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 | 1,571 | 9:24:10 | 10:28:29 | 10:59:32 | 11:42:24 | 13:13:50 | 8:13:53 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:13:53 | 8:13:53 | 8:37:46 | 8:57:09 | 9:16:31 | 8:13:53 |
| M18-24 | 47 | 9:34:41 | 10:35:21 | 10:54:13 | 11:49:50 | 12:48:22 | 9:34:41 |
| M25-29 | 103 | 9:40:43 | 10:30:48 | 11:01:54 | 11:23:30 | 12:46:43 | 9:37:37 |
| M30-34 | 174 | 9:21:42 | 9:58:16 | 10:37:56 | 11:20:17 | 12:48:32 | 9:01:34 |
| M35-39 | 231 | 9:40:18 | 10:14:24 | 10:46:11 | 11:32:42 | 12:48:53 | 9:23:21 |
| M40-44 | 279 | 9:41:35 | 10:14:24 | 10:49:17 | 11:28:44 | 13:03:05 | 9:13:57 |
| M45-49 | 286 | 10:03:20 | 10:49:46 | 11:17:22 | 11:58:37 | 13:26:23 | 9:51:35 |
| M50-54 | 236 | 10:03:11 | 10:42:48 | 11:10:10 | 11:47:24 | 13:22:29 | 9:49:47 |
| M55-59 | 122 | 10:34:31 | 11:51:21 | 12:17:41 | 12:54:21 | 14:03:59 | 10:28:29 |
| M60-64 | 53 | 11:12:15 | 11:15:56 | 11:52:55 | 12:31:29 | 14:14:59 | 11:12:15 |
| M65-69 | 14 | 11:44:53 | 11:44:53 | 12:13:53 | 12:40:32 | 15:05:59 | 11:44:53 |
| M70-74 | 8 | 12:56:01 | 12:56:01 | 12:56:01 | 14:06:10 | 15:09:20 | 12:56:01 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 621 | 10:40:29 | 11:17:19 | 11:36:08 | 12:16:42 | 13:52:29 | 9:46:00 |
| F18-24 | 11 | 10:47:42 | 10:47:42 | 11:42:53 | 12:33:58 | 13:48:37 | 10:47:42 |
| F25-29 | 54 | 10:37:18 | 10:55:19 | 11:22:37 | 11:39:41 | 12:58:06 | 10:37:18 |
| F30-34 | 72 | 10:02:41 | 11:03:25 | 11:27:02 | 11:59:03 | 13:21:55 | 10:02:41 |
| F35-39 | 125 | 10:08:51 | 10:57:40 | 11:17:19 | 11:47:09 | 13:21:50 | 10:02:50 |
| F40-44 | 114 | 10:41:03 | 11:20:59 | 11:32:33 | 12:19:14 | 13:49:19 | 9:46:00 |
| F45-49 | 118 | 10:45:37 | 11:26:15 | 11:56:36 | 12:50:53 | 14:02:41 | 10:44:57 |
| F50-54 | 71 | 11:23:37 | 12:01:23 | 12:36:13 | 13:24:47 | 15:01:34 | 11:23:37 |
| F55-59 | 40 | 11:15:28 | 11:58:28 | 12:09:57 | 12:49:27 | 14:48:17 | 11:15:28 |
| F60-64 | 12 | 11:50:32 | 11:50:32 | 12:48:49 | 13:31:06 | 15:31:45 | 11:50:32 |
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.