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 | 1,475 | 9:22:13 | 10:24:01 | 10:57:19 | 11:41:40 | 13:02:38 | 8:52:16 |
| MPRO | 21 | 8:52:16 | 8:58:37 | 9:01:36 | 9:06:08 | 9:17:53 | 8:52:16 |
| M18-24 | 15 | 10:13:24 | 10:13:24 | 11:10:37 | 11:19:25 | 13:43:55 | 10:13:24 |
| M25-29 | 57 | 9:53:06 | 10:08:19 | 10:34:22 | 11:28:06 | 12:34:59 | 9:53:06 |
| M30-34 | 163 | 9:21:32 | 9:46:46 | 10:19:50 | 11:03:20 | 12:24:51 | 9:19:06 |
| M35-39 | 258 | 9:36:13 | 10:18:07 | 10:47:32 | 11:25:19 | 12:55:37 | 9:25:56 |
| M40-44 | 318 | 9:57:32 | 10:42:04 | 11:03:19 | 11:43:12 | 12:55:00 | 9:30:31 |
| M45-49 | 285 | 10:18:37 | 10:55:42 | 11:20:09 | 11:47:34 | 13:08:01 | 10:11:47 |
| M50-54 | 223 | 10:44:07 | 11:13:55 | 11:42:22 | 12:13:06 | 13:37:24 | 10:13:30 |
| M55-59 | 96 | 10:29:11 | 11:34:00 | 12:08:34 | 12:43:29 | 13:43:34 | 10:29:11 |
| M60-64 | 18 | 11:18:39 | 11:18:39 | 12:17:48 | 12:49:09 | 13:24:06 | 11:18:39 |
| M65-69 | 17 | 11:58:03 | 11:58:03 | 12:50:29 | 13:12:46 | 14:06:13 | 11:58:03 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 119 | 9:54:29 | 10:11:57 | 10:56:22 | 11:49:46 | 13:21:56 | 9:49:27 |
| FPRO | 9 | 9:49:27 | 9:49:27 | 9:49:27 | 9:57:11 | 10:11:57 | 9:49:27 |
| F25-29 | 7 | 11:24:24 | 11:24:24 | 11:24:24 | 11:31:59 | 13:06:49 | 11:24:24 |
| F30-34 | 10 | 9:54:29 | 9:54:29 | 9:54:29 | 10:52:28 | 12:06:19 | 9:54:29 |
| F35-39 | 23 | 10:54:39 | 11:02:46 | 11:41:17 | 11:50:00 | 12:33:20 | 10:54:39 |
| F40-44 | 32 | 10:56:22 | 11:14:07 | 11:40:14 | 12:38:52 | 13:52:44 | 10:56:22 |
| F45-49 | 17 | 11:26:34 | 11:26:34 | 11:57:28 | 12:29:35 | 14:23:41 | 11:26:34 |
| F50-54 | 10 | 11:27:47 | 11:27:47 | 11:27:47 | 11:59:04 | 14:26:11 | 11:27:47 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 13:12:43 | 13:12:43 | 13:12:43 | 13:50:07 | 14:18:05 | 13:12:43 |
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.