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 | 1,634 | 9:48:14 | 10:36:53 | 11:15:40 | 11:58:07 | 13:32:56 | 8:29:59 |
| MPRO | 12 | 8:29:59 | 8:29:59 | 8:41:54 | 8:50:10 | 9:20:34 | 8:29:59 |
| M18-24 | 87 | 10:01:21 | 10:18:42 | 11:12:45 | 12:00:53 | 13:37:50 | 10:01:21 |
| M25-29 | 222 | 9:50:01 | 10:29:28 | 11:07:17 | 11:56:08 | 13:34:21 | 9:33:48 |
| M30-34 | 271 | 9:54:56 | 10:25:20 | 11:07:27 | 11:48:38 | 13:28:45 | 9:11:15 |
| M35-39 | 310 | 10:06:41 | 10:41:51 | 11:11:19 | 11:51:41 | 13:10:15 | 9:45:19 |
| M40-44 | 346 | 10:06:43 | 10:41:39 | 11:14:40 | 11:58:14 | 13:38:48 | 9:32:51 |
| M45-49 | 196 | 9:57:59 | 11:15:40 | 11:36:26 | 12:18:17 | 13:40:31 | 9:48:14 |
| M50-54 | 115 | 10:55:47 | 11:30:17 | 11:58:07 | 12:39:34 | 13:58:06 | 10:45:23 |
| M55-59 | 47 | 10:56:23 | 11:16:24 | 11:31:34 | 12:09:31 | 14:00:48 | 10:56:23 |
| M60-64 | 15 | 12:32:48 | 12:32:48 | 12:58:57 | 13:19:32 | 14:22:25 | 12:32:48 |
| M | 9 | 12:18:40 | 12:18:40 | 12:18:40 | 12:39:57 | 13:41:40 | 12:18:40 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 521 | 10:13:53 | 11:17:27 | 11:51:24 | 12:43:45 | 13:55:16 | 9:33:15 |
| FPRO | 9 | 9:33:15 | 9:33:15 | 9:33:15 | 9:44:23 | 10:43:02 | 9:33:15 |
| F18-24 | 18 | 11:36:21 | 11:36:21 | 11:38:01 | 11:46:18 | 14:02:58 | 11:36:21 |
| F25-29 | 97 | 10:33:59 | 11:03:52 | 11:49:59 | 12:26:56 | 13:51:22 | 10:33:59 |
| F30-34 | 93 | 10:04:28 | 11:05:12 | 11:30:52 | 12:24:50 | 13:48:35 | 10:04:28 |
| F35-39 | 88 | 10:25:20 | 11:52:18 | 12:17:34 | 12:59:21 | 13:50:36 | 10:25:20 |
| F40-44 | 101 | 11:18:11 | 11:33:54 | 11:56:48 | 12:58:45 | 14:20:48 | 10:13:53 |
| F45-49 | 68 | 11:10:53 | 11:43:43 | 12:08:36 | 12:46:30 | 14:01:29 | 11:10:53 |
| F50-54 | 30 | 11:35:11 | 11:41:05 | 12:50:43 | 13:10:35 | 14:10:05 | 11:35:11 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 12:37:46 | 12:37:46 | 12:46:02 | 13:25:08 | 14:35:06 | 12:37:46 |
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.