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 | 1,574 | 9:12:08 | 10:03:34 | 10:29:10 | 11:09:15 | 12:30:02 | 8:26:06 |
| MPRO | 19 | 8:26:06 | 8:26:06 | 8:31:01 | 8:34:58 | 8:47:24 | 8:26:06 |
| M18-24 | 32 | 9:57:59 | 10:08:58 | 10:23:07 | 11:02:44 | 12:33:24 | 9:57:59 |
| M25-29 | 95 | 9:12:44 | 9:48:51 | 9:59:08 | 10:29:32 | 12:35:24 | 9:12:44 |
| M30-34 | 191 | 9:35:21 | 9:56:21 | 10:16:31 | 10:47:52 | 11:58:03 | 9:25:11 |
| M35-39 | 258 | 9:34:19 | 10:00:54 | 10:21:47 | 10:53:32 | 12:16:25 | 9:12:08 |
| M40-44 | 384 | 9:35:50 | 10:06:31 | 10:27:29 | 11:07:13 | 12:14:43 | 9:23:54 |
| M45-49 | 277 | 9:46:48 | 10:34:36 | 10:57:48 | 11:32:44 | 12:45:00 | 9:18:56 |
| M50-54 | 196 | 10:17:39 | 10:39:21 | 11:12:45 | 11:48:41 | 13:07:54 | 10:17:24 |
| M55-59 | 72 | 10:30:25 | 10:48:29 | 11:36:24 | 12:00:33 | 13:23:22 | 10:30:25 |
| M60-64 | 30 | 11:23:46 | 11:28:14 | 12:15:43 | 12:53:04 | 13:54:10 | 11:23:46 |
| M65-69 | 11 | 13:17:35 | 13:17:35 | 14:10:35 | 14:21:20 | 14:56:31 | 13:17:35 |
| M | 8 | 10:06:43 | 10:06:43 | 10:06:43 | 10:29:45 | 10:34:56 | 10:06:43 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 544 | 9:24:46 | 10:41:29 | 11:12:46 | 11:56:46 | 13:32:33 | 9:07:56 |
| FPRO | 17 | 9:07:56 | 9:07:56 | 9:16:55 | 9:17:44 | 9:38:09 | 9:07:56 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 11:47:49 | 11:47:49 | 11:47:49 | 12:23:26 | 14:00:52 | 11:47:49 |
| F25-29 | 45 | 9:33:05 | 10:58:23 | 11:23:48 | 11:48:28 | 12:54:07 | 9:33:05 |
| F30-34 | 99 | 10:07:04 | 10:41:58 | 11:05:51 | 11:47:55 | 13:24:55 | 10:07:04 |
| F35-39 | 93 | 10:04:06 | 10:37:14 | 11:17:31 | 11:48:58 | 13:00:17 | 10:04:06 |
| F40-44 | 104 | 10:44:45 | 10:58:28 | 11:27:38 | 12:07:55 | 13:41:23 | 10:44:34 |
| F45-49 | 95 | 10:47:41 | 11:13:42 | 11:42:50 | 12:06:20 | 13:51:36 | 10:47:41 |
| F50-54 | 59 | 10:50:31 | 11:37:11 | 12:04:13 | 12:53:30 | 14:20:00 | 10:50:31 |
| F55-59 | 20 | 11:12:46 | 11:12:46 | 12:49:34 | 13:11:12 | 14:05:40 | 11:12:46 |
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.