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 | 1,646 | 9:46:15 | 10:38:35 | 11:10:17 | 11:48:29 | 13:07:01 | 8:45:18 |
| MPRO | 15 | 8:45:18 | 8:45:18 | 8:57:51 | 9:08:14 | 9:25:36 | 8:45:18 |
| M18-24 | 73 | 9:33:20 | 10:15:14 | 10:37:37 | 11:11:10 | 12:47:06 | 9:33:20 |
| M25-29 | 169 | 9:55:03 | 10:36:40 | 11:03:59 | 11:37:10 | 12:50:34 | 9:54:41 |
| M30-34 | 277 | 9:53:54 | 10:20:34 | 10:50:20 | 11:24:42 | 12:48:03 | 9:40:26 |
| M35-39 | 280 | 9:53:06 | 10:29:23 | 10:59:41 | 11:48:15 | 12:53:36 | 9:36:08 |
| M40-44 | 342 | 9:47:25 | 10:49:00 | 11:24:28 | 11:55:31 | 13:14:27 | 9:12:44 |
| M45-49 | 237 | 10:32:06 | 10:55:32 | 11:25:49 | 11:57:14 | 13:08:34 | 10:25:31 |
| M50-54 | 149 | 10:56:16 | 11:25:00 | 11:56:24 | 12:23:21 | 13:36:21 | 10:41:12 |
| M55-59 | 64 | 10:52:49 | 11:29:14 | 12:10:06 | 12:36:58 | 14:28:25 | 10:52:49 |
| M60-64 | 35 | 11:32:26 | 12:33:54 | 13:06:35 | 13:27:43 | 15:19:28 | 11:32:26 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 599 | 10:13:34 | 11:23:38 | 11:48:09 | 12:27:16 | 13:49:18 | 9:41:03 |
| FPRO | 9 | 9:41:03 | 9:41:03 | 9:41:03 | 9:50:45 | 10:10:28 | 9:41:03 |
| F18-24 | 15 | 11:14:23 | 11:14:23 | 11:17:10 | 11:23:38 | 14:35:17 | 11:14:23 |
| F25-29 | 95 | 11:01:13 | 11:23:55 | 11:35:30 | 12:02:17 | 13:27:18 | 11:01:13 |
| F30-34 | 120 | 10:51:43 | 11:41:06 | 12:04:01 | 12:28:50 | 13:47:26 | 10:48:51 |
| F35-39 | 118 | 10:37:35 | 11:25:20 | 11:52:04 | 12:25:12 | 13:48:08 | 10:13:34 |
| F40-44 | 107 | 11:07:52 | 11:22:00 | 12:13:02 | 12:52:22 | 13:59:19 | 11:04:56 |
| F45-49 | 77 | 11:24:24 | 11:35:37 | 12:08:59 | 12:42:00 | 13:55:45 | 11:24:24 |
| F50-54 | 39 | 10:42:04 | 11:29:34 | 11:48:56 | 12:08:03 | 13:42:10 | 10:42:04 |
| F55-59 | 16 | 12:39:51 | 12:39:51 | 12:44:15 | 13:48:26 | 14:50:48 | 12:39:51 |
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.