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 | 1,090 | 9:06:08 | 9:35:11 | 9:54:21 | 10:28:40 | 11:43:46 | 8:17:04 |
| MPRO | 16 | 8:17:04 | 8:17:04 | 8:24:13 | 8:32:58 | 8:49:39 | 8:17:04 |
| M18-24 | 20 | 9:13:37 | 9:13:37 | 9:45:38 | 9:59:13 | 10:37:52 | 9:13:37 |
| M25-29 | 78 | 9:26:46 | 9:31:07 | 9:49:43 | 10:26:50 | 11:38:29 | 9:26:46 |
| M30-34 | 170 | 9:06:25 | 9:27:42 | 9:48:46 | 10:19:27 | 11:13:56 | 9:04:11 |
| M35-39 | 222 | 9:15:08 | 9:32:31 | 9:46:59 | 10:17:26 | 11:32:50 | 9:08:56 |
| M40-44 | 211 | 9:24:02 | 9:48:51 | 10:03:54 | 10:32:40 | 11:45:12 | 9:11:42 |
| M45-49 | 201 | 9:29:44 | 9:50:27 | 10:05:24 | 10:41:55 | 12:04:06 | 9:21:40 |
| M50-54 | 107 | 9:51:14 | 10:12:18 | 10:37:00 | 11:05:55 | 12:21:06 | 9:48:53 |
| M55-59 | 39 | 9:53:50 | 10:22:59 | 10:50:31 | 11:08:15 | 12:56:43 | 9:53:50 |
| M60-64 | 19 | 10:55:56 | 10:55:56 | 11:38:21 | 12:48:53 | 13:53:20 | 10:55:56 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 12:44:48 | 12:44:48 | 12:44:48 | 12:58:31 | 14:13:59 | 12:44:48 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 164 | 9:23:48 | 9:48:18 | 10:09:43 | 11:02:23 | 12:33:32 | 8:53:49 |
| FPRO | 14 | 8:53:49 | 8:53:49 | 9:23:48 | 9:28:12 | 9:47:20 | 8:53:49 |
| F25-29 | 10 | 9:50:43 | 9:50:43 | 9:50:43 | 9:59:31 | 12:14:00 | 9:50:43 |
| F30-34 | 41 | 10:02:35 | 10:22:49 | 10:32:15 | 11:37:37 | 12:56:23 | 10:02:35 |
| F35-39 | 29 | 9:56:59 | 10:22:50 | 10:27:33 | 10:48:38 | 11:51:53 | 9:56:59 |
| F40-44 | 23 | 10:51:37 | 10:54:51 | 10:59:53 | 11:16:50 | 13:02:45 | 10:51:37 |
| F45-49 | 25 | 11:20:26 | 11:35:14 | 11:47:05 | 11:58:45 | 13:12:11 | 11:20:26 |
| F50-54 | 10 | 11:14:34 | 11:14:34 | 11:14:34 | 11:27:05 | 13:21:05 | 11:14:34 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 12:28:45 | 12:28:45 | 12:28:45 | 12:35:15 | 13:25:50 | 12:28:45 |
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.