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 | 1,675 | 9:09:39 | 9:41:38 | 9:57:09 | 10:26:22 | 11:36:58 | 8:16:05 |
| MPRO | 20 | 8:16:05 | 8:16:05 | 8:32:10 | 8:42:47 | 9:06:00 | 8:16:05 |
| M18-24 | 29 | 9:01:09 | 9:06:08 | 9:13:57 | 9:40:12 | 11:39:24 | 9:01:09 |
| M25-29 | 151 | 9:11:17 | 9:31:47 | 9:39:49 | 9:55:39 | 10:53:03 | 9:04:18 |
| M30-34 | 294 | 9:13:29 | 9:32:57 | 9:49:29 | 10:14:26 | 11:15:29 | 9:07:11 |
| M35-39 | 404 | 9:29:50 | 9:46:19 | 9:58:26 | 10:22:19 | 11:28:33 | 9:16:30 |
| M40-44 | 413 | 9:40:06 | 9:57:26 | 10:14:14 | 10:41:45 | 11:48:29 | 9:27:48 |
| M45-49 | 213 | 9:39:54 | 9:56:57 | 10:24:30 | 10:54:36 | 11:59:04 | 9:28:05 |
| M50-54 | 104 | 9:53:45 | 10:34:43 | 10:55:08 | 11:12:46 | 12:09:41 | 9:45:51 |
| M55-59 | 31 | 10:41:29 | 10:43:54 | 11:13:10 | 11:32:43 | 12:26:36 | 10:41:29 |
| M60-64 | 13 | 11:35:35 | 11:35:35 | 11:53:26 | 12:42:51 | 13:47:22 | 11:35:35 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 280 | 9:37:24 | 10:12:15 | 10:39:48 | 11:06:16 | 12:23:52 | 9:30:12 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:30:12 | 9:30:12 | 9:30:12 | 9:35:05 | 9:45:11 | 9:30:12 |
| F25-29 | 49 | 10:04:08 | 10:25:12 | 10:35:03 | 10:49:38 | 12:01:47 | 10:04:08 |
| F30-34 | 63 | 9:46:03 | 10:13:49 | 10:40:06 | 10:57:59 | 12:07:53 | 9:46:03 |
| F35-39 | 53 | 10:36:33 | 11:08:16 | 11:14:30 | 11:37:22 | 12:23:45 | 10:36:33 |
| F40-44 | 50 | 10:06:00 | 10:26:51 | 10:54:57 | 11:07:28 | 12:53:32 | 10:06:00 |
| F45-49 | 35 | 10:43:21 | 10:53:04 | 11:03:03 | 11:41:13 | 13:00:20 | 10:43:21 |
| F50-54 | 8 | 11:30:06 | 11:30:06 | 11:30:06 | 12:35:54 | 13:45:48 | 11:30:06 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 12:17:20 | 12:17:20 | 12:17:20 | 12:17:20 | 12:52:49 | 12:17:20 |
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.