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 | 1,897 | 9:36:56 | 10:15:05 | 10:40:57 | 11:15:57 | 12:33:52 | 8:39:34 |
| MPRO | 21 | 8:39:34 | 8:46:33 | 8:48:33 | 9:10:48 | 9:28:58 | 8:39:34 |
| M18-24 | 47 | 9:20:27 | 10:46:12 | 10:53:03 | 11:09:06 | 11:57:39 | 9:20:27 |
| M25-29 | 107 | 9:36:56 | 10:01:45 | 10:10:51 | 10:48:05 | 11:55:35 | 9:33:13 |
| M30-34 | 250 | 9:42:42 | 10:05:19 | 10:21:11 | 10:56:04 | 12:06:41 | 9:18:22 |
| M35-39 | 346 | 9:40:07 | 10:13:07 | 10:34:49 | 11:06:49 | 12:20:49 | 9:27:30 |
| M40-44 | 441 | 9:49:31 | 10:26:46 | 10:56:45 | 11:24:35 | 12:38:13 | 9:34:42 |
| M45-49 | 347 | 10:05:31 | 10:29:07 | 10:50:01 | 11:30:02 | 12:42:08 | 9:51:32 |
| M50-54 | 199 | 10:30:10 | 10:50:35 | 11:10:11 | 11:54:03 | 12:57:49 | 10:29:39 |
| M55-59 | 88 | 10:43:52 | 11:23:04 | 11:42:46 | 12:18:35 | 13:40:10 | 10:43:52 |
| M60-64 | 32 | 11:42:26 | 11:42:37 | 12:42:10 | 13:01:11 | 14:05:47 | 11:42:26 |
| M65-69 | 9 | 13:22:39 | 13:22:39 | 13:22:39 | 13:34:47 | 14:46:49 | 13:22:39 |
| M70-74 | 10 | 13:34:59 | 13:34:59 | 13:34:59 | 13:42:29 | 14:24:41 | 13:34:59 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 574 | 10:01:42 | 10:57:02 | 11:24:16 | 11:58:35 | 13:27:08 | 9:27:30 |
| FPRO | 12 | 9:27:30 | 9:27:30 | 9:44:18 | 9:51:31 | 10:11:08 | 9:27:30 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 11:12:05 | 11:12:05 | 11:12:05 | 11:57:14 | 13:52:29 | 11:12:05 |
| F25-29 | 59 | 10:01:42 | 10:44:41 | 11:19:47 | 12:12:20 | 13:20:16 | 10:01:42 |
| F30-34 | 96 | 10:41:05 | 10:57:02 | 11:26:55 | 11:56:19 | 13:02:01 | 10:41:05 |
| F35-39 | 115 | 10:36:20 | 11:00:18 | 11:29:10 | 11:54:02 | 13:23:20 | 10:34:33 |
| F40-44 | 132 | 10:56:50 | 11:15:21 | 11:24:27 | 12:02:13 | 13:26:34 | 10:21:57 |
| F45-49 | 93 | 10:43:54 | 11:05:09 | 11:40:34 | 12:21:41 | 13:30:47 | 10:43:54 |
| F50-54 | 43 | 10:40:24 | 11:53:29 | 12:04:55 | 13:02:00 | 14:13:47 | 10:40:24 |
| F55-59 | 11 | 12:05:21 | 12:05:21 | 12:30:46 | 13:59:35 | 15:14:03 | 12:05:21 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 13:00:34 | 13:00:34 | 13:00:34 | 13:06:59 | 14:00:31 | 13:00:34 |
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.