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 | 660 | 8:33:12 | 9:29:41 | 9:55:27 | 10:30:05 | 11:51:47 | 7:50:11 |
| MPRO | 16 | 7:50:11 | 7:50:11 | 8:01:00 | 8:09:49 | 8:36:22 | 7:50:11 |
| M18-24 | 12 | 9:32:08 | 9:32:08 | 9:50:25 | 10:30:05 | 11:47:06 | 9:32:08 |
| M25-29 | 56 | 8:55:59 | 9:13:57 | 9:29:56 | 10:05:01 | 10:48:15 | 8:55:59 |
| M30-34 | 91 | 8:43:11 | 9:11:06 | 9:40:10 | 10:12:21 | 11:15:04 | 8:43:11 |
| M35-39 | 95 | 8:49:49 | 9:33:10 | 10:02:58 | 10:34:56 | 11:42:02 | 8:49:49 |
| M40-44 | 91 | 8:56:41 | 9:31:26 | 9:45:59 | 10:24:38 | 11:32:27 | 8:56:41 |
| M45-49 | 95 | 8:58:00 | 9:58:43 | 10:18:07 | 10:35:56 | 11:53:17 | 8:58:00 |
| M50-54 | 98 | 9:31:53 | 9:58:42 | 10:46:00 | 11:05:23 | 12:21:36 | 9:31:53 |
| M55-59 | 57 | 10:02:38 | 10:44:29 | 10:59:07 | 11:26:41 | 13:22:43 | 10:02:38 |
| M60-64 | 28 | 10:12:17 | 10:12:20 | 10:40:39 | 11:22:57 | 12:47:17 | 10:12:17 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 12:34:39 | 12:34:39 | 12:37:23 | 13:12:15 | 14:00:12 | 12:34:39 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 163 | 8:58:49 | 10:00:59 | 10:28:26 | 11:06:37 | 12:27:00 | 8:40:53 |
| FPRO | 8 | 8:40:53 | 8:40:53 | 8:40:53 | 8:58:49 | 9:25:00 | 8:40:53 |
| F25-29 | 7 | 10:28:26 | 10:28:26 | 10:28:26 | 10:54:43 | 11:32:06 | 10:28:26 |
| F30-34 | 21 | 10:07:45 | 10:47:30 | 10:55:06 | 11:00:32 | 11:40:10 | 10:07:45 |
| F35-39 | 29 | 9:48:14 | 10:13:54 | 10:20:30 | 10:44:09 | 12:02:25 | 9:48:14 |
| F40-44 | 34 | 10:19:34 | 10:24:45 | 10:34:07 | 11:09:56 | 12:06:54 | 10:19:34 |
| F45-49 | 22 | 11:04:16 | 11:20:59 | 11:45:56 | 12:08:57 | 12:48:49 | 11:04:16 |
| F50-54 | 17 | 11:06:37 | 11:06:37 | 12:06:23 | 12:23:24 | 13:19:25 | 11:06:37 |
| F55-59 | 14 | 11:04:58 | 11:04:58 | 11:08:19 | 11:24:26 | 14:07:29 | 11:04:58 |
| F60-64 | 8 | 13:20:01 | 13:20:01 | 13:20:01 | 13:50:20 | 14:04:20 | 13:20:01 |
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.