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 | 1,416 | 8:38:12 | 9:19:52 | 9:33:20 | 9:51:25 | 10:41:22 | 8:14:18 |
| MPRO | 36 | 8:14:18 | 8:19:23 | 8:21:38 | 8:24:11 | 8:39:46 | 8:14:18 |
| M18-24 | 39 | 9:17:42 | 9:34:27 | 9:38:57 | 9:52:41 | 10:21:26 | 9:17:42 |
| M25-29 | 98 | 8:52:14 | 9:09:48 | 9:25:07 | 9:34:51 | 10:01:48 | 8:52:14 |
| M30-34 | 156 | 9:06:56 | 9:16:28 | 9:23:52 | 9:35:17 | 9:52:52 | 9:03:37 |
| M35-39 | 193 | 8:59:47 | 9:12:06 | 9:23:09 | 9:36:23 | 10:07:21 | 8:50:22 |
| M40-44 | 271 | 9:12:15 | 9:27:56 | 9:37:31 | 9:57:17 | 10:25:25 | 9:09:51 |
| M45-49 | 228 | 9:25:41 | 9:39:00 | 9:52:03 | 10:10:58 | 10:50:40 | 9:22:59 |
| M50-54 | 172 | 9:32:47 | 9:58:59 | 10:14:57 | 10:37:14 | 11:35:44 | 9:31:41 |
| M55-59 | 107 | 10:12:34 | 10:18:54 | 10:37:54 | 11:18:56 | 12:18:56 | 9:55:07 |
| M60-64 | 65 | 10:40:27 | 11:25:09 | 11:41:24 | 12:00:51 | 13:21:53 | 10:40:27 |
| M65-69 | 30 | 11:28:25 | 11:31:14 | 11:35:58 | 12:23:37 | 14:27:24 | 11:28:25 |
| M70-74 | 18 | 13:09:18 | 13:09:18 | 13:25:54 | 13:41:59 | 15:17:17 | 13:09:18 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 563 | 9:16:58 | 9:54:04 | 10:33:55 | 11:03:07 | 12:02:05 | 9:00:55 |
| FPRO | 32 | 9:00:55 | 9:02:57 | 9:10:19 | 9:18:11 | 9:34:37 | 9:00:55 |
| F18-24 | 29 | 9:57:24 | 10:43:44 | 10:54:27 | 11:13:00 | 12:11:47 | 9:57:24 |
| F25-29 | 54 | 9:50:39 | 10:18:48 | 10:29:20 | 10:42:41 | 11:10:44 | 9:50:39 |
| F30-34 | 70 | 9:53:23 | 10:12:42 | 10:25:54 | 10:40:36 | 11:29:43 | 9:53:23 |
| F35-39 | 74 | 9:53:02 | 10:24:54 | 10:50:21 | 11:03:55 | 11:36:52 | 9:53:02 |
| F40-44 | 90 | 10:06:22 | 10:27:49 | 10:42:15 | 11:03:07 | 11:51:26 | 10:06:22 |
| F45-49 | 72 | 10:36:37 | 11:10:54 | 11:26:29 | 11:46:00 | 12:44:52 | 10:36:37 |
| F50-54 | 63 | 10:44:43 | 11:10:29 | 11:25:07 | 12:02:46 | 12:45:03 | 10:44:43 |
| F55-59 | 38 | 11:11:06 | 11:45:58 | 11:50:17 | 12:18:29 | 13:38:23 | 11:11:06 |
| F60-64 | 28 | 12:54:13 | 12:56:24 | 13:24:46 | 13:45:14 | 15:11:49 | 12:54:13 |
| F65-69 | 10 | 14:11:11 | 14:11:11 | 14:11:11 | 14:44:44 | 15:35:38 | 14:11:11 |
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.