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 | 620 | 9:02:01 | 9:48:02 | 10:06:55 | 10:31:09 | 11:47:46 | 8:27:18 |
| MPRO | 19 | 8:27:18 | 8:27:18 | 8:35:15 | 8:40:38 | 9:04:44 | 8:27:18 |
| M18-24 | 12 | 10:17:30 | 10:17:30 | 10:26:21 | 10:44:19 | 11:20:18 | 10:17:30 |
| M25-29 | 45 | 9:41:20 | 9:45:26 | 9:59:06 | 10:17:10 | 11:26:22 | 9:41:20 |
| M30-34 | 106 | 9:19:02 | 9:39:21 | 9:55:28 | 10:14:23 | 11:34:38 | 9:07:19 |
| M35-39 | 103 | 9:47:58 | 9:58:29 | 10:06:29 | 10:20:28 | 11:28:25 | 9:38:26 |
| M40-44 | 114 | 9:45:12 | 9:57:06 | 10:21:05 | 10:44:10 | 11:43:48 | 9:28:53 |
| M45-49 | 118 | 10:04:08 | 10:11:44 | 10:26:14 | 10:50:35 | 12:01:03 | 9:46:22 |
| M50-54 | 65 | 10:00:46 | 10:16:36 | 10:25:17 | 10:56:07 | 12:38:47 | 10:00:46 |
| M55-59 | 24 | 10:28:54 | 10:50:22 | 11:15:04 | 11:32:05 | 12:49:20 | 10:28:54 |
| M60-64 | 9 | 10:49:02 | 10:49:02 | 10:49:02 | 11:29:10 | 12:30:02 | 10:49:02 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 76 | 9:39:24 | 10:19:57 | 10:40:04 | 11:10:46 | 12:25:04 | 9:39:24 |
| FPRO | 6 | 9:39:24 | 9:39:24 | 9:39:24 | 9:58:44 | 10:04:38 | 9:39:24 |
| F25-29 | 6 | 11:32:57 | 11:32:57 | 11:32:57 | 11:54:07 | 12:12:24 | 11:32:57 |
| F30-34 | 12 | 10:28:05 | 10:28:05 | 10:57:40 | 10:58:04 | 11:18:05 | 10:28:05 |
| F35-39 | 11 | 10:38:54 | 10:38:54 | 10:59:11 | 11:05:17 | 11:27:23 | 10:38:54 |
| F40-44 | 14 | 10:43:38 | 10:43:38 | 11:28:07 | 11:29:15 | 12:49:02 | 10:43:38 |
| F45-49 | 12 | 11:23:53 | 11:23:53 | 11:44:24 | 12:25:04 | 12:47:38 | 11:23:53 |
| F50-54 | 9 | 11:29:29 | 11:29:29 | 11:29:29 | 11:55:00 | 13:46:16 | 11:29:29 |
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.