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 | 815 | 9:05:30 | 10:25:40 | 11:05:35 | 11:50:23 | 13:32:21 | 8:39:56 |
| MPRO | 20 | 8:39:56 | 8:39:56 | 8:42:45 | 8:52:35 | 9:09:14 | 8:39:56 |
| M18-24 | 5 | 12:11:06 | 12:11:06 | 12:11:06 | 12:11:06 | 12:39:17 | 12:11:06 |
| M25-29 | 29 | 10:21:54 | 10:25:40 | 10:29:25 | 11:02:59 | 12:38:22 | 10:21:54 |
| M30-34 | 66 | 9:49:03 | 10:16:45 | 10:48:31 | 11:27:55 | 12:29:51 | 9:49:03 |
| M35-39 | 113 | 10:09:03 | 10:13:39 | 10:34:42 | 11:35:39 | 12:58:18 | 10:02:51 |
| M40-44 | 158 | 10:14:41 | 10:52:28 | 11:14:44 | 11:57:51 | 13:22:39 | 10:10:38 |
| M45-49 | 177 | 10:07:24 | 10:54:19 | 11:21:29 | 12:02:33 | 13:38:00 | 9:56:53 |
| M50-54 | 123 | 11:15:04 | 11:29:25 | 11:55:20 | 12:23:25 | 14:17:08 | 10:37:49 |
| M55-59 | 88 | 10:46:45 | 11:36:55 | 12:09:14 | 13:04:26 | 14:46:33 | 10:46:45 |
| M60-64 | 27 | 11:43:58 | 12:00:50 | 12:10:31 | 13:13:06 | 14:22:29 | 11:43:58 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 13:01:27 | 13:01:27 | 13:01:27 | 13:19:32 | 15:15:59 | 13:01:27 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 79 | 9:37:26 | 10:16:41 | 10:51:26 | 11:58:40 | 14:09:10 | 9:37:26 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:37:26 | 9:37:26 | 9:37:26 | 9:39:11 | 10:16:41 | 9:37:26 |
| F30-34 | 13 | 10:23:04 | 10:23:04 | 10:51:26 | 11:04:19 | 13:15:18 | 10:23:04 |
| F35-39 | 8 | 11:58:40 | 11:58:40 | 11:58:40 | 12:10:00 | 14:42:56 | 11:58:40 |
| F40-44 | 14 | 10:50:06 | 10:50:06 | 12:11:00 | 12:36:10 | 14:47:39 | 10:50:06 |
| F45-49 | 13 | 11:23:58 | 11:23:58 | 12:07:44 | 13:06:02 | 14:03:22 | 11:23:58 |
| F50-54 | 5 | 14:30:14 | 14:30:14 | 14:30:14 | 14:30:14 | 15:57:04 | 14:30:14 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 12:34:43 | 12:34:43 | 13:11:03 | 13:29:00 | 14:56:36 | 12:34:43 |
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.