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 | 1,622 | 8:38:59 | 9:37:10 | 10:03:06 | 10:47:21 | 12:06:06 | 7:56:39 |
| MPRO | 25 | 7:56:39 | 8:02:42 | 8:08:28 | 8:12:27 | 8:34:32 | 7:56:39 |
| M18-24 | 36 | 9:12:53 | 9:37:34 | 9:56:13 | 10:29:36 | 11:56:02 | 9:12:53 |
| M25-29 | 142 | 9:00:29 | 9:34:09 | 9:50:22 | 10:25:27 | 11:46:34 | 8:59:12 |
| M30-34 | 218 | 8:59:43 | 9:18:58 | 9:46:59 | 10:19:58 | 11:33:09 | 8:35:47 |
| M35-39 | 244 | 9:01:07 | 9:29:18 | 9:46:25 | 10:21:53 | 11:36:28 | 8:56:27 |
| M40-44 | 266 | 9:19:06 | 9:45:09 | 9:56:33 | 10:35:43 | 11:53:30 | 8:55:32 |
| M45-49 | 238 | 9:38:32 | 10:12:58 | 10:33:08 | 11:06:28 | 12:06:06 | 9:13:36 |
| M50-54 | 246 | 9:48:12 | 10:35:26 | 11:01:48 | 11:27:30 | 12:41:14 | 9:44:19 |
| M55-59 | 130 | 10:26:55 | 11:02:03 | 11:22:09 | 11:46:38 | 13:00:08 | 10:05:35 |
| M60-64 | 60 | 11:04:04 | 11:12:24 | 11:24:40 | 12:06:39 | 13:51:56 | 11:04:04 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 11:34:38 | 11:34:38 | 11:56:30 | 12:35:29 | 13:15:37 | 11:34:38 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 263 | 9:04:04 | 10:18:33 | 10:44:17 | 11:37:52 | 12:45:18 | 8:56:51 |
| FPRO | 9 | 8:56:51 | 8:56:51 | 8:56:51 | 9:02:55 | 9:21:10 | 8:56:51 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 11:23:48 | 11:23:48 | 11:23:48 | 11:43:31 | 12:28:47 | 11:23:48 |
| F25-29 | 32 | 10:08:09 | 10:11:34 | 10:42:54 | 11:21:45 | 12:21:48 | 10:08:09 |
| F30-34 | 49 | 9:57:12 | 10:43:31 | 10:45:11 | 11:24:06 | 12:27:44 | 9:57:12 |
| F35-39 | 48 | 10:16:43 | 10:22:13 | 10:41:49 | 11:29:37 | 12:41:33 | 10:16:43 |
| F40-44 | 32 | 9:53:43 | 10:05:22 | 10:40:28 | 11:20:48 | 12:29:22 | 9:53:43 |
| F45-49 | 35 | 10:29:28 | 11:08:56 | 11:31:49 | 11:52:55 | 13:44:54 | 10:29:28 |
| F50-54 | 35 | 11:36:00 | 11:41:31 | 11:45:13 | 12:17:23 | 13:06:40 | 11:36:00 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 12:04:55 | 12:04:55 | 12:15:25 | 12:31:47 | 13:23:23 | 12:04:55 |
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.