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 | 853 | 9:17:02 | 10:44:31 | 11:20:58 | 12:23:38 | 14:10:47 | 8:31:33 |
| MPRO | 12 | 8:31:33 | 8:31:33 | 8:40:27 | 8:45:33 | 9:11:37 | 8:31:33 |
| M18-24 | 23 | 10:36:31 | 10:50:26 | 11:07:59 | 11:28:51 | 13:38:20 | 10:36:31 |
| M25-29 | 93 | 9:26:02 | 10:11:15 | 10:47:19 | 11:33:44 | 13:30:34 | 9:26:02 |
| M30-34 | 120 | 10:00:49 | 10:35:13 | 10:47:10 | 11:47:24 | 13:39:59 | 9:04:21 |
| M35-39 | 129 | 10:09:57 | 10:44:31 | 11:16:52 | 12:15:25 | 14:02:29 | 9:40:24 |
| M40-44 | 147 | 10:23:47 | 11:27:52 | 12:13:26 | 13:04:44 | 14:25:32 | 10:22:31 |
| M45-49 | 130 | 10:10:23 | 11:09:44 | 11:27:17 | 12:24:44 | 14:18:58 | 10:02:31 |
| M50-54 | 110 | 11:14:39 | 12:08:27 | 12:18:04 | 12:55:39 | 14:34:15 | 10:53:58 |
| M55-59 | 51 | 11:11:13 | 11:51:24 | 12:28:06 | 12:57:32 | 14:42:26 | 11:11:13 |
| M60-64 | 26 | 11:17:38 | 12:07:28 | 13:12:17 | 13:55:18 | 15:08:32 | 11:17:38 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 12:36:47 | 12:36:47 | 12:36:47 | 14:12:42 | 15:13:45 | 12:36:47 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 311 | 10:54:33 | 11:39:48 | 12:16:56 | 12:57:50 | 14:34:18 | 10:34:36 |
| F18-24 | 11 | 10:54:33 | 10:54:33 | 11:25:40 | 11:39:48 | 14:55:28 | 10:54:33 |
| F25-29 | 42 | 11:24:53 | 12:17:44 | 12:28:11 | 13:00:35 | 14:11:28 | 11:24:53 |
| F30-34 | 37 | 10:35:43 | 11:43:20 | 11:53:52 | 12:45:20 | 13:56:10 | 10:35:43 |
| F35-39 | 62 | 10:34:36 | 11:31:28 | 12:06:16 | 12:49:54 | 14:40:34 | 10:34:36 |
| F40-44 | 60 | 10:49:02 | 11:35:24 | 12:15:17 | 12:42:36 | 14:29:40 | 10:49:02 |
| F45-49 | 44 | 11:03:45 | 11:50:49 | 12:16:56 | 13:29:51 | 14:46:09 | 11:03:45 |
| F50-54 | 35 | 11:34:42 | 12:06:25 | 12:21:33 | 13:23:57 | 14:57:39 | 11:34:42 |
| F55-59 | 10 | 12:57:49 | 12:57:49 | 12:57:49 | 13:39:04 | 15:04:47 | 12:57:49 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 13:43:11 | 13:43:11 | 13:43:11 | 14:16:17 | 14:46:34 | 13:43:11 |
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.