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 | 1,917 | 8:51:46 | 9:28:31 | 9:51:11 | 10:22:45 | 11:28:14 | 7:59:52 |
| MPRO | 21 | 7:59:52 | 8:02:53 | 8:05:56 | 8:14:32 | 8:38:52 | 7:59:52 |
| M18-24 | 67 | 9:01:39 | 9:18:26 | 9:22:49 | 9:48:28 | 11:05:57 | 9:01:39 |
| M25-29 | 204 | 8:55:59 | 9:14:56 | 9:33:23 | 10:07:59 | 11:03:06 | 8:46:15 |
| M30-34 | 274 | 8:53:12 | 9:22:15 | 9:46:56 | 10:21:22 | 11:14:55 | 8:29:08 |
| M35-39 | 252 | 8:52:07 | 9:22:30 | 9:42:45 | 9:59:28 | 11:10:40 | 8:27:10 |
| M40-44 | 350 | 9:00:51 | 9:35:35 | 9:54:54 | 10:12:34 | 11:31:24 | 8:47:24 |
| M45-49 | 337 | 9:12:27 | 9:43:51 | 10:09:54 | 10:36:54 | 11:31:20 | 8:55:24 |
| M50-54 | 269 | 9:40:40 | 9:57:14 | 10:16:43 | 10:49:17 | 11:58:19 | 9:13:20 |
| M55-59 | 110 | 10:15:11 | 10:46:46 | 11:09:41 | 11:20:04 | 12:28:40 | 10:08:28 |
| M60-64 | 20 | 10:30:44 | 10:30:44 | 11:12:31 | 11:21:22 | 13:03:40 | 10:30:44 |
| M65-69 | 9 | 11:29:24 | 11:29:24 | 11:29:24 | 11:30:52 | 13:30:09 | 11:29:24 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 330 | 9:48:35 | 10:18:30 | 10:35:30 | 11:12:22 | 12:19:44 | 9:00:00 |
| F18-24 | 14 | 10:18:29 | 10:18:29 | 10:23:30 | 11:19:05 | 12:01:47 | 10:18:29 |
| F25-29 | 46 | 10:09:46 | 10:20:03 | 10:40:52 | 10:57:36 | 11:42:43 | 10:09:46 |
| F30-34 | 57 | 9:36:59 | 9:54:23 | 10:18:30 | 10:41:30 | 11:55:10 | 9:36:59 |
| F35-39 | 52 | 9:00:00 | 10:15:14 | 10:37:18 | 11:09:24 | 12:25:46 | 9:00:00 |
| F40-44 | 63 | 9:36:51 | 10:21:27 | 10:28:33 | 11:12:08 | 12:09:56 | 9:36:51 |
| F45-49 | 38 | 10:09:19 | 10:21:23 | 10:44:29 | 11:15:51 | 12:32:27 | 10:09:19 |
| F50-54 | 42 | 10:09:11 | 10:37:34 | 11:04:50 | 11:38:02 | 12:53:57 | 10:09:11 |
| F55-59 | 12 | 12:01:38 | 12:01:38 | 12:34:20 | 12:37:01 | 13:20:20 | 12:01:38 |
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.