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 | 2,086 | 9:47:05 | 10:46:03 | 11:21:55 | 12:08:55 | 13:49:39 | 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 | 35 | 10:17:44 | 11:05:44 | 11:14:07 | 11:41:41 | 13:45:00 | 10:17:44 |
| M25-29 | 143 | 10:10:27 | 10:34:03 | 11:13:12 | 11:50:56 | 13:40:18 | 10:04:24 |
| M30-34 | 309 | 9:51:03 | 10:33:28 | 10:57:31 | 11:41:13 | 13:25:43 | 9:39:23 |
| M35-39 | 362 | 10:05:13 | 10:49:31 | 11:33:26 | 12:03:47 | 13:36:56 | 9:49:25 |
| M40-44 | 458 | 10:10:53 | 10:51:50 | 11:38:10 | 12:18:52 | 13:43:02 | 9:36:27 |
| M45-49 | 368 | 10:00:43 | 10:59:33 | 11:24:43 | 12:04:54 | 13:55:30 | 9:46:56 |
| M50-54 | 223 | 11:02:41 | 11:18:48 | 12:09:08 | 12:44:47 | 14:07:34 | 10:44:48 |
| M55-59 | 110 | 11:15:42 | 11:57:33 | 12:19:02 | 13:13:30 | 14:53:24 | 10:46:09 |
| M60-64 | 38 | 11:33:20 | 12:25:18 | 13:06:54 | 14:20:18 | 15:06:53 | 11:33:20 |
| M65-69 | 13 | 13:56:54 | 13:56:54 | 14:39:37 | 15:04:02 | 16:14:24 | 13:56:54 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 592 | 10:28:55 | 11:39:50 | 12:17:29 | 13:01:47 | 14:48:59 | 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 | 14 | 12:03:45 | 12:03:45 | 12:32:02 | 12:36:26 | 13:41:22 | 12:03:45 |
| F25-29 | 51 | 11:01:01 | 11:15:15 | 12:32:01 | 12:56:11 | 14:14:55 | 11:01:01 |
| F30-34 | 112 | 11:29:55 | 11:48:35 | 12:05:36 | 12:50:11 | 14:24:26 | 11:05:34 |
| F35-39 | 88 | 10:28:55 | 11:18:32 | 11:45:55 | 12:31:09 | 14:21:14 | 10:28:55 |
| F40-44 | 132 | 11:47:47 | 12:26:21 | 12:42:57 | 13:28:08 | 14:54:49 | 11:31:22 |
| F45-49 | 79 | 11:00:13 | 11:54:20 | 12:12:55 | 13:25:56 | 14:55:50 | 11:00:13 |
| F50-54 | 71 | 11:55:06 | 12:34:04 | 13:18:36 | 14:02:29 | 15:30:40 | 11:55:06 |
| F55-59 | 28 | 14:10:32 | 14:12:39 | 14:15:03 | 14:22:28 | 16:01:45 | 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.