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 | 1,678 | 8:13:16 | 9:20:22 | 9:42:38 | 10:21:35 | 11:38:53 | 7:42:29 |
| MPRO | 26 | 7:42:29 | 7:43:15 | 7:45:08 | 7:51:43 | 8:07:40 | 7:42:29 |
| M18-24 | 39 | 8:34:26 | 8:35:43 | 9:03:49 | 9:29:42 | 10:48:00 | 8:34:26 |
| M25-29 | 99 | 8:17:17 | 8:52:55 | 9:16:38 | 9:50:45 | 10:59:29 | 8:17:17 |
| M30-34 | 217 | 8:40:50 | 9:14:57 | 9:32:55 | 10:06:48 | 11:26:36 | 8:35:36 |
| M35-39 | 241 | 8:51:11 | 9:16:58 | 9:39:57 | 10:01:29 | 11:06:03 | 8:38:27 |
| M40-44 | 286 | 8:55:28 | 9:22:49 | 9:40:48 | 10:10:35 | 11:25:45 | 8:49:31 |
| M45-49 | 263 | 9:15:10 | 9:41:48 | 10:08:17 | 10:37:57 | 11:46:48 | 9:03:38 |
| M50-54 | 262 | 9:22:09 | 9:50:12 | 10:18:49 | 10:50:36 | 12:05:19 | 8:59:08 |
| M55-59 | 166 | 9:26:14 | 10:15:21 | 10:26:15 | 11:04:09 | 12:21:46 | 9:21:49 |
| M60-64 | 61 | 9:59:57 | 10:28:38 | 10:39:35 | 11:43:30 | 12:50:11 | 9:59:57 |
| M65-69 | 14 | 10:52:41 | 10:52:41 | 11:36:04 | 11:45:07 | 14:22:08 | 10:52:41 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 245 | 9:29:28 | 10:28:50 | 10:52:15 | 11:23:37 | 12:40:06 | 8:55:22 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 11:22:18 | 11:22:18 | 11:22:18 | 11:50:44 | 12:01:06 | 11:22:18 |
| F25-29 | 14 | 10:37:55 | 10:37:55 | 10:53:02 | 10:53:05 | 12:13:24 | 10:37:55 |
| F30-34 | 37 | 8:55:22 | 9:29:28 | 10:19:44 | 10:36:15 | 11:42:36 | 8:55:22 |
| F35-39 | 40 | 9:56:35 | 10:28:23 | 11:07:11 | 11:34:46 | 12:41:01 | 9:56:35 |
| F40-44 | 39 | 9:32:23 | 9:38:55 | 10:03:57 | 10:53:22 | 12:46:14 | 9:32:23 |
| F45-49 | 35 | 10:38:33 | 10:55:08 | 11:04:23 | 11:25:45 | 12:39:09 | 10:38:33 |
| F50-54 | 41 | 9:16:17 | 10:30:13 | 10:52:33 | 11:30:08 | 13:04:40 | 9:16:17 |
| F55-59 | 24 | 11:20:02 | 11:21:59 | 11:45:29 | 11:52:23 | 12:51:35 | 11:20:02 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 12:36:49 | 12:36:49 | 12:36:49 | 12:36:49 | 14:13:57 | 12:36:49 |
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.