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 | 1,257 | 9:51:19 | 10:55:19 | 11:33:34 | 12:13:18 | 13:40:32 | 9:01:34 |
| MPRO | 24 | 9:01:34 | 9:06:47 | 9:08:46 | 9:21:03 | 9:41:50 | 9:01:34 |
| M18-24 | 61 | 10:37:51 | 11:30:19 | 11:33:34 | 12:13:35 | 13:19:32 | 10:37:51 |
| M25-29 | 163 | 10:30:54 | 10:50:42 | 11:39:17 | 11:56:19 | 13:24:49 | 10:29:36 |
| M30-34 | 205 | 10:22:17 | 11:03:15 | 11:37:06 | 12:06:23 | 13:32:14 | 10:07:56 |
| M35-39 | 295 | 10:28:44 | 11:04:52 | 11:33:10 | 12:10:22 | 13:38:12 | 10:17:45 |
| M40-44 | 249 | 10:15:19 | 11:13:48 | 11:33:30 | 12:19:06 | 13:48:20 | 9:51:19 |
| M45-49 | 151 | 10:44:32 | 11:17:51 | 11:50:25 | 12:41:22 | 13:56:58 | 10:37:46 |
| M50-54 | 70 | 10:50:38 | 11:42:17 | 12:31:35 | 12:51:33 | 14:09:16 | 10:50:38 |
| M55-59 | 31 | 11:37:45 | 12:12:05 | 12:33:16 | 13:59:26 | 15:09:16 | 11:37:45 |
| M60-64 | 5 | 13:49:31 | 13:49:31 | 13:49:31 | 13:49:31 | 15:03:30 | 13:49:31 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 424 | 10:39:34 | 11:45:55 | 12:13:46 | 12:45:16 | 14:18:22 | 10:11:22 |
| FPRO | 13 | 10:11:22 | 10:11:22 | 10:18:30 | 10:24:21 | 10:53:03 | 10:11:22 |
| F18-24 | 23 | 11:04:40 | 12:01:09 | 12:08:18 | 12:38:25 | 14:46:24 | 11:04:40 |
| F25-29 | 75 | 11:13:17 | 11:45:55 | 11:57:07 | 12:27:34 | 13:49:49 | 11:13:17 |
| F30-34 | 98 | 11:23:03 | 11:57:51 | 12:13:46 | 12:44:30 | 14:12:19 | 11:23:03 |
| F35-39 | 93 | 11:18:29 | 12:09:03 | 12:20:39 | 13:07:55 | 14:20:53 | 11:18:29 |
| F40-44 | 67 | 12:04:16 | 12:17:14 | 12:27:14 | 13:18:14 | 14:45:37 | 12:04:16 |
| F45-49 | 36 | 11:10:56 | 11:59:39 | 12:26:55 | 13:22:15 | 14:29:27 | 11:10:56 |
| F50-54 | 14 | 13:41:36 | 13:41:36 | 13:44:44 | 14:10:36 | 15:37:38 | 13:41:36 |
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.