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 | 1,665 | 9:30:34 | 10:07:27 | 10:28:39 | 11:05:14 | 12:18:47 | 8:33:39 |
| MPRO | 21 | 8:33:39 | 8:40:55 | 8:46:23 | 8:50:15 | 9:16:02 | 8:33:39 |
| M18-24 | 41 | 9:28:19 | 9:50:49 | 10:30:53 | 10:55:38 | 12:10:21 | 9:28:19 |
| M25-29 | 155 | 9:33:13 | 9:53:52 | 10:05:20 | 10:43:35 | 12:01:18 | 9:21:11 |
| M30-34 | 309 | 9:42:20 | 9:59:02 | 10:18:48 | 10:50:56 | 12:08:13 | 9:18:52 |
| M35-39 | 336 | 9:40:15 | 10:10:58 | 10:29:37 | 10:58:29 | 12:05:39 | 9:13:54 |
| M40-44 | 363 | 9:55:13 | 10:16:02 | 10:39:09 | 11:17:53 | 12:23:01 | 9:44:56 |
| M45-49 | 248 | 9:56:30 | 10:36:52 | 10:54:54 | 11:20:53 | 12:34:34 | 9:39:52 |
| M50-54 | 134 | 10:17:20 | 10:41:45 | 10:56:10 | 11:41:26 | 13:03:13 | 10:12:48 |
| M55-59 | 40 | 10:28:39 | 10:31:27 | 11:02:39 | 11:40:48 | 13:12:14 | 10:28:39 |
| M60-64 | 13 | 11:46:14 | 11:46:14 | 11:50:21 | 12:11:05 | 13:42:52 | 11:46:14 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 13:22:41 | 13:22:41 | 13:22:41 | 13:22:41 | 14:03:41 | 13:22:41 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 211 | 9:33:17 | 10:03:22 | 10:45:13 | 11:41:23 | 13:08:13 | 9:21:31 |
| FPRO | 17 | 9:21:31 | 9:21:31 | 9:28:28 | 9:39:14 | 9:56:20 | 9:21:31 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 11:07:21 | 11:07:21 | 11:07:21 | 11:07:21 | 13:42:54 | 11:07:21 |
| F25-29 | 16 | 10:26:21 | 10:26:21 | 10:58:14 | 11:14:37 | 12:00:37 | 10:26:21 |
| F30-34 | 46 | 9:51:24 | 10:26:43 | 10:30:45 | 11:39:55 | 12:46:19 | 9:51:24 |
| F35-39 | 41 | 10:06:16 | 10:48:53 | 11:41:43 | 12:15:04 | 13:30:57 | 10:06:16 |
| F40-44 | 35 | 11:19:15 | 11:31:57 | 12:09:37 | 12:40:13 | 13:44:33 | 11:19:15 |
| F45-49 | 29 | 10:45:13 | 10:51:51 | 10:53:16 | 12:11:50 | 13:14:22 | 10:45:13 |
| F50-54 | 14 | 12:07:20 | 12:07:20 | 12:27:33 | 12:39:36 | 14:03:42 | 12:07:20 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 11:59:17 | 11:59:17 | 11:59:17 | 12:45:51 | 13:08:05 | 11:59:17 |
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.