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 | 1,442 | 8:36:25 | 9:06:39 | 9:21:57 | 9:35:24 | 10:19:08 | 8:12:29 |
| MPRO | 41 | 8:12:29 | 8:19:24 | 8:22:25 | 8:26:32 | 8:43:59 | 8:12:29 |
| M18-24 | 47 | 9:01:15 | 9:17:57 | 9:20:45 | 9:30:07 | 10:04:20 | 9:01:15 |
| M25-29 | 90 | 8:47:36 | 9:03:36 | 9:07:56 | 9:21:03 | 9:45:47 | 8:47:36 |
| M30-34 | 166 | 8:48:35 | 9:00:03 | 9:05:28 | 9:21:45 | 9:36:01 | 8:37:26 |
| M35-39 | 211 | 8:54:00 | 9:08:04 | 9:16:58 | 9:28:58 | 9:52:15 | 8:45:00 |
| M40-44 | 282 | 9:02:41 | 9:22:34 | 9:30:43 | 9:40:34 | 10:12:19 | 8:41:22 |
| M45-49 | 237 | 9:13:03 | 9:27:50 | 9:38:22 | 9:55:17 | 10:34:36 | 9:02:51 |
| M50-54 | 168 | 9:23:30 | 9:41:32 | 9:55:41 | 10:22:40 | 10:54:08 | 9:16:38 |
| M55-59 | 95 | 9:18:18 | 9:58:45 | 10:21:17 | 10:50:43 | 11:44:50 | 9:18:18 |
| M60-64 | 51 | 10:19:08 | 10:40:13 | 10:52:58 | 11:39:12 | 12:33:53 | 10:19:08 |
| M65-69 | 31 | 10:44:31 | 11:22:00 | 11:50:16 | 12:13:48 | 13:51:21 | 10:44:31 |
| M70-74 | 19 | 12:03:38 | 12:03:38 | 13:10:41 | 13:39:15 | 14:53:37 | 12:03:38 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 521 | 9:10:12 | 9:41:40 | 10:01:56 | 10:25:40 | 11:15:36 | 8:52:14 |
| FPRO | 27 | 8:52:14 | 8:57:28 | 9:03:35 | 9:10:12 | 9:27:57 | 8:52:14 |
| F18-24 | 31 | 9:38:26 | 10:00:15 | 10:25:40 | 10:31:07 | 11:09:35 | 9:38:26 |
| F25-29 | 42 | 9:15:16 | 9:55:19 | 9:57:20 | 10:13:28 | 10:38:10 | 9:15:16 |
| F30-34 | 71 | 9:40:15 | 9:46:54 | 9:58:54 | 10:11:37 | 10:43:24 | 9:40:15 |
| F35-39 | 80 | 9:33:29 | 9:50:55 | 10:06:23 | 10:15:19 | 10:49:07 | 9:33:29 |
| F40-44 | 79 | 9:41:40 | 10:16:30 | 10:22:30 | 10:45:07 | 11:15:50 | 9:41:40 |
| F45-49 | 61 | 10:03:26 | 10:18:38 | 10:38:56 | 10:53:56 | 11:34:19 | 10:03:26 |
| F50-54 | 54 | 10:19:37 | 10:36:14 | 11:03:00 | 11:23:07 | 12:01:07 | 10:19:37 |
| F55-59 | 37 | 10:33:10 | 10:52:01 | 11:15:32 | 11:30:05 | 12:47:01 | 10:33:10 |
| F60-64 | 23 | 11:50:41 | 12:08:46 | 12:11:17 | 13:19:58 | 14:07:05 | 11:50:41 |
| F65-69 | 14 | 12:57:17 | 12:57:17 | 13:04:03 | 13:27:13 | 14:17:35 | 12:57:17 |
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.