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 | 703 | 8:29:44 | 9:38:14 | 10:08:55 | 10:36:32 | 11:43:55 | 7:49:03 |
| MPRO | 18 | 7:49:03 | 7:49:03 | 7:57:37 | 8:12:03 | 8:30:56 | 7:49:03 |
| M18-24 | 9 | 9:26:20 | 9:26:20 | 9:26:20 | 9:42:53 | 11:42:47 | 9:26:20 |
| M25-29 | 45 | 8:44:18 | 9:37:16 | 9:42:31 | 10:16:13 | 11:08:27 | 8:44:18 |
| M30-34 | 90 | 9:01:53 | 9:37:33 | 9:56:53 | 10:22:00 | 11:43:46 | 9:01:53 |
| M35-39 | 132 | 9:19:42 | 9:51:37 | 10:09:33 | 10:30:47 | 11:32:57 | 9:19:24 |
| M40-44 | 145 | 9:31:19 | 10:01:09 | 10:24:28 | 10:44:50 | 11:48:19 | 9:29:54 |
| M45-49 | 134 | 9:16:06 | 10:00:26 | 10:15:56 | 10:50:58 | 11:42:27 | 9:04:35 |
| M50-54 | 85 | 9:38:14 | 10:38:11 | 10:45:52 | 11:14:11 | 12:04:27 | 9:38:14 |
| M55-59 | 29 | 10:54:07 | 10:54:31 | 11:03:43 | 11:13:25 | 12:24:36 | 10:54:07 |
| M60-64 | 14 | 11:08:42 | 11:08:42 | 11:43:32 | 12:40:19 | 13:35:16 | 11:08:42 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 113 | 8:59:49 | 9:41:31 | 10:09:49 | 11:04:28 | 12:15:31 | 8:54:41 |
| FPRO | 14 | 8:54:41 | 8:54:41 | 8:59:49 | 9:01:14 | 9:46:40 | 8:54:41 |
| F25-29 | 8 | 10:50:26 | 10:50:26 | 10:50:26 | 11:22:34 | 12:10:27 | 10:50:26 |
| F30-34 | 19 | 10:31:44 | 10:31:44 | 10:41:09 | 11:04:28 | 12:03:54 | 10:31:44 |
| F35-39 | 18 | 10:02:25 | 10:02:25 | 10:46:06 | 10:58:57 | 11:31:59 | 10:02:25 |
| F40-44 | 23 | 11:05:40 | 11:17:47 | 11:35:56 | 11:46:02 | 12:55:36 | 11:05:40 |
| F45-49 | 17 | 11:15:54 | 11:15:54 | 11:38:10 | 11:49:06 | 13:03:49 | 11:15:54 |
| F50-54 | 8 | 11:54:36 | 11:54:36 | 11:54:36 | 12:24:52 | 12:56:51 | 11:54:36 |
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.