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 | 1,275 | 8:30:40 | 9:30:02 | 9:52:21 | 10:28:16 | 11:44:11 | 7:52:50 |
| MPRO | 17 | 7:52:50 | 7:52:50 | 7:53:29 | 8:05:43 | 8:19:28 | 7:52:50 |
| M18-24 | 9 | 9:59:48 | 9:59:48 | 9:59:48 | 10:43:52 | 13:28:08 | 9:59:48 |
| M25-29 | 39 | 9:32:29 | 9:35:10 | 9:36:48 | 9:54:04 | 11:52:52 | 9:32:29 |
| M30-34 | 115 | 8:27:34 | 9:08:10 | 9:30:52 | 9:52:20 | 10:59:16 | 8:12:42 |
| M35-39 | 160 | 8:51:06 | 9:14:31 | 9:27:37 | 10:03:18 | 11:11:13 | 8:45:35 |
| M40-44 | 279 | 8:56:35 | 9:32:43 | 9:50:59 | 10:18:52 | 11:22:45 | 8:36:36 |
| M45-49 | 316 | 9:22:41 | 9:44:55 | 10:20:10 | 10:43:24 | 12:01:37 | 8:52:14 |
| M50-54 | 219 | 9:39:05 | 10:03:52 | 10:38:46 | 11:03:52 | 12:17:12 | 9:15:31 |
| M55-59 | 85 | 9:34:23 | 10:27:01 | 10:47:06 | 11:23:23 | 12:32:01 | 9:34:23 |
| M60-64 | 31 | 11:03:08 | 11:09:23 | 11:47:39 | 12:34:42 | 13:51:53 | 11:03:08 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 150 | 9:51:35 | 10:32:40 | 10:47:31 | 11:30:22 | 12:49:27 | 9:43:41 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 10:48:41 | 10:48:41 | 10:48:41 | 11:39:34 | 11:43:33 | 10:48:41 |
| F25-29 | 7 | 9:57:21 | 9:57:21 | 9:57:21 | 10:58:00 | 11:44:48 | 9:57:21 |
| F30-34 | 29 | 10:22:17 | 10:24:29 | 10:38:12 | 11:17:03 | 12:04:25 | 10:22:17 |
| F35-39 | 24 | 10:47:31 | 11:06:20 | 11:13:26 | 11:52:49 | 13:00:45 | 10:47:31 |
| F40-44 | 34 | 9:43:41 | 10:03:05 | 10:34:40 | 10:58:39 | 12:53:57 | 9:43:41 |
| F45-49 | 17 | 9:51:35 | 9:51:35 | 10:29:21 | 11:36:00 | 12:20:20 | 9:51:35 |
| F50-54 | 21 | 11:24:41 | 11:37:07 | 11:55:42 | 12:32:34 | 13:08:32 | 11:24:41 |
| F55-59 | 10 | 10:44:30 | 10:44:30 | 10:44:30 | 11:27:09 | 12:42:54 | 10:44:30 |
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.