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 | 1,465 | 8:19:44 | 9:18:54 | 9:49:22 | 10:28:29 | 11:50:07 | 7:38:48 |
| MPRO | 40 | 7:38:48 | 7:46:39 | 7:51:14 | 8:05:21 | 8:25:40 | 7:38:48 |
| M18-24 | 23 | 9:25:30 | 9:39:46 | 10:04:27 | 10:22:23 | 11:48:35 | 9:25:30 |
| M25-29 | 79 | 8:57:42 | 9:22:54 | 9:40:53 | 9:57:32 | 11:31:00 | 8:57:42 |
| M30-34 | 200 | 8:32:51 | 9:05:50 | 9:29:49 | 10:16:54 | 11:40:14 | 8:28:43 |
| M35-39 | 201 | 8:50:22 | 9:23:16 | 9:43:16 | 10:08:22 | 11:36:49 | 8:36:09 |
| M40-44 | 235 | 9:02:35 | 9:39:24 | 9:52:53 | 10:29:49 | 11:39:56 | 8:49:41 |
| M45-49 | 277 | 9:18:54 | 9:52:45 | 10:05:35 | 10:36:08 | 11:49:15 | 9:02:01 |
| M50-54 | 221 | 9:28:17 | 9:54:37 | 10:20:00 | 10:51:12 | 12:05:32 | 9:14:24 |
| M55-59 | 135 | 9:55:22 | 10:35:52 | 10:51:46 | 11:26:19 | 12:40:51 | 9:33:05 |
| M60-64 | 41 | 10:17:10 | 11:02:56 | 11:11:48 | 11:19:52 | 12:54:05 | 10:17:10 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 11:07:46 | 11:07:46 | 11:07:46 | 11:29:36 | 12:56:33 | 11:07:46 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 326 | 9:35:07 | 10:19:01 | 10:42:25 | 11:23:45 | 12:36:58 | 9:29:29 |
| F18-24 | 8 | 11:16:14 | 11:16:14 | 11:16:14 | 11:39:40 | 12:22:55 | 11:16:14 |
| F25-29 | 25 | 9:35:07 | 10:13:46 | 10:26:38 | 10:55:03 | 11:55:35 | 9:35:07 |
| F30-34 | 49 | 9:31:24 | 9:38:15 | 10:07:14 | 10:35:39 | 12:20:21 | 9:31:24 |
| F35-39 | 51 | 9:34:16 | 10:18:20 | 10:30:16 | 11:16:22 | 13:13:14 | 9:34:16 |
| F40-44 | 64 | 9:29:29 | 10:36:05 | 10:42:25 | 11:17:56 | 12:26:13 | 9:29:29 |
| F45-49 | 67 | 10:12:30 | 10:42:30 | 11:04:53 | 11:34:06 | 12:25:02 | 10:12:30 |
| F50-54 | 33 | 9:55:00 | 10:57:41 | 11:16:07 | 11:26:13 | 13:10:51 | 9:55:00 |
| F55-59 | 23 | 11:31:18 | 11:37:47 | 12:16:30 | 12:39:40 | 13:46:40 | 11:31:18 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 12:36:58 | 12:36:58 | 12:36:58 | 12:36:58 | 14:19:40 | 12:36:58 |
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.