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 | 1,173 | 8:39:32 | 9:15:56 | 9:36:37 | 9:53:27 | 10:43:24 | 8:17:45 |
| MPRO | 67 | 8:17:45 | 8:21:46 | 8:30:23 | 8:46:43 | 9:05:35 | 8:17:45 |
| M18-24 | 32 | 9:10:43 | 9:15:56 | 9:18:06 | 9:51:10 | 10:31:31 | 9:10:43 |
| M25-29 | 87 | 9:09:36 | 9:20:11 | 9:26:45 | 9:38:25 | 9:58:44 | 9:09:36 |
| M30-34 | 151 | 8:57:21 | 9:21:30 | 9:29:04 | 9:45:49 | 10:10:31 | 8:52:36 |
| M35-39 | 235 | 9:13:22 | 9:28:18 | 9:40:30 | 9:48:26 | 10:24:56 | 9:01:16 |
| M40-44 | 217 | 9:26:38 | 9:41:16 | 9:52:21 | 10:09:39 | 10:49:00 | 9:14:37 |
| M45-49 | 154 | 9:37:31 | 9:59:33 | 10:10:17 | 10:25:07 | 11:03:07 | 9:33:06 |
| M50-54 | 93 | 9:38:47 | 10:07:15 | 10:33:38 | 10:54:54 | 11:41:08 | 9:38:47 |
| M55-59 | 57 | 10:16:38 | 10:44:30 | 10:56:17 | 11:09:42 | 12:19:42 | 10:16:38 |
| M60-64 | 35 | 10:20:38 | 10:51:03 | 11:14:01 | 11:33:50 | 12:59:44 | 10:20:38 |
| M65-69 | 26 | 11:56:26 | 12:30:03 | 12:51:28 | 13:38:29 | 14:49:38 | 11:56:26 |
| M70-74 | 15 | 13:45:22 | 13:45:22 | 13:53:17 | 13:57:14 | 14:59:26 | 13:45:22 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 457 | 9:28:51 | 10:06:10 | 10:29:11 | 10:53:16 | 11:55:19 | 9:06:23 |
| FPRO | 43 | 9:06:23 | 9:22:52 | 9:28:51 | 9:37:06 | 10:09:38 | 9:06:23 |
| F18-24 | 22 | 10:23:55 | 10:32:59 | 10:33:39 | 10:40:28 | 11:22:13 | 10:23:55 |
| F25-29 | 46 | 10:28:53 | 10:34:46 | 10:47:19 | 10:58:30 | 11:24:12 | 10:28:53 |
| F30-34 | 66 | 9:55:52 | 10:10:38 | 10:22:31 | 10:47:52 | 11:23:23 | 9:55:52 |
| F35-39 | 68 | 9:53:51 | 10:34:07 | 10:44:47 | 11:04:39 | 11:47:01 | 9:53:51 |
| F40-44 | 67 | 10:20:36 | 10:33:26 | 10:43:01 | 11:04:49 | 11:56:20 | 10:20:36 |
| F45-49 | 57 | 10:31:37 | 10:49:26 | 11:22:54 | 11:46:10 | 12:45:05 | 10:31:37 |
| F50-54 | 37 | 10:38:46 | 10:50:35 | 10:59:53 | 12:04:06 | 12:56:52 | 10:38:46 |
| F55-59 | 30 | 11:52:10 | 11:52:50 | 12:16:00 | 13:19:43 | 14:25:04 | 11:52:10 |
| F60-64 | 16 | 13:11:10 | 13:11:10 | 13:15:22 | 13:44:44 | 14:37:42 | 13:11:10 |
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.