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 | 1,718 | 9:43:42 | 10:25:38 | 10:57:41 | 11:36:32 | 13:01:39 | 8:31:20 |
| MPRO | 17 | 8:31:20 | 8:31:20 | 8:32:23 | 8:38:42 | 9:18:59 | 8:31:20 |
| M18-24 | 50 | 10:05:39 | 10:47:43 | 11:10:13 | 11:46:40 | 13:11:36 | 10:05:39 |
| M25-29 | 161 | 9:43:42 | 10:22:45 | 10:43:18 | 11:11:44 | 12:36:05 | 9:42:27 |
| M30-34 | 258 | 9:45:53 | 10:15:42 | 10:45:47 | 11:20:32 | 12:46:11 | 9:32:22 |
| M35-39 | 290 | 9:44:02 | 10:21:16 | 10:44:01 | 11:22:12 | 12:40:48 | 9:31:19 |
| M40-44 | 336 | 9:46:40 | 10:21:38 | 10:49:15 | 11:29:20 | 12:59:42 | 9:42:04 |
| M45-49 | 253 | 10:01:36 | 11:01:14 | 11:26:58 | 11:56:56 | 13:13:07 | 9:17:23 |
| M50-54 | 210 | 10:30:10 | 11:01:57 | 11:28:08 | 12:08:33 | 13:20:14 | 10:02:25 |
| M55-59 | 91 | 10:44:53 | 11:36:42 | 12:13:30 | 12:47:22 | 13:58:58 | 10:44:53 |
| M60-64 | 42 | 11:16:35 | 11:43:55 | 12:04:43 | 12:44:24 | 14:00:43 | 11:16:35 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 13:50:21 | 13:50:21 | 13:50:21 | 14:01:54 | 15:03:27 | 13:50:21 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 601 | 10:29:41 | 11:12:46 | 11:42:17 | 12:28:54 | 13:51:43 | 9:30:08 |
| FPRO | 9 | 9:30:08 | 9:30:08 | 9:30:08 | 9:41:16 | 10:03:58 | 9:30:08 |
| F18-24 | 20 | 11:41:02 | 11:41:02 | 11:41:28 | 12:14:51 | 14:17:32 | 11:41:02 |
| F25-29 | 69 | 10:43:52 | 11:10:16 | 11:56:01 | 12:15:08 | 13:40:46 | 10:43:52 |
| F30-34 | 105 | 10:41:40 | 11:09:53 | 11:43:07 | 12:31:22 | 13:48:28 | 10:02:09 |
| F35-39 | 120 | 10:57:05 | 11:12:46 | 11:39:21 | 11:59:39 | 13:38:30 | 10:53:37 |
| F40-44 | 106 | 10:55:22 | 11:25:36 | 11:40:13 | 12:37:39 | 13:43:00 | 10:39:41 |
| F45-49 | 97 | 10:43:06 | 11:34:38 | 11:58:26 | 12:40:34 | 14:04:55 | 10:43:06 |
| F50-54 | 49 | 11:27:27 | 12:00:01 | 12:28:54 | 13:21:19 | 14:30:05 | 11:27:27 |
| F55-59 | 18 | 11:39:29 | 11:39:29 | 12:07:10 | 12:49:29 | 14:49:40 | 11:39:29 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 12:44:48 | 12:44:48 | 12:44:48 | 13:54:40 | 14:29:23 | 12:44:48 |
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.