 | 8:54:06 | 8:07:39 |
| M18-24 | 15 | 9:44:02 | 9:44:02 | 9:46:57 | 9:58:56 | 11:07:13 | 9:44:02 |
| M25-29 | 100 | 8:40:27 | 9:34:51 | 9:56:35 | 10:12:18 | 11:18:22 | 8:40:27 |
| M30-34 | 276 | 9:17:57 | 9:38:11 | 9:48:38 | 10:15:12 | 11:14:38 | 9:03:55 |
| M35-39 | 314 | 9:27:46 | 9:49:32 | 9:58:53 | 10:24:15 | 11:26:33 | 9:07:40 |
| M40-44 | 248 | 9:33:18 | 9:57:59 | 10:20:58 | 10:43:19 | 11:47:52 | 9:15:48 |
| M45-49 | 158 | 9:29:40 | 9:58:32 | 10:25:12 | 10:55:41 | 11:52:08 | 9:25:51 |
| M50-54 | 69 | 9:40:26 | 10:16:53 | 10:35:05 | 11:03:42 | 12:17:02 | 9:40:26 |
| M55-59 | 30 | 10:35:54 | 10:39:05 | 11:00:33 | 11:30:27 | 12:22:21 | 10:35:54 |
| M60-64 | 12 | 11:39:45 | 11:39:45 | 12:10:35 | 12:22:45 | 13:10:55 | 11:39:45 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 158 | 9:26:09 | 10:05:37 | 10:28:36 | 10:58:10 | 12:07:37 | 9:19:13 |
| FPRO | 12 | 9:19:13 | 9:19:13 | 9:26:09 | 9:36:04 | 10:07:15 | 9:19:13 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 10:28:36 | 10:28:36 | 10:28:36 | 11:02:36 | 11:41:26 | 10:28:36 |
| F25-29 | 20 | 10:03:21 | 10:03:21 | 10:30:33 | 11:24:27 | 11:35:47 | 10:03:21 |
| F30-34 | 28 | 10:14:45 | 10:21:22 | 10:40:09 | 10:57:05 | 11:58:20 | 10:14:45 |
| F35-39 | 24 | 10:30:03 | 10:43:40 | 11:07:50 | 11:16:27 | 12:06:09 | 10:30:03 |
| F40-44 | 33 | 9:48:06 | 10:05:37 | 10:25:00 | 11:00:05 | 12:24:56 | 9:48:06 |
| F45-49 | 14 | 10:33:38 | 10:33:38 | 10:54:26 | 11:32:19 | 12:52:04 | 10:33:38 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 11:13:42 | 11:13:42 | 11:27:41 | 12:47:07 | 13:18:43 | 11:13:42 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 12:51:12 | 12:51:12 | 12:51:12 | 12:51:12 | 13:48:01 | 12:51:12 |
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.