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 | 1,431 | 9:53:43 | 10:32:56 | 10:57:07 | 11:39:58 | 13:04:33 | 9:01:39 |
| MPRO | 9 | 9:01:39 | 9:01:39 | 9:01:39 | 9:02:56 | 9:20:27 | 9:01:39 |
| M18-24 | 38 | 10:58:58 | 11:28:19 | 12:01:06 | 12:38:41 | 13:34:13 | 10:58:58 |
| M25-29 | 139 | 10:06:07 | 10:26:37 | 10:46:40 | 11:14:34 | 12:41:16 | 9:54:05 |
| M30-34 | 208 | 9:51:44 | 10:15:44 | 10:42:48 | 11:26:04 | 12:38:32 | 9:42:45 |
| M35-39 | 300 | 9:53:43 | 10:16:10 | 10:51:59 | 11:36:25 | 12:55:33 | 9:33:46 |
| M40-44 | 309 | 10:08:14 | 10:33:07 | 10:55:23 | 11:32:21 | 12:53:48 | 9:47:50 |
| M45-49 | 258 | 10:34:07 | 10:53:09 | 11:23:35 | 11:56:37 | 13:27:52 | 10:05:33 |
| M50-54 | 127 | 10:18:01 | 10:55:03 | 11:15:01 | 11:58:00 | 13:30:04 | 10:12:59 |
| M55-59 | 34 | 11:31:58 | 11:38:53 | 12:23:30 | 12:44:27 | 14:22:47 | 11:31:58 |
| M60-64 | 7 | 12:24:00 | 12:24:00 | 12:24:00 | 12:43:26 | 13:43:12 | 12:24:00 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 162 | 10:02:44 | 11:12:56 | 11:36:30 | 12:07:50 | 13:54:36 | 10:00:17 |
| FPRO | 6 | 10:00:17 | 10:00:17 | 10:00:17 | 10:02:44 | 10:09:15 | 10:00:17 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 12:41:14 | 12:41:14 | 12:41:14 | 12:41:14 | 15:59:50 | 12:41:14 |
| F25-29 | 19 | 11:04:26 | 11:04:26 | 11:26:00 | 12:25:00 | 14:01:00 | 11:04:26 |
| F30-34 | 30 | 11:13:43 | 11:31:12 | 11:41:14 | 11:56:00 | 13:25:07 | 11:13:43 |
| F35-39 | 30 | 10:45:41 | 11:12:56 | 11:21:47 | 11:52:18 | 13:42:17 | 10:45:41 |
| F40-44 | 32 | 11:16:46 | 11:23:44 | 11:50:54 | 12:22:25 | 13:54:17 | 11:16:46 |
| F45-49 | 23 | 11:44:59 | 11:54:22 | 11:54:49 | 12:31:00 | 13:47:56 | 11:44:59 |
| F50-54 | 13 | 12:05:24 | 12:05:24 | 12:42:27 | 13:02:46 | 15:12:43 | 12:05:24 |
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.