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 | 1,379 | 8:29:07 | 9:31:16 | 10:01:02 | 10:49:20 | 12:21:37 | 7:34:08 |
| MPRO | 12 | 7:34:08 | 7:34:08 | 7:39:21 | 7:42:55 | 8:01:22 | 7:34:08 |
| M18-24 | 25 | 8:57:03 | 9:10:39 | 9:34:42 | 9:59:04 | 12:18:47 | 8:57:03 |
| M25-29 | 78 | 8:22:24 | 8:47:25 | 9:18:56 | 10:29:41 | 11:40:47 | 8:22:24 |
| M30-34 | 151 | 8:47:25 | 9:23:00 | 9:42:21 | 10:17:59 | 11:46:25 | 8:35:10 |
| M35-39 | 216 | 8:27:50 | 8:53:29 | 9:23:53 | 10:09:24 | 11:59:51 | 8:06:28 |
| M40-44 | 248 | 9:12:11 | 9:42:06 | 10:02:05 | 10:48:07 | 12:10:45 | 8:55:49 |
| M45-49 | 267 | 9:02:42 | 9:52:49 | 10:30:31 | 11:13:29 | 12:46:01 | 8:42:19 |
| M50-54 | 217 | 9:45:05 | 10:03:29 | 10:36:38 | 11:23:12 | 12:47:42 | 9:42:42 |
| M55-59 | 112 | 10:03:50 | 10:53:30 | 11:13:18 | 11:42:12 | 12:43:04 | 9:55:23 |
| M60-64 | 41 | 10:05:46 | 11:32:00 | 12:10:31 | 12:42:08 | 13:42:31 | 10:05:46 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 12:53:21 | 12:53:21 | 12:53:21 | 13:22:50 | 14:02:16 | 12:53:21 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 563 | 9:12:43 | 10:19:55 | 10:54:32 | 11:47:22 | 13:13:34 | 8:43:22 |
| FPRO | 11 | 8:43:22 | 8:43:22 | 8:45:29 | 8:46:15 | 9:24:05 | 8:43:22 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 11:34:26 | 11:34:26 | 11:34:26 | 12:22:12 | 14:17:44 | 11:34:26 |
| F25-29 | 42 | 8:51:01 | 9:28:28 | 10:04:47 | 10:35:02 | 12:29:15 | 8:51:01 |
| F30-34 | 74 | 9:50:47 | 10:19:55 | 10:44:47 | 11:17:04 | 12:27:22 | 9:50:47 |
| F35-39 | 89 | 9:29:05 | 10:07:55 | 10:19:37 | 11:36:58 | 13:03:00 | 9:29:05 |
| F40-44 | 105 | 10:19:28 | 10:43:37 | 11:10:35 | 12:00:03 | 13:23:08 | 9:52:32 |
| F45-49 | 111 | 10:31:14 | 11:06:51 | 11:42:30 | 12:13:01 | 13:22:22 | 10:30:47 |
| F50-54 | 71 | 10:32:38 | 10:59:36 | 11:43:38 | 12:25:51 | 13:45:59 | 10:32:38 |
| F55-59 | 38 | 10:54:11 | 11:01:22 | 11:07:33 | 11:23:54 | 13:27:36 | 10:54:11 |
| F60-64 | 14 | 11:48:15 | 11:48:15 | 12:49:13 | 13:44:28 | 14:01:08 | 11:48:15 |
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.