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 | 1,790 | 9:04:44 | 10:02:22 | 10:24:31 | 11:03:27 | 12:27:31 | 7:56:02 |
| MPRO | 26 | 7:56:02 | 8:00:01 | 8:17:24 | 8:26:32 | 9:01:30 | 7:56:02 |
| M18-24 | 14 | 9:36:00 | 9:36:00 | 10:17:04 | 10:32:36 | 11:21:28 | 9:36:00 |
| M25-29 | 109 | 9:24:14 | 9:44:17 | 9:57:01 | 10:38:28 | 11:57:41 | 9:13:05 |
| M30-34 | 265 | 9:21:55 | 9:53:44 | 10:08:30 | 10:40:25 | 12:01:18 | 9:10:18 |
| M35-39 | 299 | 9:20:52 | 9:57:09 | 10:16:46 | 10:40:52 | 12:05:39 | 9:04:11 |
| M40-44 | 348 | 9:53:53 | 10:14:41 | 10:36:21 | 11:16:10 | 12:26:59 | 9:16:11 |
| M45-49 | 350 | 10:00:09 | 10:15:21 | 10:33:44 | 11:15:41 | 12:39:01 | 9:37:20 |
| M50-54 | 256 | 10:20:16 | 10:47:53 | 11:14:56 | 11:45:19 | 12:58:19 | 10:04:58 |
| M55-59 | 96 | 10:30:36 | 10:55:46 | 11:28:05 | 12:08:23 | 13:13:48 | 10:30:36 |
| M60-64 | 23 | 10:33:54 | 11:54:33 | 12:08:18 | 12:16:58 | 12:47:32 | 10:33:54 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 235 | 9:36:25 | 10:31:17 | 11:12:41 | 11:48:30 | 13:11:58 | 9:15:31 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:15:31 | 9:15:31 | 9:15:31 | 9:26:01 | 9:49:32 | 9:15:31 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 11:18:47 | 11:18:47 | 11:18:47 | 11:18:47 | 11:46:40 | 11:18:47 |
| F25-29 | 23 | 10:10:21 | 11:06:58 | 11:07:07 | 11:54:12 | 12:36:46 | 10:10:21 |
| F30-34 | 39 | 10:05:17 | 10:35:22 | 10:56:57 | 11:33:30 | 13:08:41 | 10:05:17 |
| F35-39 | 46 | 10:38:06 | 11:07:44 | 11:12:41 | 11:52:52 | 13:22:53 | 10:38:06 |
| F40-44 | 44 | 10:24:40 | 11:17:16 | 11:25:07 | 12:01:54 | 13:22:36 | 10:24:40 |
| F45-49 | 38 | 11:07:54 | 11:19:34 | 11:36:38 | 11:53:42 | 13:11:58 | 11:07:54 |
| F50-54 | 22 | 10:27:52 | 11:03:18 | 11:39:10 | 12:35:58 | 13:18:39 | 10:27:52 |
| F55-59 | 9 | 11:29:31 | 11:29:31 | 11:29:31 | 13:40:56 | 14:16:00 | 11:29:31 |
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.