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 | 1,552 | 8:38:26 | 9:15:37 | 9:38:01 | 10:07:34 | 11:14:19 | 7:48:28 |
| MPRO | 19 | 7:48:28 | 7:48:28 | 7:53:11 | 8:02:52 | 8:23:11 | 7:48:28 |
| M18-24 | 8 | 8:51:06 | 8:51:06 | 8:51:06 | 9:04:59 | 9:49:44 | 8:51:06 |
| M25-29 | 54 | 8:45:59 | 9:02:43 | 9:15:35 | 9:41:47 | 10:31:52 | 8:45:59 |
| M30-34 | 166 | 8:55:11 | 9:10:11 | 9:25:48 | 9:53:09 | 10:59:24 | 8:55:01 |
| M35-39 | 360 | 8:50:11 | 9:14:58 | 9:31:43 | 9:53:34 | 10:59:53 | 8:36:29 |
| M40-44 | 405 | 9:01:33 | 9:24:10 | 9:41:58 | 10:07:34 | 10:57:22 | 8:38:26 |
| M45-49 | 265 | 9:04:49 | 9:31:05 | 9:59:20 | 10:29:31 | 11:35:27 | 8:39:02 |
| M50-54 | 150 | 9:22:38 | 9:51:42 | 10:05:38 | 10:42:22 | 11:52:30 | 9:19:15 |
| M55-59 | 74 | 9:27:45 | 10:07:06 | 10:23:48 | 11:04:46 | 12:09:19 | 9:27:45 |
| M60-64 | 40 | 10:27:11 | 10:36:02 | 11:06:57 | 11:35:37 | 12:42:01 | 10:27:11 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 12:01:39 | 12:01:39 | 12:01:39 | 12:16:27 | 13:11:20 | 12:01:39 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 232 | 9:10:17 | 10:03:16 | 10:25:55 | 10:48:26 | 12:01:18 | 8:54:03 |
| F30-34 | 23 | 9:20:20 | 9:54:53 | 10:00:06 | 10:16:49 | 11:07:51 | 9:20:20 |
| F35-39 | 55 | 9:10:17 | 10:01:09 | 10:14:28 | 10:35:53 | 11:45:24 | 9:10:17 |
| F40-44 | 70 | 9:52:44 | 10:12:04 | 10:35:14 | 10:48:26 | 11:46:46 | 9:52:44 |
| F45-49 | 36 | 10:26:17 | 10:38:17 | 11:22:21 | 11:51:18 | 13:07:58 | 10:26:17 |
| F50-54 | 23 | 10:59:43 | 11:05:24 | 11:05:57 | 11:34:22 | 13:08:21 | 10:59:43 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 11:25:44 | 11:25:44 | 11:25:44 | 11:50:00 | 12:19:45 | 11:25:44 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 12:05:38 | 12:05:38 | 12:05:38 | 13:09:04 | 13:37:45 | 12:05:38 |
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.