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 | 1,720 | 9:32:40 | 10:25:16 | 10:54:19 | 11:35:15 | 12:52:23 | 8:32:51 |
| MPRO | 16 | 8:32:51 | 8:32:51 | 8:46:29 | 8:55:46 | 9:05:35 | 8:32:51 |
| M18-24 | 49 | 10:04:39 | 10:09:25 | 10:34:34 | 11:15:04 | 12:12:05 | 10:04:39 |
| M25-29 | 173 | 9:55:00 | 10:25:16 | 10:44:20 | 11:12:54 | 12:38:15 | 9:48:24 |
| M30-34 | 267 | 9:41:38 | 10:26:43 | 10:49:14 | 11:19:57 | 12:27:48 | 9:21:09 |
| M35-39 | 289 | 9:36:32 | 10:14:57 | 10:36:09 | 11:22:09 | 12:32:43 | 9:32:18 |
| M40-44 | 380 | 9:49:06 | 10:31:44 | 11:12:06 | 11:44:20 | 12:53:20 | 9:08:18 |
| M45-49 | 245 | 10:15:36 | 10:48:07 | 11:07:32 | 11:41:41 | 13:07:37 | 10:07:26 |
| M50-54 | 179 | 10:21:24 | 11:05:49 | 11:29:53 | 12:06:34 | 13:28:17 | 10:17:19 |
| M55-59 | 86 | 10:35:21 | 11:33:51 | 11:42:56 | 12:31:49 | 13:55:53 | 10:35:21 |
| M60-64 | 22 | 11:35:19 | 11:57:04 | 13:03:10 | 13:39:33 | 14:13:58 | 11:35:19 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 13:21:39 | 13:21:39 | 13:21:39 | 13:35:18 | 14:23:49 | 13:21:39 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 615 | 10:10:47 | 11:11:34 | 11:49:12 | 12:20:21 | 13:42:42 | 9:34:35 |
| FPRO | 8 | 9:34:35 | 9:34:35 | 9:34:35 | 9:38:42 | 9:48:13 | 9:34:35 |
| F18-24 | 16 | 11:23:18 | 11:23:18 | 12:02:04 | 12:11:43 | 13:25:57 | 11:23:18 |
| F25-29 | 84 | 10:38:43 | 10:52:58 | 11:39:10 | 12:20:45 | 13:12:12 | 10:38:43 |
| F30-34 | 126 | 10:35:34 | 10:53:27 | 11:36:16 | 12:04:47 | 13:24:17 | 10:25:20 |
| F35-39 | 99 | 10:05:30 | 11:22:27 | 12:05:18 | 12:37:02 | 14:07:22 | 10:05:30 |
| F40-44 | 124 | 11:03:27 | 11:26:21 | 11:57:51 | 12:24:59 | 13:43:08 | 11:02:00 |
| F45-49 | 80 | 10:33:51 | 11:12:34 | 11:49:37 | 12:23:26 | 13:51:34 | 10:33:51 |
| F50-54 | 58 | 11:23:48 | 12:11:53 | 12:25:14 | 12:53:30 | 14:28:42 | 11:23:48 |
| F55-59 | 14 | 13:02:24 | 13:02:24 | 13:32:28 | 13:39:37 | 15:34:43 | 13:02:24 |
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.