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 | 4,462 | 8:17:40 | 9:10:30 | 9:36:16 | 10:11:54 | 11:23:25 | 7:28:25 |
| MPRO | 55 | 7:28:25 | 7:32:40 | 7:42:17 | 7:48:58 | 8:05:03 | 7:28:25 |
| M18-24 | 214 | 8:46:28 | 9:14:01 | 9:38:34 | 10:04:11 | 11:17:37 | 8:29:28 |
| M25-29 | 545 | 8:35:58 | 9:02:47 | 9:29:15 | 10:00:44 | 11:11:25 | 8:25:46 |
| M30-34 | 717 | 8:33:05 | 9:10:31 | 9:31:15 | 9:57:06 | 11:04:16 | 7:50:54 |
| M35-39 | 613 | 8:37:03 | 9:01:55 | 9:29:56 | 10:02:18 | 11:15:28 | 8:10:44 |
| M40-44 | 664 | 8:52:11 | 9:14:41 | 9:33:23 | 10:06:25 | 11:12:30 | 8:17:27 |
| M45-49 | 660 | 8:56:13 | 9:28:35 | 9:49:42 | 10:19:23 | 11:24:40 | 8:36:35 |
| M50-54 | 533 | 9:10:51 | 9:42:12 | 10:06:30 | 10:37:12 | 11:45:57 | 8:53:44 |
| M55-59 | 294 | 9:37:38 | 10:03:39 | 10:31:07 | 11:01:01 | 12:13:40 | 9:28:07 |
| M60-64 | 123 | 9:53:02 | 10:35:50 | 10:45:02 | 11:24:40 | 12:52:45 | 9:46:53 |
| M65-69 | 36 | 10:19:30 | 11:05:01 | 11:23:07 | 12:01:11 | 13:34:25 | 10:19:30 |
| M70-74 | 8 | 11:46:55 | 11:46:55 | 11:46:55 | 11:54:59 | 13:07:37 | 11:46:55 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 707 | 9:09:33 | 10:09:56 | 10:34:23 | 11:08:07 | 12:25:41 | 8:31:32 |
| FPRO | 16 | 8:31:32 | 8:31:32 | 8:36:13 | 8:48:07 | 9:09:33 | 8:31:32 |
| F18-24 | 37 | 9:26:22 | 10:18:29 | 10:48:02 | 10:57:49 | 11:51:23 | 9:26:22 |
| F25-29 | 104 | 9:35:33 | 10:04:43 | 10:23:20 | 10:38:36 | 11:55:27 | 9:25:57 |
| F30-34 | 121 | 9:52:22 | 10:14:57 | 10:42:34 | 11:07:21 | 12:11:13 | 9:47:26 |
| F35-39 | 106 | 9:38:52 | 10:18:57 | 10:39:59 | 11:04:58 | 12:11:47 | 9:28:03 |
| F40-44 | 123 | 9:50:44 | 10:28:15 | 10:39:58 | 11:14:11 | 13:04:57 | 9:47:02 |
| F45-49 | 90 | 10:21:58 | 10:55:00 | 11:12:45 | 11:37:29 | 12:52:04 | 10:21:58 |
| F50-54 | 63 | 9:20:22 | 11:01:03 | 11:06:39 | 11:42:50 | 12:56:00 | 9:20:22 |
| F55-59 | 33 | 10:26:18 | 11:28:21 | 11:53:26 | 12:04:42 | 13:20:12 | 10:26:18 |
| F60-64 | 14 | 11:26:47 | 11:26:47 | 12:12:32 | 12:22:25 | 13:30:44 | 11:26:47 |
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.