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 | 1,192 | 9:00:31 | 9:31:46 | 9:50:36 | 10:16:19 | 11:19:57 | 8:12:29 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:12:29 | 8:12:29 | 8:15:51 | 8:21:59 | 8:44:12 | 8:12:29 |
| M18-24 | 37 | 9:06:40 | 9:19:14 | 9:41:45 | 9:52:43 | 10:52:12 | 9:06:40 |
| M25-29 | 135 | 9:14:19 | 9:28:56 | 9:42:47 | 9:57:35 | 10:56:24 | 9:12:58 |
| M30-34 | 248 | 9:17:36 | 9:31:46 | 9:43:45 | 10:08:18 | 11:08:48 | 8:59:27 |
| M35-39 | 343 | 9:20:54 | 9:33:50 | 9:46:53 | 10:15:42 | 11:18:18 | 9:04:59 |
| M40-44 | 209 | 9:25:19 | 9:56:18 | 10:13:47 | 10:37:01 | 11:32:26 | 9:18:29 |
| M45-49 | 118 | 9:27:52 | 9:56:32 | 10:08:15 | 10:36:07 | 11:33:13 | 9:17:04 |
| M50-54 | 49 | 9:28:49 | 10:15:55 | 10:24:08 | 10:49:40 | 11:42:28 | 9:28:49 |
| M55-59 | 21 | 9:44:32 | 10:17:34 | 10:34:40 | 11:24:57 | 12:05:07 | 9:44:32 |
| M60-64 | 10 | 10:47:29 | 10:47:29 | 10:47:29 | 10:53:13 | 12:39:31 | 10:47:29 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 99 | 9:03:11 | 9:51:48 | 10:08:57 | 10:52:49 | 12:11:04 | 9:03:11 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:03:11 | 9:03:11 | 9:03:11 | 9:22:24 | 9:51:48 | 9:03:11 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 11:28:00 | 11:28:00 | 11:28:00 | 11:28:00 | 12:11:54 | 11:28:00 |
| F25-29 | 10 | 10:28:48 | 10:28:48 | 10:28:48 | 11:15:55 | 11:43:43 | 10:28:48 |
| F30-34 | 27 | 9:59:41 | 10:08:57 | 10:16:40 | 11:05:30 | 12:14:00 | 9:59:41 |
| F35-39 | 25 | 10:11:40 | 10:23:34 | 10:32:39 | 11:18:35 | 12:11:04 | 10:11:40 |
| F40-44 | 11 | 10:24:52 | 10:24:52 | 10:52:49 | 11:51:26 | 13:02:06 | 10:24:52 |
| F45-49 | 7 | 11:05:25 | 11:05:25 | 11:05:25 | 12:04:04 | 13:01:28 | 11:05:25 |
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.