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 | 706 | 8:46:40 | 10:30:45 | 10:57:53 | 12:03:25 | 14:02:51 | 8:25:54 |
| MPRO | 15 | 8:25:54 | 8:25:54 | 8:28:37 | 8:40:58 | 8:46:40 | 8:25:54 |
| M18-24 | 10 | 10:51:40 | 10:51:40 | 10:51:40 | 11:07:15 | 14:01:38 | 10:51:40 |
| M25-29 | 35 | 9:16:18 | 10:19:25 | 10:38:17 | 11:18:35 | 13:54:49 | 9:16:18 |
| M30-34 | 122 | 9:56:53 | 10:17:54 | 10:49:15 | 11:54:53 | 14:15:19 | 9:44:19 |
| M35-39 | 148 | 10:17:09 | 11:11:48 | 11:40:31 | 12:45:44 | 14:11:26 | 9:48:53 |
| M40-44 | 144 | 10:04:04 | 10:35:10 | 10:52:21 | 11:53:18 | 13:53:34 | 9:53:21 |
| M45-49 | 113 | 9:47:01 | 10:24:46 | 11:35:51 | 12:36:51 | 14:05:54 | 9:40:09 |
| M50-54 | 62 | 9:43:12 | 11:23:56 | 11:34:29 | 12:27:30 | 14:13:36 | 9:43:12 |
| M55-59 | 27 | 10:33:46 | 10:36:23 | 10:56:43 | 12:11:36 | 13:59:40 | 10:33:46 |
| M60-64 | 18 | 11:31:36 | 11:31:36 | 12:08:38 | 12:40:10 | 13:54:37 | 11:31:36 |
| M65-69 | 11 | 11:59:45 | 11:59:45 | 13:21:19 | 13:25:43 | 14:24:50 | 11:59:45 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 109 | 9:31:31 | 9:57:47 | 10:24:44 | 11:50:32 | 13:26:34 | 9:20:23 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:20:23 | 9:20:23 | 9:20:23 | 9:31:31 | 9:55:41 | 9:20:23 |
| F25-29 | 7 | 10:23:04 | 10:23:04 | 10:23:04 | 10:24:00 | 12:47:47 | 10:23:04 |
| F30-34 | 19 | 10:48:43 | 10:48:43 | 11:39:52 | 12:29:21 | 13:03:44 | 10:48:43 |
| F35-39 | 18 | 10:49:02 | 10:49:02 | 10:59:02 | 12:32:10 | 15:00:21 | 10:49:02 |
| F40-44 | 16 | 10:42:26 | 10:42:26 | 11:59:12 | 12:31:24 | 13:11:13 | 10:42:26 |
| F45-49 | 17 | 11:16:52 | 11:16:52 | 11:50:32 | 12:04:15 | 14:45:15 | 11:16:52 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 11:40:14 | 11:40:14 | 11:41:25 | 12:13:49 | 13:26:34 | 11:40:14 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 12:01:45 | 12:01:45 | 12:01:45 | 12:01:45 | 13:26:18 | 12:01:45 |
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.