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 | 1,431 | 9:29:46 | 10:24:13 | 11:06:35 | 11:54:17 | 13:35:00 | 8:40:51 |
| MPRO | 10 | 8:40:51 | 8:40:51 | 8:40:51 | 8:41:07 | 9:01:10 | 8:40:51 |
| M18-24 | 87 | 9:42:47 | 10:38:07 | 11:10:18 | 11:41:48 | 13:06:02 | 9:42:47 |
| M25-29 | 154 | 10:02:54 | 10:57:01 | 11:27:03 | 12:05:25 | 13:41:52 | 9:46:05 |
| M30-34 | 232 | 9:26:45 | 10:11:11 | 10:59:33 | 11:50:08 | 13:27:31 | 9:03:43 |
| M35-39 | 229 | 9:29:46 | 10:19:34 | 10:51:49 | 11:39:05 | 13:05:08 | 9:16:15 |
| M40-44 | 273 | 9:34:43 | 10:37:15 | 11:12:05 | 12:06:33 | 13:35:13 | 9:31:56 |
| M45-49 | 232 | 9:56:41 | 10:24:53 | 11:00:19 | 11:52:05 | 13:27:56 | 9:43:34 |
| M50-54 | 135 | 10:04:27 | 10:36:20 | 11:36:09 | 12:21:13 | 13:47:23 | 9:58:35 |
| M55-59 | 57 | 10:09:42 | 11:10:34 | 12:12:41 | 12:53:12 | 14:27:57 | 10:09:42 |
| M60-64 | 15 | 11:05:29 | 11:05:29 | 13:46:30 | 14:09:06 | 15:19:18 | 11:05:29 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 13:44:48 | 13:44:48 | 13:44:48 | 13:44:48 | 14:52:01 | 13:44:48 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 426 | 10:07:16 | 11:07:39 | 11:42:17 | 12:36:06 | 14:10:35 | 9:31:19 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:31:19 | 9:31:19 | 9:31:19 | 9:43:25 | 9:51:49 | 9:31:19 |
| F18-24 | 17 | 11:10:51 | 11:10:51 | 11:32:59 | 12:26:53 | 13:28:25 | 11:10:51 |
| F25-29 | 41 | 10:56:29 | 11:18:04 | 11:27:42 | 12:07:34 | 13:45:22 | 10:56:29 |
| F30-34 | 87 | 10:28:28 | 11:01:17 | 11:49:15 | 12:46:32 | 14:01:32 | 10:28:28 |
| F35-39 | 73 | 10:37:21 | 11:08:50 | 11:39:52 | 12:56:05 | 14:32:23 | 10:37:21 |
| F40-44 | 74 | 10:56:48 | 11:14:46 | 12:13:29 | 12:41:47 | 14:15:38 | 10:56:48 |
| F45-49 | 70 | 10:59:53 | 11:19:29 | 11:50:55 | 12:34:59 | 14:26:16 | 10:59:53 |
| F50-54 | 39 | 11:21:14 | 11:38:07 | 12:00:39 | 12:22:50 | 14:18:07 | 11:21:14 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 12:58:45 | 12:58:45 | 13:03:09 | 13:17:48 | 14:36:49 | 12:58:45 |
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.