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 | 3,236 | 9:34:05 | 10:29:57 | 11:02:58 | 11:52:20 | 13:42:44 | 8:32:03 |
| MPRO | 50 | 8:32:03 | 8:40:08 | 8:41:39 | 8:58:18 | 9:26:27 | 8:32:03 |
| M18-24 | 79 | 10:15:18 | 11:17:40 | 11:33:01 | 12:19:46 | 13:48:11 | 10:15:18 |
| M25-29 | 285 | 9:58:11 | 10:30:31 | 10:48:00 | 11:39:10 | 13:25:06 | 9:34:17 |
| M30-34 | 488 | 9:38:08 | 10:17:48 | 10:56:16 | 11:43:51 | 13:32:50 | 9:33:16 |
| M35-39 | 697 | 10:00:02 | 10:26:22 | 11:00:47 | 11:47:13 | 13:49:35 | 9:26:09 |
| M40-44 | 717 | 10:06:35 | 10:42:58 | 11:09:31 | 11:57:17 | 13:41:01 | 9:31:56 |
| M45-49 | 452 | 10:27:07 | 10:46:01 | 11:13:55 | 11:58:42 | 13:37:23 | 10:06:17 |
| M50-54 | 273 | 10:20:53 | 11:10:38 | 11:36:44 | 12:24:37 | 13:54:05 | 10:18:45 |
| M55-59 | 126 | 10:51:52 | 11:31:07 | 11:54:40 | 12:43:54 | 14:44:28 | 10:48:37 |
| M60-64 | 54 | 11:36:47 | 12:12:04 | 12:37:42 | 13:03:25 | 14:44:15 | 11:36:47 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 13:07:44 | 13:07:44 | 13:07:44 | 13:17:54 | 15:58:30 | 13:07:44 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 721 | 10:12:59 | 11:16:42 | 11:49:39 | 12:25:49 | 14:06:15 | 9:30:33 |
| FPRO | 25 | 9:30:33 | 9:35:25 | 9:46:58 | 10:07:26 | 10:40:59 | 9:30:33 |
| F18-24 | 16 | 10:46:44 | 10:46:44 | 10:53:27 | 12:07:19 | 13:38:35 | 10:46:44 |
| F25-29 | 84 | 10:36:23 | 11:17:51 | 11:38:58 | 12:05:32 | 13:41:30 | 10:36:23 |
| F30-34 | 141 | 10:53:21 | 11:29:56 | 11:49:39 | 12:20:18 | 14:08:43 | 10:20:45 |
| F35-39 | 160 | 11:02:30 | 11:22:04 | 11:55:23 | 12:37:27 | 14:06:57 | 10:47:54 |
| F40-44 | 134 | 11:11:33 | 11:50:26 | 12:07:41 | 12:45:42 | 14:10:30 | 10:58:41 |
| F45-49 | 93 | 10:59:50 | 12:07:58 | 12:33:41 | 12:58:16 | 14:22:00 | 10:59:50 |
| F50-54 | 47 | 11:37:00 | 11:58:16 | 12:06:38 | 13:06:01 | 14:24:55 | 11:37:00 |
| F55-59 | 12 | 13:21:13 | 13:21:13 | 14:39:30 | 14:42:03 | 15:08:03 | 13:21:13 |
| F60-64 | 8 | 15:02:41 | 15:02:41 | 15:02:41 | 15:49:33 | 16:27:08 | 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.