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 | 627 | 8:54:50 | 9:38:27 | 10:16:29 | 10:56:15 | 12:37:40 | 8:34:11 |
| MPRO | 28 | 8:34:11 | 8:42:03 | 8:43:00 | 8:54:15 | 9:17:22 | 8:34:11 |
| M18-24 | 9 | 9:35:26 | 9:35:26 | 9:35:26 | 10:40:28 | 11:40:51 | 9:35:26 |
| M25-29 | 23 | 9:32:20 | 9:39:31 | 9:44:55 | 10:27:35 | 11:49:16 | 9:32:20 |
| M30-34 | 64 | 9:16:37 | 9:36:45 | 10:01:53 | 10:38:34 | 12:03:25 | 9:16:37 |
| M35-39 | 88 | 9:26:01 | 9:58:56 | 10:09:17 | 10:49:28 | 12:33:30 | 9:26:01 |
| M40-44 | 154 | 9:26:22 | 10:15:21 | 10:37:33 | 11:12:10 | 12:37:29 | 8:56:51 |
| M45-49 | 128 | 10:05:15 | 10:20:51 | 10:37:43 | 11:07:14 | 12:44:20 | 9:58:47 |
| M50-54 | 78 | 10:00:39 | 10:22:23 | 10:55:09 | 11:44:07 | 13:09:43 | 10:00:39 |
| M55-59 | 40 | 10:55:26 | 10:57:57 | 11:16:31 | 12:03:09 | 13:44:24 | 10:55:26 |
| M60-64 | 10 | 11:50:59 | 11:50:59 | 11:50:59 | 12:42:49 | 13:37:45 | 11:50:59 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 63 | 9:55:04 | 10:12:42 | 10:58:36 | 11:32:19 | 13:11:41 | 9:55:04 |
| FPRO | 6 | 9:55:04 | 9:55:04 | 9:55:04 | 9:55:51 | 9:57:16 | 9:55:04 |
| F30-34 | 9 | 11:04:35 | 11:04:35 | 11:04:35 | 11:37:30 | 12:23:52 | 11:04:35 |
| F35-39 | 9 | 10:58:36 | 10:58:36 | 10:58:36 | 11:30:31 | 12:45:39 | 10:58:36 |
| F40-44 | 11 | 11:32:19 | 11:32:19 | 12:44:59 | 12:49:39 | 14:41:11 | 11:32:19 |
| F45-49 | 13 | 11:27:39 | 11:27:39 | 11:36:15 | 11:52:13 | 13:20:47 | 11:27:39 |
| F50-54 | 8 | 12:47:56 | 12:47:56 | 12:47:56 | 13:17:56 | 14:50:21 | 12:47:56 |
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.