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 | 945 | 8:56:10 | 9:41:17 | 10:08:28 | 10:45:50 | 12:16:06 | 8:12:39 |
| MPRO | 18 | 8:12:39 | 8:12:39 | 8:19:02 | 8:30:59 | 8:54:35 | 8:12:39 |
| M18-24 | 31 | 9:10:24 | 9:21:01 | 9:41:59 | 10:09:38 | 12:07:59 | 9:10:24 |
| M25-29 | 87 | 9:15:23 | 10:09:26 | 10:24:38 | 10:39:43 | 11:57:10 | 9:15:23 |
| M30-34 | 165 | 9:14:59 | 9:45:50 | 10:00:45 | 10:27:29 | 11:47:23 | 9:09:57 |
| M35-39 | 192 | 9:07:13 | 9:38:55 | 9:56:52 | 10:30:18 | 12:00:56 | 9:04:31 |
| M40-44 | 181 | 9:21:54 | 9:54:47 | 10:12:20 | 10:56:51 | 12:22:38 | 9:19:48 |
| M45-49 | 137 | 9:20:00 | 10:12:58 | 10:36:38 | 11:27:07 | 13:09:01 | 9:14:10 |
| M50-54 | 72 | 9:51:33 | 10:28:51 | 10:50:00 | 11:25:17 | 13:06:26 | 9:51:33 |
| M55-59 | 36 | 10:14:45 | 10:23:58 | 10:52:29 | 12:01:46 | 13:04:07 | 10:14:45 |
| M60-64 | 16 | 11:39:22 | 11:39:22 | 12:31:39 | 12:51:22 | 14:10:14 | 11:39:22 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 12:47:42 | 12:47:42 | 12:47:42 | 13:02:02 | 14:15:38 | 12:47:42 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 234 | 9:32:44 | 10:08:16 | 10:35:17 | 11:10:38 | 12:44:54 | 9:25:38 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:25:38 | 9:25:38 | 9:25:38 | 9:28:07 | 9:39:41 | 9:25:38 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 10:34:47 | 10:34:47 | 10:34:47 | 10:50:50 | 12:47:39 | 10:34:47 |
| F25-29 | 34 | 9:57:25 | 10:08:16 | 10:11:10 | 10:29:11 | 11:48:37 | 9:57:25 |
| F30-34 | 40 | 10:19:18 | 10:45:31 | 11:10:38 | 11:45:15 | 12:25:20 | 10:19:18 |
| F35-39 | 42 | 10:12:14 | 10:47:08 | 10:56:12 | 11:21:45 | 12:41:49 | 10:12:14 |
| F40-44 | 38 | 10:00:42 | 10:10:08 | 10:52:15 | 11:04:36 | 12:39:49 | 10:00:42 |
| F45-49 | 28 | 10:46:10 | 11:31:06 | 11:45:04 | 12:46:15 | 13:42:09 | 10:46:10 |
| F50-54 | 24 | 10:38:24 | 10:42:55 | 11:08:47 | 11:59:23 | 13:12:36 | 10:38:24 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 12:07:50 | 12:07:50 | 12:07:50 | 12:07:50 | 14:06:33 | 12:07:50 |
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.