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 | 774 | 9:34:10 | 11:11:43 | 12:01:46 | 12:48:45 | 14:28:45 | 8:36:02 |
| MPRO | 11 | 8:36:02 | 8:36:02 | 8:50:24 | 9:04:26 | 9:29:38 | 8:36:02 |
| M18-24 | 44 | 10:31:12 | 10:53:47 | 12:09:12 | 12:44:43 | 14:07:06 | 10:31:12 |
| M25-29 | 86 | 9:51:33 | 11:12:04 | 12:00:26 | 12:51:42 | 14:19:06 | 9:51:33 |
| M30-34 | 104 | 10:47:21 | 11:21:28 | 11:55:54 | 12:39:05 | 14:11:26 | 9:37:26 |
| M35-39 | 111 | 10:39:02 | 11:28:44 | 11:52:17 | 12:27:11 | 14:23:41 | 10:29:20 |
| M40-44 | 129 | 9:58:14 | 11:43:59 | 12:16:03 | 12:57:28 | 14:27:25 | 9:53:45 |
| M45-49 | 113 | 10:32:34 | 11:10:22 | 11:58:03 | 12:31:53 | 14:29:30 | 10:28:08 |
| M50-54 | 95 | 10:56:26 | 11:50:58 | 12:43:06 | 13:13:23 | 14:35:54 | 10:56:26 |
| M55-59 | 50 | 11:25:08 | 12:36:39 | 12:58:02 | 13:46:30 | 15:39:37 | 11:25:08 |
| M60-64 | 26 | 12:20:13 | 12:31:46 | 13:47:35 | 14:35:44 | 15:48:26 | 12:20:13 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 247 | 10:06:35 | 11:15:25 | 12:03:51 | 13:02:23 | 14:51:42 | 9:45:21 |
| FPRO | 12 | 9:45:21 | 9:45:21 | 9:53:32 | 10:06:35 | 10:43:53 | 9:45:21 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 11:57:09 | 11:57:09 | 11:57:09 | 12:12:54 | 15:27:43 | 11:57:09 |
| F25-29 | 38 | 10:48:00 | 11:15:25 | 12:07:40 | 13:22:25 | 14:48:19 | 10:48:00 |
| F30-34 | 20 | 11:04:33 | 11:04:33 | 11:54:51 | 12:51:43 | 14:35:32 | 11:04:33 |
| F35-39 | 42 | 11:24:25 | 11:54:31 | 12:11:46 | 12:33:46 | 14:24:52 | 11:24:25 |
| F40-44 | 44 | 11:19:42 | 12:36:08 | 12:52:07 | 13:04:35 | 14:51:35 | 11:19:42 |
| F45-49 | 33 | 12:06:07 | 12:12:06 | 13:09:55 | 13:46:35 | 14:54:33 | 12:06:07 |
| F50-54 | 33 | 12:03:51 | 12:15:13 | 12:45:43 | 13:42:54 | 15:31:48 | 12:03:51 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 12:16:42 | 12:16:42 | 14:16:46 | 15:05:34 | 15:47:43 | 12:16:42 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 14:37:30 | 14:37:30 | 14:37:30 | 14:37:30 | 16:47:03 | 14:37:30 |
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.