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 | 2,315 | 8:53:26 | 9:19:59 | 9:40:06 | 10:04:39 | 11:06:24 | 7:52:43 |
| MPRO | 31 | 7:52:43 | 7:53:40 | 8:11:38 | 8:19:59 | 8:57:45 | 7:52:43 |
| M18-24 | 30 | 9:01:46 | 9:05:57 | 9:13:06 | 9:47:31 | 11:20:06 | 9:01:46 |
| M25-29 | 130 | 8:49:30 | 8:57:13 | 9:30:56 | 9:47:57 | 10:31:10 | 8:42:57 |
| M30-34 | 304 | 8:53:26 | 9:11:13 | 9:26:07 | 9:46:40 | 10:43:05 | 8:43:51 |
| M35-39 | 402 | 8:58:24 | 9:15:07 | 9:26:47 | 9:53:17 | 10:54:18 | 8:51:33 |
| M40-44 | 481 | 9:09:28 | 9:28:27 | 9:43:33 | 10:05:05 | 11:03:48 | 8:55:55 |
| M45-49 | 440 | 9:16:33 | 9:34:02 | 9:53:00 | 10:21:42 | 11:16:42 | 8:49:35 |
| M50-54 | 314 | 9:29:46 | 9:51:01 | 10:09:45 | 10:31:36 | 11:36:45 | 9:19:45 |
| M55-59 | 129 | 9:51:39 | 10:03:30 | 10:16:34 | 10:46:48 | 12:11:03 | 9:49:10 |
| M60-64 | 39 | 10:27:13 | 10:29:58 | 10:38:42 | 11:00:07 | 12:24:14 | 10:27:13 |
| M65-69 | 11 | 10:51:36 | 10:51:36 | 11:43:13 | 12:09:42 | 12:30:26 | 10:51:36 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 288 | 9:13:23 | 9:53:55 | 10:17:20 | 10:54:25 | 12:00:21 | 9:01:17 |
| FPRO | 15 | 9:01:17 | 9:01:17 | 9:09:58 | 9:13:23 | 9:31:54 | 9:01:17 |
| F25-29 | 23 | 9:50:01 | 9:53:55 | 9:58:45 | 10:23:54 | 11:41:50 | 9:50:01 |
| F30-34 | 40 | 9:34:59 | 9:55:08 | 10:26:57 | 10:53:18 | 11:46:52 | 9:34:59 |
| F35-39 | 54 | 9:43:05 | 9:58:17 | 10:22:11 | 11:00:55 | 12:05:22 | 9:43:05 |
| F40-44 | 52 | 10:04:00 | 10:24:34 | 10:52:32 | 11:18:33 | 12:16:53 | 10:04:00 |
| F45-49 | 53 | 10:05:45 | 10:17:58 | 10:43:49 | 11:17:43 | 12:05:12 | 10:05:45 |
| F50-54 | 36 | 10:52:24 | 10:57:25 | 11:06:03 | 11:36:25 | 12:07:22 | 10:52:24 |
| F55-59 | 10 | 11:41:31 | 11:41:31 | 11:41:31 | 11:50:32 | 12:00:36 | 11:41:31 |
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.