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 | 394 | 9:17:06 | 10:01:32 | 10:26:24 | 11:03:21 | 12:40:38 | 8:41:15 |
| MPRO | 23 | 8:41:15 | 8:52:29 | 8:53:20 | 9:19:01 | 9:52:00 | 8:41:15 |
| M18-24 | 7 | 10:01:26 | 10:01:26 | 10:01:26 | 11:26:29 | 14:21:54 | 10:01:26 |
| M25-29 | 24 | 10:58:17 | 11:01:13 | 11:09:57 | 11:48:55 | 13:32:39 | 10:58:17 |
| M30-34 | 33 | 9:52:51 | 10:06:24 | 10:19:28 | 10:49:13 | 12:01:30 | 9:52:51 |
| M35-39 | 68 | 9:28:49 | 10:11:54 | 10:16:46 | 10:31:48 | 12:00:05 | 9:28:49 |
| M40-44 | 88 | 9:59:59 | 10:25:10 | 10:40:25 | 11:08:53 | 12:08:59 | 9:59:59 |
| M45-49 | 75 | 10:13:28 | 10:51:05 | 11:04:27 | 11:34:53 | 12:55:16 | 10:13:28 |
| M50-54 | 38 | 10:54:20 | 10:58:03 | 11:15:53 | 11:53:02 | 14:06:27 | 10:54:20 |
| M55-59 | 24 | 11:39:01 | 12:09:56 | 12:12:39 | 12:24:06 | 13:07:46 | 11:39:01 |
| M60-64 | 11 | 12:38:52 | 12:38:52 | 12:42:17 | 13:51:49 | 14:48:06 | 12:38:52 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 84 | 9:48:14 | 10:08:52 | 10:29:53 | 11:09:08 | 13:28:15 | 9:48:14 |
| FPRO | 15 | 9:48:14 | 9:48:14 | 9:52:45 | 10:01:39 | 10:25:15 | 9:48:14 |
| F25-29 | 6 | 10:50:13 | 10:50:13 | 10:50:13 | 12:10:18 | 13:03:39 | 10:50:13 |
| F30-34 | 10 | 10:48:26 | 10:48:26 | 10:48:26 | 11:09:08 | 13:41:43 | 10:48:26 |
| F35-39 | 13 | 11:07:15 | 11:07:15 | 11:14:26 | 11:17:00 | 12:16:12 | 11:07:15 |
| F40-44 | 12 | 11:26:10 | 11:26:10 | 11:28:18 | 12:08:33 | 13:52:49 | 11:26:10 |
| F45-49 | 10 | 11:43:30 | 11:43:30 | 11:43:30 | 13:10:10 | 13:54:29 | 11:43:30 |
| F50-54 | 10 | 12:24:36 | 12:24:36 | 12:24:36 | 13:14:45 | 15:18:15 | 12:24:36 |
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.