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 | 805 | 8:50:22 | 9:42:33 | 10:17:49 | 10:56:15 | 12:36:15 | 8:29:54 |
| MPRO | 26 | 8:29:54 | 8:32:26 | 8:36:39 | 8:46:35 | 9:07:41 | 8:29:54 |
| M18-24 | 9 | 10:20:01 | 10:20:01 | 10:20:01 | 10:58:21 | 11:55:49 | 10:20:01 |
| M25-29 | 46 | 8:48:08 | 9:38:58 | 9:46:53 | 10:17:49 | 11:26:39 | 8:48:08 |
| M30-34 | 91 | 9:16:16 | 9:24:41 | 9:42:20 | 10:39:26 | 12:00:58 | 9:16:16 |
| M35-39 | 92 | 9:28:59 | 9:51:15 | 10:11:29 | 10:40:38 | 11:41:38 | 9:28:59 |
| M40-44 | 158 | 9:40:26 | 9:59:44 | 10:22:21 | 10:56:15 | 12:16:28 | 9:33:40 |
| M45-49 | 148 | 9:36:36 | 10:31:16 | 10:39:02 | 11:36:25 | 12:59:34 | 9:27:03 |
| M50-54 | 115 | 9:51:50 | 10:26:58 | 10:50:52 | 11:27:47 | 13:09:23 | 9:47:18 |
| M55-59 | 81 | 10:52:38 | 11:27:37 | 11:46:11 | 12:24:29 | 13:55:14 | 10:52:38 |
| M60-64 | 27 | 11:00:55 | 11:10:31 | 11:13:52 | 11:52:53 | 13:33:36 | 11:00:55 |
| M65-69 | 11 | 11:51:41 | 11:51:41 | 12:27:00 | 12:45:24 | 14:33:37 | 11:51:41 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 94 | 9:06:40 | 10:07:40 | 10:55:08 | 11:54:41 | 13:23:02 | 9:06:40 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:06:40 | 9:06:40 | 9:06:40 | 9:50:24 | 10:01:53 | 9:06:40 |
| F25-29 | 7 | 12:30:32 | 12:30:32 | 12:30:32 | 12:35:18 | 13:36:19 | 12:30:32 |
| F30-34 | 18 | 10:30:40 | 10:30:40 | 11:14:36 | 11:33:48 | 12:24:57 | 10:30:40 |
| F40-44 | 17 | 10:55:08 | 10:55:08 | 11:27:54 | 11:51:44 | 13:54:43 | 10:55:08 |
| F45-49 | 19 | 11:08:11 | 11:08:11 | 11:56:30 | 12:09:19 | 13:50:54 | 11:08:11 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 10:58:26 | 10:58:26 | 12:33:22 | 12:40:37 | 13:22:01 | 10:58:26 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 13:18:51 | 13:18:51 | 13:18:51 | 14:15:06 | 16:01:12 | 13:18:51 |
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.