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 | 1,320 | 9:43:06 | 10:23:31 | 10:49:51 | 11:21:46 | 12:43:08 | 8:46:15 |
| MPRO | 18 | 8:46:15 | 8:46:15 | 8:53:24 | 8:59:48 | 9:20:35 | 8:46:15 |
| M18-24 | 27 | 10:53:30 | 11:14:38 | 11:15:52 | 11:37:08 | 13:31:39 | 10:53:30 |
| M25-29 | 136 | 10:02:13 | 10:20:44 | 10:33:29 | 11:08:18 | 12:23:40 | 9:36:09 |
| M30-34 | 317 | 9:52:28 | 10:17:59 | 10:37:05 | 11:15:02 | 12:28:34 | 9:43:17 |
| M35-39 | 298 | 9:54:57 | 10:27:59 | 10:50:18 | 11:23:28 | 12:42:46 | 9:47:48 |
| M40-44 | 263 | 10:02:47 | 10:38:01 | 10:53:36 | 11:18:24 | 12:47:56 | 9:48:28 |
| M45-49 | 141 | 10:10:37 | 10:58:28 | 11:20:00 | 11:43:54 | 12:54:13 | 10:03:26 |
| M50-54 | 80 | 10:31:19 | 10:51:28 | 11:42:41 | 12:23:19 | 13:32:00 | 10:31:19 |
| M55-59 | 29 | 11:35:58 | 11:49:07 | 12:09:19 | 12:30:23 | 13:55:04 | 11:35:58 |
| M60-64 | 8 | 12:26:57 | 12:26:57 | 12:26:57 | 12:51:22 | 13:52:33 | 12:26:57 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 352 | 10:19:34 | 11:13:37 | 11:42:13 | 12:20:20 | 13:44:02 | 9:51:55 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:51:55 | 9:51:55 | 9:51:55 | 9:55:18 | 10:28:36 | 9:51:55 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 10:55:10 | 10:55:10 | 12:11:13 | 12:42:45 | 13:50:03 | 10:55:10 |
| F25-29 | 61 | 10:54:21 | 11:23:44 | 11:33:58 | 12:01:33 | 13:12:42 | 10:54:21 |
| F30-34 | 86 | 10:19:34 | 11:26:22 | 11:49:37 | 12:21:12 | 13:27:42 | 10:19:34 |
| F35-39 | 88 | 10:35:29 | 11:17:53 | 11:46:34 | 12:36:44 | 13:52:36 | 10:35:29 |
| F40-44 | 55 | 11:33:16 | 11:39:52 | 12:09:58 | 12:39:16 | 13:51:30 | 11:33:16 |
| F45-49 | 24 | 12:15:07 | 12:25:32 | 12:36:32 | 13:00:02 | 14:01:02 | 12:15:07 |
| F50-54 | 14 | 11:57:34 | 11:57:34 | 12:20:20 | 12:42:20 | 14:30:01 | 11:57:34 |
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.