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 | 1,180 | 9:26:33 | 10:55:57 | 11:31:32 | 12:14:39 | 13:43:28 | 8:34:45 |
| MPRO | 15 | 8:34:45 | 8:34:45 | 8:41:48 | 8:46:04 | 9:11:24 | 8:34:45 |
| M18-24 | 27 | 11:47:46 | 11:53:54 | 12:19:17 | 12:58:38 | 13:34:05 | 11:47:46 |
| M25-29 | 133 | 10:24:51 | 11:03:05 | 12:12:15 | 12:38:22 | 13:54:47 | 9:27:05 |
| M30-34 | 235 | 9:55:54 | 10:38:39 | 11:22:05 | 12:00:56 | 13:35:30 | 9:32:41 |
| M35-39 | 222 | 10:12:40 | 11:16:43 | 11:35:52 | 12:15:02 | 13:34:13 | 9:47:22 |
| M40-44 | 246 | 10:13:46 | 11:03:58 | 11:29:17 | 12:00:38 | 13:28:10 | 9:37:21 |
| M45-49 | 154 | 10:33:08 | 11:10:34 | 11:34:55 | 12:23:28 | 13:48:08 | 10:20:27 |
| M50-54 | 90 | 10:15:43 | 11:26:43 | 11:44:56 | 12:28:19 | 13:55:02 | 10:15:43 |
| M55-59 | 34 | 10:45:46 | 11:24:32 | 12:23:10 | 13:17:18 | 14:22:09 | 10:45:46 |
| M60-64 | 18 | 11:53:15 | 11:53:15 | 11:55:40 | 12:20:56 | 14:19:12 | 11:53:15 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 204 | 10:01:14 | 10:41:13 | 11:57:37 | 12:44:39 | 14:13:04 | 9:47:10 |
| FPRO | 13 | 9:47:10 | 9:47:10 | 9:52:26 | 10:01:14 | 10:28:03 | 9:47:10 |
| F25-29 | 32 | 10:26:42 | 11:58:33 | 12:44:30 | 13:11:07 | 14:25:37 | 10:26:42 |
| F30-34 | 38 | 10:54:13 | 11:29:29 | 12:43:30 | 13:28:40 | 14:25:41 | 10:54:13 |
| F35-39 | 45 | 11:01:11 | 11:25:01 | 11:59:28 | 13:06:06 | 14:02:08 | 11:01:11 |
| F40-44 | 44 | 11:27:43 | 12:09:54 | 12:17:56 | 12:46:05 | 14:10:55 | 11:27:43 |
| F45-49 | 15 | 12:11:17 | 12:11:17 | 12:40:43 | 13:02:40 | 14:34:46 | 12:11:17 |
| F50-54 | 13 | 12:31:25 | 12:31:25 | 12:48:17 | 12:55:08 | 14:50:53 | 12:31:25 |
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.