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 | 1,675 | 9:20:26 | 10:01:01 | 10:21:52 | 10:55:29 | 12:25:28 | 8:30:15 |
| MPRO | 15 | 8:30:15 | 8:30:15 | 8:32:02 | 8:52:54 | 9:02:11 | 8:30:15 |
| M18-24 | 33 | 9:55:13 | 10:12:44 | 10:28:49 | 10:42:36 | 12:12:04 | 9:55:13 |
| M25-29 | 130 | 9:30:09 | 9:46:51 | 10:07:13 | 10:33:57 | 11:52:09 | 9:30:05 |
| M30-34 | 323 | 9:29:49 | 9:54:38 | 10:09:49 | 10:50:45 | 12:10:34 | 9:14:07 |
| M35-39 | 435 | 9:20:26 | 9:58:52 | 10:10:13 | 10:39:03 | 12:11:55 | 9:12:09 |
| M40-44 | 343 | 9:47:24 | 10:22:21 | 10:35:54 | 11:03:37 | 12:12:36 | 9:22:46 |
| M45-49 | 204 | 10:02:13 | 10:21:52 | 10:36:47 | 11:33:35 | 12:58:18 | 9:43:58 |
| M50-54 | 122 | 10:29:56 | 10:57:42 | 11:09:16 | 11:54:47 | 13:21:43 | 10:05:35 |
| M55-59 | 43 | 10:54:11 | 11:26:48 | 11:53:04 | 12:23:48 | 13:12:51 | 10:54:11 |
| M60-64 | 22 | 12:04:40 | 12:15:42 | 12:32:40 | 12:54:33 | 14:25:08 | 12:04:40 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 202 | 9:51:33 | 10:45:00 | 11:08:31 | 11:45:35 | 12:52:18 | 9:09:20 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:09:20 | 9:09:20 | 9:09:20 | 9:41:55 | 9:58:51 | 9:09:20 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 10:49:46 | 10:49:46 | 10:49:46 | 11:30:36 | 13:46:09 | 10:49:46 |
| F25-29 | 19 | 10:44:49 | 10:44:49 | 11:06:01 | 11:38:15 | 12:47:19 | 10:44:49 |
| F30-34 | 36 | 10:59:54 | 11:06:34 | 11:20:50 | 11:49:44 | 12:23:14 | 10:59:54 |
| F35-39 | 48 | 10:17:27 | 10:51:14 | 11:02:16 | 11:36:35 | 12:45:54 | 10:17:27 |
| F40-44 | 34 | 10:22:20 | 10:45:00 | 11:19:36 | 11:44:08 | 12:53:53 | 10:22:20 |
| F45-49 | 27 | 11:29:24 | 11:47:03 | 11:51:51 | 12:22:00 | 13:19:32 | 11:29:24 |
| F50-54 | 15 | 11:40:58 | 11:40:58 | 12:34:44 | 12:37:19 | 14:15:19 | 11:40:58 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 12:02:06 | 12:02:06 | 12:02:06 | 12:06:04 | 12:15:57 | 12:02:06 |
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.