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 | 1,667 | 9:52:25 | 10:52:40 | 11:32:47 | 12:08:06 | 13:33:28 | 8:48:06 |
| MPRO | 11 | 8:48:06 | 8:48:06 | 8:57:58 | 9:00:09 | 9:14:42 | 8:48:06 |
| M18-24 | 43 | 10:07:38 | 11:08:45 | 11:42:32 | 12:19:15 | 13:35:47 | 10:07:38 |
| M25-29 | 148 | 9:56:18 | 10:26:58 | 10:51:17 | 11:36:53 | 13:06:32 | 9:44:20 |
| M30-34 | 229 | 10:01:09 | 10:31:25 | 10:59:49 | 11:46:52 | 13:09:18 | 9:44:23 |
| M35-39 | 291 | 9:44:41 | 10:55:00 | 11:28:25 | 12:00:32 | 13:26:51 | 9:36:34 |
| M40-44 | 376 | 10:34:01 | 11:22:26 | 11:45:34 | 12:19:23 | 13:33:35 | 10:27:24 |
| M45-49 | 283 | 10:29:03 | 11:11:40 | 11:38:49 | 12:20:26 | 13:42:18 | 10:21:20 |
| M50-54 | 191 | 10:46:39 | 11:33:26 | 11:48:40 | 12:24:09 | 14:00:43 | 10:43:31 |
| M55-59 | 64 | 11:14:41 | 11:48:44 | 12:22:38 | 12:56:44 | 14:18:17 | 11:14:41 |
| M60-64 | 28 | 11:30:23 | 11:49:07 | 12:07:55 | 12:58:07 | 14:22:26 | 11:30:23 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 211 | 9:59:36 | 11:29:57 | 12:05:47 | 13:15:25 | 14:40:41 | 9:41:52 |
| FPRO | 7 | 9:41:52 | 9:41:52 | 9:41:52 | 9:52:28 | 10:06:20 | 9:41:52 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 11:38:26 | 11:38:26 | 11:38:26 | 11:38:26 | 14:21:17 | 11:38:26 |
| F25-29 | 11 | 11:29:57 | 11:29:57 | 11:52:27 | 12:26:59 | 13:55:32 | 11:29:57 |
| F30-34 | 25 | 10:38:28 | 11:31:20 | 11:59:20 | 12:43:11 | 14:43:26 | 10:38:28 |
| F35-39 | 29 | 11:25:47 | 11:45:08 | 11:49:00 | 12:32:07 | 14:00:05 | 11:25:47 |
| F40-44 | 50 | 11:31:59 | 12:17:22 | 12:49:21 | 13:18:01 | 14:35:54 | 11:31:59 |
| F45-49 | 41 | 11:03:41 | 12:11:56 | 12:40:50 | 13:23:26 | 14:46:03 | 11:03:41 |
| F50-54 | 26 | 13:09:25 | 13:38:25 | 13:41:11 | 14:16:44 | 15:06:15 | 13:09:25 |
| F55-59 | 12 | 13:37:54 | 13:37:54 | 13:59:21 | 14:26:22 | 15:05:31 | 13:37:54 |
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.