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 | 1,187 | 8:25:51 | 9:14:31 | 9:28:03 | 9:55:53 | 11:03:04 | 7:57:44 |
| MPRO | 34 | 7:57:44 | 8:00:12 | 8:02:23 | 8:10:38 | 8:41:15 | 7:57:44 |
| M18-24 | 14 | 9:26:03 | 9:26:03 | 9:33:11 | 9:52:30 | 12:12:10 | 9:26:03 |
| M25-29 | 68 | 8:48:35 | 9:17:21 | 9:32:03 | 9:53:32 | 10:42:59 | 8:48:35 |
| M30-34 | 164 | 8:54:42 | 9:18:20 | 9:31:00 | 9:45:14 | 10:41:14 | 8:52:13 |
| M35-39 | 235 | 8:56:51 | 9:14:52 | 9:26:20 | 9:49:54 | 10:58:26 | 8:50:19 |
| M40-44 | 301 | 9:06:19 | 9:22:08 | 9:42:44 | 10:03:02 | 11:01:44 | 8:58:06 |
| M45-49 | 195 | 9:20:44 | 9:26:29 | 9:44:34 | 10:03:24 | 11:23:34 | 9:10:04 |
| M50-54 | 109 | 9:10:59 | 9:53:26 | 10:06:50 | 10:25:01 | 11:41:37 | 9:02:02 |
| M55-59 | 43 | 9:58:38 | 10:06:30 | 10:26:05 | 10:44:22 | 12:18:07 | 9:58:38 |
| M60-64 | 18 | 11:12:21 | 11:12:21 | 11:50:30 | 12:30:31 | 13:09:17 | 11:12:21 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 10:51:31 | 10:51:31 | 10:51:31 | 12:15:56 | 13:36:50 | 10:51:31 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 238 | 9:04:00 | 9:42:47 | 10:05:57 | 10:37:53 | 11:56:48 | 8:34:51 |
| FPRO | 18 | 8:34:51 | 8:34:51 | 8:46:09 | 9:06:53 | 9:19:05 | 8:34:51 |
| F25-29 | 17 | 10:05:57 | 10:05:57 | 10:15:53 | 10:23:55 | 11:05:09 | 10:05:57 |
| F30-34 | 49 | 9:45:53 | 9:51:32 | 10:08:02 | 10:34:39 | 11:22:30 | 9:45:53 |
| F35-39 | 38 | 9:42:05 | 10:03:32 | 10:25:14 | 10:40:24 | 11:48:51 | 9:42:05 |
| F40-44 | 49 | 9:44:06 | 10:23:30 | 10:32:35 | 11:05:23 | 12:03:34 | 9:44:06 |
| F45-49 | 39 | 10:06:22 | 11:01:51 | 11:11:14 | 11:24:31 | 12:37:54 | 10:06:22 |
| F50-54 | 14 | 11:11:09 | 11:11:09 | 11:23:17 | 11:54:43 | 12:57:39 | 11:11:09 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 11:57:15 | 11:57:15 | 11:57:15 | 13:28:58 | 14:52:42 | 11:57:15 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 13:13:01 | 13:13:01 | 13:13:01 | 13:13:01 | 13:48:42 | 13:13:01 |
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.