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 | 858 | 10:04:07 | 10:42:59 | 11:14:37 | 12:08:56 | 14:01:21 | 9:07:04 |
| MPRO | 10 | 9:07:04 | 9:07:04 | 9:07:04 | 9:25:58 | 9:52:03 | 9:07:04 |
| M18-24 | 36 | 10:15:18 | 11:17:40 | 11:33:01 | 12:11:44 | 13:22:15 | 10:15:18 |
| M25-29 | 96 | 10:02:54 | 10:20:38 | 10:44:16 | 11:31:21 | 13:13:05 | 10:02:54 |
| M30-34 | 134 | 10:15:49 | 10:49:11 | 11:27:08 | 12:11:53 | 14:21:24 | 10:09:23 |
| M35-39 | 186 | 10:04:22 | 10:42:59 | 11:33:07 | 12:35:18 | 14:13:41 | 10:00:02 |
| M40-44 | 191 | 10:19:49 | 10:45:04 | 11:08:36 | 11:57:17 | 13:50:59 | 10:18:48 |
| M45-49 | 118 | 10:41:43 | 11:02:45 | 11:44:20 | 12:13:46 | 14:00:09 | 10:34:50 |
| M50-54 | 54 | 10:56:51 | 11:20:24 | 11:51:53 | 12:21:07 | 13:55:19 | 10:56:51 |
| M55-59 | 23 | 11:19:26 | 12:10:18 | 13:00:58 | 13:04:01 | 15:06:00 | 11:19:26 |
| M60-64 | 10 | 12:56:23 | 12:56:23 | 12:56:23 | 13:12:00 | 14:32:03 | 12:56:23 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 148 | 10:37:30 | 11:37:15 | 11:55:56 | 12:31:32 | 13:54:36 | 10:12:59 |
| FPRO | 6 | 10:12:59 | 10:12:59 | 10:12:59 | 10:37:30 | 10:53:20 | 10:12:59 |
| F25-29 | 25 | 10:45:33 | 11:34:56 | 11:45:14 | 11:53:29 | 13:41:30 | 10:45:33 |
| F30-34 | 29 | 11:55:56 | 11:58:54 | 12:00:40 | 12:21:38 | 14:08:43 | 11:55:56 |
| F35-39 | 36 | 11:37:15 | 11:43:32 | 12:01:21 | 12:36:13 | 14:39:26 | 11:37:15 |
| F40-44 | 30 | 12:25:49 | 12:42:00 | 12:45:42 | 13:03:27 | 14:16:23 | 12:25:49 |
| F45-49 | 12 | 12:24:23 | 12:24:23 | 12:33:41 | 12:52:27 | 13:41:00 | 12:24:23 |
| F50-54 | 6 | 12:04:02 | 12:04:02 | 12:04:02 | 12:06:38 | 13:20:49 | 12:04:02 |
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.