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 | 1,766 | 9:30:57 | 10:35:32 | 11:03:27 | 11:43:08 | 13:01:03 | 8:40:15 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:40:15 | 8:40:15 | 8:46:00 | 8:52:51 | 9:01:37 | 8:40:15 |
| M18-24 | 43 | 9:59:38 | 10:25:43 | 10:46:02 | 11:07:42 | 12:38:01 | 9:59:38 |
| M25-29 | 170 | 10:01:34 | 10:20:17 | 10:38:10 | 11:18:00 | 12:28:48 | 9:57:08 |
| M30-34 | 254 | 9:41:27 | 10:16:04 | 10:54:11 | 11:31:48 | 12:41:19 | 9:04:31 |
| M35-39 | 292 | 9:37:20 | 10:31:13 | 10:52:45 | 11:34:23 | 12:55:26 | 9:23:47 |
| M40-44 | 378 | 10:21:39 | 10:59:51 | 11:23:11 | 11:52:09 | 12:59:08 | 9:14:45 |
| M45-49 | 266 | 10:00:04 | 10:48:15 | 11:14:07 | 11:50:54 | 13:12:02 | 9:52:06 |
| M50-54 | 213 | 10:34:32 | 11:05:52 | 11:39:45 | 12:15:34 | 13:32:41 | 10:14:39 |
| M55-59 | 96 | 10:29:33 | 11:06:45 | 11:28:41 | 12:16:37 | 13:46:27 | 10:29:33 |
| M60-64 | 29 | 11:26:52 | 11:38:43 | 11:48:05 | 13:15:27 | 14:25:09 | 11:26:52 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 13:25:41 | 13:25:41 | 13:25:41 | 14:19:34 | 15:48:45 | 13:25:41 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 566 | 10:22:03 | 11:20:25 | 11:51:13 | 12:36:20 | 13:48:14 | 9:47:07 |
| FPRO | 10 | 9:47:07 | 9:47:07 | 9:47:07 | 9:53:42 | 10:04:51 | 9:47:07 |
| F18-24 | 23 | 10:50:54 | 11:06:00 | 11:19:51 | 11:56:20 | 13:10:51 | 10:50:54 |
| F25-29 | 59 | 11:19:23 | 11:27:52 | 11:56:57 | 12:33:12 | 13:20:21 | 11:19:23 |
| F30-34 | 100 | 10:47:14 | 11:13:38 | 11:45:55 | 12:33:03 | 13:22:45 | 10:47:14 |
| F35-39 | 96 | 11:02:45 | 11:36:38 | 11:46:11 | 12:30:13 | 13:45:01 | 11:02:45 |
| F40-44 | 118 | 10:53:02 | 11:21:57 | 11:51:13 | 12:36:22 | 13:43:14 | 10:34:13 |
| F45-49 | 69 | 11:01:26 | 11:23:48 | 12:20:34 | 12:57:16 | 14:14:35 | 11:01:26 |
| F50-54 | 63 | 12:03:17 | 12:28:24 | 12:43:41 | 13:16:14 | 14:42:13 | 12:03:17 |
| F55-59 | 23 | 12:25:01 | 12:25:33 | 12:43:44 | 13:09:38 | 14:23:30 | 12:25:01 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 13:34:10 | 13:34:10 | 13:34:10 | 13:34:10 | 14:49:53 | 13:34:10 |
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.