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 | 1,383 | 8:34:05 | 10:14:41 | 11:03:21 | 12:01:11 | 13:56:47 | 7:57:58 |
| MPRO | 30 | 7:57:58 | 7:58:12 | 8:08:54 | 8:17:57 | 8:48:03 | 7:57:58 |
| M18-24 | 31 | 10:01:45 | 10:14:23 | 11:31:06 | 11:38:59 | 14:45:53 | 10:01:45 |
| M25-29 | 99 | 8:23:37 | 10:07:29 | 10:46:40 | 11:57:13 | 14:04:11 | 8:23:37 |
| M30-34 | 164 | 8:53:05 | 10:13:44 | 10:41:47 | 11:48:24 | 13:34:42 | 8:45:59 |
| M35-39 | 171 | 9:23:08 | 9:56:31 | 10:41:58 | 11:40:07 | 13:27:34 | 9:11:39 |
| M40-44 | 226 | 9:30:47 | 10:30:52 | 11:07:05 | 11:54:45 | 13:48:55 | 9:09:56 |
| M45-49 | 221 | 10:31:55 | 11:08:25 | 11:40:12 | 12:40:47 | 13:54:23 | 10:14:41 |
| M50-54 | 230 | 9:59:37 | 10:52:16 | 11:35:20 | 12:29:56 | 14:14:19 | 9:41:27 |
| M55-59 | 126 | 10:56:19 | 11:51:03 | 12:02:52 | 12:51:32 | 14:40:21 | 10:13:53 |
| M60-64 | 58 | 11:18:59 | 11:46:44 | 12:49:09 | 13:31:38 | 14:56:49 | 11:18:59 |
| M65-69 | 19 | 11:42:46 | 11:42:46 | 12:20:36 | 13:25:33 | 15:08:48 | 11:42:46 |
| M70-74 | 7 | 13:48:05 | 13:48:05 | 13:48:05 | 14:20:43 | 15:25:08 | 13:48:05 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 457 | 9:25:52 | 10:22:36 | 11:22:46 | 12:18:53 | 14:33:35 | 8:58:13 |
| FPRO | 19 | 8:58:13 | 8:58:13 | 9:10:43 | 9:23:36 | 9:44:15 | 8:58:13 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 11:07:35 | 11:07:35 | 11:07:35 | 11:19:20 | 11:41:10 | 11:07:35 |
| F25-29 | 34 | 10:22:56 | 10:28:49 | 11:20:33 | 11:41:42 | 13:53:53 | 10:22:56 |
| F30-34 | 48 | 10:11:08 | 10:39:51 | 10:59:14 | 12:10:01 | 13:55:48 | 10:11:08 |
| F35-39 | 62 | 10:00:54 | 11:00:56 | 11:37:47 | 12:32:22 | 14:30:43 | 10:00:54 |
| F40-44 | 101 | 10:21:49 | 11:21:27 | 11:52:22 | 12:59:11 | 14:32:59 | 10:07:35 |
| F45-49 | 78 | 10:25:35 | 11:35:03 | 12:10:28 | 13:11:29 | 14:39:27 | 10:25:35 |
| F50-54 | 56 | 11:22:46 | 11:46:46 | 11:57:46 | 13:31:53 | 15:06:01 | 11:22:46 |
| F55-59 | 39 | 11:31:47 | 11:35:49 | 12:07:11 | 13:11:06 | 15:39:49 | 11:31:47 |
| F60-64 | 10 | 13:00:36 | 13:00:36 | 13:00:36 | 14:49:27 | 16:04:48 | 13:00:36 |
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.