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 | 1,109 | 9:28:49 | 10:30:42 | 10:57:42 | 11:38:35 | 12:46:20 | 8:33:04 |
| MPRO | 15 | 8:33:04 | 8:33:04 | 8:36:06 | 8:41:38 | 9:25:13 | 8:33:04 |
| M18-24 | 49 | 9:53:41 | 10:14:39 | 10:39:38 | 11:29:44 | 12:44:41 | 9:53:41 |
| M25-29 | 131 | 9:44:45 | 10:24:15 | 10:56:36 | 11:40:33 | 12:23:43 | 9:28:49 |
| M30-34 | 226 | 10:03:27 | 10:32:55 | 10:53:22 | 11:35:12 | 12:38:32 | 9:36:37 |
| M35-39 | 286 | 9:48:00 | 10:19:13 | 10:55:41 | 11:35:46 | 12:39:48 | 9:24:37 |
| M40-44 | 204 | 10:17:40 | 11:03:18 | 11:10:58 | 11:49:01 | 12:52:09 | 10:05:31 |
| M45-49 | 115 | 10:31:10 | 11:14:41 | 11:25:20 | 11:56:58 | 13:09:07 | 10:24:01 |
| M50-54 | 49 | 10:39:40 | 11:24:56 | 11:33:58 | 12:26:37 | 13:11:02 | 10:39:40 |
| M55-59 | 26 | 10:41:26 | 11:19:01 | 11:22:18 | 12:21:30 | 14:00:51 | 10:41:26 |
| M60-64 | 6 | 11:40:50 | 11:40:50 | 11:40:50 | 12:43:35 | 12:52:43 | 11:40:50 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 196 | 9:47:01 | 10:41:23 | 11:30:54 | 12:20:41 | 13:34:07 | 9:22:00 |
| FPRO | 14 | 9:22:00 | 9:22:00 | 9:47:01 | 9:48:40 | 10:26:25 | 9:22:00 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 11:45:51 | 11:45:51 | 11:45:51 | 12:25:41 | 13:29:22 | 11:45:51 |
| F25-29 | 22 | 11:20:35 | 11:36:18 | 11:57:57 | 12:23:30 | 13:21:28 | 11:20:35 |
| F30-34 | 49 | 10:48:09 | 11:47:11 | 12:02:01 | 12:31:29 | 13:49:15 | 10:48:09 |
| F35-39 | 51 | 11:22:26 | 11:45:35 | 11:54:11 | 12:33:49 | 13:23:49 | 11:22:26 |
| F40-44 | 31 | 11:28:07 | 11:54:07 | 12:33:10 | 12:38:44 | 13:54:26 | 11:28:07 |
| F45-49 | 18 | 12:25:08 | 12:25:08 | 13:06:59 | 13:29:47 | 13:59:08 | 12:25:08 |
| F50-54 | 5 | 11:36:49 | 11:36:49 | 11:36:49 | 11:36:49 | 14:39:40 | 11:36:49 |
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.