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 | 1,160 | 8:41:39 | 9:32:51 | 9:52:13 | 10:20:23 | 11:12:36 | 8:07:39 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:07:39 | 8:07:39 | 8:12:52 | 8:20:12 | 8:31:06 | 8:07:39 |
| M18-24 | 45 | 9:10:40 | 9:36:37 | 9:48:33 | 10:20:25 | 11:22:28 | 9:10:40 |
| M25-29 | 136 | 9:13:10 | 9:29:23 | 9:46:36 | 10:05:25 | 10:51:42 | 9:07:59 |
| M30-34 | 214 | 9:01:51 | 9:22:28 | 9:47:58 | 10:10:34 | 10:55:02 | 8:51:22 |
| M35-39 | 275 | 9:13:27 | 9:35:12 | 9:48:45 | 10:14:45 | 11:07:08 | 8:41:39 |
| M40-44 | 240 | 9:02:42 | 9:45:30 | 10:12:41 | 10:27:34 | 11:16:07 | 8:52:43 |
| M45-49 | 135 | 9:34:45 | 10:04:19 | 10:27:15 | 10:52:43 | 11:34:14 | 9:07:29 |
| M50-54 | 74 | 9:38:14 | 9:53:38 | 10:30:19 | 11:09:53 | 11:53:06 | 9:38:14 |
| M55-59 | 22 | 10:24:49 | 10:36:18 | 10:37:37 | 10:49:03 | 12:16:04 | 10:24:49 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 148 | 9:15:25 | 10:22:04 | 10:47:39 | 11:21:27 | 12:16:41 | 8:54:36 |
| FPRO | 7 | 8:54:36 | 8:54:36 | 8:54:36 | 9:15:25 | 9:36:59 | 8:54:36 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 11:21:27 | 11:21:27 | 11:21:27 | 11:21:27 | 12:15:48 | 11:21:27 |
| F25-29 | 26 | 9:50:46 | 10:22:04 | 10:49:09 | 11:25:08 | 12:10:23 | 9:50:46 |
| F30-34 | 34 | 10:51:08 | 10:51:15 | 11:11:41 | 11:46:01 | 12:23:41 | 10:51:08 |
| F35-39 | 26 | 10:13:15 | 10:39:04 | 10:47:13 | 11:01:52 | 12:37:56 | 10:13:15 |
| F40-44 | 19 | 10:57:41 | 10:57:41 | 11:15:41 | 11:44:22 | 12:13:39 | 10:57:41 |
| F45-49 | 14 | 10:33:27 | 10:33:27 | 10:54:05 | 11:36:56 | 12:03:53 | 10:33:27 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 10:44:45 | 10:44:45 | 10:56:27 | 11:09:59 | 12:27:20 | 10:44:45 |
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.