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 | 1,830 | 8:56:45 | 9:26:21 | 9:44:28 | 10:13:37 | 11:22:52 | 7:40:23 |
| MPRO | 20 | 7:40:23 | 7:40:23 | 8:05:43 | 8:10:04 | 8:27:27 | 7:40:23 |
| M18-24 | 11 | 9:18:18 | 9:18:18 | 9:51:12 | 10:05:56 | 10:35:37 | 9:18:18 |
| M25-29 | 101 | 9:05:05 | 9:21:25 | 9:31:26 | 9:51:44 | 10:55:57 | 8:53:23 |
| M30-34 | 271 | 9:08:10 | 9:21:03 | 9:34:25 | 10:02:43 | 10:54:57 | 9:01:20 |
| M35-39 | 450 | 8:58:20 | 9:26:24 | 9:35:45 | 10:01:51 | 10:58:20 | 8:48:39 |
| M40-44 | 429 | 9:11:15 | 9:31:08 | 9:51:16 | 10:21:59 | 11:30:56 | 8:34:26 |
| M45-49 | 293 | 9:27:46 | 9:45:48 | 10:00:57 | 10:31:22 | 11:41:25 | 9:22:44 |
| M50-54 | 146 | 9:30:42 | 9:57:21 | 10:15:38 | 10:48:20 | 12:19:47 | 9:22:03 |
| M55-59 | 76 | 9:45:25 | 10:09:45 | 10:37:26 | 11:14:34 | 12:32:52 | 9:45:25 |
| M60-64 | 22 | 10:51:23 | 10:52:30 | 11:37:00 | 12:10:24 | 12:49:13 | 10:51:23 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 11:19:40 | 11:19:40 | 11:19:40 | 11:40:10 | 13:17:08 | 11:19:40 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 279 | 8:58:45 | 9:29:32 | 10:03:52 | 10:49:53 | 12:07:19 | 8:52:00 |
| FPRO | 15 | 8:52:00 | 8:52:00 | 8:57:36 | 8:58:45 | 9:07:56 | 8:52:00 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 9:53:37 | 9:53:37 | 9:53:37 | 9:53:37 | 11:06:39 | 9:53:37 |
| F25-29 | 23 | 9:26:15 | 9:49:06 | 10:23:56 | 10:41:21 | 11:31:09 | 9:26:15 |
| F30-34 | 56 | 9:40:03 | 9:58:28 | 10:12:03 | 10:51:12 | 11:46:10 | 9:40:03 |
| F35-39 | 58 | 9:29:32 | 10:01:13 | 10:39:31 | 11:03:19 | 12:17:13 | 9:29:32 |
| F40-44 | 60 | 9:52:57 | 10:00:33 | 10:18:02 | 10:52:23 | 12:48:11 | 9:52:57 |
| F45-49 | 32 | 9:42:41 | 10:17:45 | 11:01:16 | 11:38:57 | 12:16:35 | 9:42:41 |
| F50-54 | 18 | 10:54:48 | 10:54:48 | 11:35:01 | 11:51:12 | 12:29:28 | 10:54:48 |
| F55-59 | 9 | 11:13:40 | 11:13:40 | 11:13:40 | 12:26:27 | 12:50:25 | 11:13:40 |
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.