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 | 1,630 | 9:30:04 | 10:38:15 | 11:13:38 | 11:58:27 | 13:31:57 | 8:17:19 |
| MPRO | 14 | 8:17:19 | 8:17:19 | 8:28:17 | 8:28:36 | 8:48:21 | 8:17:19 |
| M18-24 | 54 | 10:21:02 | 10:41:47 | 10:46:41 | 11:23:36 | 12:16:22 | 10:21:02 |
| M25-29 | 146 | 9:50:58 | 10:19:28 | 10:54:53 | 11:21:11 | 12:44:52 | 9:35:18 |
| M30-34 | 222 | 9:50:26 | 10:17:20 | 10:50:05 | 11:24:54 | 12:55:09 | 9:25:54 |
| M35-39 | 269 | 9:37:00 | 10:27:15 | 11:12:10 | 11:52:53 | 13:07:55 | 9:30:04 |
| M40-44 | 250 | 9:38:04 | 10:41:57 | 11:21:40 | 12:06:54 | 13:30:40 | 9:19:22 |
| M45-49 | 281 | 10:08:45 | 11:05:36 | 11:46:26 | 12:25:09 | 13:51:21 | 9:53:58 |
| M50-54 | 209 | 10:52:01 | 11:17:07 | 11:56:58 | 12:29:14 | 14:02:09 | 10:12:49 |
| M55-59 | 119 | 10:49:06 | 11:46:21 | 12:14:31 | 13:05:03 | 14:14:02 | 10:11:49 |
| M60-64 | 55 | 11:12:39 | 11:55:00 | 12:14:53 | 12:58:58 | 14:23:07 | 11:12:39 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 13:51:02 | 13:51:02 | 13:51:02 | 13:52:41 | 15:00:31 | 13:51:02 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 629 | 10:53:38 | 11:58:11 | 12:30:34 | 13:02:20 | 14:24:48 | 9:57:41 |
| F18-24 | 16 | 12:42:41 | 12:42:41 | 12:54:12 | 13:38:39 | 14:42:35 | 12:42:41 |
| F25-29 | 76 | 9:57:41 | 11:20:09 | 11:50:21 | 12:40:45 | 14:00:17 | 9:57:41 |
| F30-34 | 85 | 11:25:07 | 11:56:02 | 12:31:07 | 12:52:38 | 13:59:36 | 11:25:07 |
| F35-39 | 115 | 10:57:21 | 12:00:27 | 12:33:24 | 12:55:59 | 14:16:00 | 10:40:37 |
| F40-44 | 136 | 11:07:14 | 11:44:46 | 12:22:34 | 13:06:40 | 14:10:45 | 10:53:38 |
| F45-49 | 89 | 10:42:26 | 12:17:37 | 12:41:39 | 13:06:21 | 14:23:48 | 10:42:26 |
| F50-54 | 71 | 11:49:28 | 12:00:16 | 12:51:16 | 13:28:10 | 14:43:29 | 11:49:28 |
| F55-59 | 30 | 11:49:44 | 11:55:19 | 12:12:52 | 13:09:34 | 15:05:44 | 11:49:44 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 14:04:39 | 14:04:39 | 14:04:39 | 14:37:52 | 15:22:25 | 14:04:39 |
| F65-69 | 5 | 14:28:44 | 14:28:44 | 14:28:44 | 14:28:44 | 15:14:28 | 14:28:44 |
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.