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 | 886 | 8:22:54 | 9:52:29 | 10:46:43 | 11:48:13 | 13:27:13 | 7:52:44 |
| MPRO | 19 | 7:52:44 | 7:52:44 | 7:55:02 | 7:56:51 | 8:31:21 | 7:52:44 |
| M18-24 | 36 | 10:19:51 | 10:30:21 | 10:32:37 | 11:37:26 | 13:17:57 | 10:19:51 |
| M25-29 | 74 | 9:01:07 | 9:36:06 | 10:40:19 | 11:54:18 | 13:16:21 | 9:01:07 |
| M30-34 | 96 | 8:59:40 | 9:42:04 | 10:15:25 | 11:24:36 | 12:54:04 | 8:59:40 |
| M35-39 | 119 | 9:18:54 | 9:44:30 | 10:34:38 | 11:33:51 | 13:16:43 | 8:53:01 |
| M40-44 | 118 | 9:26:11 | 9:59:27 | 10:47:12 | 11:33:59 | 13:19:45 | 8:58:57 |
| M45-49 | 141 | 9:45:59 | 10:34:20 | 11:22:54 | 11:56:05 | 13:22:26 | 9:09:18 |
| M50-54 | 149 | 10:00:09 | 11:22:10 | 11:41:37 | 12:30:43 | 13:54:36 | 9:18:26 |
| M55-59 | 89 | 10:25:19 | 11:21:58 | 11:36:44 | 12:12:29 | 13:54:12 | 10:25:19 |
| M60-64 | 27 | 10:35:59 | 11:01:59 | 12:32:17 | 13:01:30 | 14:37:35 | 10:35:59 |
| M65-69 | 14 | 11:47:57 | 11:47:57 | 11:48:14 | 12:18:55 | 15:21:00 | 11:47:57 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 252 | 8:59:01 | 9:58:45 | 11:05:44 | 12:00:42 | 13:39:48 | 8:40:50 |
| FPRO | 14 | 8:40:50 | 8:40:50 | 8:46:35 | 8:59:01 | 9:29:20 | 8:40:50 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 11:50:12 | 11:50:12 | 11:50:12 | 12:17:19 | 13:40:31 | 11:50:12 |
| F25-29 | 14 | 9:44:00 | 9:44:00 | 11:05:44 | 11:56:11 | 13:22:37 | 9:44:00 |
| F30-34 | 26 | 9:34:56 | 11:44:28 | 11:45:16 | 12:14:00 | 13:34:16 | 9:34:56 |
| F35-39 | 33 | 10:28:54 | 10:40:26 | 10:44:37 | 11:29:14 | 13:28:47 | 10:28:54 |
| F40-44 | 43 | 10:24:23 | 10:52:29 | 11:43:44 | 12:11:57 | 13:21:09 | 10:24:23 |
| F45-49 | 37 | 11:27:13 | 11:36:40 | 12:22:38 | 12:41:44 | 14:09:37 | 11:27:13 |
| F50-54 | 48 | 10:50:49 | 11:36:58 | 11:45:22 | 12:14:52 | 14:06:00 | 10:50:49 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 11:54:46 | 11:54:46 | 12:49:25 | 13:06:47 | 14:28:25 | 11:54:46 |
| F60-64 | 12 | 11:41:25 | 11:41:25 | 12:37:15 | 14:22:37 | 15:00:28 | 11:41:25 |
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.