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 | 1,355 | 9:27:41 | 10:17:15 | 10:50:43 | 11:41:23 | 13:19:13 | 8:34:20 |
| MPRO | 7 | 8:34:20 | 8:34:20 | 8:34:20 | 8:38:24 | 8:52:59 | 8:34:20 |
| M18-24 | 52 | 9:49:13 | 10:17:15 | 10:51:37 | 11:41:47 | 13:11:02 | 9:49:13 |
| M25-29 | 131 | 9:52:21 | 10:32:40 | 11:00:20 | 11:40:09 | 13:07:42 | 9:45:01 |
| M30-34 | 175 | 9:20:04 | 9:59:27 | 10:26:40 | 11:03:24 | 12:48:29 | 9:08:40 |
| M35-39 | 210 | 9:31:06 | 10:03:40 | 10:38:53 | 11:24:24 | 12:57:56 | 9:21:37 |
| M40-44 | 205 | 9:27:10 | 10:11:08 | 10:42:14 | 11:36:44 | 12:55:29 | 9:20:31 |
| M45-49 | 213 | 9:42:20 | 10:23:30 | 11:09:05 | 11:41:47 | 13:24:10 | 9:27:41 |
| M50-54 | 181 | 10:10:52 | 11:10:22 | 11:37:48 | 12:24:59 | 13:43:09 | 10:10:00 |
| M55-59 | 109 | 10:28:17 | 10:50:03 | 11:33:48 | 12:26:54 | 13:53:26 | 10:20:22 |
| M60-64 | 53 | 11:32:58 | 11:52:52 | 12:21:32 | 12:56:25 | 14:11:10 | 11:32:58 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 11:37:38 | 11:37:38 | 13:03:25 | 13:22:53 | 14:59:01 | 11:37:38 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 456 | 9:58:16 | 11:12:21 | 11:44:01 | 12:34:04 | 14:13:18 | 9:13:34 |
| FPRO | 8 | 9:13:34 | 9:13:34 | 9:13:34 | 9:29:17 | 9:51:24 | 9:13:34 |
| F18-24 | 20 | 11:39:01 | 11:39:01 | 12:05:23 | 13:10:57 | 14:06:44 | 11:39:01 |
| F25-29 | 55 | 10:21:57 | 11:03:40 | 11:31:02 | 12:06:17 | 13:50:43 | 10:21:57 |
| F30-34 | 63 | 10:37:13 | 11:18:02 | 11:37:32 | 12:15:36 | 13:41:45 | 10:37:13 |
| F35-39 | 74 | 10:30:41 | 11:34:32 | 12:09:17 | 12:36:00 | 13:41:00 | 10:30:41 |
| F40-44 | 79 | 10:28:53 | 11:02:17 | 11:22:45 | 11:54:05 | 13:59:57 | 10:28:53 |
| F45-49 | 65 | 11:01:40 | 11:46:28 | 12:31:21 | 13:03:18 | 14:35:25 | 11:01:40 |
| F50-54 | 52 | 10:58:50 | 11:58:59 | 12:27:03 | 14:00:09 | 14:56:41 | 10:58:50 |
| F55-59 | 30 | 12:30:37 | 12:52:19 | 13:14:17 | 13:31:31 | 14:57:17 | 12:30:37 |
| F60-64 | 9 | 13:06:41 | 13:06:41 | 13:06:41 | 14:04:02 | 15:00:46 | 13:06:41 |
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.