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 | 8:21:14 | 9:35:23 | 10:13:49 | 11:08:38 | 13:01:09 | 7:44:51 |
| MPRO | 23 | 7:44:51 | 7:45:04 | 7:45:12 | 7:57:18 | 8:16:24 | 7:44:51 |
| M18-24 | 63 | 8:56:29 | 9:33:30 | 10:07:20 | 11:37:39 | 13:24:11 | 8:56:29 |
| M25-29 | 129 | 9:24:10 | 9:52:12 | 10:19:24 | 10:50:33 | 12:36:02 | 8:58:52 |
| M30-34 | 149 | 8:45:52 | 9:27:31 | 9:56:31 | 11:10:38 | 12:33:23 | 8:32:15 |
| M35-39 | 168 | 8:52:10 | 9:15:48 | 9:41:32 | 10:36:00 | 12:41:47 | 8:28:31 |
| M40-44 | 225 | 9:11:29 | 9:49:53 | 10:15:26 | 11:11:47 | 13:03:47 | 9:06:57 |
| M45-49 | 210 | 9:24:22 | 9:56:29 | 10:18:33 | 11:08:55 | 13:02:44 | 9:05:15 |
| M50-54 | 196 | 9:34:01 | 10:21:43 | 10:54:44 | 11:53:11 | 13:26:40 | 9:25:09 |
| M55-59 | 132 | 9:42:25 | 10:17:45 | 10:49:50 | 11:29:57 | 13:23:12 | 9:11:05 |
| M60-64 | 61 | 10:03:25 | 10:21:08 | 11:23:59 | 11:56:05 | 13:53:24 | 10:03:25 |
| M65-69 | 24 | 10:33:57 | 10:43:39 | 11:10:27 | 11:20:40 | 14:10:14 | 10:33:57 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 476 | 8:56:28 | 9:49:42 | 10:25:57 | 11:18:04 | 13:22:11 | 8:32:52 |
| FPRO | 22 | 8:32:52 | 8:34:51 | 8:45:45 | 8:56:28 | 9:28:31 | 8:32:52 |
| F18-24 | 16 | 10:31:59 | 10:31:59 | 11:03:41 | 11:23:45 | 13:16:36 | 10:31:59 |
| F25-29 | 24 | 9:33:21 | 10:24:43 | 10:35:43 | 10:59:41 | 12:50:47 | 9:33:21 |
| F30-34 | 55 | 9:28:27 | 10:12:58 | 10:20:26 | 11:22:02 | 13:10:31 | 9:28:27 |
| F35-39 | 60 | 9:39:35 | 9:46:53 | 10:23:32 | 10:46:48 | 13:12:41 | 9:39:35 |
| F40-44 | 76 | 9:40:26 | 9:55:36 | 10:24:19 | 11:00:05 | 12:43:17 | 9:40:26 |
| F45-49 | 82 | 10:14:37 | 10:52:25 | 11:04:06 | 11:55:25 | 13:34:56 | 10:14:37 |
| F50-54 | 67 | 10:00:49 | 11:10:23 | 11:24:31 | 11:48:04 | 13:30:27 | 10:00:49 |
| F55-59 | 39 | 10:44:02 | 11:02:46 | 11:37:46 | 12:30:25 | 14:18:20 | 10:44:02 |
| F60-64 | 27 | 11:53:24 | 11:54:59 | 12:07:31 | 12:58:19 | 14:37:33 | 11:53:24 |
| F65-69 | 7 | 12:32:55 | 12:32:55 | 12:32:55 | 13:20:33 | 15:41:05 | 12:32:55 |
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.