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 | 1,520 | 9:43:15 | 10:38:53 | 11:04:59 | 11:41:11 | 12:59:42 | 8:52:33 |
| MPRO | 20 | 8:52:33 | 8:52:33 | 8:55:41 | 9:04:27 | 9:43:15 | 8:52:33 |
| M18-24 | 68 | 10:11:32 | 10:28:36 | 11:00:53 | 11:17:11 | 12:25:19 | 10:11:32 |
| M25-29 | 154 | 10:12:19 | 10:29:06 | 10:53:31 | 11:32:52 | 12:39:15 | 10:05:03 |
| M30-34 | 358 | 9:53:56 | 10:39:08 | 10:57:45 | 11:38:04 | 12:48:08 | 9:19:17 |
| M35-39 | 329 | 9:37:41 | 10:37:11 | 10:58:30 | 11:34:20 | 12:52:23 | 9:12:29 |
| M40-44 | 288 | 9:57:44 | 10:52:58 | 11:17:54 | 11:47:42 | 13:03:42 | 9:51:35 |
| M45-49 | 150 | 10:01:21 | 10:53:39 | 11:20:23 | 11:59:56 | 13:25:23 | 9:41:46 |
| M50-54 | 92 | 11:06:40 | 11:27:15 | 11:49:31 | 12:35:25 | 13:41:22 | 11:06:40 |
| M55-59 | 41 | 11:39:17 | 12:09:43 | 12:22:42 | 12:48:02 | 14:20:41 | 11:39:17 |
| M60-64 | 15 | 12:27:28 | 12:27:28 | 12:53:26 | 13:16:22 | 15:20:43 | 12:27:28 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 453 | 10:43:25 | 11:24:46 | 11:48:50 | 12:31:41 | 13:52:10 | 10:05:40 |
| FPRO | 10 | 10:05:40 | 10:05:40 | 10:05:40 | 10:13:28 | 10:45:27 | 10:05:40 |
| F18-24 | 34 | 11:26:51 | 11:34:54 | 11:50:45 | 12:10:51 | 13:38:40 | 11:26:51 |
| F25-29 | 89 | 11:07:24 | 11:28:14 | 11:54:13 | 12:29:48 | 13:47:37 | 11:07:24 |
| F30-34 | 124 | 11:07:37 | 11:25:25 | 11:46:24 | 12:34:54 | 14:14:36 | 10:57:25 |
| F35-39 | 60 | 10:31:12 | 11:32:54 | 11:45:56 | 12:30:58 | 13:47:26 | 10:31:12 |
| F40-44 | 72 | 11:20:27 | 11:54:52 | 12:19:44 | 12:51:40 | 13:46:22 | 11:20:27 |
| F45-49 | 42 | 10:49:17 | 11:46:54 | 12:00:21 | 12:46:46 | 13:41:28 | 10:49:17 |
| F50-54 | 21 | 13:23:15 | 13:26:42 | 13:28:06 | 13:40:26 | 15:12:12 | 13:23:15 |
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.