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 | 1,971 | 7:50:08 | 8:57:17 | 9:24:28 | 9:56:06 | 11:11:58 | 7:27:21 |
| MPRO | 59 | 7:27:21 | 7:33:44 | 7:37:39 | 7:43:32 | 8:00:25 | 7:27:21 |
| M18-24 | 106 | 8:57:17 | 9:08:03 | 9:57:23 | 10:26:01 | 11:42:34 | 8:27:52 |
| M25-29 | 179 | 8:25:41 | 9:04:33 | 9:26:44 | 9:58:41 | 11:10:25 | 8:05:02 |
| M30-34 | 295 | 8:31:33 | 8:59:37 | 9:16:12 | 9:47:18 | 10:48:04 | 8:26:43 |
| M35-39 | 277 | 8:36:21 | 9:01:09 | 9:15:53 | 9:37:22 | 10:41:21 | 8:16:17 |
| M40-44 | 297 | 8:40:03 | 9:17:10 | 9:30:16 | 9:48:08 | 10:47:27 | 8:27:13 |
| M45-49 | 266 | 9:08:21 | 9:33:15 | 9:55:04 | 10:17:27 | 11:20:34 | 8:58:13 |
| M50-54 | 251 | 9:18:55 | 9:48:32 | 10:01:47 | 10:35:39 | 11:48:29 | 8:57:41 |
| M55-59 | 155 | 9:40:41 | 9:57:20 | 10:11:33 | 10:41:59 | 11:54:50 | 9:12:06 |
| M60-64 | 59 | 10:10:26 | 10:15:07 | 11:01:28 | 11:19:24 | 12:15:12 | 10:10:26 |
| M65-69 | 24 | 10:06:44 | 10:39:36 | 11:47:25 | 12:02:01 | 13:35:43 | 10:06:44 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 241 | 9:44:03 | 10:09:07 | 10:32:14 | 10:58:27 | 12:19:35 | 9:19:41 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 9:44:03 | 9:44:03 | 10:43:33 | 10:46:14 | 11:32:02 | 9:44:03 |
| F25-29 | 26 | 9:38:43 | 10:10:08 | 10:16:26 | 11:07:17 | 12:05:23 | 9:38:43 |
| F30-34 | 32 | 9:19:41 | 9:50:48 | 10:07:29 | 10:32:14 | 11:37:05 | 9:19:41 |
| F35-39 | 37 | 9:50:49 | 10:00:23 | 10:09:07 | 10:41:14 | 11:40:05 | 9:50:49 |
| F40-44 | 49 | 9:51:55 | 10:21:04 | 10:22:36 | 10:50:40 | 11:58:25 | 9:51:55 |
| F45-49 | 34 | 10:00:02 | 10:31:50 | 10:56:56 | 11:15:38 | 12:54:03 | 10:00:02 |
| F50-54 | 27 | 10:26:26 | 11:10:27 | 11:33:51 | 11:57:05 | 12:54:44 | 10:26:26 |
| F55-59 | 18 | 11:17:00 | 11:17:00 | 11:31:01 | 11:50:34 | 13:03:56 | 11:17:00 |
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.