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 | 1,267 | 7:51:15 | 9:33:46 | 10:41:14 | 11:42:45 | 13:29:08 | 7:24:20 |
| MPRO | 43 | 7:24:20 | 7:33:26 | 7:37:04 | 7:42:50 | 8:11:14 | 7:24:20 |
| M18-24 | 114 | 9:14:08 | 10:07:03 | 10:45:30 | 11:28:52 | 13:18:56 | 9:01:23 |
| M25-29 | 139 | 8:53:26 | 9:50:58 | 10:35:56 | 11:44:44 | 13:18:51 | 8:42:25 |
| M30-34 | 173 | 9:01:18 | 10:23:32 | 10:58:59 | 11:41:38 | 13:20:36 | 9:00:41 |
| M35-39 | 175 | 9:11:48 | 10:06:00 | 10:46:24 | 11:26:40 | 13:04:30 | 8:45:11 |
| M40-44 | 176 | 8:52:37 | 9:46:16 | 10:27:33 | 11:35:00 | 13:07:09 | 8:30:52 |
| M45-49 | 144 | 9:30:28 | 10:44:00 | 11:32:53 | 12:24:53 | 13:50:55 | 9:24:23 |
| M50-54 | 144 | 10:21:09 | 10:56:22 | 11:37:41 | 12:08:31 | 13:57:24 | 10:01:30 |
| M55-59 | 92 | 10:41:17 | 11:49:45 | 12:22:50 | 13:10:55 | 14:27:51 | 10:41:17 |
| M60-64 | 48 | 9:56:20 | 11:17:54 | 11:48:39 | 12:25:00 | 14:47:59 | 9:56:20 |
| M65-69 | 13 | 12:27:18 | 12:27:18 | 13:27:52 | 14:11:21 | 15:42:28 | 12:27:18 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 522 | 8:48:14 | 10:05:00 | 10:43:58 | 11:37:48 | 13:26:41 | 8:10:34 |
| FPRO | 20 | 8:10:34 | 8:10:34 | 8:20:15 | 8:36:34 | 9:10:33 | 8:10:34 |
| F18-24 | 27 | 10:18:22 | 10:49:59 | 11:07:23 | 11:59:19 | 13:55:11 | 10:18:22 |
| F25-29 | 56 | 9:56:09 | 10:31:40 | 11:03:38 | 11:31:19 | 12:53:24 | 9:56:09 |
| F30-34 | 57 | 9:28:25 | 9:49:02 | 10:21:38 | 11:09:40 | 13:24:11 | 9:28:25 |
| F35-39 | 78 | 9:19:58 | 10:09:38 | 10:36:26 | 11:30:43 | 12:52:51 | 9:19:58 |
| F40-44 | 83 | 10:27:10 | 10:47:05 | 10:56:17 | 11:38:07 | 13:16:52 | 10:27:10 |
| F45-49 | 66 | 10:00:19 | 10:46:34 | 11:19:38 | 11:53:13 | 13:28:16 | 10:00:19 |
| F50-54 | 67 | 9:59:20 | 11:21:51 | 11:39:07 | 12:07:21 | 13:53:24 | 9:59:20 |
| F55-59 | 33 | 11:02:52 | 11:49:29 | 11:59:24 | 12:42:52 | 14:46:06 | 11:02:52 |
| F60-64 | 21 | 12:01:38 | 12:40:09 | 12:41:13 | 13:09:53 | 14:44:12 | 12:01:38 |
| F65-69 | 11 | 12:19:28 | 12:19:28 | 12:42:18 | 13:37:44 | 14:49:01 | 12:19:28 |
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.