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 | 1,345 | 8:54:47 | 9:19:34 | 9:41:28 | 10:21:21 | 11:37:03 | 8:17:14 |
| MPRO | 19 | 8:17:14 | 8:17:14 | 8:18:34 | 8:21:51 | 8:53:31 | 8:17:14 |
| M18-24 | 21 | 8:56:26 | 9:15:49 | 9:36:29 | 10:00:08 | 10:53:48 | 8:56:26 |
| M25-29 | 122 | 8:55:09 | 9:07:37 | 9:24:35 | 9:56:01 | 11:14:04 | 8:53:18 |
| M30-34 | 167 | 8:55:06 | 9:12:38 | 9:32:18 | 9:53:12 | 11:28:12 | 8:54:47 |
| M35-39 | 245 | 9:00:55 | 9:14:13 | 9:36:38 | 10:05:01 | 11:20:59 | 8:47:24 |
| M40-44 | 293 | 9:06:34 | 9:23:34 | 9:51:23 | 10:29:16 | 11:29:48 | 8:58:29 |
| M45-49 | 234 | 9:16:58 | 9:39:34 | 10:02:34 | 10:39:01 | 11:46:47 | 9:02:14 |
| M50-54 | 172 | 9:26:51 | 9:58:19 | 10:29:43 | 11:03:48 | 12:15:40 | 9:05:59 |
| M55-59 | 51 | 9:49:37 | 10:37:54 | 11:00:47 | 11:32:23 | 12:44:46 | 9:49:37 |
| M60-64 | 15 | 10:39:16 | 10:39:16 | 11:12:06 | 11:19:32 | 12:51:35 | 10:39:16 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 13:06:38 | 13:06:38 | 13:06:38 | 13:06:38 | 13:36:13 | 13:06:38 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 199 | 9:17:21 | 9:54:13 | 10:34:12 | 11:11:03 | 12:27:04 | 9:13:40 |
| FPRO | 9 | 9:13:40 | 9:13:40 | 9:13:40 | 9:17:21 | 9:35:46 | 9:13:40 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 10:51:11 | 10:51:11 | 10:51:11 | 10:51:11 | 11:58:55 | 10:51:11 |
| F25-29 | 13 | 10:12:32 | 10:12:32 | 10:43:29 | 10:46:09 | 11:56:52 | 10:12:32 |
| F30-34 | 33 | 10:27:53 | 10:30:47 | 10:41:54 | 11:22:06 | 12:07:34 | 10:27:53 |
| F35-39 | 35 | 9:50:22 | 10:11:46 | 10:31:20 | 10:55:13 | 11:47:07 | 9:50:22 |
| F40-44 | 39 | 10:03:29 | 10:15:52 | 10:34:12 | 11:09:39 | 12:28:56 | 10:03:29 |
| F45-49 | 28 | 11:01:26 | 11:15:38 | 11:27:31 | 12:01:30 | 13:13:08 | 11:01:26 |
| F50-54 | 25 | 10:52:08 | 11:18:21 | 11:38:38 | 12:07:14 | 13:10:51 | 10:52:08 |
| F55-59 | 11 | 12:27:04 | 12:27:04 | 12:33:46 | 12:38:50 | 14:15:29 | 12:27:04 |
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.