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 | 1,795 | 9:27:47 | 10:06:15 | 10:34:46 | 11:11:44 | 12:29:21 | 8:34:18 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:34:18 | 8:34:18 | 8:41:55 | 8:53:34 | 9:22:52 | 8:34:18 |
| M18-24 | 58 | 9:17:39 | 9:36:36 | 10:00:01 | 11:11:05 | 12:24:44 | 9:17:39 |
| M25-29 | 177 | 9:14:15 | 9:51:45 | 10:25:24 | 10:51:20 | 12:26:12 | 9:10:56 |
| M30-34 | 337 | 9:30:20 | 9:56:37 | 10:33:31 | 11:00:16 | 12:08:38 | 9:12:34 |
| M35-39 | 439 | 9:35:51 | 10:03:55 | 10:32:31 | 11:07:21 | 12:18:27 | 9:14:34 |
| M40-44 | 411 | 9:54:31 | 10:24:41 | 10:44:35 | 11:23:08 | 12:36:56 | 9:38:03 |
| M45-49 | 218 | 9:59:00 | 10:28:55 | 10:56:06 | 11:45:45 | 12:57:03 | 9:34:20 |
| M50-54 | 84 | 9:29:22 | 10:35:38 | 10:54:21 | 11:56:54 | 13:13:04 | 9:29:22 |
| M55-59 | 43 | 10:29:03 | 11:31:00 | 11:44:53 | 12:14:12 | 13:50:22 | 10:29:03 |
| M60-64 | 9 | 11:35:36 | 11:35:36 | 11:35:36 | 12:15:08 | 12:54:19 | 11:35:36 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 156 | 10:00:59 | 10:36:13 | 11:13:47 | 11:46:15 | 12:58:23 | 9:35:29 |
| FPRO | 11 | 9:35:29 | 9:35:29 | 10:00:59 | 10:03:46 | 10:36:13 | 9:35:29 |
| F25-29 | 29 | 10:23:31 | 11:17:01 | 11:22:42 | 11:47:51 | 13:18:15 | 10:23:31 |
| F30-34 | 35 | 10:34:29 | 10:43:47 | 11:15:38 | 11:27:02 | 12:33:07 | 10:34:29 |
| F35-39 | 32 | 11:11:40 | 11:16:34 | 11:41:56 | 12:11:22 | 13:22:44 | 11:11:40 |
| F40-44 | 30 | 11:20:29 | 11:34:42 | 11:46:15 | 11:52:08 | 12:46:00 | 11:20:29 |
| F45-49 | 13 | 11:04:53 | 11:04:53 | 11:16:13 | 12:44:39 | 13:45:46 | 11:04:53 |
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.