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 | 969 | 9:03:01 | 9:42:44 | 10:00:55 | 10:35:08 | 11:48:09 | 8:18:04 |
| MPRO | 25 | 8:18:04 | 8:25:36 | 8:27:11 | 8:35:55 | 9:17:59 | 8:18:04 |
| M18-24 | 24 | 9:33:29 | 9:57:02 | 9:58:17 | 10:39:48 | 11:44:25 | 9:33:29 |
| M25-29 | 80 | 9:18:42 | 9:35:53 | 9:44:15 | 10:16:23 | 11:28:31 | 9:18:42 |
| M30-34 | 155 | 9:23:55 | 9:40:37 | 10:01:23 | 10:20:42 | 11:26:03 | 9:17:10 |
| M35-39 | 167 | 9:14:38 | 9:39:58 | 9:48:37 | 10:20:39 | 11:34:17 | 9:09:26 |
| M40-44 | 206 | 9:31:24 | 9:53:32 | 10:05:43 | 10:37:39 | 11:41:20 | 9:24:16 |
| M45-49 | 153 | 9:48:21 | 10:09:02 | 10:29:08 | 10:58:27 | 12:29:23 | 9:21:21 |
| M50-54 | 78 | 9:50:28 | 10:16:49 | 10:35:32 | 11:11:20 | 12:35:34 | 9:50:28 |
| M55-59 | 40 | 10:41:13 | 10:48:39 | 10:51:13 | 11:23:33 | 12:40:55 | 10:41:13 |
| M60-64 | 29 | 10:56:11 | 11:05:47 | 11:43:25 | 11:48:21 | 14:05:48 | 10:56:11 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 11:33:56 | 11:33:56 | 11:33:56 | 13:00:36 | 14:20:13 | 11:33:56 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 12:37:54 | 12:37:54 | 12:37:54 | 12:37:54 | 14:03:37 | 12:37:54 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 266 | 9:30:24 | 10:18:01 | 10:49:36 | 11:34:26 | 13:08:21 | 9:18:25 |
| FPRO | 13 | 9:18:25 | 9:18:25 | 9:23:07 | 9:30:24 | 9:56:03 | 9:18:25 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 12:03:11 | 12:03:11 | 12:03:11 | 12:03:11 | 13:22:12 | 12:03:11 |
| F25-29 | 26 | 10:19:44 | 10:23:54 | 10:59:10 | 11:40:40 | 12:59:05 | 10:19:44 |
| F30-34 | 54 | 9:57:57 | 10:12:17 | 10:48:16 | 11:16:58 | 12:15:40 | 9:57:57 |
| F35-39 | 56 | 10:37:48 | 10:49:37 | 11:27:15 | 11:55:13 | 13:10:52 | 10:37:48 |
| F40-44 | 40 | 10:17:02 | 10:30:41 | 11:07:10 | 11:43:34 | 13:19:40 | 10:17:02 |
| F45-49 | 39 | 10:46:11 | 10:49:36 | 11:09:04 | 12:32:24 | 13:36:54 | 10:46:11 |
| F50-54 | 23 | 11:43:18 | 12:12:49 | 12:23:51 | 13:08:21 | 14:35:27 | 11:43:18 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 13:08:45 | 13:08:45 | 13:08:45 | 13:31:34 | 14:05:44 | 13:08:45 |
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.