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 | 1,351 | 9:46:00 | 10:38:55 | 11:03:27 | 11:41:19 | 13:09:51 | 8:56:49 |
| MPRO | 18 | 8:56:49 | 8:56:49 | 8:59:30 | 9:10:25 | 9:39:15 | 8:56:49 |
| M18-24 | 23 | 9:32:46 | 10:54:32 | 11:05:35 | 11:29:42 | 13:49:17 | 9:32:46 |
| M25-29 | 88 | 9:50:50 | 10:38:55 | 11:05:41 | 11:48:57 | 13:12:18 | 9:50:50 |
| M30-34 | 207 | 9:53:35 | 10:18:20 | 10:50:12 | 11:22:19 | 12:26:50 | 9:43:44 |
| M35-39 | 266 | 10:01:40 | 10:30:38 | 10:49:41 | 11:18:04 | 12:40:56 | 9:54:12 |
| M40-44 | 302 | 10:34:01 | 10:57:29 | 11:22:50 | 11:54:04 | 13:19:53 | 10:11:53 |
| M45-49 | 241 | 10:28:15 | 10:53:07 | 11:21:17 | 12:01:44 | 13:27:39 | 10:26:22 |
| M50-54 | 135 | 10:31:44 | 11:25:35 | 11:51:23 | 12:26:39 | 13:50:34 | 10:15:28 |
| M55-59 | 50 | 10:55:22 | 11:23:43 | 11:32:03 | 12:14:24 | 13:43:24 | 10:55:22 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 11:37:21 | 11:37:21 | 12:42:12 | 13:19:10 | 14:59:36 | 11:37:21 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 111 | 10:13:49 | 10:48:40 | 11:07:43 | 12:12:29 | 14:12:26 | 9:56:03 |
| FPRO | 11 | 9:56:03 | 9:56:03 | 10:13:49 | 10:31:56 | 10:48:40 | 9:56:03 |
| F25-29 | 5 | 12:47:58 | 12:47:58 | 12:47:58 | 12:47:58 | 14:12:26 | 12:47:58 |
| F30-34 | 11 | 11:14:05 | 11:14:05 | 11:33:00 | 11:54:41 | 13:00:57 | 11:14:05 |
| F35-39 | 25 | 10:59:49 | 11:04:31 | 11:42:08 | 12:27:47 | 13:56:22 | 10:59:49 |
| F40-44 | 19 | 11:48:03 | 11:48:03 | 12:11:09 | 12:46:26 | 14:17:05 | 11:48:03 |
| F45-49 | 17 | 11:50:42 | 11:50:42 | 11:56:06 | 13:22:20 | 15:11:13 | 11:50:42 |
| F50-54 | 11 | 11:54:30 | 11:54:30 | 12:53:24 | 13:28:00 | 15:10:45 | 11:54:30 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 13:27:31 | 13:27:31 | 13:27:31 | 13:57:29 | 15:12:07 | 13:27:31 |
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.