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 | 792 | 9:17:27 | 9:59:57 | 10:25:06 | 10:57:36 | 12:30:04 | 8:33:55 |
| MPRO | 16 | 8:33:55 | 8:33:55 | 8:36:03 | 8:54:41 | 9:19:45 | 8:33:55 |
| M18-24 | 15 | 10:18:54 | 10:18:54 | 10:28:47 | 10:44:46 | 13:26:06 | 10:18:54 |
| M25-29 | 86 | 9:20:47 | 9:55:28 | 10:23:39 | 10:45:07 | 12:05:59 | 9:20:47 |
| M30-34 | 168 | 9:29:56 | 9:50:26 | 10:11:50 | 10:42:50 | 12:16:41 | 9:13:52 |
| M35-39 | 180 | 9:32:11 | 10:06:15 | 10:31:18 | 10:56:09 | 12:33:26 | 9:17:45 |
| M40-44 | 187 | 9:59:48 | 10:29:37 | 10:50:06 | 11:25:23 | 12:34:11 | 9:53:39 |
| M45-49 | 88 | 10:09:40 | 10:42:12 | 11:00:36 | 11:32:54 | 12:44:32 | 10:09:40 |
| M50-54 | 36 | 10:25:06 | 10:53:30 | 11:20:21 | 11:38:29 | 12:47:59 | 10:25:06 |
| M55-59 | 11 | 11:22:23 | 11:22:23 | 12:28:19 | 12:52:53 | 13:04:29 | 11:22:23 |
| M60-64 | 5 | 14:10:09 | 14:10:09 | 14:10:09 | 14:10:09 | 14:55:20 | 14:10:09 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 65 | 9:56:31 | 10:18:40 | 10:29:10 | 10:53:29 | 12:31:29 | 9:56:31 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:56:31 | 9:56:31 | 9:56:31 | 10:04:19 | 10:23:59 | 9:56:31 |
| F25-29 | 10 | 10:40:53 | 10:40:53 | 10:40:53 | 10:55:58 | 13:04:54 | 10:40:53 |
| F30-34 | 12 | 10:28:21 | 10:28:21 | 10:46:07 | 11:57:00 | 12:27:13 | 10:28:21 |
| F35-39 | 16 | 10:48:44 | 10:48:44 | 11:02:30 | 11:31:05 | 12:18:39 | 10:48:44 |
| F40-44 | 6 | 11:21:40 | 11:21:40 | 11:21:40 | 11:39:03 | 12:29:46 | 11:21:40 |
| F50-54 | 5 | 12:00:27 | 12:00:27 | 12:00:27 | 12:00:27 | 13:34:01 | 12:00:27 |
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.