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 | 1,389 | 8:48:04 | 9:52:18 | 10:29:22 | 11:19:00 | 12:50:09 | 8:15:07 |
| MPRO | 36 | 8:15:07 | 8:22:55 | 8:26:38 | 8:37:46 | 9:07:48 | 8:15:07 |
| M18-24 | 29 | 9:16:07 | 9:37:04 | 9:38:59 | 10:48:03 | 12:26:51 | 9:16:07 |
| M25-29 | 129 | 9:52:13 | 10:12:45 | 10:32:32 | 11:26:23 | 13:00:05 | 9:18:19 |
| M30-34 | 258 | 9:12:34 | 9:52:28 | 10:29:13 | 11:13:46 | 12:36:39 | 9:01:46 |
| M35-39 | 288 | 9:21:58 | 9:53:54 | 10:27:51 | 11:16:00 | 12:36:11 | 8:59:01 |
| M40-44 | 290 | 9:29:00 | 10:10:48 | 10:48:25 | 11:26:31 | 12:49:07 | 9:14:22 |
| M45-49 | 185 | 9:42:15 | 10:26:54 | 10:57:55 | 11:45:55 | 13:04:56 | 8:20:42 |
| M50-54 | 115 | 9:53:40 | 10:42:19 | 11:11:43 | 11:45:00 | 13:27:24 | 9:40:41 |
| M55-59 | 38 | 10:39:31 | 10:43:28 | 11:16:52 | 12:26:26 | 13:45:14 | 10:39:31 |
| M60-64 | 12 | 11:53:38 | 11:53:38 | 11:59:30 | 12:29:56 | 13:45:14 | 11:53:38 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 12:13:25 | 12:13:25 | 12:13:25 | 13:43:16 | 14:04:26 | 12:13:25 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 380 | 9:23:49 | 10:10:22 | 11:06:25 | 12:01:30 | 13:33:12 | 9:15:38 |
| FPRO | 23 | 9:15:38 | 9:15:45 | 9:21:30 | 9:25:58 | 9:48:43 | 9:15:38 |
| F18-24 | 8 | 11:50:15 | 11:50:15 | 11:50:15 | 12:50:28 | 13:15:32 | 11:50:15 |
| F25-29 | 28 | 10:59:33 | 11:24:50 | 11:35:22 | 12:05:14 | 13:49:43 | 10:59:33 |
| F30-34 | 75 | 10:21:28 | 11:03:07 | 11:43:48 | 12:07:41 | 13:31:03 | 10:21:28 |
| F35-39 | 62 | 10:10:22 | 10:55:07 | 11:06:25 | 11:31:29 | 13:20:55 | 10:10:22 |
| F40-44 | 85 | 10:14:29 | 11:04:49 | 11:53:09 | 12:26:04 | 13:48:43 | 10:14:29 |
| F45-49 | 59 | 10:59:16 | 11:21:05 | 11:35:28 | 12:15:51 | 13:49:48 | 10:59:16 |
| F50-54 | 30 | 11:27:02 | 11:29:48 | 12:09:53 | 12:31:40 | 13:31:26 | 11:27:02 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 11:36:37 | 11:36:37 | 11:36:37 | 12:57:35 | 15:17:31 | 11:36:37 |
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.