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 | 935 | 8:16:31 | 9:18:27 | 9:46:56 | 10:21:43 | 11:52:11 | 7:34:23 |
| MPRO | 17 | 7:34:23 | 7:34:23 | 7:40:28 | 7:54:32 | 8:16:31 | 7:34:23 |
| M18-24 | 45 | 8:35:36 | 9:51:07 | 10:09:17 | 10:14:25 | 11:29:36 | 8:35:36 |
| M25-29 | 90 | 8:37:53 | 9:10:02 | 9:28:41 | 9:59:06 | 11:27:48 | 8:37:53 |
| M30-34 | 135 | 8:35:29 | 9:18:44 | 9:43:49 | 10:03:10 | 11:17:42 | 8:25:28 |
| M35-39 | 142 | 8:36:18 | 9:08:46 | 9:28:00 | 9:46:57 | 11:07:36 | 8:10:47 |
| M40-44 | 124 | 8:34:59 | 9:44:03 | 9:54:59 | 10:31:10 | 11:57:58 | 8:34:50 |
| M45-49 | 136 | 8:59:56 | 9:42:47 | 9:51:12 | 10:41:50 | 12:00:38 | 8:56:12 |
| M50-54 | 111 | 9:56:09 | 10:21:43 | 10:46:44 | 11:20:01 | 12:38:35 | 9:36:44 |
| M55-59 | 74 | 9:19:50 | 10:31:57 | 10:54:58 | 11:29:20 | 13:14:21 | 9:19:50 |
| M60-64 | 44 | 10:06:56 | 11:24:53 | 11:45:20 | 11:57:28 | 13:41:21 | 10:06:56 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 11:28:25 | 11:28:25 | 12:25:23 | 12:27:07 | 14:33:13 | 11:28:25 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 204 | 8:40:59 | 9:55:35 | 10:44:59 | 11:25:57 | 12:49:36 | 8:29:43 |
| FPRO | 8 | 8:29:43 | 8:29:43 | 8:29:43 | 8:33:02 | 8:50:13 | 8:29:43 |
| F25-29 | 19 | 10:18:30 | 10:18:30 | 10:25:34 | 11:23:33 | 12:31:03 | 10:18:30 |
| F30-34 | 23 | 8:52:51 | 9:21:12 | 10:30:55 | 10:49:54 | 12:09:52 | 8:52:51 |
| F35-39 | 26 | 9:55:35 | 10:34:24 | 10:50:51 | 11:28:32 | 12:23:26 | 9:55:35 |
| F40-44 | 39 | 9:42:22 | 9:59:02 | 10:24:06 | 11:06:08 | 12:34:44 | 9:42:22 |
| F45-49 | 34 | 10:54:21 | 11:25:57 | 11:52:38 | 12:09:07 | 13:21:07 | 10:54:21 |
| F50-54 | 27 | 10:20:22 | 10:44:59 | 10:54:41 | 11:55:11 | 13:59:04 | 10:20:22 |
| F55-59 | 17 | 12:37:51 | 12:37:51 | 12:49:16 | 13:03:24 | 14:03:30 | 12:37:51 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 10:58:57 | 10:58:57 | 10:58:57 | 12:29:07 | 13:51:25 | 10:58:57 |
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.