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 | 1,162 | 9:08:24 | 9:41:22 | 10:00:11 | 10:29:58 | 11:45:23 | 8:21:50 |
| MPRO | 22 | 8:21:50 | 8:29:49 | 8:36:28 | 8:44:02 | 9:08:45 | 8:21:50 |
| M18-24 | 26 | 9:25:39 | 9:38:39 | 9:51:06 | 10:31:58 | 11:36:56 | 9:25:39 |
| M25-29 | 107 | 9:23:28 | 9:33:11 | 9:43:05 | 10:05:32 | 11:18:28 | 9:18:17 |
| M30-34 | 238 | 9:22:42 | 9:36:27 | 9:53:47 | 10:26:20 | 11:30:42 | 9:07:20 |
| M35-39 | 299 | 9:33:57 | 9:50:00 | 10:02:51 | 10:25:06 | 11:40:50 | 9:13:25 |
| M40-44 | 208 | 9:47:55 | 10:12:30 | 10:27:59 | 10:50:05 | 12:06:45 | 9:40:18 |
| M45-49 | 102 | 9:53:10 | 10:00:04 | 10:29:58 | 10:56:05 | 11:58:34 | 9:29:29 |
| M50-54 | 41 | 10:09:55 | 10:39:34 | 10:43:05 | 11:29:11 | 12:46:20 | 10:09:55 |
| M55-59 | 21 | 9:38:39 | 11:00:27 | 11:19:22 | 11:35:41 | 12:37:08 | 9:38:39 |
| M60-64 | 8 | 11:57:34 | 11:57:34 | 11:57:34 | 12:08:30 | 12:54:03 | 11:57:34 |
| M | 88 | 9:08:24 | 9:38:41 | 9:43:14 | 10:17:38 | 11:46:23 | 9:08:24 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 129 | 9:44:38 | 10:22:22 | 10:48:35 | 11:07:18 | 12:31:56 | 9:10:54 |
| FPRO | 5 | 9:10:54 | 9:10:54 | 9:10:54 | 9:10:54 | 10:12:18 | 9:10:54 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 11:31:18 | 11:31:18 | 11:31:18 | 11:31:18 | 12:34:13 | 11:31:18 |
| F25-29 | 25 | 10:22:22 | 10:24:04 | 10:48:35 | 10:55:32 | 12:20:49 | 10:22:22 |
| F30-34 | 37 | 9:44:38 | 10:15:21 | 10:56:22 | 11:06:01 | 12:39:08 | 9:44:38 |
| F35-39 | 27 | 10:13:24 | 10:29:12 | 10:44:55 | 11:12:50 | 12:31:16 | 10:13:24 |
| F40-44 | 18 | 11:04:30 | 11:04:30 | 11:21:42 | 11:49:54 | 12:14:24 | 11:04:30 |
| F45-49 | 7 | 11:35:26 | 11:35:26 | 11:35:26 | 12:13:15 | 13:37:29 | 11:35:26 |
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.