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 | 1,598 | 9:36:00 | 10:03:31 | 10:26:50 | 10:55:45 | 12:04:41 | 8:40:48 |
| MPRO | 8 | 8:40:48 | 8:40:48 | 8:40:48 | 8:46:58 | 9:04:59 | 8:40:48 |
| M18-24 | 31 | 9:33:28 | 9:39:55 | 9:55:35 | 10:21:09 | 12:23:57 | 9:33:28 |
| M25-29 | 83 | 9:06:34 | 9:49:18 | 10:18:00 | 10:45:42 | 11:41:00 | 9:06:34 |
| M30-34 | 187 | 9:41:47 | 9:57:00 | 10:18:30 | 10:43:18 | 11:45:46 | 9:18:13 |
| M35-39 | 259 | 9:34:21 | 9:53:46 | 10:16:25 | 10:36:10 | 11:44:53 | 9:16:27 |
| M40-44 | 359 | 9:41:43 | 10:02:31 | 10:24:35 | 10:57:05 | 11:58:36 | 9:35:36 |
| M45-49 | 311 | 9:47:15 | 10:21:29 | 10:45:33 | 11:02:53 | 12:12:13 | 9:20:29 |
| M50-54 | 236 | 9:51:47 | 10:21:57 | 10:50:07 | 11:21:14 | 12:26:04 | 9:39:58 |
| M55-59 | 91 | 10:20:38 | 10:38:27 | 11:34:30 | 12:05:41 | 13:02:23 | 10:20:38 |
| M60-64 | 29 | 11:01:23 | 11:17:25 | 11:48:18 | 12:53:34 | 13:59:29 | 11:01:23 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 501 | 10:14:33 | 10:54:13 | 11:14:38 | 11:53:50 | 13:03:01 | 9:30:46 |
| FPRO | 5 | 9:30:46 | 9:30:46 | 9:30:46 | 9:30:46 | 9:49:49 | 9:30:46 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 13:42:57 | 13:42:57 | 13:42:57 | 13:42:57 | 14:58:19 | 13:42:57 |
| F25-29 | 31 | 10:15:30 | 10:57:18 | 11:08:44 | 11:54:59 | 12:49:47 | 10:15:30 |
| F30-34 | 85 | 9:54:19 | 10:44:10 | 11:09:08 | 11:24:18 | 12:58:08 | 9:54:19 |
| F35-39 | 76 | 10:14:13 | 10:37:51 | 10:59:24 | 11:39:13 | 12:51:34 | 10:14:13 |
| F40-44 | 114 | 10:37:22 | 10:52:59 | 11:07:35 | 11:33:12 | 12:54:54 | 10:27:29 |
| F45-49 | 90 | 10:54:10 | 11:32:35 | 11:47:09 | 12:12:52 | 13:09:58 | 10:54:10 |
| F50-54 | 62 | 11:08:29 | 11:25:35 | 11:54:19 | 12:14:20 | 13:10:51 | 11:08:29 |
| F55-59 | 28 | 11:33:28 | 11:53:50 | 11:59:40 | 12:56:28 | 13:47:44 | 11:33:28 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 12:34:40 | 12:34:40 | 12:34:40 | 12:34:40 | 14:13:17 | 12:34:40 |
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.