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 | 939 | 8:45:57 | 9:24:00 | 9:48:01 | 10:18:04 | 11:22:17 | 8:14:02 |
| MPRO | 13 | 8:14:02 | 8:14:02 | 8:18:06 | 8:21:16 | 8:34:45 | 8:14:02 |
| M18-24 | 26 | 9:06:02 | 9:09:58 | 9:29:19 | 10:01:43 | 10:46:30 | 9:06:02 |
| M25-29 | 117 | 9:02:22 | 9:16:18 | 9:41:42 | 10:07:53 | 10:55:26 | 8:59:51 |
| M30-34 | 144 | 8:59:43 | 9:27:01 | 9:41:38 | 10:03:48 | 11:04:15 | 8:55:48 |
| M35-39 | 205 | 8:50:34 | 9:22:43 | 9:45:16 | 10:16:57 | 11:15:32 | 8:39:43 |
| M40-44 | 179 | 9:09:10 | 9:27:54 | 9:49:22 | 10:29:57 | 11:24:24 | 8:57:48 |
| M45-49 | 113 | 9:21:11 | 9:51:30 | 10:02:00 | 10:18:21 | 11:36:18 | 9:04:03 |
| M50-54 | 73 | 9:11:21 | 9:54:04 | 10:25:06 | 10:38:23 | 11:54:22 | 9:11:21 |
| M55-59 | 41 | 9:35:40 | 10:23:42 | 10:38:44 | 11:11:52 | 12:24:48 | 9:35:40 |
| M60-64 | 16 | 10:19:35 | 10:19:35 | 10:36:42 | 12:00:10 | 13:40:18 | 10:19:35 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 11:42:14 | 11:42:14 | 11:42:14 | 12:16:45 | 13:47:03 | 11:42:14 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 226 | 9:36:53 | 10:18:29 | 10:35:05 | 11:09:41 | 12:21:15 | 9:19:45 |
| FPRO | 8 | 9:19:45 | 9:19:45 | 9:19:45 | 9:22:38 | 9:47:48 | 9:19:45 |
| F25-29 | 30 | 10:00:17 | 10:12:27 | 10:19:46 | 10:40:16 | 11:25:48 | 10:00:17 |
| F30-34 | 46 | 10:21:05 | 10:37:22 | 10:55:09 | 11:21:17 | 12:21:15 | 10:21:05 |
| F35-39 | 46 | 9:49:42 | 10:22:48 | 10:44:19 | 11:04:21 | 12:20:08 | 9:49:42 |
| F40-44 | 29 | 9:51:06 | 10:05:20 | 10:18:29 | 11:16:10 | 12:27:34 | 9:51:06 |
| F45-49 | 31 | 10:33:31 | 10:48:31 | 11:28:55 | 11:36:43 | 12:31:20 | 10:33:31 |
| F50-54 | 18 | 11:14:08 | 11:14:08 | 11:22:52 | 11:42:32 | 13:20:20 | 11:14:08 |
| F55-59 | 11 | 11:58:55 | 11:58:55 | 12:18:39 | 12:23:18 | 13:41:53 | 11:58:55 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 12:09:32 | 12:09:32 | 12:09:32 | 12:09:32 | 13:43:31 | 12:09:32 |
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.