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 | 526 | 9:06:24 | 10:15:05 | 10:51:21 | 11:33:08 | 14:11:49 | 8:52:02 |
| MPRO | 27 | 8:52:02 | 8:52:12 | 8:55:01 | 9:06:24 | 9:34:33 | 8:52:02 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 10:13:32 | 10:13:32 | 10:23:07 | 11:39:52 | 12:55:23 | 10:13:32 |
| M25-29 | 47 | 9:57:09 | 11:03:38 | 11:31:27 | 12:59:46 | 14:20:26 | 9:57:09 |
| M30-34 | 71 | 10:12:50 | 10:25:40 | 10:51:21 | 11:17:39 | 13:44:27 | 10:12:50 |
| M35-39 | 117 | 10:09:35 | 10:34:22 | 11:06:00 | 11:54:34 | 14:29:16 | 9:51:33 |
| M40-44 | 90 | 10:06:24 | 10:41:56 | 10:57:59 | 11:43:34 | 14:40:35 | 10:06:24 |
| M45-49 | 76 | 10:31:55 | 10:46:29 | 11:05:40 | 11:47:33 | 14:15:01 | 10:31:55 |
| M50-54 | 49 | 9:58:23 | 11:15:13 | 11:18:42 | 12:10:24 | 13:41:04 | 9:58:23 |
| M55-59 | 18 | 11:05:23 | 11:05:23 | 11:13:58 | 11:44:05 | 13:33:40 | 11:05:23 |
| M60-64 | 12 | 11:22:42 | 11:22:42 | 11:44:21 | 13:03:39 | 14:16:17 | 11:22:42 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 90 | 9:37:06 | 10:00:23 | 10:19:50 | 10:59:35 | 13:26:32 | 9:37:06 |
| FPRO | 16 | 9:37:06 | 9:37:06 | 9:49:09 | 9:58:26 | 10:17:25 | 9:37:06 |
| F25-29 | 9 | 10:37:06 | 10:37:06 | 10:37:06 | 10:45:01 | 13:45:43 | 10:37:06 |
| F30-34 | 11 | 10:50:01 | 10:50:01 | 11:00:53 | 11:15:38 | 13:27:35 | 10:50:01 |
| F35-39 | 14 | 11:46:20 | 11:46:20 | 11:51:03 | 11:54:59 | 12:53:28 | 11:46:20 |
| F40-44 | 11 | 10:55:27 | 10:55:27 | 12:33:29 | 14:12:36 | 15:26:09 | 10:55:27 |
| F45-49 | 14 | 11:51:50 | 11:51:50 | 12:14:32 | 12:22:53 | 14:44:09 | 11:51:50 |
| F50-54 | 6 | 12:16:25 | 12:16:25 | 12:16:25 | 13:41:25 | 13:56:42 | 12:16:25 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 12:36:24 | 12:36:24 | 12:36:24 | 12:49:13 | 13:26:07 | 12:36:24 |
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.