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 | 1,633 | 9:37:21 | 10:23:12 | 10:51:55 | 11:24:59 | 12:42:36 | 8:52:49 |
| MPRO | 24 | 8:52:49 | 9:03:22 | 9:06:05 | 9:08:08 | 9:29:29 | 8:52:49 |
| M18-24 | 73 | 9:17:13 | 10:11:33 | 10:57:12 | 11:17:50 | 12:38:32 | 9:17:13 |
| M25-29 | 151 | 9:48:16 | 10:16:34 | 10:36:20 | 11:00:53 | 12:02:24 | 9:43:30 |
| M30-34 | 258 | 9:50:58 | 10:22:18 | 10:49:04 | 11:19:03 | 12:31:50 | 9:41:04 |
| M35-39 | 387 | 9:46:40 | 10:30:14 | 10:56:53 | 11:19:17 | 12:38:48 | 9:14:34 |
| M40-44 | 335 | 9:58:01 | 10:34:49 | 10:52:49 | 11:37:19 | 12:50:34 | 9:40:51 |
| M45-49 | 224 | 10:17:55 | 10:45:56 | 10:59:36 | 11:46:26 | 12:54:07 | 9:57:37 |
| M50-54 | 111 | 10:31:40 | 11:19:03 | 11:37:49 | 11:57:59 | 13:18:42 | 9:44:08 |
| M55-59 | 46 | 11:09:01 | 11:21:37 | 11:56:52 | 12:35:50 | 13:46:56 | 11:09:01 |
| M60-64 | 18 | 12:18:08 | 12:18:08 | 12:32:25 | 13:28:23 | 14:56:13 | 12:18:08 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 14:31:53 | 14:31:53 | 14:31:53 | 14:31:53 | 15:15:26 | 14:31:53 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 474 | 10:07:41 | 11:10:00 | 11:37:26 | 12:13:02 | 13:33:50 | 9:37:03 |
| FPRO | 12 | 9:37:03 | 9:37:03 | 10:01:30 | 10:03:39 | 10:08:30 | 9:37:03 |
| F18-24 | 19 | 11:23:59 | 11:23:59 | 12:22:39 | 12:51:29 | 13:58:42 | 11:23:59 |
| F25-29 | 84 | 10:19:28 | 11:14:34 | 11:42:36 | 12:08:47 | 13:12:18 | 10:19:28 |
| F30-34 | 105 | 10:51:26 | 11:09:57 | 11:25:47 | 11:58:20 | 13:29:35 | 10:43:45 |
| F35-39 | 98 | 10:35:59 | 11:21:32 | 11:49:29 | 12:13:02 | 13:33:35 | 10:35:59 |
| F40-44 | 80 | 11:08:19 | 11:34:38 | 11:56:34 | 12:42:26 | 13:44:40 | 11:08:19 |
| F45-49 | 48 | 11:17:16 | 11:51:00 | 12:03:44 | 12:23:18 | 13:50:49 | 11:17:16 |
| F50-54 | 18 | 11:55:53 | 11:55:53 | 12:07:22 | 12:43:10 | 13:58:15 | 11:55:53 |
| F55-59 | 9 | 12:33:30 | 12:33:30 | 12:33:30 | 13:26:57 | 15:00:52 | 12:33:30 |
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.