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 | 1,538 | 9:12:01 | 9:38:42 | 9:53:44 | 10:19:45 | 11:33:13 | 8:20:50 |
| MPRO | 14 | 8:20:50 | 8:20:50 | 8:28:39 | 8:30:22 | 8:47:04 | 8:20:50 |
| M18-24 | 36 | 9:02:22 | 9:17:11 | 9:32:26 | 9:57:55 | 11:43:30 | 9:02:22 |
| M25-29 | 148 | 9:10:00 | 9:23:47 | 9:38:35 | 9:55:44 | 10:56:25 | 9:04:37 |
| M30-34 | 260 | 9:16:05 | 9:28:12 | 9:44:32 | 10:11:24 | 11:13:49 | 9:12:01 |
| M35-39 | 436 | 9:23:15 | 9:42:43 | 9:52:33 | 10:17:16 | 11:24:40 | 8:54:01 |
| M40-44 | 362 | 9:25:26 | 9:50:28 | 10:03:19 | 10:30:49 | 11:45:44 | 9:10:41 |
| M45-49 | 171 | 9:44:21 | 10:01:08 | 10:09:14 | 10:40:10 | 11:44:01 | 9:32:18 |
| M50-54 | 62 | 9:56:12 | 10:26:40 | 10:52:53 | 11:17:22 | 12:11:42 | 9:56:12 |
| M55-59 | 28 | 10:19:15 | 10:56:26 | 11:48:03 | 12:39:47 | 13:25:56 | 10:19:15 |
| M60-64 | 13 | 11:15:32 | 11:15:32 | 11:44:29 | 12:00:33 | 13:33:37 | 11:15:32 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 10:53:05 | 10:53:05 | 10:53:05 | 12:39:16 | 14:08:41 | 10:53:05 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 192 | 9:26:22 | 10:24:22 | 10:43:49 | 11:14:15 | 12:39:26 | 9:15:31 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:15:31 | 9:15:31 | 9:15:31 | 9:26:22 | 9:49:19 | 9:15:31 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 10:23:11 | 10:23:11 | 10:23:11 | 10:34:38 | 11:33:25 | 10:23:11 |
| F25-29 | 26 | 10:14:27 | 10:24:22 | 10:30:20 | 11:11:12 | 12:55:58 | 10:14:27 |
| F30-34 | 45 | 10:18:49 | 10:37:28 | 10:43:58 | 11:14:15 | 12:16:46 | 10:18:49 |
| F35-39 | 47 | 10:35:32 | 10:45:07 | 10:55:56 | 11:15:19 | 12:16:02 | 10:35:32 |
| F40-44 | 34 | 10:55:59 | 10:57:50 | 11:25:43 | 11:47:32 | 12:56:12 | 10:55:59 |
| F45-49 | 19 | 10:35:14 | 10:35:14 | 11:12:38 | 11:38:58 | 13:17:54 | 10:35:14 |
| F50-54 | 6 | 12:57:56 | 12:57:56 | 12:57:56 | 14:11:33 | 14:13:45 | 12:57:56 |
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.