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 | 1,768 | 9:28:58 | 10:18:03 | 10:49:59 | 11:29:50 | 12:57:48 | 8:43:29 |
| MPRO | 20 | 8:43:29 | 8:43:29 | 8:48:29 | 8:55:55 | 9:20:05 | 8:43:29 |
| M18-24 | 35 | 10:18:03 | 10:18:58 | 10:59:50 | 11:06:02 | 12:23:01 | 10:18:03 |
| M25-29 | 118 | 9:26:31 | 10:12:47 | 10:40:27 | 11:21:22 | 12:31:28 | 9:25:08 |
| M30-34 | 215 | 9:28:19 | 10:02:34 | 10:31:53 | 11:07:28 | 12:35:24 | 9:14:25 |
| M35-39 | 295 | 9:42:07 | 10:07:11 | 10:36:23 | 11:15:59 | 12:38:00 | 9:06:44 |
| M40-44 | 378 | 9:43:47 | 10:18:39 | 10:36:36 | 11:24:17 | 12:42:32 | 9:33:47 |
| M45-49 | 321 | 9:50:23 | 10:40:23 | 11:16:01 | 11:49:04 | 13:05:18 | 9:30:14 |
| M50-54 | 225 | 10:39:14 | 11:07:19 | 11:29:42 | 12:09:09 | 13:30:52 | 10:17:36 |
| M55-59 | 108 | 11:02:19 | 11:35:55 | 12:01:12 | 12:45:23 | 14:07:22 | 10:52:14 |
| M60-64 | 35 | 11:15:59 | 11:32:37 | 12:32:26 | 13:38:23 | 14:21:21 | 11:15:59 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 10:58:35 | 10:58:35 | 12:17:56 | 12:58:45 | 14:37:30 | 10:58:35 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 13:59:05 | 13:59:05 | 13:59:05 | 13:59:05 | 15:23:39 | 13:59:05 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 582 | 10:04:07 | 10:59:58 | 11:28:52 | 12:16:35 | 13:47:32 | 9:35:06 |
| FPRO | 12 | 9:35:06 | 9:35:06 | 9:42:35 | 9:47:59 | 10:04:07 | 9:35:06 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 12:28:13 | 12:28:13 | 12:28:13 | 14:03:15 | 14:21:28 | 12:28:13 |
| F25-29 | 63 | 10:29:53 | 10:55:56 | 11:16:46 | 11:58:20 | 13:19:08 | 10:29:53 |
| F30-34 | 102 | 10:16:24 | 10:43:26 | 11:16:42 | 11:55:22 | 13:49:21 | 10:09:16 |
| F35-39 | 96 | 10:21:59 | 11:02:57 | 11:46:42 | 12:24:53 | 13:41:49 | 10:21:59 |
| F40-44 | 126 | 10:32:07 | 11:25:24 | 11:50:02 | 12:23:56 | 13:49:29 | 10:21:06 |
| F45-49 | 76 | 10:59:08 | 11:14:20 | 11:32:53 | 12:25:40 | 13:37:12 | 10:59:08 |
| F50-54 | 67 | 11:04:39 | 11:23:17 | 11:49:54 | 12:33:30 | 13:53:13 | 11:04:39 |
| F55-59 | 24 | 11:28:52 | 12:22:24 | 12:52:37 | 13:11:37 | 14:35:23 | 11:28:52 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 15:29:22 | 15:29:22 | 15:29:22 | 15:29:22 | 16:09:15 | 15:29:22 |
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.