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 | 1,154 | 8:27:12 | 9:33:01 | 10:12:00 | 11:04:57 | 12:51:56 | 7:44:01 |
| MPRO | 34 | 7:44:01 | 7:47:12 | 7:54:59 | 8:06:08 | 8:39:04 | 7:44:01 |
| M18-24 | 16 | 8:45:02 | 8:45:02 | 9:03:22 | 9:35:36 | 10:41:16 | 8:45:02 |
| M25-29 | 79 | 9:08:05 | 9:53:16 | 10:39:15 | 11:07:22 | 12:47:29 | 9:08:05 |
| M30-34 | 139 | 8:54:34 | 9:44:11 | 9:54:17 | 10:27:35 | 12:11:41 | 8:37:16 |
| M35-39 | 172 | 8:51:34 | 9:49:03 | 10:13:31 | 11:07:13 | 12:21:33 | 8:40:23 |
| M40-44 | 220 | 9:03:30 | 9:59:35 | 10:36:46 | 11:14:58 | 12:53:28 | 8:50:50 |
| M45-49 | 209 | 9:25:17 | 10:01:14 | 10:34:41 | 11:36:23 | 13:00:54 | 9:07:43 |
| M50-54 | 155 | 9:28:33 | 10:01:33 | 10:32:36 | 11:36:38 | 13:24:36 | 9:26:04 |
| M55-59 | 72 | 9:46:39 | 10:48:56 | 11:34:48 | 12:33:07 | 13:57:17 | 9:46:39 |
| M60-64 | 40 | 10:38:15 | 10:48:49 | 11:04:57 | 11:52:45 | 14:03:49 | 10:38:15 |
| M65-69 | 11 | 11:42:02 | 11:42:02 | 11:48:41 | 12:25:58 | 13:06:17 | 11:42:02 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 12:09:39 | 12:09:39 | 12:09:39 | 12:24:03 | 15:32:44 | 12:09:39 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 392 | 9:03:10 | 10:00:52 | 10:39:56 | 11:27:55 | 12:59:14 | 8:38:41 |
| FPRO | 16 | 8:38:41 | 8:38:41 | 8:52:26 | 9:03:10 | 9:40:16 | 8:38:41 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 10:39:18 | 10:39:18 | 10:39:18 | 11:17:44 | 11:47:00 | 10:39:18 |
| F25-29 | 31 | 9:51:46 | 10:03:16 | 10:31:02 | 10:57:23 | 12:29:42 | 9:51:46 |
| F30-34 | 55 | 9:32:05 | 9:47:49 | 10:16:25 | 11:23:31 | 12:04:00 | 9:32:05 |
| F35-39 | 64 | 10:04:24 | 10:41:22 | 10:47:39 | 11:27:55 | 12:44:14 | 10:04:24 |
| F40-44 | 69 | 10:00:33 | 10:49:30 | 11:15:58 | 11:50:48 | 13:21:03 | 10:00:33 |
| F45-49 | 66 | 9:40:55 | 10:41:57 | 11:06:57 | 12:16:14 | 13:44:04 | 9:40:55 |
| F50-54 | 50 | 10:56:57 | 11:14:41 | 11:24:00 | 12:07:50 | 13:18:52 | 10:56:57 |
| F55-59 | 23 | 10:37:12 | 10:54:42 | 10:58:57 | 12:23:03 | 14:25:21 | 10:37:12 |
| F60-64 | 9 | 11:46:10 | 11:46:10 | 11:46:10 | 12:23:28 | 14:46:20 | 11:46:10 |
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.