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 | 1,622 | 9:06:39 | 9:54:24 | 10:23:18 | 10:59:27 | 12:26:59 | 8:22:44 |
| MPRO | 38 | 8:22:44 | 8:23:49 | 8:43:41 | 8:52:38 | 9:21:57 | 8:22:44 |
| M18-24 | 33 | 9:12:56 | 10:10:33 | 10:19:13 | 10:35:14 | 12:21:21 | 9:12:56 |
| M25-29 | 121 | 9:34:45 | 9:58:40 | 10:24:35 | 10:43:51 | 12:00:02 | 9:09:41 |
| M30-34 | 257 | 9:15:13 | 9:46:02 | 10:19:48 | 10:55:19 | 12:18:08 | 8:54:13 |
| M35-39 | 397 | 9:27:51 | 10:01:26 | 10:23:18 | 10:50:14 | 12:14:22 | 9:07:16 |
| M40-44 | 340 | 9:35:26 | 9:55:08 | 10:18:57 | 11:05:35 | 12:27:36 | 9:21:29 |
| M45-49 | 216 | 9:58:51 | 10:27:12 | 10:48:01 | 11:27:21 | 12:38:40 | 9:54:24 |
| M50-54 | 113 | 10:12:41 | 10:45:07 | 11:26:36 | 11:49:23 | 13:11:17 | 9:23:42 |
| M55-59 | 65 | 10:24:17 | 11:12:51 | 11:33:09 | 11:49:56 | 13:30:17 | 10:24:17 |
| M60-64 | 35 | 11:09:25 | 11:35:01 | 12:11:36 | 12:37:05 | 14:30:16 | 11:09:25 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 486 | 9:43:40 | 10:34:52 | 11:05:07 | 11:48:49 | 13:07:25 | 9:28:28 |
| FPRO | 25 | 9:28:28 | 9:40:22 | 9:40:39 | 9:43:40 | 10:08:47 | 9:28:28 |
| F18-24 | 13 | 11:00:47 | 11:00:47 | 11:49:31 | 12:00:51 | 13:40:15 | 11:00:47 |
| F25-29 | 46 | 10:32:20 | 10:34:52 | 10:49:10 | 11:21:13 | 12:29:44 | 10:32:20 |
| F30-34 | 107 | 10:39:55 | 11:14:08 | 11:30:28 | 12:12:34 | 13:22:39 | 10:23:11 |
| F35-39 | 106 | 10:32:39 | 10:48:46 | 11:00:43 | 11:40:57 | 13:05:42 | 10:20:46 |
| F40-44 | 87 | 10:32:26 | 11:23:54 | 11:42:04 | 12:05:23 | 13:12:08 | 10:32:26 |
| F45-49 | 70 | 10:52:21 | 11:18:46 | 11:33:24 | 12:11:52 | 13:37:47 | 10:52:21 |
| F50-54 | 24 | 11:02:02 | 11:24:08 | 11:26:26 | 12:01:35 | 14:08:05 | 11:02:02 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 13:53:06 | 13:53:06 | 13:53:06 | 13:53:06 | 14:40:03 | 13:53:06 |
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.