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 | 1,563 | 8:34:21 | 9:18:58 | 9:40:55 | 10:12:28 | 11:22:01 | 7:31:46 |
| MPRO | 15 | 7:31:46 | 7:31:46 | 7:37:11 | 7:52:47 | 8:04:36 | 7:31:46 |
| M18-24 | 28 | 8:34:21 | 9:15:09 | 9:29:27 | 9:50:30 | 10:51:23 | 8:34:21 |
| M25-29 | 69 | 8:38:21 | 8:57:44 | 9:19:41 | 9:40:25 | 10:45:29 | 8:38:21 |
| M30-34 | 189 | 8:52:37 | 9:03:08 | 9:23:34 | 9:58:04 | 11:00:06 | 8:46:42 |
| M35-39 | 312 | 8:38:07 | 9:14:13 | 9:33:31 | 9:57:32 | 11:07:23 | 8:20:34 |
| M40-44 | 363 | 9:01:58 | 9:34:29 | 9:51:59 | 10:13:05 | 11:09:21 | 8:49:39 |
| M45-49 | 284 | 8:53:57 | 9:21:52 | 9:50:06 | 10:19:10 | 11:31:02 | 8:49:09 |
| M50-54 | 182 | 9:16:27 | 9:59:03 | 10:21:09 | 10:49:16 | 11:53:23 | 8:28:14 |
| M55-59 | 86 | 9:37:11 | 10:21:30 | 10:40:59 | 10:59:23 | 12:12:51 | 9:37:11 |
| M60-64 | 28 | 10:22:08 | 10:35:40 | 10:37:29 | 11:03:56 | 13:24:57 | 10:22:08 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 220 | 9:16:16 | 9:39:19 | 10:09:03 | 10:41:07 | 11:42:41 | 8:46:17 |
| FPRO | 13 | 8:46:17 | 8:46:17 | 9:00:13 | 9:16:16 | 9:31:21 | 8:46:17 |
| F25-29 | 10 | 9:25:45 | 9:25:45 | 9:25:45 | 9:41:55 | 11:28:27 | 9:25:45 |
| F30-34 | 33 | 9:52:49 | 9:59:36 | 10:09:03 | 10:23:18 | 11:26:27 | 9:52:49 |
| F35-39 | 34 | 9:26:51 | 9:45:20 | 10:20:03 | 10:35:10 | 11:21:07 | 9:26:51 |
| F40-44 | 49 | 9:49:51 | 10:11:31 | 10:17:47 | 10:51:32 | 11:57:18 | 9:49:51 |
| F45-49 | 38 | 10:12:18 | 10:31:18 | 10:45:36 | 10:59:16 | 12:00:28 | 10:12:18 |
| F50-54 | 27 | 10:46:49 | 10:50:04 | 11:07:48 | 11:40:19 | 12:43:11 | 10:46:49 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 10:52:59 | 10:52:59 | 10:52:59 | 11:15:49 | 12:47:18 | 10:52:59 |
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.