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 | 1,124 | 8:08:38 | 9:04:32 | 9:36:06 | 10:05:00 | 11:11:12 | 7:46:06 |
| MPRO | 31 | 7:46:06 | 7:49:24 | 7:55:09 | 7:59:39 | 8:15:39 | 7:46:06 |
| M18-24 | 41 | 8:30:03 | 9:11:46 | 9:26:31 | 10:08:16 | 11:12:54 | 8:30:03 |
| M25-29 | 91 | 8:31:36 | 8:58:39 | 9:09:54 | 9:33:38 | 10:47:01 | 8:31:36 |
| M30-34 | 131 | 8:49:55 | 9:02:36 | 9:33:40 | 9:52:58 | 11:02:49 | 8:46:00 |
| M35-39 | 149 | 8:47:35 | 9:06:41 | 9:34:03 | 9:58:43 | 10:57:53 | 8:29:16 |
| M40-44 | 180 | 8:46:13 | 9:30:06 | 9:44:58 | 10:10:35 | 11:05:55 | 8:39:11 |
| M45-49 | 175 | 8:52:45 | 9:29:09 | 9:43:00 | 10:16:19 | 11:01:27 | 8:30:44 |
| M50-54 | 184 | 9:30:15 | 9:54:32 | 10:11:01 | 10:35:55 | 11:42:20 | 9:18:40 |
| M55-59 | 103 | 9:47:58 | 10:04:29 | 10:25:37 | 10:57:11 | 11:52:33 | 9:36:54 |
| M60-64 | 30 | 10:00:42 | 10:42:59 | 10:47:52 | 11:10:35 | 11:56:18 | 10:00:42 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 13:12:23 | 13:12:23 | 13:12:23 | 13:25:18 | 14:07:40 | 13:12:23 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 222 | 9:39:56 | 10:03:09 | 10:32:15 | 10:51:28 | 12:01:22 | 9:28:30 |
| F18-24 | 8 | 9:57:24 | 9:57:24 | 9:57:24 | 10:10:04 | 10:56:48 | 9:57:24 |
| F25-29 | 26 | 9:35:30 | 9:57:16 | 10:00:40 | 10:31:12 | 11:10:17 | 9:35:30 |
| F30-34 | 33 | 9:28:30 | 9:39:56 | 10:20:19 | 10:38:23 | 11:30:34 | 9:28:30 |
| F35-39 | 30 | 9:51:55 | 9:55:56 | 10:03:09 | 10:33:00 | 11:15:48 | 9:51:55 |
| F40-44 | 40 | 9:51:33 | 10:01:03 | 10:31:57 | 10:53:58 | 11:47:32 | 9:51:33 |
| F45-49 | 35 | 10:32:15 | 10:32:32 | 10:44:23 | 11:09:04 | 12:48:05 | 10:32:15 |
| F50-54 | 29 | 10:26:13 | 10:34:55 | 10:49:27 | 11:47:22 | 12:46:20 | 10:26:13 |
| F55-59 | 17 | 11:07:52 | 11:07:52 | 11:27:44 | 12:29:36 | 13:09:11 | 11:07:52 |
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.