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 | 1,150 | 8:59:06 | 9:47:45 | 10:27:01 | 11:14:12 | 12:57:19 | 7:58:34 |
| MPRO | 14 | 7:58:34 | 7:58:34 | 8:11:13 | 8:12:19 | 8:34:34 | 7:58:34 |
| M18-24 | 11 | 10:04:34 | 10:04:34 | 10:56:33 | 11:14:27 | 11:59:16 | 10:04:34 |
| M25-29 | 75 | 9:17:13 | 9:45:54 | 10:21:38 | 10:57:10 | 12:25:22 | 9:17:13 |
| M30-34 | 159 | 9:12:15 | 9:30:42 | 10:04:09 | 10:42:20 | 12:33:49 | 9:12:00 |
| M35-39 | 214 | 8:59:06 | 9:35:25 | 10:08:13 | 10:55:00 | 12:39:57 | 8:56:14 |
| M40-44 | 234 | 9:16:32 | 10:00:38 | 10:38:29 | 11:23:37 | 12:49:26 | 9:03:33 |
| M45-49 | 207 | 9:28:36 | 10:02:59 | 10:47:00 | 11:43:01 | 13:13:48 | 9:15:40 |
| M50-54 | 124 | 9:43:34 | 10:31:56 | 11:05:19 | 11:43:57 | 13:37:45 | 9:35:41 |
| M55-59 | 70 | 9:51:30 | 10:49:37 | 10:56:50 | 12:19:00 | 14:23:26 | 9:51:30 |
| M60-64 | 34 | 10:55:03 | 10:58:37 | 11:31:00 | 12:10:23 | 14:20:37 | 10:55:03 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 12:49:40 | 12:49:40 | 12:49:40 | 13:05:45 | 13:33:17 | 12:49:40 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 339 | 9:37:27 | 10:21:17 | 11:08:52 | 12:06:13 | 13:46:08 | 8:56:17 |
| FPRO | 7 | 8:56:17 | 8:56:17 | 8:56:17 | 8:57:02 | 9:37:27 | 8:56:17 |
| F25-29 | 18 | 10:14:29 | 10:14:29 | 10:15:15 | 10:49:33 | 12:45:27 | 10:14:29 |
| F30-34 | 43 | 10:09:37 | 10:37:41 | 11:08:52 | 12:05:17 | 13:10:05 | 10:09:37 |
| F35-39 | 71 | 9:56:39 | 10:21:41 | 10:53:01 | 12:03:06 | 13:38:33 | 9:56:39 |
| F40-44 | 63 | 9:54:01 | 10:15:36 | 11:01:23 | 11:39:54 | 13:00:28 | 9:54:01 |
| F45-49 | 50 | 11:11:19 | 11:26:51 | 12:10:45 | 12:32:13 | 14:07:03 | 11:11:19 |
| F50-54 | 39 | 11:19:28 | 11:27:00 | 12:06:52 | 12:47:44 | 15:11:19 | 11:19:28 |
| F55-59 | 32 | 11:47:23 | 12:40:51 | 13:11:27 | 13:31:56 | 14:29:21 | 11:47:23 |
| F60-64 | 9 | 12:33:21 | 12:33:21 | 12:33:21 | 12:37:43 | 15:14:15 | 12:33:21 |
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.