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 | 1,281 | 8:58:19 | 10:21:44 | 10:51:27 | 11:29:47 | 12:51:35 | 8:17:40 |
| MPRO | 13 | 8:17:40 | 8:17:40 | 8:24:12 | 8:27:25 | 8:43:04 | 8:17:40 |
| M18-24 | 51 | 9:29:54 | 10:30:13 | 10:56:24 | 11:22:03 | 12:11:43 | 9:29:54 |
| M25-29 | 141 | 9:35:17 | 10:24:31 | 11:00:35 | 11:32:08 | 12:40:27 | 9:21:55 |
| M30-34 | 214 | 9:39:13 | 10:15:28 | 10:45:17 | 11:12:07 | 12:27:40 | 8:54:08 |
| M35-39 | 158 | 9:13:15 | 9:59:38 | 10:30:10 | 11:07:43 | 12:32:17 | 8:52:00 |
| M40-44 | 195 | 9:39:52 | 10:23:17 | 10:40:50 | 11:26:25 | 12:41:46 | 9:38:31 |
| M45-49 | 186 | 10:04:53 | 10:41:49 | 11:08:00 | 11:49:06 | 13:12:26 | 9:55:35 |
| M50-54 | 186 | 10:01:02 | 10:40:18 | 11:11:15 | 11:47:51 | 13:21:22 | 9:58:36 |
| M55-59 | 94 | 10:13:41 | 11:24:13 | 11:55:55 | 12:34:05 | 14:02:25 | 10:13:41 |
| M60-64 | 38 | 10:12:11 | 11:06:02 | 11:40:24 | 12:02:57 | 13:43:32 | 10:12:11 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 135 | 10:00:57 | 11:05:40 | 11:27:49 | 11:53:45 | 13:08:22 | 9:53:39 |
| F25-29 | 15 | 9:53:39 | 9:53:39 | 10:51:38 | 11:06:29 | 12:09:37 | 9:53:39 |
| F30-34 | 34 | 10:32:16 | 10:48:26 | 11:13:04 | 11:32:49 | 12:46:37 | 10:32:16 |
| F35-39 | 21 | 10:00:57 | 11:15:18 | 11:32:37 | 12:07:42 | 12:51:29 | 10:00:57 |
| F40-44 | 22 | 11:47:53 | 12:12:07 | 12:39:27 | 12:55:57 | 13:49:41 | 11:47:53 |
| F45-49 | 16 | 11:51:50 | 11:51:50 | 11:53:45 | 12:04:18 | 13:26:55 | 11:51:50 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 10:14:37 | 10:14:37 | 11:28:28 | 11:37:47 | 12:24:02 | 10:14:37 |
| F55-59 | 9 | 11:42:23 | 11:42:23 | 11:42:23 | 12:02:03 | 13:28:04 | 11:42:23 |
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.