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 | 1,607 | 9:07:39 | 9:36:40 | 9:53:16 | 10:21:14 | 11:26:47 | 8:29:16 |
| MPRO | 13 | 8:29:16 | 8:29:16 | 8:36:54 | 8:37:12 | 9:06:09 | 8:29:16 |
| M18-24 | 46 | 9:14:46 | 9:26:00 | 9:29:42 | 10:03:09 | 11:28:11 | 9:14:46 |
| M25-29 | 133 | 8:59:29 | 9:29:29 | 9:43:32 | 10:01:06 | 11:09:36 | 8:56:22 |
| M30-34 | 259 | 8:59:57 | 9:19:52 | 9:30:14 | 9:58:01 | 10:54:04 | 8:42:34 |
| M35-39 | 314 | 9:24:44 | 9:39:55 | 9:53:50 | 10:13:17 | 11:22:04 | 8:57:17 |
| M40-44 | 353 | 9:26:05 | 9:43:46 | 9:58:22 | 10:28:30 | 11:20:11 | 9:15:37 |
| M45-49 | 290 | 9:27:25 | 9:52:22 | 10:08:07 | 10:38:25 | 11:41:24 | 9:25:31 |
| M50-54 | 116 | 9:58:06 | 10:13:03 | 10:24:48 | 10:45:04 | 11:54:34 | 9:55:41 |
| M55-59 | 50 | 9:56:13 | 10:28:20 | 10:33:23 | 10:59:21 | 12:26:06 | 9:56:13 |
| M60-64 | 23 | 10:14:40 | 11:04:43 | 11:39:46 | 11:57:19 | 12:52:19 | 10:14:40 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 12:08:00 | 12:08:00 | 12:08:00 | 12:44:46 | 13:11:06 | 12:08:00 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 217 | 9:30:27 | 10:05:05 | 10:37:05 | 11:11:46 | 12:22:48 | 9:18:55 |
| FPRO | 8 | 9:18:55 | 9:18:55 | 9:18:55 | 9:28:23 | 9:32:42 | 9:18:55 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 10:48:46 | 10:48:46 | 10:48:46 | 11:23:57 | 12:42:44 | 10:48:46 |
| F25-29 | 32 | 9:49:53 | 10:21:36 | 10:32:16 | 11:00:27 | 11:43:58 | 9:49:53 |
| F30-34 | 38 | 9:58:55 | 10:16:59 | 10:37:05 | 10:59:41 | 12:11:26 | 9:58:55 |
| F35-39 | 42 | 10:04:05 | 10:07:50 | 10:34:47 | 11:17:36 | 12:08:46 | 10:04:05 |
| F40-44 | 41 | 9:57:54 | 10:50:37 | 11:00:44 | 11:19:09 | 12:27:09 | 9:57:54 |
| F45-49 | 29 | 10:19:31 | 10:40:35 | 10:50:47 | 11:37:54 | 12:55:17 | 10:19:31 |
| F50-54 | 15 | 10:50:40 | 10:50:40 | 11:13:13 | 11:30:20 | 12:17:40 | 10:50:40 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 13:32:54 | 13:32:54 | 13:32:54 | 13:32:54 | 14:05:44 | 13:32:54 |
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.