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 | 769 | 9:05:10 | 9:49:59 | 10:16:15 | 10:45:15 | 11:54:34 | 8:26:33 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:26:33 | 8:26:33 | 8:27:40 | 8:53:54 | 9:09:46 | 8:26:33 |
| M18-24 | 53 | 9:22:14 | 10:04:00 | 10:42:37 | 11:21:36 | 12:31:14 | 9:22:14 |
| M25-29 | 68 | 9:11:35 | 9:42:28 | 9:52:22 | 10:20:47 | 11:02:35 | 9:11:35 |
| M30-34 | 160 | 9:24:31 | 9:52:04 | 10:15:02 | 10:38:15 | 11:29:05 | 9:11:35 |
| M35-39 | 160 | 9:39:44 | 10:08:53 | 10:24:22 | 10:51:22 | 11:52:38 | 9:39:26 |
| M40-44 | 127 | 9:30:07 | 9:58:06 | 10:11:49 | 10:42:10 | 12:14:07 | 9:11:45 |
| M45-49 | 84 | 9:56:51 | 10:34:17 | 10:39:11 | 11:01:22 | 12:13:59 | 9:56:51 |
| M50-54 | 51 | 9:50:27 | 10:13:29 | 11:08:34 | 11:28:29 | 12:18:01 | 9:50:27 |
| M55-59 | 30 | 10:59:10 | 11:13:23 | 11:14:40 | 11:51:13 | 14:03:26 | 10:59:10 |
| M60-64 | 13 | 11:48:38 | 11:48:38 | 12:25:22 | 12:28:46 | 13:49:52 | 11:48:38 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 198 | 9:28:15 | 10:37:16 | 11:03:57 | 11:45:29 | 13:02:29 | 9:20:01 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:20:01 | 9:20:01 | 9:20:01 | 9:28:15 | 9:34:52 | 9:20:01 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 11:27:25 | 11:27:25 | 11:27:25 | 12:30:50 | 13:19:20 | 11:27:25 |
| F25-29 | 24 | 10:17:59 | 10:35:36 | 10:50:30 | 10:56:23 | 12:46:27 | 10:17:59 |
| F30-34 | 40 | 10:22:25 | 10:48:14 | 11:07:53 | 11:35:15 | 12:42:27 | 10:22:25 |
| F35-39 | 44 | 10:37:16 | 10:42:12 | 11:25:44 | 11:36:59 | 12:45:10 | 10:37:16 |
| F40-44 | 36 | 11:01:05 | 11:12:37 | 11:20:29 | 12:07:14 | 13:46:52 | 11:01:05 |
| F45-49 | 24 | 11:49:57 | 11:51:50 | 11:52:32 | 11:54:03 | 13:54:03 | 11:49:57 |
| F50-54 | 9 | 11:31:55 | 11:31:55 | 11:31:55 | 12:26:19 | 14:16:09 | 11:31:55 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 13:37:22 | 13:37:22 | 13:37:22 | 14:05:42 | 14:37:45 | 13:37:22 |
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.