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 | 2,134 | 9:32:04 | 10:04:55 | 10:27:19 | 10:57:11 | 12:07:22 | 8:30:06 |
| MPRO | 16 | 8:30:06 | 8:30:06 | 8:40:55 | 8:48:59 | 9:16:33 | 8:30:06 |
| M18-24 | 47 | 9:44:48 | 10:02:45 | 10:24:20 | 10:54:32 | 12:00:21 | 9:44:48 |
| M25-29 | 183 | 9:27:39 | 9:52:33 | 10:17:04 | 10:47:45 | 11:45:33 | 9:17:39 |
| M30-34 | 353 | 9:32:04 | 10:02:41 | 10:22:02 | 10:44:01 | 11:50:05 | 9:19:11 |
| M35-39 | 546 | 9:39:43 | 10:08:36 | 10:23:50 | 10:56:32 | 12:00:55 | 9:19:47 |
| M40-44 | 475 | 9:37:03 | 10:11:14 | 10:36:38 | 11:06:29 | 12:08:30 | 9:23:53 |
| M45-49 | 326 | 9:50:09 | 10:16:34 | 10:41:49 | 11:12:43 | 12:20:05 | 9:41:42 |
| M50-54 | 125 | 9:55:59 | 10:32:43 | 10:51:01 | 11:37:29 | 13:15:54 | 9:49:15 |
| M55-59 | 46 | 10:34:35 | 10:58:05 | 11:13:29 | 11:42:33 | 13:27:20 | 10:34:35 |
| M60-64 | 9 | 9:57:42 | 9:57:42 | 9:57:42 | 11:07:58 | 13:22:53 | 9:57:42 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 12:32:05 | 12:32:05 | 12:32:05 | 13:24:05 | 13:45:28 | 12:32:05 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 191 | 9:34:19 | 10:24:06 | 10:53:41 | 11:32:23 | 12:55:22 | 9:30:29 |
| FPRO | 14 | 9:30:29 | 9:30:29 | 9:34:19 | 9:37:35 | 10:21:29 | 9:30:29 |
| F25-29 | 23 | 11:03:42 | 11:15:33 | 11:19:23 | 11:29:35 | 12:53:22 | 11:03:42 |
| F30-34 | 57 | 10:29:00 | 10:45:37 | 11:16:47 | 11:33:54 | 12:46:48 | 10:29:00 |
| F35-39 | 34 | 10:23:10 | 10:41:22 | 11:01:14 | 11:45:14 | 12:53:31 | 10:23:10 |
| F40-44 | 32 | 10:07:07 | 10:53:41 | 11:23:37 | 12:27:37 | 13:00:48 | 10:07:07 |
| F45-49 | 13 | 11:26:06 | 11:26:06 | 11:34:50 | 11:54:55 | 13:24:13 | 11:26:06 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 12:10:00 | 12:10:00 | 12:56:09 | 13:08:43 | 14:25:48 | 12:10:00 |
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.