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 | 1,765 | 8:52:16 | 9:39:10 | 10:17:55 | 10:54:26 | 12:20:50 | 8:15:59 |
| MPRO | 31 | 8:15:59 | 8:19:26 | 8:25:25 | 8:29:59 | 8:51:57 | 8:15:59 |
| M18-24 | 52 | 9:26:19 | 9:44:52 | 10:11:01 | 10:24:21 | 11:28:12 | 9:26:19 |
| M25-29 | 130 | 9:12:07 | 9:55:01 | 10:30:34 | 10:55:57 | 12:06:53 | 9:09:11 |
| M30-34 | 199 | 8:59:48 | 9:25:00 | 10:00:28 | 10:26:52 | 11:52:28 | 8:58:49 |
| M35-39 | 348 | 9:01:13 | 9:35:40 | 10:09:24 | 10:55:15 | 12:07:35 | 8:37:10 |
| M40-44 | 390 | 9:22:41 | 9:47:29 | 10:21:32 | 10:51:41 | 11:55:21 | 9:18:02 |
| M45-49 | 283 | 9:31:13 | 10:12:20 | 10:41:49 | 11:15:34 | 12:31:02 | 9:25:58 |
| M50-54 | 193 | 9:44:33 | 10:36:22 | 10:53:56 | 11:37:10 | 13:10:27 | 9:37:40 |
| M55-59 | 80 | 9:35:08 | 10:30:19 | 11:15:41 | 11:51:34 | 13:07:01 | 9:35:08 |
| M60-64 | 41 | 11:38:36 | 12:00:39 | 12:19:54 | 12:58:03 | 14:40:25 | 11:38:36 |
| M65-69 | 11 | 11:36:34 | 11:36:34 | 14:05:10 | 14:07:40 | 14:48:17 | 11:36:34 |
| M70-74 | 7 | 13:38:44 | 13:38:44 | 13:38:44 | 13:39:08 | 14:42:19 | 13:38:44 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 534 | 9:35:19 | 10:40:57 | 11:07:05 | 11:47:16 | 13:23:22 | 9:07:49 |
| FPRO | 9 | 9:07:49 | 9:07:49 | 9:07:49 | 9:14:40 | 9:28:43 | 9:07:49 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 10:05:13 | 10:05:13 | 10:05:13 | 10:51:27 | 11:37:56 | 10:05:13 |
| F25-29 | 56 | 10:02:13 | 10:46:05 | 10:51:33 | 11:32:32 | 12:43:04 | 10:02:13 |
| F30-34 | 82 | 10:14:29 | 10:35:22 | 11:21:14 | 12:04:13 | 13:37:47 | 10:14:29 |
| F35-39 | 118 | 10:16:38 | 10:53:23 | 11:06:21 | 11:41:09 | 13:10:01 | 10:03:43 |
| F40-44 | 109 | 9:58:09 | 10:45:54 | 11:18:30 | 12:01:09 | 13:20:37 | 9:55:19 |
| F45-49 | 88 | 10:20:29 | 11:04:26 | 11:20:16 | 12:06:48 | 13:45:40 | 10:20:29 |
| F50-54 | 47 | 11:22:57 | 11:38:54 | 11:46:56 | 12:11:08 | 13:48:14 | 11:22:57 |
| F55-59 | 12 | 10:50:21 | 10:50:21 | 12:11:44 | 12:41:53 | 14:32:57 | 10:50:21 |
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.