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 | 1,457 | 8:49:37 | 9:26:33 | 9:48:12 | 10:17:32 | 11:24:28 | 7:55:16 |
| MPRO | 12 | 7:55:16 | 7:55:16 | 8:06:55 | 8:08:02 | 8:30:15 | 7:55:16 |
| M18-24 | 13 | 9:29:51 | 9:29:51 | 9:42:50 | 9:52:59 | 11:27:10 | 9:29:51 |
| M25-29 | 74 | 9:00:06 | 9:10:08 | 9:23:16 | 9:55:40 | 11:16:18 | 9:00:06 |
| M30-34 | 173 | 8:42:52 | 9:23:19 | 9:40:56 | 10:11:02 | 11:06:11 | 8:39:49 |
| M35-39 | 272 | 8:50:53 | 9:18:36 | 9:33:00 | 9:54:26 | 10:56:52 | 8:46:45 |
| M40-44 | 353 | 8:53:45 | 9:30:35 | 9:48:42 | 10:14:26 | 11:18:43 | 8:48:29 |
| M45-49 | 275 | 9:15:31 | 9:50:13 | 10:09:47 | 10:33:34 | 11:33:00 | 8:53:26 |
| M50-54 | 183 | 9:29:54 | 10:05:29 | 10:23:26 | 10:45:20 | 11:50:01 | 9:14:21 |
| M55-59 | 71 | 9:29:57 | 10:15:31 | 10:43:46 | 11:13:26 | 12:18:44 | 9:29:57 |
| M60-64 | 24 | 10:17:25 | 10:28:34 | 10:43:56 | 11:20:08 | 12:46:04 | 10:17:25 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 12:18:07 | 12:18:07 | 12:18:07 | 12:22:52 | 13:23:02 | 12:18:07 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 144 | 9:05:33 | 9:39:20 | 10:06:11 | 10:40:32 | 12:20:27 | 8:52:10 |
| FPRO | 7 | 8:52:10 | 8:52:10 | 8:52:10 | 9:05:33 | 9:19:00 | 8:52:10 |
| F25-29 | 10 | 10:39:57 | 10:39:57 | 10:39:57 | 10:43:11 | 12:24:44 | 10:39:57 |
| F30-34 | 18 | 9:39:20 | 9:39:20 | 9:43:09 | 10:09:45 | 11:24:08 | 9:39:20 |
| F35-39 | 14 | 9:56:21 | 9:56:21 | 10:29:24 | 10:29:59 | 12:11:27 | 9:56:21 |
| F40-44 | 36 | 9:33:34 | 9:44:11 | 10:06:11 | 10:30:52 | 11:48:42 | 9:33:34 |
| F45-49 | 26 | 10:18:23 | 10:32:40 | 10:37:02 | 12:12:55 | 12:56:28 | 10:18:23 |
| F50-54 | 16 | 10:44:52 | 10:44:52 | 10:55:06 | 11:49:39 | 12:36:27 | 10:44:52 |
| F55-59 | 9 | 10:59:52 | 10:59:52 | 10:59:52 | 11:56:59 | 13:11:42 | 10:59:52 |
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.