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 | 1,523 | 9:26:35 | 10:12:12 | 10:36:17 | 11:12:24 | 12:36:14 | 8:43:29 |
| MPRO | 18 | 8:43:29 | 8:43:29 | 8:55:50 | 8:59:39 | 9:13:38 | 8:43:29 |
| M18-24 | 74 | 9:15:12 | 9:57:07 | 10:37:19 | 10:55:57 | 12:10:45 | 9:15:12 |
| M25-29 | 148 | 9:34:30 | 10:05:27 | 10:30:50 | 10:50:59 | 12:13:18 | 9:24:41 |
| M30-34 | 256 | 9:38:00 | 10:00:49 | 10:23:21 | 10:51:48 | 12:04:44 | 9:06:56 |
| M35-39 | 329 | 9:48:19 | 10:15:37 | 10:38:03 | 11:09:37 | 12:26:31 | 9:20:05 |
| M40-44 | 284 | 9:45:43 | 10:14:32 | 10:37:49 | 11:25:53 | 12:35:50 | 9:40:52 |
| M45-49 | 191 | 10:12:20 | 10:37:09 | 11:01:39 | 11:51:09 | 12:57:42 | 9:33:36 |
| M50-54 | 132 | 10:16:46 | 10:52:36 | 11:21:05 | 11:48:52 | 13:14:33 | 10:12:29 |
| M55-59 | 57 | 10:14:59 | 11:32:30 | 11:50:35 | 12:46:12 | 14:06:35 | 10:14:59 |
| M60-64 | 24 | 11:43:41 | 12:13:23 | 12:39:24 | 13:25:35 | 14:51:26 | 11:43:41 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 12:36:52 | 12:36:52 | 12:36:52 | 13:21:01 | 14:38:35 | 12:36:52 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 558 | 10:11:14 | 11:08:56 | 11:40:27 | 12:26:30 | 13:48:59 | 9:47:25 |
| FPRO | 12 | 9:47:25 | 9:47:25 | 9:49:46 | 9:50:45 | 10:11:14 | 9:47:25 |
| F18-24 | 25 | 10:47:29 | 10:53:38 | 11:29:23 | 11:38:13 | 12:51:57 | 10:47:29 |
| F25-29 | 85 | 10:43:22 | 11:33:02 | 11:41:06 | 12:14:07 | 13:27:34 | 10:43:22 |
| F30-34 | 106 | 10:38:24 | 11:03:54 | 11:52:35 | 12:25:43 | 13:45:51 | 10:33:37 |
| F35-39 | 126 | 11:05:17 | 11:34:58 | 11:52:22 | 12:35:47 | 14:00:36 | 11:04:56 |
| F40-44 | 103 | 10:49:49 | 11:27:02 | 11:46:24 | 12:36:05 | 13:48:05 | 10:34:52 |
| F45-49 | 56 | 10:44:41 | 11:53:17 | 12:20:48 | 12:39:40 | 13:43:46 | 10:44:41 |
| F50-54 | 35 | 11:45:56 | 12:09:12 | 12:30:28 | 12:47:43 | 14:56:31 | 11:45:56 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 13:49:42 | 13:49:42 | 13:49:42 | 14:03:11 | 14:17:32 | 13:49:42 |
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.