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 | 2,551 | 9:02:00 | 9:30:56 | 9:51:31 | 10:19:55 | 11:28:23 | 8:11:59 |
| MPRO | 26 | 8:11:59 | 8:18:53 | 8:29:16 | 8:37:12 | 8:56:50 | 8:11:59 |
| M18-24 | 68 | 8:52:25 | 9:16:29 | 9:28:29 | 9:50:09 | 11:26:23 | 8:52:25 |
| M25-29 | 200 | 8:59:19 | 9:24:53 | 9:40:21 | 9:59:40 | 11:07:29 | 8:56:22 |
| M30-34 | 408 | 9:01:50 | 9:19:52 | 9:32:24 | 9:59:30 | 10:59:07 | 8:42:34 |
| M35-39 | 473 | 9:13:47 | 9:34:57 | 9:48:13 | 10:12:51 | 11:22:04 | 8:54:10 |
| M40-44 | 551 | 9:15:37 | 9:42:26 | 9:55:45 | 10:27:54 | 11:28:56 | 9:02:00 |
| M45-49 | 481 | 9:26:38 | 9:50:44 | 10:08:07 | 10:37:43 | 11:44:25 | 9:17:07 |
| M50-54 | 214 | 9:58:06 | 10:11:35 | 10:23:59 | 10:45:04 | 11:52:49 | 9:20:33 |
| M55-59 | 75 | 9:56:13 | 10:08:59 | 10:33:23 | 11:08:12 | 12:30:46 | 9:56:13 |
| M60-64 | 35 | 10:14:40 | 11:04:43 | 11:34:29 | 11:42:51 | 12:52:19 | 10:14:40 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 11:42:02 | 11:42:02 | 12:08:00 | 12:44:46 | 13:12:09 | 11:42:02 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 332 | 9:32:42 | 10:06:16 | 10:27:12 | 11:00:44 | 12:15:29 | 9:18:55 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:18:55 | 9:18:55 | 9:18:55 | 9:28:23 | 9:43:52 | 9:18:55 |
| F18-24 | 8 | 9:52:31 | 9:52:31 | 9:52:31 | 10:48:46 | 12:30:55 | 9:52:31 |
| F25-29 | 39 | 9:49:53 | 10:17:01 | 10:27:12 | 11:00:27 | 11:51:04 | 9:49:53 |
| F30-34 | 69 | 9:58:55 | 10:07:23 | 10:12:13 | 10:43:27 | 12:09:56 | 9:58:55 |
| F35-39 | 64 | 10:04:05 | 10:07:50 | 10:34:09 | 11:11:11 | 12:08:46 | 10:04:05 |
| F40-44 | 61 | 9:50:18 | 10:00:31 | 10:41:37 | 11:02:00 | 11:59:51 | 9:50:18 |
| F45-49 | 47 | 10:19:31 | 10:40:35 | 10:59:40 | 11:40:05 | 12:43:45 | 10:19:31 |
| F50-54 | 25 | 10:46:02 | 10:50:40 | 11:06:17 | 11:30:20 | 12:17:40 | 10:46:02 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 12:30:23 | 12:30:23 | 12:30:23 | 12:52:27 | 13:36:47 | 12:30:23 |
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.