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 | 1,773 | 7:58:41 | 8:47:45 | 9:12:55 | 9:50:02 | 11:12:35 | 6:58:46 |
| MPRO | 21 | 6:58:46 | 7:17:53 | 7:24:50 | 7:29:45 | 8:01:59 | 6:58:46 |
| M18-24 | 19 | 8:20:22 | 8:20:22 | 8:21:43 | 8:38:31 | 10:41:38 | 8:20:22 |
| M25-29 | 86 | 7:59:54 | 8:55:17 | 9:01:41 | 9:32:33 | 11:07:56 | 7:59:54 |
| M30-34 | 213 | 7:55:40 | 8:23:44 | 8:53:25 | 9:26:22 | 10:45:59 | 7:52:19 |
| M35-39 | 294 | 7:56:43 | 8:45:23 | 9:09:38 | 9:41:04 | 10:50:13 | 7:53:16 |
| M40-44 | 424 | 8:14:35 | 9:03:22 | 9:24:13 | 9:52:11 | 11:13:22 | 7:58:41 |
| M45-49 | 317 | 8:24:02 | 8:51:54 | 9:15:44 | 9:54:30 | 11:06:56 | 8:13:42 |
| M50-54 | 199 | 8:39:41 | 9:06:43 | 9:32:59 | 10:17:24 | 11:34:28 | 8:36:37 |
| M55-59 | 129 | 9:17:39 | 9:49:31 | 10:13:51 | 10:39:43 | 12:09:58 | 8:58:31 |
| M60-64 | 50 | 9:07:28 | 9:22:31 | 10:26:21 | 11:08:35 | 12:32:46 | 9:07:28 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 10:35:52 | 10:35:52 | 10:57:20 | 11:42:56 | 12:48:18 | 10:35:52 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 585 | 8:45:39 | 9:32:32 | 10:02:00 | 10:50:26 | 12:11:23 | 8:01:47 |
| FPRO | 9 | 8:01:47 | 8:01:47 | 8:01:47 | 8:36:28 | 8:50:13 | 8:01:47 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 9:58:29 | 9:58:29 | 9:58:29 | 10:07:56 | 12:26:30 | 9:58:29 |
| F25-29 | 26 | 8:43:30 | 8:45:39 | 9:31:09 | 10:21:12 | 11:34:57 | 8:43:30 |
| F30-34 | 97 | 9:04:54 | 9:19:48 | 9:40:31 | 10:12:49 | 11:50:36 | 9:04:54 |
| F35-39 | 96 | 8:53:02 | 9:23:23 | 9:52:52 | 10:35:00 | 12:00:14 | 8:53:02 |
| F40-44 | 140 | 9:06:31 | 9:35:03 | 10:05:47 | 10:55:44 | 12:15:14 | 8:52:46 |
| F45-49 | 97 | 9:44:33 | 10:18:26 | 10:33:11 | 11:24:57 | 12:18:06 | 9:44:33 |
| F50-54 | 71 | 9:54:18 | 10:17:54 | 10:31:29 | 11:15:55 | 12:30:51 | 9:54:18 |
| F55-59 | 26 | 9:49:33 | 10:04:22 | 10:34:02 | 11:15:14 | 12:32:54 | 9:49:33 |
| F60-64 | 11 | 11:11:25 | 11:11:25 | 11:25:22 | 11:37:39 | 13:02:42 | 11:11:25 |
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.