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 | 1,188 | 8:12:22 | 9:13:01 | 9:37:04 | 10:16:20 | 12:07:01 | 7:48:18 |
| MPRO | 28 | 7:48:18 | 7:52:38 | 7:52:52 | 7:57:42 | 8:16:14 | 7:48:18 |
| M18-24 | 33 | 9:14:53 | 9:26:06 | 10:07:53 | 10:21:19 | 12:25:52 | 9:14:53 |
| M25-29 | 85 | 8:32:16 | 9:16:33 | 9:43:45 | 10:05:51 | 12:03:23 | 8:32:16 |
| M30-34 | 127 | 8:38:43 | 9:12:01 | 9:29:24 | 10:04:30 | 11:57:47 | 8:38:12 |
| M35-39 | 173 | 8:53:20 | 9:11:18 | 9:27:41 | 9:49:46 | 11:35:46 | 8:48:24 |
| M40-44 | 195 | 8:52:18 | 9:18:48 | 9:34:07 | 10:05:07 | 12:00:49 | 8:37:01 |
| M45-49 | 187 | 8:46:18 | 9:28:33 | 9:41:07 | 10:14:45 | 12:05:41 | 8:31:03 |
| M50-54 | 168 | 9:25:29 | 9:37:34 | 9:53:43 | 10:36:01 | 12:22:08 | 9:15:29 |
| M55-59 | 110 | 10:07:39 | 10:18:57 | 10:28:49 | 10:55:25 | 13:22:10 | 9:47:02 |
| M60-64 | 51 | 9:56:35 | 10:47:24 | 10:59:13 | 11:28:10 | 13:04:44 | 9:56:35 |
| M65-69 | 22 | 10:51:51 | 11:43:19 | 11:47:38 | 12:20:46 | 13:43:22 | 10:51:51 |
| M70-74 | 7 | 13:43:08 | 13:43:08 | 13:43:08 | 14:04:56 | 14:21:58 | 13:43:08 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 261 | 8:53:12 | 9:47:42 | 10:37:38 | 11:31:41 | 13:04:10 | 8:29:29 |
| FPRO | 12 | 8:29:29 | 8:29:29 | 8:50:44 | 8:53:12 | 9:17:34 | 8:29:29 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 10:51:49 | 10:51:49 | 10:51:49 | 11:04:22 | 12:53:58 | 10:51:49 |
| F25-29 | 23 | 11:06:58 | 11:13:04 | 11:17:28 | 11:30:05 | 12:37:12 | 11:06:58 |
| F30-34 | 32 | 9:48:18 | 9:50:07 | 11:07:40 | 11:25:27 | 12:54:14 | 9:48:18 |
| F35-39 | 37 | 10:05:49 | 10:19:28 | 10:29:18 | 11:37:14 | 12:46:22 | 10:05:49 |
| F40-44 | 49 | 9:22:28 | 9:46:50 | 10:06:36 | 11:25:58 | 13:37:07 | 9:22:28 |
| F45-49 | 40 | 10:12:33 | 10:16:29 | 10:39:59 | 10:59:05 | 12:55:30 | 10:12:33 |
| F50-54 | 28 | 11:14:51 | 11:58:11 | 12:00:47 | 12:25:14 | 14:46:20 | 11:14:51 |
| F55-59 | 19 | 11:37:39 | 11:37:39 | 11:38:24 | 12:21:30 | 14:19:52 | 11:37:39 |
| F60-64 | 8 | 11:59:54 | 11:59:54 | 11:59:54 | 12:28:38 | 13:52:28 | 11:59:54 |
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.