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 | 1,289 | 8:35:18 | 9:10:37 | 9:24:24 | 9:42:18 | 10:26:49 | 8:03:56 |
| MPRO | 35 | 8:03:56 | 8:09:11 | 8:12:58 | 8:22:15 | 8:39:38 | 8:03:56 |
| M18-24 | 37 | 9:09:42 | 9:18:15 | 9:25:10 | 9:51:28 | 10:13:24 | 9:09:42 |
| M25-29 | 89 | 8:59:16 | 9:09:21 | 9:13:05 | 9:25:45 | 9:49:27 | 8:59:16 |
| M30-34 | 160 | 8:58:31 | 9:03:11 | 9:11:53 | 9:19:39 | 9:53:23 | 8:48:44 |
| M35-39 | 228 | 9:03:26 | 9:11:50 | 9:24:33 | 9:33:58 | 9:59:39 | 8:50:09 |
| M40-44 | 262 | 9:00:15 | 9:26:51 | 9:38:45 | 9:50:41 | 10:21:14 | 8:53:26 |
| M45-49 | 198 | 9:17:55 | 9:41:53 | 9:51:37 | 10:06:31 | 10:40:09 | 9:12:43 |
| M50-54 | 124 | 9:44:19 | 9:55:41 | 10:09:06 | 10:21:24 | 10:55:48 | 9:42:38 |
| M55-59 | 68 | 10:03:43 | 10:35:42 | 10:45:31 | 11:05:37 | 11:45:13 | 10:03:43 |
| M60-64 | 37 | 11:03:41 | 11:11:39 | 11:16:38 | 11:26:27 | 12:00:47 | 11:03:41 |
| M65-69 | 26 | 11:19:07 | 11:28:37 | 12:13:01 | 12:34:24 | 14:03:32 | 11:19:07 |
| M70-74 | 19 | 11:45:05 | 11:45:05 | 12:45:26 | 14:29:28 | 15:34:56 | 11:45:05 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 477 | 9:07:32 | 9:51:26 | 10:17:38 | 10:38:00 | 11:25:11 | 8:55:08 |
| FPRO | 26 | 8:55:08 | 8:57:57 | 9:03:29 | 9:15:00 | 9:29:08 | 8:55:08 |
| F18-24 | 25 | 10:01:39 | 10:15:47 | 10:28:37 | 10:34:13 | 11:21:39 | 10:01:39 |
| F25-29 | 42 | 9:55:51 | 10:17:55 | 10:22:47 | 10:33:26 | 10:54:45 | 9:55:51 |
| F30-34 | 71 | 9:37:09 | 9:51:17 | 10:06:14 | 10:23:23 | 10:53:20 | 9:37:09 |
| F35-39 | 78 | 9:51:26 | 10:09:28 | 10:19:48 | 10:33:31 | 11:13:33 | 9:51:26 |
| F40-44 | 86 | 9:32:05 | 10:18:43 | 10:27:05 | 10:53:53 | 11:25:35 | 9:32:05 |
| F45-49 | 50 | 10:15:14 | 10:33:35 | 10:53:05 | 11:03:13 | 11:36:38 | 10:15:14 |
| F50-54 | 37 | 10:44:01 | 10:49:59 | 11:17:17 | 11:34:20 | 12:15:31 | 10:44:01 |
| F55-59 | 28 | 10:45:35 | 11:16:12 | 11:26:21 | 11:48:11 | 12:49:16 | 10:45:35 |
| F60-64 | 18 | 12:20:16 | 12:20:16 | 13:00:53 | 13:11:40 | 14:39:14 | 12:20:16 |
| F65-69 | 13 | 13:25:04 | 13:25:04 | 13:40:33 | 13:47:16 | 14:44:34 | 13:25:04 |
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.