Editions: 2016
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 | 1,268 | 9:21:57 | 10:17:35 | 10:56:42 | 11:44:30 | 13:11:03 | 8:27:58 |
| MPRO | 12 | 8:27:58 | 8:27:58 | 8:34:53 | 8:39:24 | 8:57:40 | 8:27:58 |
| M18-24 | 32 | 9:57:44 | 10:04:52 | 10:29:16 | 11:05:46 | 12:49:53 | 9:57:44 |
| M25-29 | 104 | 9:56:16 | 10:34:51 | 10:58:58 | 11:33:22 | 12:44:38 | 9:53:48 |
| M30-34 | 168 | 9:23:47 | 10:01:52 | 10:19:30 | 11:07:42 | 12:52:13 | 9:20:32 |
| M35-39 | 214 | 9:32:30 | 10:28:10 | 11:13:53 | 11:48:01 | 13:07:18 | 9:13:55 |
| M40-44 | 234 | 9:43:11 | 10:19:52 | 10:53:54 | 11:37:14 | 13:05:37 | 9:21:57 |
| M45-49 | 230 | 9:53:35 | 10:28:18 | 10:51:16 | 11:44:14 | 13:09:19 | 9:30:26 |
| M50-54 | 130 | 10:14:22 | 11:10:40 | 11:46:35 | 12:20:03 | 13:50:59 | 10:03:24 |
| M55-59 | 94 | 10:22:46 | 11:12:32 | 11:51:32 | 12:16:46 | 13:46:07 | 10:22:46 |
| M60-64 | 32 | 11:12:14 | 11:19:45 | 12:25:10 | 12:59:23 | 14:33:13 | 11:12:14 |
| M65-69 | 15 | 11:30:28 | 11:30:28 | 11:44:30 | 12:19:27 | 14:38:58 | 11:30:28 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 451 | 10:18:56 | 11:05:36 | 11:41:25 | 12:31:09 | 14:01:42 | 9:19:05 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:19:05 | 9:19:05 | 9:19:05 | 10:03:38 | 10:19:40 | 9:19:05 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 11:05:14 | 11:05:14 | 11:05:14 | 11:33:38 | 12:19:15 | 11:05:14 |
| F25-29 | 45 | 10:35:22 | 11:23:50 | 11:56:41 | 12:38:28 | 13:59:57 | 10:35:22 |
| F30-34 | 64 | 10:14:47 | 10:35:14 | 11:26:47 | 12:35:53 | 13:55:27 | 10:14:47 |
| F35-39 | 75 | 10:38:41 | 11:06:12 | 11:42:35 | 11:54:19 | 13:37:32 | 10:38:41 |
| F40-44 | 88 | 10:18:56 | 11:25:46 | 11:48:51 | 12:44:30 | 14:04:26 | 10:18:56 |
| F45-49 | 76 | 10:54:03 | 11:24:19 | 11:41:25 | 12:48:26 | 14:13:15 | 10:54:03 |
| F50-54 | 50 | 11:05:36 | 11:15:18 | 12:07:22 | 12:36:00 | 14:14:15 | 11:05:36 |
| F55-59 | 28 | 11:50:52 | 12:27:18 | 12:37:08 | 12:46:28 | 14:42:26 | 11:50:52 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 13:07:41 | 13:07:41 | 13:07:41 | 13:34:51 | 13:50:41 | 13:07:41 |
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.