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 | 693 | 8:24:00 | 9:55:22 | 10:34:30 | 11:22:16 | 12:54:19 | 8:08:40 |
| MPRO | 22 | 8:08:40 | 8:13:11 | 8:14:13 | 8:19:56 | 8:42:28 | 8:08:40 |
| M18-24 | 20 | 9:31:32 | 9:31:32 | 9:55:33 | 10:19:46 | 13:14:05 | 9:31:32 |
| M25-29 | 57 | 9:27:50 | 9:59:50 | 10:13:17 | 10:47:49 | 12:14:49 | 9:27:50 |
| M30-34 | 77 | 9:35:53 | 10:11:10 | 10:39:57 | 10:56:20 | 12:35:36 | 9:35:53 |
| M35-39 | 70 | 9:09:05 | 10:02:37 | 10:20:16 | 10:44:14 | 12:26:22 | 9:09:05 |
| M40-44 | 108 | 9:46:08 | 10:26:17 | 10:59:18 | 11:30:48 | 12:17:42 | 9:34:16 |
| M45-49 | 111 | 9:53:01 | 10:42:54 | 11:08:27 | 11:36:01 | 13:04:50 | 9:38:06 |
| M50-54 | 118 | 9:55:41 | 10:52:29 | 11:00:37 | 11:42:05 | 13:07:34 | 9:55:22 |
| M55-59 | 68 | 10:41:46 | 11:32:45 | 11:47:45 | 12:38:46 | 14:05:28 | 10:41:46 |
| M60-64 | 30 | 10:47:10 | 10:55:58 | 11:57:47 | 12:17:24 | 14:25:29 | 10:47:10 |
| M65-69 | 9 | 13:52:49 | 13:52:49 | 13:52:49 | 14:51:58 | 15:33:10 | 13:52:49 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 239 | 9:30:38 | 10:25:27 | 11:18:01 | 12:10:12 | 13:59:54 | 9:17:21 |
| FPRO | 13 | 9:17:21 | 9:17:21 | 9:24:20 | 9:30:38 | 9:51:03 | 9:17:21 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 12:19:15 | 12:19:15 | 12:19:15 | 13:34:58 | 14:34:07 | 12:19:15 |
| F25-29 | 15 | 10:48:17 | 10:48:17 | 11:29:34 | 11:34:53 | 12:40:53 | 10:48:17 |
| F30-34 | 30 | 10:31:16 | 10:53:26 | 11:09:29 | 11:48:05 | 12:59:20 | 10:31:16 |
| F35-39 | 19 | 9:48:20 | 9:48:20 | 10:07:47 | 11:00:46 | 13:23:21 | 9:48:20 |
| F40-44 | 38 | 10:21:03 | 11:18:01 | 11:34:49 | 12:19:11 | 13:50:15 | 10:21:03 |
| F45-49 | 44 | 11:06:22 | 11:33:12 | 11:58:35 | 13:03:59 | 14:17:27 | 11:06:22 |
| F50-54 | 31 | 11:33:59 | 12:12:21 | 12:38:11 | 12:56:29 | 14:43:10 | 11:33:59 |
| F55-59 | 27 | 11:50:26 | 12:09:36 | 12:35:00 | 13:07:53 | 14:42:26 | 11:50:26 |
| F60-64 | 13 | 12:52:15 | 12:52:15 | 13:16:22 | 13:59:15 | 15:09:44 | 12:52:15 |
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.