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 | 1,098 | 9:21:24 | 10:25:31 | 10:54:57 | 11:35:35 | 12:55:20 | 8:17:32 |
| MPRO | 16 | 8:17:32 | 8:17:32 | 8:32:01 | 8:47:26 | 8:59:09 | 8:17:32 |
| M18-24 | 24 | 10:04:09 | 10:06:28 | 10:36:20 | 11:18:09 | 12:34:21 | 10:04:09 |
| M25-29 | 136 | 9:45:33 | 10:25:37 | 11:01:17 | 11:38:55 | 13:02:36 | 9:32:40 |
| M30-34 | 189 | 9:31:01 | 10:40:22 | 10:59:01 | 11:30:02 | 12:49:52 | 9:25:44 |
| M35-39 | 257 | 9:49:26 | 10:36:31 | 10:58:09 | 11:45:26 | 12:50:36 | 9:21:24 |
| M40-44 | 235 | 10:08:22 | 10:41:32 | 10:58:02 | 11:34:38 | 12:57:04 | 9:45:17 |
| M45-49 | 130 | 9:54:53 | 10:34:30 | 10:48:46 | 11:44:08 | 12:53:53 | 9:50:28 |
| M50-54 | 71 | 10:16:52 | 10:45:56 | 11:23:48 | 11:52:50 | 13:05:16 | 10:16:52 |
| M55-59 | 25 | 10:27:54 | 10:32:13 | 10:43:32 | 11:44:47 | 14:06:38 | 10:27:54 |
| M60-64 | 10 | 11:31:30 | 11:31:30 | 11:31:30 | 11:46:21 | 13:38:06 | 11:31:30 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 206 | 9:37:00 | 10:42:16 | 11:15:02 | 11:58:33 | 13:21:11 | 9:16:32 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:16:32 | 9:16:32 | 9:16:32 | 9:27:59 | 10:08:35 | 9:16:32 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 11:23:07 | 11:23:07 | 11:23:07 | 11:23:07 | 12:08:21 | 11:23:07 |
| F25-29 | 32 | 10:49:43 | 11:26:55 | 11:35:12 | 12:12:46 | 13:20:27 | 10:49:43 |
| F30-34 | 46 | 10:42:16 | 11:13:15 | 11:36:45 | 12:07:31 | 13:21:58 | 10:42:16 |
| F35-39 | 43 | 10:39:04 | 11:14:07 | 11:56:34 | 12:32:39 | 13:32:08 | 10:39:04 |
| F40-44 | 33 | 10:31:03 | 10:57:42 | 11:14:10 | 11:58:33 | 13:10:14 | 10:31:03 |
| F45-49 | 26 | 11:38:54 | 11:47:26 | 11:47:33 | 12:03:04 | 13:26:03 | 11:38:54 |
| F50-54 | 9 | 12:28:40 | 12:28:40 | 12:28:40 | 12:34:34 | 13:40:43 | 12:28:40 |
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.