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 | 1,551 | 9:24:21 | 10:12:31 | 10:37:46 | 11:17:00 | 12:44:31 | 8:24:40 |
| MPRO | 15 | 8:24:40 | 8:24:40 | 8:38:17 | 8:41:17 | 9:04:21 | 8:24:40 |
| M18-24 | 42 | 9:23:32 | 10:21:12 | 10:39:16 | 10:49:25 | 12:09:31 | 9:23:32 |
| M25-29 | 139 | 9:44:02 | 10:15:25 | 10:39:51 | 11:12:35 | 12:28:29 | 9:43:06 |
| M30-34 | 208 | 9:27:37 | 9:59:36 | 10:18:34 | 10:48:12 | 12:09:47 | 9:05:31 |
| M35-39 | 311 | 9:34:43 | 10:02:01 | 10:37:46 | 11:26:09 | 12:50:33 | 9:24:21 |
| M40-44 | 377 | 9:50:39 | 10:15:30 | 10:36:39 | 11:15:10 | 12:36:23 | 9:37:11 |
| M45-49 | 232 | 10:03:14 | 10:29:58 | 10:56:18 | 11:23:20 | 12:40:53 | 9:42:34 |
| M50-54 | 139 | 10:23:56 | 11:04:37 | 11:30:35 | 12:15:15 | 13:45:31 | 10:15:38 |
| M55-59 | 55 | 11:12:31 | 11:49:36 | 12:07:10 | 12:56:44 | 14:05:17 | 11:12:31 |
| M60-64 | 23 | 11:36:03 | 11:46:03 | 12:13:10 | 13:34:11 | 14:31:56 | 11:36:03 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 13:42:50 | 13:42:50 | 13:42:50 | 13:50:16 | 15:46:00 | 13:42:50 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 545 | 9:56:48 | 10:53:08 | 11:23:52 | 12:13:34 | 13:44:27 | 9:17:54 |
| FPRO | 12 | 9:17:54 | 9:17:54 | 9:23:52 | 9:39:23 | 9:56:48 | 9:17:54 |
| F18-24 | 15 | 11:38:38 | 11:38:38 | 11:46:27 | 11:54:55 | 13:37:47 | 11:38:38 |
| F25-29 | 76 | 10:42:03 | 11:08:32 | 11:53:08 | 12:37:51 | 13:47:34 | 10:42:03 |
| F30-34 | 105 | 10:27:17 | 10:48:18 | 11:37:02 | 12:16:44 | 13:30:12 | 10:14:54 |
| F35-39 | 121 | 10:20:37 | 11:00:19 | 11:22:07 | 11:58:23 | 13:42:02 | 10:16:51 |
| F40-44 | 105 | 10:41:35 | 11:10:54 | 11:21:47 | 11:52:32 | 13:36:45 | 10:10:09 |
| F45-49 | 72 | 11:12:40 | 11:50:48 | 12:23:23 | 12:47:11 | 14:00:55 | 11:12:40 |
| F50-54 | 29 | 11:29:19 | 11:53:35 | 11:55:40 | 12:36:16 | 14:13:25 | 11:29:19 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 12:29:26 | 12:29:26 | 12:29:26 | 14:11:35 | 15:39:05 | 12:29:26 |
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.