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 | 1,302 | 9:15:22 | 10:03:31 | 10:40:35 | 11:22:39 | 12:44:42 | 8:23:28 |
| MPRO | 18 | 8:23:28 | 8:23:28 | 8:28:53 | 8:34:52 | 8:56:06 | 8:23:28 |
| M18-24 | 23 | 10:10:31 | 10:10:55 | 11:28:07 | 11:43:38 | 12:40:31 | 10:10:31 |
| M25-29 | 140 | 9:24:09 | 10:03:31 | 10:33:43 | 11:30:38 | 12:51:47 | 8:53:32 |
| M30-34 | 218 | 9:25:33 | 9:50:03 | 10:23:17 | 11:03:23 | 12:29:06 | 9:11:18 |
| M35-39 | 326 | 9:28:30 | 10:10:57 | 10:44:58 | 11:21:02 | 12:27:18 | 9:05:31 |
| M40-44 | 268 | 9:31:27 | 10:35:25 | 10:47:25 | 11:27:52 | 12:48:19 | 9:29:37 |
| M45-49 | 160 | 10:16:51 | 10:37:24 | 10:59:00 | 11:47:34 | 12:58:25 | 9:43:00 |
| M50-54 | 89 | 9:58:55 | 10:17:19 | 10:39:24 | 11:50:10 | 13:12:41 | 9:58:55 |
| M55-59 | 39 | 10:29:35 | 10:56:31 | 11:35:07 | 12:49:08 | 14:15:24 | 10:29:35 |
| M60-64 | 13 | 10:38:23 | 10:38:23 | 10:38:41 | 11:27:41 | 12:30:51 | 10:38:23 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 246 | 9:29:58 | 10:24:25 | 11:16:00 | 12:15:31 | 13:19:30 | 9:16:55 |
| FPRO | 11 | 9:16:55 | 9:16:55 | 9:22:00 | 9:29:58 | 9:44:02 | 9:16:55 |
| F25-29 | 32 | 10:11:13 | 10:12:23 | 11:02:02 | 11:31:55 | 13:29:07 | 10:11:13 |
| F30-34 | 42 | 9:53:19 | 11:39:18 | 12:11:02 | 12:22:37 | 13:04:26 | 9:53:19 |
| F35-39 | 60 | 10:14:56 | 10:49:18 | 11:39:55 | 12:22:54 | 13:09:56 | 10:14:56 |
| F40-44 | 48 | 11:12:14 | 11:38:41 | 12:15:31 | 12:25:14 | 13:40:37 | 11:12:14 |
| F45-49 | 35 | 10:33:32 | 11:11:18 | 11:48:37 | 11:57:20 | 13:57:43 | 10:33:32 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 12:00:43 | 12:00:43 | 12:26:09 | 12:32:14 | 14:08:17 | 12:00:43 |
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.