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 | 1,303 | 9:34:35 | 10:42:49 | 11:19:37 | 12:09:53 | 13:44:44 | 8:40:08 |
| MPRO | 23 | 8:40:08 | 8:52:54 | 8:54:42 | 9:02:13 | 9:32:48 | 8:40:08 |
| M18-24 | 12 | 10:42:49 | 10:42:49 | 11:19:16 | 11:21:25 | 12:24:43 | 10:42:49 |
| M25-29 | 87 | 10:01:18 | 10:35:36 | 11:18:11 | 11:53:08 | 13:26:41 | 10:01:18 |
| M30-34 | 182 | 9:41:39 | 10:38:00 | 11:14:41 | 11:58:11 | 13:38:11 | 9:35:19 |
| M35-39 | 287 | 10:11:37 | 10:52:39 | 11:19:37 | 11:56:41 | 13:46:34 | 10:04:12 |
| M40-44 | 305 | 10:13:37 | 10:49:56 | 11:20:06 | 12:18:40 | 13:42:19 | 9:40:10 |
| M45-49 | 191 | 10:39:10 | 11:20:19 | 11:46:54 | 12:29:29 | 13:41:45 | 10:24:08 |
| M50-54 | 122 | 10:51:45 | 11:13:19 | 11:36:44 | 12:35:06 | 13:51:43 | 10:30:31 |
| M55-59 | 58 | 11:46:24 | 11:56:37 | 12:34:18 | 12:57:50 | 14:48:28 | 11:46:24 |
| M60-64 | 28 | 12:12:04 | 12:27:44 | 12:41:29 | 13:03:53 | 14:44:15 | 12:12:04 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 13:17:54 | 13:17:54 | 13:17:54 | 13:17:54 | 16:25:38 | 13:17:54 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 336 | 10:11:50 | 11:29:56 | 12:00:27 | 12:39:18 | 14:20:24 | 9:35:25 |
| FPRO | 11 | 9:35:25 | 9:35:25 | 9:46:58 | 10:07:26 | 10:33:57 | 9:35:25 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 12:25:30 | 12:25:30 | 12:25:30 | 12:25:30 | 13:55:32 | 12:25:30 |
| F25-29 | 28 | 10:36:23 | 11:17:51 | 11:22:14 | 12:09:03 | 13:31:43 | 10:36:23 |
| F30-34 | 63 | 10:53:21 | 11:29:56 | 11:40:30 | 12:21:54 | 14:25:30 | 10:53:21 |
| F35-39 | 76 | 11:43:00 | 12:17:15 | 12:49:04 | 13:04:43 | 14:37:10 | 11:43:00 |
| F40-44 | 68 | 10:58:41 | 11:44:21 | 12:05:44 | 12:39:18 | 14:19:53 | 10:58:41 |
| F45-49 | 49 | 11:33:25 | 12:01:25 | 12:11:16 | 12:45:01 | 14:26:54 | 11:33:25 |
| F50-54 | 25 | 11:58:16 | 12:22:43 | 13:12:37 | 13:25:13 | 14:46:26 | 11:58:16 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 15:02:41 | 15:02:41 | 15:02:41 | 15:49:33 | 15:54:32 | 15:02:41 |
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.