Editions: 2012
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 | 1,663 | 9:02:52 | 10:09:27 | 10:46:30 | 11:23:32 | 12:44:29 | 8:11:18 |
| MPRO | 22 | 8:11:18 | 8:24:32 | 8:27:00 | 8:30:02 | 8:42:08 | 8:11:18 |
| M18-24 | 23 | 10:24:42 | 10:25:45 | 10:50:43 | 11:14:57 | 12:31:05 | 10:24:42 |
| M25-29 | 126 | 9:26:41 | 10:21:43 | 10:48:05 | 11:25:35 | 12:28:27 | 9:12:37 |
| M30-34 | 272 | 9:27:20 | 10:05:50 | 10:26:48 | 11:07:15 | 12:26:00 | 9:21:57 |
| M35-39 | 317 | 9:36:03 | 9:59:12 | 10:34:12 | 11:10:26 | 12:26:20 | 9:30:57 |
| M40-44 | 385 | 9:51:32 | 10:38:23 | 10:58:20 | 11:30:49 | 12:44:41 | 9:26:10 |
| M45-49 | 263 | 9:49:37 | 10:38:06 | 10:58:30 | 11:38:25 | 12:55:48 | 9:33:30 |
| M50-54 | 153 | 10:08:26 | 10:47:20 | 11:19:20 | 12:16:15 | 13:29:21 | 9:27:40 |
| M55-59 | 71 | 10:38:00 | 11:21:59 | 11:47:06 | 12:43:46 | 13:46:11 | 10:38:00 |
| M60-64 | 25 | 11:33:28 | 12:26:55 | 12:36:24 | 13:15:26 | 13:59:09 | 11:33:28 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 357 | 9:30:29 | 10:20:28 | 11:00:42 | 11:49:09 | 13:19:08 | 9:02:48 |
| FPRO | 16 | 9:02:48 | 9:02:48 | 9:13:24 | 9:30:29 | 9:45:42 | 9:02:48 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 11:17:03 | 11:17:03 | 11:17:03 | 11:54:19 | 12:37:55 | 11:17:03 |
| F25-29 | 26 | 10:28:51 | 10:45:04 | 10:46:22 | 11:49:09 | 12:39:33 | 10:28:51 |
| F30-34 | 66 | 9:50:00 | 10:29:07 | 10:52:28 | 11:46:39 | 13:11:25 | 9:50:00 |
| F35-39 | 75 | 10:48:45 | 10:57:58 | 11:28:55 | 11:59:59 | 13:38:09 | 10:48:45 |
| F40-44 | 81 | 10:28:27 | 11:00:42 | 11:26:44 | 12:01:45 | 13:15:38 | 10:28:27 |
| F45-49 | 41 | 11:15:54 | 11:47:08 | 11:54:22 | 12:27:28 | 13:32:01 | 11:15:54 |
| F50-54 | 32 | 10:24:02 | 11:20:49 | 11:33:18 | 12:00:50 | 12:58:35 | 10:24:02 |
| F55-59 | 11 | 11:39:20 | 11:39:20 | 13:05:53 | 13:18:47 | 13:23:04 | 11:39:20 |
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.