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 | 822 | 8:32:22 | 9:16:56 | 9:41:55 | 10:18:29 | 11:37:07 | 8:07:06 |
| MPRO | 22 | 8:07:06 | 8:10:57 | 8:12:45 | 8:20:32 | 8:43:07 | 8:07:06 |
| M18-24 | 21 | 8:52:57 | 9:03:03 | 9:20:14 | 10:00:35 | 11:13:32 | 8:52:57 |
| M25-29 | 63 | 8:57:10 | 9:29:16 | 9:40:19 | 9:55:52 | 10:55:59 | 8:57:10 |
| M30-34 | 160 | 9:08:37 | 9:22:53 | 9:33:52 | 9:58:41 | 11:08:42 | 8:58:25 |
| M35-39 | 200 | 9:00:21 | 9:24:37 | 9:50:53 | 10:16:35 | 11:29:07 | 8:53:26 |
| M40-44 | 136 | 8:55:58 | 9:36:25 | 10:03:32 | 10:34:43 | 11:47:28 | 8:43:12 |
| M45-49 | 94 | 9:07:08 | 10:07:28 | 10:33:20 | 10:54:29 | 12:07:35 | 9:07:08 |
| M50-54 | 69 | 9:19:56 | 9:50:50 | 10:16:23 | 10:52:57 | 12:14:18 | 9:19:56 |
| M55-59 | 33 | 9:59:32 | 10:03:00 | 11:17:44 | 11:30:09 | 12:27:03 | 9:59:32 |
| M60-64 | 15 | 10:31:42 | 10:31:42 | 11:38:41 | 12:27:53 | 13:28:21 | 10:31:42 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 12:47:36 | 12:47:36 | 12:47:36 | 13:11:38 | 13:38:59 | 12:47:36 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 207 | 9:37:24 | 9:56:40 | 10:20:08 | 11:00:18 | 12:17:24 | 8:59:24 |
| FPRO | 10 | 8:59:24 | 8:59:24 | 8:59:24 | 9:06:34 | 9:43:12 | 8:59:24 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 10:07:10 | 10:07:10 | 10:07:10 | 10:33:31 | 11:27:27 | 10:07:10 |
| F25-29 | 22 | 9:53:38 | 10:23:11 | 10:24:17 | 10:32:08 | 11:36:32 | 9:53:38 |
| F30-34 | 52 | 9:55:30 | 9:59:31 | 10:18:43 | 10:52:50 | 11:44:35 | 9:55:30 |
| F35-39 | 38 | 9:56:23 | 10:01:02 | 10:20:44 | 11:21:01 | 12:31:22 | 9:56:23 |
| F40-44 | 34 | 10:15:54 | 11:00:18 | 11:23:09 | 11:48:17 | 12:49:21 | 10:15:54 |
| F45-49 | 24 | 10:20:08 | 11:09:28 | 11:20:24 | 12:00:45 | 12:41:17 | 10:20:08 |
| F50-54 | 7 | 11:49:44 | 11:49:44 | 11:49:44 | 12:21:01 | 13:18:03 | 11:49:44 |
| F55-59 | 10 | 12:48:37 | 12:48:37 | 12:48:37 | 13:00:34 | 15:01:39 | 12:48:37 |
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.