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 | 1,593 | 9:09:58 | 9:45:05 | 10:08:41 | 10:42:29 | 11:58:21 | 8:31:07 |
| MPRO | 27 | 8:31:07 | 8:35:30 | 8:37:00 | 8:50:02 | 9:11:01 | 8:31:07 |
| M18-24 | 47 | 9:54:12 | 9:56:46 | 10:29:23 | 10:54:37 | 11:58:46 | 9:54:12 |
| M25-29 | 128 | 9:12:35 | 9:58:55 | 10:10:32 | 10:34:12 | 11:47:09 | 9:12:32 |
| M30-34 | 348 | 9:18:23 | 9:42:33 | 10:02:08 | 10:33:26 | 11:50:34 | 9:02:28 |
| M35-39 | 369 | 9:17:37 | 9:45:23 | 10:00:55 | 10:40:43 | 11:46:56 | 9:12:49 |
| M40-44 | 282 | 9:26:35 | 9:56:55 | 10:15:09 | 10:38:26 | 11:56:01 | 9:24:30 |
| M45-49 | 199 | 9:12:16 | 10:08:08 | 10:20:47 | 10:50:45 | 12:16:55 | 9:08:51 |
| M50-54 | 105 | 9:58:33 | 10:41:10 | 11:01:42 | 11:30:03 | 12:39:11 | 9:57:23 |
| M55-59 | 57 | 10:35:53 | 10:45:28 | 11:33:40 | 11:59:17 | 13:39:30 | 10:35:53 |
| M60-64 | 25 | 11:11:33 | 11:17:33 | 11:19:13 | 12:01:18 | 13:35:26 | 11:11:33 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 439 | 9:42:44 | 10:22:59 | 10:47:13 | 11:20:43 | 12:49:32 | 9:28:54 |
| FPRO | 19 | 9:28:54 | 9:28:54 | 9:34:54 | 9:37:24 | 10:08:28 | 9:28:54 |
| F18-24 | 15 | 10:17:27 | 10:17:27 | 10:43:26 | 11:01:05 | 12:39:05 | 10:17:27 |
| F25-29 | 52 | 10:14:29 | 10:26:11 | 10:47:22 | 11:13:11 | 12:25:56 | 10:14:29 |
| F30-34 | 102 | 10:07:04 | 10:39:28 | 11:02:03 | 11:24:23 | 12:41:20 | 10:01:13 |
| F35-39 | 95 | 9:53:26 | 10:35:20 | 10:59:57 | 11:39:19 | 12:51:59 | 9:53:26 |
| F40-44 | 71 | 10:16:01 | 10:51:07 | 11:00:41 | 11:32:32 | 12:54:03 | 10:16:01 |
| F45-49 | 41 | 9:42:44 | 10:47:38 | 10:55:58 | 11:46:09 | 14:14:59 | 9:42:44 |
| F50-54 | 34 | 11:16:42 | 11:31:43 | 11:52:34 | 12:26:18 | 14:14:07 | 11:16:42 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 12:58:35 | 12:58:35 | 12:58:35 | 14:15:16 | 14:43:25 | 12:58:35 |
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.