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 | 1,191 | 6:58:12 | 8:19:02 | 8:55:23 | 9:30:01 | 10:49:06 | 6:32:11 |
| MPRO | 29 | 6:32:11 | 6:32:31 | 6:34:47 | 6:43:47 | 7:07:59 | 6:32:11 |
| M18-24 | 62 | 8:20:53 | 8:26:04 | 8:50:48 | 9:27:27 | 10:14:54 | 8:20:53 |
| M25-29 | 131 | 7:54:24 | 8:28:31 | 9:02:22 | 9:26:24 | 10:38:28 | 7:43:27 |
| M30-34 | 169 | 7:42:23 | 8:34:26 | 9:06:49 | 9:29:58 | 10:30:56 | 7:33:11 |
| M35-39 | 163 | 7:37:52 | 8:12:02 | 8:40:41 | 9:15:28 | 10:27:29 | 7:37:50 |
| M40-44 | 163 | 7:48:15 | 8:34:59 | 9:20:25 | 9:49:26 | 10:54:34 | 7:15:22 |
| M45-49 | 146 | 8:05:35 | 8:39:48 | 8:57:11 | 9:27:09 | 10:46:12 | 8:03:19 |
| M50-54 | 161 | 8:16:03 | 8:55:10 | 9:20:01 | 9:46:19 | 11:16:28 | 8:10:53 |
| M55-59 | 96 | 8:01:22 | 9:26:39 | 9:56:08 | 10:20:29 | 11:20:07 | 8:01:22 |
| M60-64 | 54 | 8:22:12 | 9:12:30 | 10:03:34 | 10:16:59 | 11:58:20 | 8:22:12 |
| M65-69 | 13 | 9:49:43 | 9:49:43 | 10:17:55 | 11:14:10 | 12:37:48 | 9:49:43 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 409 | 7:34:25 | 8:26:48 | 8:59:57 | 9:50:15 | 11:04:14 | 7:17:13 |
| FPRO | 21 | 7:17:13 | 7:20:45 | 7:24:05 | 7:34:25 | 7:55:42 | 7:17:13 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 9:51:02 | 9:51:02 | 9:51:02 | 10:14:34 | 11:27:38 | 9:51:02 |
| F25-29 | 27 | 8:21:08 | 9:11:11 | 9:15:19 | 9:38:40 | 10:51:23 | 8:21:08 |
| F30-34 | 54 | 8:25:20 | 8:42:38 | 8:59:07 | 9:46:16 | 11:06:12 | 8:25:20 |
| F35-39 | 53 | 8:19:49 | 8:55:23 | 9:08:00 | 9:32:02 | 10:43:52 | 8:19:49 |
| F40-44 | 66 | 8:17:13 | 9:12:50 | 9:47:22 | 10:07:40 | 11:00:22 | 8:17:13 |
| F45-49 | 65 | 8:34:30 | 9:11:00 | 9:33:09 | 10:06:11 | 11:40:44 | 8:34:30 |
| F50-54 | 56 | 8:39:44 | 9:46:17 | 9:59:34 | 10:15:49 | 11:26:47 | 8:39:44 |
| F55-59 | 34 | 9:37:22 | 9:45:33 | 9:54:05 | 10:05:27 | 11:11:11 | 9:37:22 |
| F60-64 | 18 | 9:38:16 | 9:38:16 | 10:03:35 | 10:30:24 | 10:57:25 | 9:38:16 |
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.