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 | 1,868 | 9:14:14 | 10:01:02 | 10:29:58 | 11:08:05 | 12:32:10 | 8:17:21 |
| MPRO | 12 | 8:17:21 | 8:17:21 | 8:23:57 | 8:29:01 | 8:50:58 | 8:17:21 |
| M18-24 | 22 | 9:32:01 | 9:50:19 | 9:52:44 | 10:33:15 | 11:11:13 | 9:32:01 |
| M25-29 | 81 | 8:48:14 | 9:22:02 | 9:55:34 | 10:33:50 | 12:03:52 | 8:48:14 |
| M30-34 | 198 | 9:05:29 | 9:36:51 | 9:57:52 | 10:24:46 | 11:35:17 | 8:59:15 |
| M35-39 | 249 | 9:14:14 | 9:46:12 | 10:02:44 | 10:34:48 | 12:00:32 | 8:55:49 |
| M40-44 | 338 | 9:45:36 | 10:18:44 | 10:30:27 | 11:03:03 | 12:17:19 | 9:39:13 |
| M45-49 | 423 | 9:51:56 | 10:18:39 | 10:55:45 | 11:30:57 | 12:37:20 | 9:46:27 |
| M50-54 | 336 | 10:06:28 | 10:52:19 | 11:20:41 | 12:01:34 | 13:14:46 | 9:38:53 |
| M55-59 | 153 | 10:34:52 | 10:49:10 | 11:20:14 | 12:15:28 | 13:46:45 | 10:24:17 |
| M60-64 | 46 | 11:28:23 | 11:51:11 | 12:01:19 | 12:41:55 | 13:52:50 | 11:28:23 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 12:16:17 | 12:16:17 | 12:16:17 | 12:26:02 | 14:18:16 | 12:16:17 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 301 | 10:25:33 | 11:16:14 | 11:35:36 | 12:13:11 | 13:36:16 | 9:42:13 |
| F25-29 | 18 | 9:54:43 | 9:54:43 | 11:26:18 | 11:38:40 | 12:58:12 | 9:54:43 |
| F30-34 | 36 | 9:42:13 | 10:51:21 | 10:58:11 | 11:30:11 | 12:47:25 | 9:42:13 |
| F35-39 | 38 | 10:18:10 | 11:02:33 | 11:30:57 | 12:02:57 | 13:09:43 | 10:18:10 |
| F40-44 | 47 | 10:37:50 | 11:08:05 | 11:20:20 | 11:49:07 | 12:44:13 | 10:37:50 |
| F45-49 | 66 | 10:28:10 | 11:31:01 | 11:45:25 | 12:29:47 | 13:49:02 | 10:28:10 |
| F50-54 | 61 | 11:00:56 | 11:58:05 | 12:15:37 | 13:10:56 | 14:18:08 | 11:00:56 |
| F55-59 | 30 | 12:29:31 | 12:35:47 | 12:42:05 | 13:01:03 | 14:59:02 | 12:29:31 |
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.