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 | 331 | 8:08:17 | 9:15:30 | 10:00:46 | 11:14:24 | 13:00:22 | 8:03:11 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:03:11 | 8:03:11 | 8:06:50 | 8:08:17 | 8:27:56 | 8:03:11 |
| M18-24 | 5 | 10:47:58 | 10:47:58 | 10:47:58 | 10:47:58 | 12:42:02 | 10:47:58 |
| M25-29 | 21 | 9:29:50 | 10:25:24 | 10:30:24 | 11:54:22 | 13:22:03 | 9:29:50 |
| M30-34 | 41 | 8:52:09 | 9:47:38 | 10:00:46 | 10:40:53 | 12:50:47 | 8:52:09 |
| M35-39 | 41 | 9:15:30 | 9:48:22 | 10:04:25 | 10:41:38 | 12:29:51 | 9:15:30 |
| M40-44 | 59 | 9:22:59 | 9:44:13 | 9:55:37 | 10:51:40 | 12:50:17 | 9:22:59 |
| M45-49 | 50 | 10:18:53 | 10:59:27 | 11:12:12 | 11:57:14 | 13:47:40 | 10:18:53 |
| M50-54 | 48 | 9:52:48 | 10:51:50 | 11:20:34 | 11:48:10 | 13:22:08 | 9:52:48 |
| M55-59 | 28 | 10:11:57 | 11:00:50 | 11:35:03 | 12:30:55 | 14:06:58 | 10:11:57 |
| M60-64 | 12 | 11:15:04 | 11:15:04 | 11:15:09 | 11:22:37 | 12:24:25 | 11:15:04 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 11:48:20 | 11:48:20 | 11:48:20 | 13:38:42 | 15:21:36 | 11:48:20 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 77 | 9:15:36 | 9:21:18 | 9:41:48 | 11:30:13 | 13:21:57 | 9:15:36 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:15:36 | 9:15:36 | 9:15:36 | 9:17:52 | 9:25:14 | 9:15:36 |
| F25-29 | 6 | 11:59:15 | 11:59:15 | 11:59:15 | 12:16:36 | 12:46:20 | 11:59:15 |
| F30-34 | 12 | 11:28:11 | 11:28:11 | 11:29:47 | 12:15:45 | 12:37:22 | 11:28:11 |
| F35-39 | 7 | 10:37:09 | 10:37:09 | 10:37:09 | 10:40:42 | 12:44:24 | 10:37:09 |
| F40-44 | 12 | 10:35:29 | 10:35:29 | 11:36:43 | 11:52:44 | 13:00:02 | 10:35:29 |
| F45-49 | 13 | 12:09:40 | 12:09:40 | 13:08:58 | 13:22:14 | 14:14:32 | 12:09:40 |
| F50-54 | 10 | 11:30:13 | 11:30:13 | 11:30:13 | 11:53:29 | 14:01:00 | 11:30:13 |
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.