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 | 1,409 | 10:13:14 | 10:54:23 | 11:27:43 | 12:14:01 | 13:36:52 | 8:57:33 |
| MPRO | 15 | 8:57:33 | 8:57:33 | 9:03:09 | 9:14:52 | 9:47:28 | 8:57:33 |
| M18-24 | 50 | 10:30:15 | 11:05:57 | 11:18:35 | 11:39:26 | 13:33:55 | 10:30:15 |
| M25-29 | 125 | 10:40:39 | 11:15:13 | 11:38:17 | 12:08:33 | 13:35:44 | 10:33:06 |
| M30-34 | 211 | 10:21:04 | 10:45:23 | 11:24:50 | 12:19:08 | 13:34:58 | 9:31:01 |
| M35-39 | 303 | 10:21:01 | 10:52:53 | 11:21:27 | 12:04:34 | 13:26:24 | 10:10:45 |
| M40-44 | 332 | 10:26:32 | 10:53:11 | 11:34:32 | 12:15:36 | 13:38:38 | 10:16:51 |
| M45-49 | 220 | 10:43:01 | 11:17:36 | 11:47:44 | 12:31:00 | 13:43:30 | 10:30:28 |
| M50-54 | 112 | 10:46:01 | 11:31:45 | 12:07:11 | 12:47:12 | 13:52:44 | 10:43:51 |
| M55-59 | 37 | 11:45:36 | 12:00:31 | 12:14:01 | 12:40:35 | 14:26:02 | 11:45:36 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 143 | 10:28:22 | 11:29:25 | 12:08:21 | 13:06:01 | 14:20:52 | 9:56:31 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:56:31 | 9:56:31 | 9:56:31 | 10:28:22 | 10:32:11 | 9:56:31 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 12:08:21 | 12:08:21 | 12:08:21 | 14:22:21 | 14:23:33 | 12:08:21 |
| F25-29 | 19 | 11:46:54 | 11:46:54 | 12:19:05 | 12:57:39 | 13:53:19 | 11:46:54 |
| F30-34 | 27 | 11:31:49 | 11:49:20 | 12:09:53 | 12:42:41 | 13:53:35 | 11:31:49 |
| F35-39 | 26 | 11:29:25 | 13:32:12 | 13:47:21 | 14:11:22 | 14:51:55 | 11:29:25 |
| F40-44 | 28 | 11:33:58 | 11:58:11 | 12:29:43 | 13:28:45 | 14:00:46 | 11:33:58 |
| F45-49 | 13 | 12:05:07 | 12:05:07 | 13:47:37 | 13:58:49 | 14:48:00 | 12:05:07 |
| F50-54 | 9 | 12:39:52 | 12:39:52 | 12:39:52 | 12:39:57 | 14:14:54 | 12:39:52 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 14:05:17 | 14:05:17 | 14:05:17 | 14:43:53 | 14:54:20 | 14:05:17 |
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.