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 | 1,034 | 8:49:14 | 9:28:38 | 9:57:43 | 10:30:23 | 11:49:18 | 8:05:58 |
| MPRO | 14 | 8:05:58 | 8:05:58 | 8:12:11 | 8:14:37 | 8:42:11 | 8:05:58 |
| M18-24 | 33 | 9:01:59 | 9:02:02 | 10:02:58 | 10:23:41 | 11:28:56 | 9:01:59 |
| M25-29 | 90 | 8:45:29 | 9:24:35 | 9:40:49 | 10:35:17 | 11:20:25 | 8:45:29 |
| M30-34 | 161 | 8:52:22 | 9:19:12 | 9:42:04 | 10:20:53 | 11:35:18 | 8:47:30 |
| M35-39 | 172 | 8:56:08 | 9:29:27 | 9:48:53 | 10:17:27 | 11:03:16 | 8:49:14 |
| M40-44 | 235 | 9:15:51 | 9:40:01 | 10:11:29 | 10:40:23 | 11:58:11 | 9:09:25 |
| M45-49 | 151 | 9:15:18 | 9:54:57 | 10:27:34 | 11:03:49 | 12:25:59 | 9:14:31 |
| M50-54 | 106 | 9:43:38 | 10:07:04 | 10:14:56 | 10:57:39 | 12:20:42 | 9:14:47 |
| M55-59 | 45 | 9:18:15 | 10:26:40 | 10:32:49 | 11:08:18 | 12:37:51 | 9:18:15 |
| M60-64 | 15 | 10:28:16 | 10:28:16 | 11:35:09 | 11:55:46 | 13:18:13 | 10:28:16 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 11:58:35 | 11:58:35 | 11:58:35 | 11:58:35 | 13:58:54 | 11:58:35 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 13:46:09 | 13:46:09 | 13:46:09 | 13:46:09 | 14:45:35 | 13:46:09 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 295 | 9:02:11 | 9:47:51 | 10:16:49 | 10:57:19 | 12:25:35 | 8:56:34 |
| FPRO | 18 | 8:56:34 | 8:56:34 | 9:00:21 | 9:04:38 | 9:12:51 | 8:56:34 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 10:46:29 | 10:46:29 | 10:46:29 | 11:20:46 | 12:50:22 | 10:46:29 |
| F25-29 | 31 | 10:06:25 | 10:27:04 | 10:50:37 | 11:10:40 | 11:54:24 | 10:06:25 |
| F30-34 | 49 | 9:47:11 | 10:04:12 | 10:26:16 | 10:53:29 | 11:53:19 | 9:47:11 |
| F35-39 | 55 | 9:59:53 | 10:13:29 | 10:38:50 | 11:01:06 | 12:14:13 | 9:59:53 |
| F40-44 | 47 | 9:47:51 | 10:15:52 | 10:47:18 | 11:26:02 | 12:52:08 | 9:47:51 |
| F45-49 | 42 | 10:25:03 | 10:29:28 | 10:53:44 | 11:35:06 | 12:41:55 | 10:25:03 |
| F50-54 | 26 | 10:08:37 | 11:06:05 | 11:12:17 | 11:45:59 | 12:48:05 | 10:08:37 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 10:53:08 | 10:53:08 | 11:32:31 | 11:44:37 | 13:14:16 | 10:53:08 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 14:01:10 | 14:01:10 | 14:01:10 | 14:01:10 | 16:10:53 | 14:01:10 |
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.