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 | 931 | 9:13:10 | 9:56:07 | 10:27:42 | 10:58:58 | 12:32:35 | 8:15:35 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:15:35 | 8:15:35 | 8:25:30 | 8:38:53 | 9:07:01 | 8:15:35 |
| M18-24 | 15 | 10:41:00 | 10:41:00 | 10:48:54 | 10:54:29 | 13:05:35 | 10:41:00 |
| M25-29 | 65 | 9:35:37 | 10:08:17 | 10:39:55 | 11:06:31 | 12:28:16 | 9:35:37 |
| M30-34 | 110 | 9:23:15 | 9:46:19 | 10:19:49 | 10:38:12 | 11:44:04 | 9:21:57 |
| M35-39 | 150 | 9:37:16 | 10:10:04 | 10:31:14 | 10:56:21 | 11:53:40 | 9:34:16 |
| M40-44 | 188 | 9:32:42 | 9:57:57 | 10:22:15 | 10:46:20 | 11:59:42 | 9:13:10 |
| M45-49 | 153 | 9:50:01 | 9:58:30 | 10:16:27 | 11:02:56 | 12:32:03 | 9:41:23 |
| M50-54 | 130 | 9:55:41 | 10:55:25 | 11:26:34 | 12:14:13 | 12:59:31 | 9:47:37 |
| M55-59 | 47 | 9:56:07 | 10:47:34 | 11:28:44 | 12:41:23 | 13:24:50 | 9:56:07 |
| M60-64 | 39 | 11:33:39 | 11:56:09 | 11:59:12 | 12:12:22 | 14:11:29 | 11:33:39 |
| M65-69 | 11 | 12:24:31 | 12:24:31 | 12:29:27 | 13:02:24 | 14:48:34 | 12:24:31 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 290 | 9:35:52 | 10:46:45 | 11:12:02 | 12:00:53 | 13:28:20 | 9:17:10 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:17:10 | 9:17:10 | 9:17:10 | 9:20:54 | 9:38:59 | 9:17:10 |
| F25-29 | 32 | 9:55:41 | 10:15:55 | 11:02:24 | 11:42:03 | 12:34:24 | 9:55:41 |
| F30-34 | 38 | 9:56:30 | 10:08:41 | 10:30:35 | 10:51:52 | 12:42:10 | 9:56:30 |
| F35-39 | 50 | 10:55:15 | 11:18:24 | 11:35:33 | 12:20:31 | 13:51:25 | 10:55:15 |
| F40-44 | 62 | 10:47:45 | 11:12:02 | 11:51:01 | 12:19:59 | 13:14:25 | 10:47:45 |
| F45-49 | 38 | 10:53:11 | 11:39:32 | 11:45:17 | 12:14:47 | 14:13:24 | 10:53:11 |
| F50-54 | 43 | 11:23:32 | 11:44:38 | 11:58:49 | 12:31:11 | 14:37:55 | 11:23:32 |
| F55-59 | 10 | 12:25:00 | 12:25:00 | 12:25:00 | 12:59:00 | 13:25:01 | 12:25:00 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 13:19:48 | 13:19:48 | 13:19:48 | 13:19:48 | 14:17:03 | 13:19:48 |
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.