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 | 1,679 | 8:49:50 | 9:27:43 | 10:01:32 | 10:45:34 | 12:08:01 | 8:21:29 |
| MPRO | 53 | 8:21:29 | 8:26:52 | 8:32:41 | 8:40:58 | 9:04:44 | 8:21:29 |
| M18-24 | 49 | 9:20:28 | 9:41:36 | 9:54:19 | 10:43:21 | 12:24:44 | 9:20:28 |
| M25-29 | 128 | 8:54:13 | 9:18:47 | 9:53:31 | 10:33:19 | 11:51:55 | 8:48:22 |
| M30-34 | 226 | 9:00:25 | 9:24:04 | 9:55:53 | 10:36:19 | 12:14:01 | 8:49:53 |
| M35-39 | 390 | 9:19:45 | 9:40:41 | 10:11:40 | 10:42:32 | 11:56:31 | 9:07:14 |
| M40-44 | 351 | 9:22:30 | 9:42:37 | 10:11:11 | 10:46:31 | 12:00:24 | 9:10:36 |
| M45-49 | 242 | 9:27:43 | 10:15:19 | 10:40:50 | 11:18:03 | 12:20:02 | 9:24:57 |
| M50-54 | 143 | 9:46:14 | 10:37:10 | 10:45:29 | 11:16:36 | 12:32:09 | 9:23:10 |
| M55-59 | 61 | 10:32:57 | 10:59:01 | 11:16:09 | 11:49:22 | 12:41:05 | 10:32:57 |
| M60-64 | 27 | 10:56:24 | 11:06:28 | 11:15:39 | 12:18:03 | 13:52:32 | 10:56:24 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 12:58:53 | 12:58:53 | 12:58:53 | 13:32:02 | 15:31:02 | 12:58:53 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 505 | 9:22:21 | 10:08:17 | 10:49:20 | 11:33:56 | 12:53:54 | 9:05:35 |
| FPRO | 25 | 9:05:35 | 9:07:40 | 9:09:18 | 9:20:10 | 9:43:23 | 9:05:35 |
| F18-24 | 13 | 10:02:36 | 10:02:36 | 11:19:29 | 11:21:44 | 12:21:00 | 10:02:36 |
| F25-29 | 65 | 9:48:47 | 10:35:39 | 10:45:06 | 11:25:12 | 12:34:15 | 9:48:47 |
| F30-34 | 84 | 9:44:33 | 10:41:41 | 10:58:59 | 11:32:53 | 12:48:50 | 9:44:33 |
| F35-39 | 92 | 10:06:33 | 10:50:37 | 11:25:08 | 11:52:53 | 13:12:04 | 10:06:33 |
| F40-44 | 102 | 10:08:17 | 10:36:53 | 11:02:08 | 11:49:53 | 12:46:34 | 9:41:38 |
| F45-49 | 63 | 10:42:15 | 11:18:55 | 11:42:13 | 12:04:23 | 13:33:08 | 10:42:15 |
| F50-54 | 46 | 10:45:37 | 11:01:31 | 11:29:34 | 12:15:48 | 13:27:35 | 10:45:37 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 12:33:14 | 12:33:14 | 12:33:14 | 13:42:55 | 14:15:04 | 12:33:14 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 12:12:06 | 12:12:06 | 12:12:06 | 13:50:36 | 14:27:57 | 12:12:06 |
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.