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 | 1,560 | 8:33:06 | 9:15:05 | 9:35:50 | 10:01:52 | 11:13:11 | 8:01:02 |
| MPRO | 28 | 8:01:02 | 8:02:14 | 8:03:07 | 8:08:25 | 8:29:41 | 8:01:02 |
| M18-24 | 23 | 8:55:56 | 9:17:36 | 9:22:03 | 9:56:22 | 11:52:22 | 8:55:56 |
| M25-29 | 107 | 8:51:09 | 9:15:46 | 9:21:32 | 9:51:05 | 10:47:37 | 8:40:56 |
| M30-34 | 233 | 8:50:40 | 9:13:31 | 9:29:44 | 9:52:12 | 10:50:55 | 8:42:35 |
| M35-39 | 312 | 8:56:20 | 9:13:50 | 9:33:04 | 9:53:48 | 10:55:38 | 8:42:09 |
| M40-44 | 373 | 8:48:25 | 9:28:52 | 9:43:54 | 10:10:41 | 11:09:21 | 8:37:48 |
| M45-49 | 242 | 9:24:23 | 9:37:52 | 9:50:41 | 10:19:49 | 11:34:31 | 8:47:22 |
| M50-54 | 145 | 9:08:15 | 9:43:45 | 9:59:38 | 10:33:59 | 11:47:06 | 9:06:41 |
| M55-59 | 66 | 9:18:47 | 9:55:34 | 10:12:25 | 10:33:12 | 12:21:37 | 9:18:47 |
| M60-64 | 25 | 10:02:19 | 10:22:15 | 11:23:00 | 11:27:19 | 12:51:20 | 10:02:19 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 13:15:45 | 13:15:45 | 13:15:45 | 13:15:45 | 14:54:11 | 13:15:45 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 299 | 9:10:06 | 9:44:28 | 10:13:04 | 10:46:54 | 11:52:53 | 8:57:57 |
| FPRO | 13 | 8:57:57 | 8:57:57 | 9:02:15 | 9:10:06 | 9:21:40 | 8:57:57 |
| F25-29 | 34 | 9:34:08 | 9:48:46 | 10:36:09 | 10:59:25 | 11:47:05 | 9:34:08 |
| F30-34 | 47 | 9:32:34 | 9:44:28 | 9:53:25 | 10:41:28 | 11:26:11 | 9:32:34 |
| F35-39 | 58 | 9:39:38 | 9:55:57 | 10:10:35 | 10:48:18 | 11:59:16 | 9:39:38 |
| F40-44 | 66 | 9:31:20 | 10:19:10 | 10:28:54 | 10:57:45 | 12:10:30 | 9:31:20 |
| F45-49 | 36 | 10:00:26 | 10:16:59 | 10:31:58 | 11:11:18 | 12:14:08 | 10:00:26 |
| F50-54 | 25 | 10:24:51 | 10:33:41 | 10:54:17 | 11:19:33 | 12:32:19 | 10:24:51 |
| F55-59 | 10 | 10:33:25 | 10:33:25 | 10:33:25 | 11:25:01 | 12:21:04 | 10:33:25 |
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.