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 | 928 | 8:38:21 | 9:28:28 | 9:54:58 | 10:38:21 | 12:25:43 | 7:45:20 |
| MPRO | 17 | 7:45:20 | 7:45:20 | 7:55:40 | 8:09:54 | 8:37:55 | 7:45:20 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 9:26:52 | 9:26:52 | 9:58:36 | 10:03:06 | 12:13:01 | 9:26:52 |
| M25-29 | 73 | 9:00:34 | 9:14:36 | 9:47:39 | 10:07:03 | 12:09:08 | 9:00:34 |
| M30-34 | 105 | 9:09:19 | 9:13:08 | 9:43:31 | 10:01:43 | 11:57:00 | 8:42:36 |
| M35-39 | 163 | 9:06:30 | 9:28:51 | 9:37:08 | 10:24:02 | 12:11:49 | 8:59:37 |
| M40-44 | 162 | 9:12:38 | 9:38:07 | 10:02:28 | 10:44:58 | 12:19:39 | 8:46:35 |
| M45-49 | 180 | 9:14:15 | 9:41:10 | 10:13:39 | 11:01:30 | 12:30:33 | 9:00:11 |
| M50-54 | 115 | 9:43:21 | 10:08:55 | 10:27:57 | 11:13:11 | 12:50:56 | 9:38:55 |
| M55-59 | 63 | 9:37:02 | 10:25:18 | 10:38:21 | 10:53:07 | 12:57:39 | 9:37:02 |
| M60-64 | 26 | 9:49:18 | 10:41:39 | 11:03:21 | 12:33:15 | 13:57:29 | 9:49:18 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 11:47:22 | 11:47:22 | 11:47:22 | 12:43:47 | 13:22:57 | 11:47:22 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 228 | 8:49:40 | 9:44:33 | 10:36:46 | 11:29:23 | 13:14:51 | 8:38:42 |
| FPRO | 13 | 8:38:42 | 8:38:42 | 8:42:57 | 8:49:40 | 9:10:45 | 8:38:42 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 11:22:05 | 11:22:05 | 11:22:05 | 11:22:50 | 12:24:24 | 11:22:05 |
| F25-29 | 18 | 10:14:11 | 10:14:11 | 10:33:44 | 11:35:52 | 12:05:57 | 10:14:11 |
| F30-34 | 22 | 10:20:50 | 10:41:37 | 10:49:10 | 12:30:23 | 13:20:12 | 10:20:50 |
| F35-39 | 42 | 9:37:34 | 10:26:19 | 11:05:53 | 11:56:28 | 13:34:14 | 9:37:34 |
| F40-44 | 50 | 9:52:57 | 10:13:25 | 11:00:10 | 11:26:35 | 13:07:29 | 9:52:57 |
| F45-49 | 32 | 10:47:05 | 11:10:44 | 11:29:23 | 11:45:45 | 13:27:19 | 10:47:05 |
| F50-54 | 29 | 10:44:07 | 10:50:34 | 11:17:04 | 12:37:55 | 13:36:53 | 10:44:07 |
| F55-59 | 9 | 10:59:44 | 10:59:44 | 10:59:44 | 12:53:24 | 14:23:52 | 10:59:44 |
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.