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 | 1,985 | 8:58:40 | 9:31:54 | 9:48:06 | 10:16:29 | 11:24:38 | 8:13:50 |
| MPRO | 27 | 8:13:50 | 8:19:31 | 8:20:26 | 8:26:51 | 8:53:44 | 8:13:50 |
| M18-24 | 24 | 9:23:34 | 9:23:57 | 9:32:23 | 10:11:17 | 10:57:19 | 9:23:34 |
| M25-29 | 130 | 9:05:20 | 9:27:05 | 9:39:07 | 10:10:21 | 10:59:40 | 9:04:37 |
| M30-34 | 288 | 8:55:19 | 9:19:15 | 9:29:09 | 9:49:24 | 10:47:50 | 8:33:54 |
| M35-39 | 342 | 9:16:29 | 9:36:16 | 9:46:02 | 10:11:44 | 11:09:59 | 9:06:34 |
| M40-44 | 498 | 9:22:15 | 9:36:27 | 9:49:41 | 10:16:13 | 11:21:54 | 9:15:43 |
| M45-49 | 391 | 9:28:26 | 9:58:26 | 10:10:47 | 10:40:08 | 11:47:17 | 9:23:42 |
| M50-54 | 188 | 9:38:51 | 10:10:43 | 10:29:58 | 11:03:46 | 11:57:30 | 9:36:42 |
| M55-59 | 67 | 10:10:29 | 10:23:13 | 10:36:35 | 11:30:46 | 12:39:02 | 10:10:29 |
| M60-64 | 20 | 10:50:41 | 10:50:41 | 10:55:29 | 11:41:15 | 13:07:41 | 10:50:41 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 11:24:36 | 11:24:36 | 11:24:36 | 11:24:36 | 13:46:52 | 11:24:36 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 12:38:41 | 12:38:41 | 12:38:41 | 12:38:41 | 13:54:06 | 12:38:41 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 234 | 9:14:14 | 10:03:50 | 10:29:22 | 11:13:51 | 12:19:45 | 9:12:13 |
| FPRO | 14 | 9:12:13 | 9:12:13 | 9:13:46 | 9:14:14 | 9:26:21 | 9:12:13 |
| F25-29 | 21 | 10:07:00 | 10:09:26 | 10:14:15 | 10:43:39 | 11:50:32 | 10:07:00 |
| F30-34 | 45 | 10:03:50 | 10:16:20 | 10:29:22 | 11:09:14 | 12:12:19 | 10:03:50 |
| F35-39 | 44 | 10:05:27 | 10:34:29 | 10:55:11 | 11:28:49 | 12:28:21 | 10:05:27 |
| F40-44 | 50 | 10:29:57 | 10:58:30 | 11:06:59 | 11:32:42 | 12:23:21 | 10:29:57 |
| F45-49 | 33 | 10:17:48 | 10:40:11 | 11:25:12 | 11:44:56 | 12:56:28 | 10:17:48 |
| F50-54 | 17 | 11:06:49 | 11:06:49 | 11:14:24 | 12:11:21 | 13:04:49 | 11:06:49 |
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.