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 | 770 | 8:09:31 | 9:27:29 | 9:51:10 | 10:39:27 | 12:16:32 | 7:46:44 |
| MPRO | 17 | 7:46:44 | 7:46:44 | 7:48:26 | 7:51:03 | 8:10:42 | 7:46:44 |
| M18-24 | 65 | 9:02:27 | 9:45:24 | 9:59:34 | 10:27:45 | 12:15:33 | 9:02:27 |
| M25-29 | 122 | 9:18:38 | 9:30:21 | 9:38:47 | 10:03:01 | 11:48:18 | 8:35:41 |
| M30-34 | 127 | 9:30:17 | 9:42:06 | 9:59:35 | 10:30:23 | 11:48:59 | 9:16:57 |
| M35-39 | 85 | 8:49:38 | 9:04:57 | 9:24:27 | 9:55:07 | 11:25:22 | 8:49:38 |
| M40-44 | 73 | 8:35:36 | 9:38:35 | 10:03:55 | 10:43:18 | 12:22:04 | 8:35:36 |
| M45-49 | 59 | 9:15:42 | 9:25:58 | 9:56:47 | 10:48:06 | 12:09:28 | 9:15:42 |
| M50-54 | 76 | 9:42:35 | 10:15:32 | 10:51:31 | 11:35:16 | 12:47:15 | 9:42:35 |
| M55-59 | 92 | 9:52:04 | 10:31:20 | 10:57:01 | 11:35:11 | 13:10:08 | 9:52:04 |
| M60-64 | 30 | 10:14:52 | 10:44:50 | 10:55:41 | 11:31:22 | 13:33:41 | 10:14:52 |
| M65-69 | 21 | 11:53:54 | 12:20:08 | 12:33:01 | 13:19:24 | 15:07:40 | 11:53:54 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 225 | 8:39:57 | 9:33:06 | 10:16:37 | 11:13:58 | 12:53:37 | 8:28:55 |
| FPRO | 17 | 8:28:55 | 8:28:55 | 8:35:43 | 8:41:20 | 9:16:39 | 8:28:55 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 9:36:26 | 9:36:26 | 10:44:13 | 10:47:24 | 11:56:32 | 9:36:26 |
| F25-29 | 41 | 9:46:45 | 10:01:16 | 10:33:46 | 11:06:50 | 12:18:07 | 9:46:45 |
| F30-34 | 49 | 9:34:04 | 10:19:39 | 10:45:55 | 11:53:51 | 13:06:55 | 9:34:04 |
| F35-39 | 23 | 10:16:37 | 10:39:01 | 10:50:27 | 11:46:39 | 13:06:39 | 10:16:37 |
| F40-44 | 27 | 9:53:22 | 10:18:38 | 10:31:35 | 11:31:21 | 12:41:20 | 9:53:22 |
| F45-49 | 16 | 10:48:24 | 10:48:24 | 12:13:30 | 13:07:54 | 14:22:27 | 10:48:24 |
| F50-54 | 18 | 10:30:30 | 10:30:30 | 11:25:25 | 11:47:12 | 13:34:13 | 10:30:30 |
| F55-59 | 12 | 12:26:20 | 12:26:20 | 12:53:37 | 12:57:05 | 13:33:57 | 12:26:20 |
| F60-64 | 9 | 12:20:28 | 12:20:28 | 12:20:28 | 12:33:20 | 14:17:04 | 12:20:28 |
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.