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 | 2,120 | 8:48:50 | 9:42:31 | 10:17:38 | 11:03:14 | 12:29:27 | 8:10:08 |
| MPRO | 13 | 8:10:08 | 8:10:08 | 8:24:43 | 8:28:42 | 8:50:23 | 8:10:08 |
| M18-24 | 200 | 8:46:00 | 9:58:38 | 10:29:20 | 11:00:32 | 12:13:29 | 8:12:21 |
| M25-29 | 291 | 8:36:46 | 9:15:12 | 9:44:25 | 10:43:02 | 12:04:47 | 8:26:32 |
| M30-34 | 396 | 8:52:01 | 9:48:13 | 10:26:47 | 11:00:52 | 12:24:22 | 8:19:08 |
| M35-39 | 297 | 8:38:19 | 9:19:13 | 9:59:56 | 10:34:21 | 12:15:57 | 8:20:23 |
| M40-44 | 296 | 8:55:02 | 9:44:50 | 10:16:22 | 11:09:14 | 12:37:02 | 8:13:46 |
| M45-49 | 236 | 9:14:48 | 10:12:46 | 10:37:45 | 11:27:13 | 12:56:32 | 9:02:54 |
| M50-54 | 218 | 9:40:32 | 9:59:48 | 10:42:52 | 11:41:31 | 12:55:57 | 9:18:57 |
| M55-59 | 115 | 9:26:49 | 10:22:55 | 11:02:20 | 11:37:18 | 13:04:49 | 9:06:29 |
| M60-64 | 42 | 10:02:30 | 10:55:41 | 11:33:51 | 11:55:22 | 13:36:25 | 10:02:30 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 11:37:51 | 11:37:51 | 12:23:23 | 12:48:58 | 13:31:59 | 11:37:51 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 308 | 9:35:51 | 10:30:34 | 11:02:02 | 11:48:03 | 13:08:01 | 8:47:57 |
| F18-24 | 28 | 10:08:05 | 11:01:56 | 11:06:52 | 12:04:20 | 12:58:50 | 10:08:05 |
| F25-29 | 61 | 9:46:25 | 10:40:31 | 10:57:33 | 11:31:56 | 13:02:13 | 9:46:25 |
| F30-34 | 62 | 8:47:57 | 11:01:09 | 11:33:54 | 11:58:51 | 13:05:12 | 8:47:57 |
| F35-39 | 41 | 9:00:09 | 10:08:34 | 10:15:53 | 11:53:38 | 13:09:39 | 9:00:09 |
| F40-44 | 38 | 9:35:51 | 10:37:32 | 10:58:37 | 11:52:24 | 12:53:01 | 9:35:51 |
| F45-49 | 30 | 9:47:59 | 10:39:15 | 11:00:35 | 11:55:34 | 13:18:28 | 9:47:59 |
| F50-54 | 25 | 9:38:32 | 10:30:34 | 10:50:13 | 11:17:19 | 14:09:27 | 9:38:32 |
| F55-59 | 18 | 10:31:38 | 10:31:38 | 11:04:19 | 11:57:24 | 13:33:29 | 10:31:38 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.