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 | 1,416 | 8:44:08 | 9:24:23 | 9:54:51 | 10:42:41 | 12:13:30 | 7:55:23 |
| MPRO | 23 | 7:55:23 | 8:02:42 | 8:05:21 | 8:20:16 | 8:43:51 | 7:55:23 |
| M18-24 | 35 | 8:53:56 | 9:38:17 | 9:48:58 | 10:27:49 | 12:45:43 | 8:53:56 |
| M25-29 | 120 | 9:00:58 | 9:33:29 | 10:05:21 | 10:34:37 | 12:14:37 | 8:52:26 |
| M30-34 | 217 | 8:56:43 | 9:29:01 | 10:01:22 | 10:40:36 | 11:53:43 | 8:44:08 |
| M35-39 | 312 | 8:55:52 | 9:27:30 | 9:58:39 | 10:39:58 | 11:57:23 | 8:39:34 |
| M40-44 | 290 | 8:56:29 | 9:26:59 | 9:52:22 | 10:41:27 | 12:14:17 | 8:51:31 |
| M45-49 | 214 | 9:10:10 | 9:37:56 | 9:59:50 | 10:47:36 | 12:13:51 | 8:45:25 |
| M50-54 | 124 | 9:01:18 | 9:52:02 | 10:49:24 | 11:18:55 | 12:29:38 | 8:59:55 |
| M55-59 | 51 | 9:40:43 | 10:19:43 | 11:03:42 | 11:42:34 | 13:08:57 | 9:40:43 |
| M60-64 | 15 | 10:51:48 | 10:51:48 | 11:10:28 | 11:28:17 | 13:49:40 | 10:51:48 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 11:33:10 | 11:33:10 | 12:30:09 | 12:35:54 | 14:07:50 | 11:33:10 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 433 | 9:16:26 | 10:03:19 | 10:45:34 | 11:35:00 | 13:10:08 | 8:52:28 |
| FPRO | 18 | 8:52:28 | 8:52:28 | 9:01:12 | 9:12:40 | 9:29:57 | 8:52:28 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 10:30:54 | 10:30:54 | 10:30:54 | 11:30:24 | 12:16:19 | 10:30:54 |
| F25-29 | 41 | 10:06:30 | 10:53:13 | 11:03:50 | 11:36:45 | 13:00:26 | 10:06:30 |
| F30-34 | 71 | 9:35:01 | 10:04:36 | 10:38:20 | 11:14:01 | 13:02:15 | 9:35:01 |
| F35-39 | 73 | 9:38:40 | 10:08:24 | 10:45:34 | 11:07:22 | 12:41:06 | 9:38:40 |
| F40-44 | 94 | 9:42:53 | 10:56:39 | 11:32:51 | 11:57:36 | 13:48:04 | 9:42:53 |
| F45-49 | 66 | 10:15:40 | 10:57:41 | 11:36:57 | 11:54:26 | 13:19:52 | 10:15:40 |
| F50-54 | 30 | 10:28:45 | 10:47:44 | 11:23:53 | 12:09:48 | 13:28:51 | 10:28:45 |
| F55-59 | 21 | 12:11:37 | 12:16:04 | 12:23:17 | 12:48:26 | 14:03:56 | 12:11:37 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 12:34:30 | 12:34:30 | 12:34:30 | 12:40:17 | 14:56:24 | 12:34:30 |
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.