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 | 1,417 | 9:07:49 | 9:54:01 | 10:18:53 | 10:50:30 | 12:15:59 | 8:27:44 |
| MPRO | 26 | 8:27:44 | 8:32:06 | 8:35:06 | 8:53:11 | 9:07:35 | 8:27:44 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 9:29:44 | 9:29:44 | 9:39:21 | 10:13:43 | 12:37:01 | 9:29:44 |
| M25-29 | 164 | 9:42:01 | 9:50:40 | 10:25:42 | 10:49:40 | 11:59:50 | 9:23:43 |
| M30-34 | 339 | 9:38:54 | 9:55:00 | 10:10:32 | 10:38:48 | 11:54:35 | 9:06:45 |
| M35-39 | 317 | 9:34:33 | 9:57:41 | 10:23:02 | 10:50:38 | 12:07:29 | 9:14:14 |
| M40-44 | 269 | 9:31:29 | 10:09:32 | 10:24:29 | 10:50:05 | 12:10:42 | 9:10:53 |
| M45-49 | 132 | 9:36:37 | 10:30:54 | 10:59:41 | 11:27:12 | 12:30:38 | 9:30:19 |
| M50-54 | 78 | 10:17:33 | 10:47:28 | 11:08:14 | 11:54:27 | 13:16:25 | 10:17:33 |
| M55-59 | 44 | 10:24:51 | 10:58:00 | 11:38:37 | 12:08:09 | 13:52:20 | 10:24:51 |
| M60-64 | 22 | 11:52:28 | 12:02:17 | 12:37:39 | 12:52:56 | 13:48:57 | 11:52:28 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 12:50:50 | 12:50:50 | 12:50:50 | 12:51:34 | 13:36:13 | 12:50:50 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 355 | 9:47:09 | 10:33:00 | 10:54:03 | 11:29:56 | 12:44:33 | 9:36:33 |
| FPRO | 20 | 9:36:33 | 9:36:33 | 9:40:51 | 9:48:29 | 10:12:55 | 9:36:33 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 10:41:27 | 10:41:27 | 10:41:27 | 11:24:13 | 11:36:51 | 10:41:27 |
| F25-29 | 45 | 10:34:06 | 11:09:52 | 11:22:42 | 11:39:24 | 12:42:19 | 10:34:06 |
| F30-34 | 90 | 10:32:36 | 10:39:59 | 10:54:03 | 11:30:25 | 12:44:09 | 10:32:36 |
| F35-39 | 76 | 10:33:00 | 10:42:29 | 11:13:42 | 11:45:09 | 12:48:00 | 10:33:00 |
| F40-44 | 59 | 10:33:46 | 10:48:23 | 11:15:04 | 11:29:56 | 12:47:04 | 10:33:46 |
| F45-49 | 27 | 11:06:36 | 11:31:17 | 11:41:24 | 12:01:39 | 13:55:55 | 11:06:36 |
| F50-54 | 21 | 9:47:09 | 11:06:25 | 11:54:42 | 12:10:27 | 13:19:45 | 9:47:09 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 12:55:11 | 12:55:11 | 12:55:11 | 13:09:08 | 14:39:08 | 12:55:11 |
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.