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 | 1,407 | 9:35:08 | 10:13:15 | 10:33:03 | 11:05:50 | 12:27:50 | 8:46:30 |
| MPRO | 22 | 8:46:30 | 8:51:46 | 8:54:48 | 9:11:45 | 9:29:41 | 8:46:30 |
| M18-24 | 76 | 9:47:46 | 10:22:37 | 10:31:33 | 11:07:43 | 12:11:32 | 9:47:46 |
| M25-29 | 184 | 9:57:47 | 10:21:00 | 10:28:40 | 10:54:11 | 11:51:40 | 9:56:38 |
| M30-34 | 324 | 9:41:21 | 10:11:52 | 10:24:08 | 10:57:02 | 12:05:42 | 9:39:23 |
| M35-39 | 290 | 9:35:37 | 10:09:05 | 10:33:00 | 10:57:12 | 12:11:56 | 9:24:59 |
| M40-44 | 240 | 9:56:53 | 10:31:59 | 10:50:13 | 11:20:33 | 12:42:25 | 9:27:53 |
| M45-49 | 135 | 9:42:14 | 10:23:02 | 11:05:20 | 11:38:52 | 13:11:28 | 9:35:08 |
| M50-54 | 85 | 10:29:20 | 11:28:16 | 11:57:58 | 12:20:19 | 13:32:42 | 10:29:20 |
| M55-59 | 40 | 11:10:37 | 11:53:32 | 12:28:52 | 12:51:10 | 14:03:05 | 11:10:37 |
| M60-64 | 8 | 13:06:49 | 13:06:49 | 13:06:49 | 13:11:08 | 13:28:54 | 13:06:49 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 373 | 10:19:57 | 11:00:25 | 11:43:43 | 12:12:56 | 13:23:38 | 9:54:24 |
| FPRO | 5 | 9:54:54 | 9:54:54 | 9:54:54 | 9:54:54 | 10:19:57 | 9:54:54 |
| F18-24 | 23 | 9:54:24 | 11:51:13 | 12:03:37 | 12:16:38 | 12:54:00 | 9:54:24 |
| F25-29 | 70 | 10:27:28 | 10:54:44 | 11:42:29 | 12:05:46 | 12:59:06 | 10:27:28 |
| F30-34 | 93 | 10:42:40 | 11:00:25 | 11:39:34 | 12:03:07 | 13:31:40 | 10:42:40 |
| F35-39 | 70 | 10:48:42 | 11:36:45 | 11:45:22 | 12:13:35 | 13:05:42 | 10:48:42 |
| F40-44 | 65 | 10:24:42 | 11:32:25 | 11:49:14 | 12:16:50 | 13:13:25 | 10:24:42 |
| F45-49 | 32 | 11:31:37 | 11:43:35 | 12:34:04 | 13:04:53 | 14:19:23 | 11:31:37 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 11:55:51 | 11:55:51 | 12:47:57 | 13:51:40 | 14:25:25 | 11:55:51 |
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.