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 | 1,134 | 9:28:34 | 10:46:59 | 11:15:13 | 11:49:13 | 13:00:57 | 8:45:51 |
| MPRO | 14 | 8:45:51 | 8:45:51 | 8:48:29 | 8:57:58 | 9:21:45 | 8:45:51 |
| M18-24 | 55 | 9:36:03 | 10:17:44 | 10:53:12 | 11:33:37 | 12:45:54 | 9:36:03 |
| M25-29 | 121 | 10:24:35 | 11:08:28 | 11:28:13 | 11:47:41 | 12:41:29 | 9:49:20 |
| M30-34 | 211 | 10:04:47 | 10:41:06 | 11:02:44 | 11:37:02 | 12:47:30 | 9:27:53 |
| M35-39 | 237 | 10:09:41 | 10:45:59 | 11:14:55 | 11:54:55 | 12:55:01 | 9:17:42 |
| M40-44 | 267 | 10:04:19 | 10:56:53 | 11:23:10 | 12:04:45 | 13:05:27 | 9:50:45 |
| M45-49 | 152 | 10:37:50 | 11:27:40 | 11:44:48 | 12:16:19 | 13:15:29 | 10:29:22 |
| M50-54 | 53 | 11:09:29 | 11:37:44 | 11:48:01 | 12:23:32 | 13:27:50 | 11:09:29 |
| M55-59 | 14 | 11:05:11 | 11:05:11 | 11:51:05 | 11:54:00 | 13:23:05 | 11:05:11 |
| M60-64 | 8 | 11:44:25 | 11:44:25 | 11:44:25 | 13:50:18 | 14:21:29 | 11:44:25 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 126 | 9:46:15 | 11:28:31 | 12:16:57 | 12:56:41 | 14:05:11 | 9:33:59 |
| FPRO | 5 | 9:33:59 | 9:33:59 | 9:33:59 | 9:33:59 | 10:06:40 | 9:33:59 |
| F25-29 | 20 | 10:49:08 | 10:49:08 | 11:37:58 | 13:03:50 | 13:59:47 | 10:49:08 |
| F30-34 | 27 | 11:13:15 | 11:19:10 | 11:28:31 | 12:13:31 | 13:17:13 | 11:13:15 |
| F35-39 | 23 | 12:18:36 | 12:44:49 | 13:10:25 | 13:12:57 | 14:27:00 | 12:18:36 |
| F40-44 | 22 | 12:29:23 | 12:45:52 | 13:08:35 | 13:19:19 | 15:00:43 | 12:29:23 |
| F45-49 | 14 | 12:18:21 | 12:18:21 | 12:35:59 | 13:08:44 | 13:49:19 | 12:18:21 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 12:47:45 | 12:47:45 | 13:00:02 | 14:44:13 | 15:07:26 | 12:47:45 |
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.