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 | 1,688 | 9:50:42 | 10:31:12 | 11:01:45 | 11:59:40 | 13:40:06 | 8:42:44 |
| MPRO | 11 | 8:42:44 | 8:42:44 | 8:52:59 | 9:02:42 | 9:39:18 | 8:42:44 |
| M18-24 | 83 | 9:51:48 | 10:41:47 | 11:21:38 | 11:41:00 | 13:25:11 | 9:51:48 |
| M25-29 | 204 | 10:07:59 | 10:35:18 | 10:54:29 | 11:43:51 | 13:42:06 | 9:37:14 |
| M30-34 | 277 | 9:31:51 | 10:14:25 | 11:03:49 | 11:50:46 | 13:27:34 | 9:29:19 |
| M35-39 | 334 | 10:04:44 | 10:28:08 | 10:59:53 | 12:04:58 | 13:35:47 | 9:47:08 |
| M40-44 | 347 | 9:58:01 | 10:28:44 | 10:42:47 | 11:52:28 | 13:31:50 | 9:21:45 |
| M45-49 | 227 | 10:33:06 | 10:55:00 | 11:22:40 | 12:06:31 | 13:45:18 | 10:15:18 |
| M50-54 | 137 | 10:40:07 | 11:01:45 | 11:54:26 | 12:33:48 | 14:03:46 | 10:16:30 |
| M55-59 | 44 | 11:01:15 | 11:16:20 | 11:22:16 | 12:53:30 | 14:32:12 | 11:01:15 |
| M60-64 | 19 | 10:52:25 | 10:52:25 | 12:45:50 | 12:49:45 | 14:06:26 | 10:52:25 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 14:03:08 | 14:03:08 | 14:03:08 | 14:03:08 | 15:21:52 | 14:03:08 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 537 | 10:12:35 | 11:17:29 | 11:52:23 | 12:36:42 | 14:03:34 | 9:36:27 |
| FPRO | 6 | 9:36:27 | 9:36:27 | 9:36:27 | 9:38:14 | 9:53:27 | 9:36:27 |
| F18-24 | 19 | 11:06:03 | 11:06:03 | 11:25:58 | 11:52:33 | 13:35:23 | 11:06:03 |
| F25-29 | 70 | 10:12:35 | 11:17:29 | 11:35:37 | 12:11:00 | 13:47:44 | 10:12:35 |
| F30-34 | 117 | 10:58:47 | 11:20:27 | 11:52:23 | 12:33:45 | 13:52:27 | 10:54:16 |
| F35-39 | 93 | 10:47:53 | 11:36:24 | 12:01:10 | 12:51:14 | 14:06:03 | 10:47:53 |
| F40-44 | 99 | 10:25:09 | 11:18:22 | 12:03:18 | 12:50:33 | 14:18:46 | 10:25:09 |
| F45-49 | 67 | 10:43:30 | 11:11:26 | 11:45:23 | 12:32:03 | 14:01:03 | 10:43:30 |
| F50-54 | 43 | 11:38:07 | 11:51:58 | 12:13:00 | 13:30:49 | 14:21:26 | 11:38:07 |
| F55-59 | 17 | 12:27:08 | 12:27:08 | 12:49:06 | 13:36:25 | 14:43:57 | 12:27:08 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 14:31:39 | 14:31:39 | 14:31:39 | 15:33:02 | 15:59:08 | 14:31:39 |
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.