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 | 550 | 8:52:46 | 9:38:58 | 10:14:52 | 10:45:18 | 12:03:06 | 8:18:01 |
| MPRO | 7 | 8:18:01 | 8:18:01 | 8:18:01 | 8:26:22 | 8:42:05 | 8:18:01 |
| M18-24 | 7 | 9:41:30 | 9:41:30 | 9:41:30 | 10:49:06 | 11:45:08 | 9:41:30 |
| M25-29 | 35 | 8:36:57 | 9:09:10 | 9:22:36 | 10:05:27 | 11:12:49 | 8:36:57 |
| M30-34 | 83 | 9:03:58 | 9:28:33 | 9:51:40 | 10:29:22 | 11:41:43 | 9:03:58 |
| M35-39 | 97 | 9:16:11 | 9:36:11 | 10:15:16 | 10:36:52 | 11:39:44 | 9:16:11 |
| M40-44 | 124 | 9:27:59 | 9:55:31 | 10:33:37 | 10:56:25 | 12:06:17 | 9:25:31 |
| M45-49 | 88 | 9:31:48 | 10:00:00 | 10:13:35 | 10:40:23 | 12:06:39 | 9:31:48 |
| M50-54 | 58 | 10:23:16 | 10:36:11 | 10:54:37 | 11:30:46 | 13:10:59 | 10:23:16 |
| M55-59 | 28 | 10:03:23 | 10:29:07 | 11:25:53 | 11:57:18 | 13:21:14 | 10:03:23 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 10:41:04 | 10:41:04 | 10:44:40 | 11:55:22 | 13:16:17 | 10:41:04 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 155 | 9:20:56 | 10:05:10 | 10:50:59 | 11:27:15 | 12:43:12 | 9:11:49 |
| FPRO | 9 | 9:11:49 | 9:11:49 | 9:11:49 | 9:20:56 | 9:46:42 | 9:11:49 |
| F25-29 | 18 | 10:27:33 | 10:27:33 | 11:36:32 | 12:09:24 | 12:38:19 | 10:27:33 |
| F30-34 | 28 | 10:05:34 | 10:30:51 | 10:40:10 | 11:05:27 | 12:23:54 | 10:05:34 |
| F35-39 | 29 | 10:45:04 | 10:50:59 | 10:53:18 | 11:28:20 | 12:43:38 | 10:45:04 |
| F40-44 | 34 | 10:58:35 | 11:12:22 | 11:27:15 | 11:42:21 | 12:42:05 | 10:58:35 |
| F45-49 | 21 | 10:56:15 | 11:01:25 | 11:29:59 | 11:50:56 | 13:20:27 | 10:56:15 |
| F50-54 | 8 | 12:08:53 | 12:08:53 | 12:08:53 | 12:58:01 | 13:21:29 | 12:08:53 |
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.