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 | 1,279 | 9:26:26 | 11:01:45 | 11:34:07 | 12:18:45 | 13:55:10 | 8:55:14 |
| MPRO | 24 | 8:55:14 | 8:57:53 | 9:02:55 | 9:09:09 | 9:23:45 | 8:55:14 |
| M18-24 | 11 | 11:05:44 | 11:05:44 | 11:11:08 | 11:27:34 | 12:50:52 | 11:05:44 |
| M25-29 | 71 | 10:17:57 | 10:43:34 | 11:23:12 | 11:50:56 | 13:35:23 | 10:17:57 |
| M30-34 | 188 | 10:18:31 | 10:55:29 | 11:10:43 | 11:53:35 | 13:23:14 | 10:09:06 |
| M35-39 | 229 | 10:29:52 | 11:11:05 | 11:37:27 | 12:23:21 | 13:51:59 | 10:03:14 |
| M40-44 | 312 | 10:38:23 | 11:24:22 | 11:57:08 | 12:24:14 | 13:47:18 | 9:36:27 |
| M45-49 | 227 | 10:46:58 | 11:14:57 | 11:45:12 | 12:21:33 | 14:04:44 | 10:30:13 |
| M50-54 | 124 | 11:03:42 | 11:36:20 | 12:16:10 | 12:55:41 | 14:08:40 | 10:44:48 |
| M55-59 | 64 | 11:19:59 | 12:19:02 | 12:57:06 | 13:43:48 | 15:18:56 | 11:19:59 |
| M60-64 | 22 | 12:29:46 | 13:06:54 | 13:28:23 | 15:00:14 | 15:53:09 | 12:29:46 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 13:56:54 | 13:56:54 | 13:56:54 | 13:56:54 | 16:23:34 | 13:56:54 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 431 | 10:10:47 | 11:48:35 | 12:32:02 | 13:25:56 | 15:00:29 | 9:58:53 |
| FPRO | 13 | 9:58:53 | 9:58:53 | 9:59:43 | 10:03:38 | 10:39:28 | 9:58:53 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 12:32:02 | 12:32:02 | 12:32:02 | 12:32:02 | 13:46:10 | 12:32:02 |
| F25-29 | 35 | 11:03:01 | 12:32:01 | 12:40:22 | 13:30:21 | 14:14:55 | 11:03:01 |
| F30-34 | 86 | 11:30:23 | 11:49:38 | 12:14:41 | 12:53:38 | 14:36:54 | 11:30:23 |
| F35-39 | 70 | 11:05:19 | 11:36:38 | 12:13:10 | 12:59:26 | 14:41:15 | 11:05:19 |
| F40-44 | 102 | 12:17:29 | 12:28:48 | 12:54:27 | 13:36:38 | 14:58:11 | 12:03:28 |
| F45-49 | 54 | 11:39:50 | 12:44:03 | 13:09:50 | 14:13:07 | 15:16:11 | 11:39:50 |
| F50-54 | 48 | 12:42:40 | 13:28:05 | 13:53:37 | 14:27:06 | 15:38:40 | 12:42:40 |
| F55-59 | 16 | 14:10:32 | 14:10:32 | 14:15:51 | 14:24:38 | 16:15:44 | 14:10:32 |
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.