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 | 1,397 | 8:37:32 | 9:26:32 | 9:49:12 | 10:17:58 | 11:21:18 | 7:53:44 |
| MPRO | 22 | 7:53:44 | 7:55:56 | 7:56:55 | 8:05:22 | 8:30:29 | 7:53:44 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 8:37:32 | 8:37:32 | 8:43:05 | 9:42:36 | 10:48:39 | 8:37:32 |
| M25-29 | 118 | 9:11:45 | 9:24:47 | 9:36:12 | 10:00:17 | 10:48:02 | 9:03:58 |
| M30-34 | 261 | 9:13:51 | 9:26:44 | 9:47:03 | 10:09:30 | 10:59:44 | 8:59:39 |
| M35-39 | 357 | 9:04:02 | 9:31:41 | 9:51:43 | 10:13:20 | 11:11:23 | 8:57:21 |
| M40-44 | 295 | 9:04:51 | 9:35:45 | 9:51:20 | 10:22:48 | 11:25:06 | 8:55:33 |
| M45-49 | 168 | 9:33:58 | 9:48:27 | 10:16:06 | 10:35:12 | 11:36:07 | 9:20:46 |
| M50-54 | 92 | 9:53:22 | 10:10:07 | 10:31:12 | 10:57:30 | 12:26:43 | 9:53:22 |
| M55-59 | 43 | 10:37:36 | 10:49:55 | 11:03:42 | 11:21:13 | 12:47:22 | 10:37:36 |
| M60-64 | 18 | 11:12:34 | 11:12:34 | 11:19:51 | 11:59:12 | 13:18:07 | 11:12:34 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 158 | 9:00:31 | 9:15:08 | 9:55:28 | 10:31:10 | 11:48:20 | 8:59:08 |
| FPRO | 12 | 8:59:08 | 8:59:08 | 9:00:31 | 9:01:27 | 9:14:03 | 8:59:08 |
| F25-29 | 18 | 9:43:02 | 9:43:02 | 9:48:22 | 10:20:54 | 11:19:37 | 9:43:02 |
| F30-34 | 33 | 9:55:28 | 9:59:47 | 10:24:38 | 10:30:38 | 12:02:25 | 9:55:28 |
| F35-39 | 35 | 9:48:45 | 10:15:28 | 10:23:07 | 10:33:42 | 11:40:34 | 9:48:45 |
| F40-44 | 37 | 9:55:10 | 10:18:39 | 10:53:59 | 11:11:34 | 12:30:10 | 9:55:10 |
| F45-49 | 9 | 11:15:11 | 11:15:11 | 11:15:11 | 11:29:04 | 11:48:20 | 11:15:11 |
| F50-54 | 8 | 10:17:10 | 10:17:10 | 10:17:10 | 11:38:20 | 11:43:46 | 10:17:10 |
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.