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 | 1,482 | 10:04:35 | 11:07:25 | 11:39:46 | 12:18:12 | 13:34:56 | 9:07:28 |
| MPRO | 13 | 9:07:28 | 9:07:28 | 9:10:16 | 9:18:28 | 9:58:53 | 9:07:28 |
| M18-24 | 49 | 10:57:37 | 11:15:02 | 12:04:11 | 12:48:37 | 13:38:31 | 10:57:37 |
| M25-29 | 153 | 10:26:30 | 11:03:20 | 11:28:19 | 12:03:18 | 13:32:27 | 10:21:35 |
| M30-34 | 243 | 10:16:10 | 10:46:21 | 11:26:59 | 12:07:38 | 13:24:55 | 9:59:34 |
| M35-39 | 274 | 10:31:08 | 11:25:15 | 11:45:28 | 12:13:10 | 13:23:06 | 9:55:23 |
| M40-44 | 343 | 10:21:39 | 11:07:25 | 11:45:04 | 12:17:12 | 13:36:56 | 9:53:53 |
| M45-49 | 258 | 10:53:53 | 11:30:33 | 11:50:52 | 12:34:12 | 13:43:30 | 10:13:42 |
| M50-54 | 106 | 11:07:16 | 11:48:29 | 12:15:36 | 12:36:27 | 13:51:06 | 10:38:57 |
| M55-59 | 32 | 11:41:09 | 12:03:49 | 12:26:35 | 12:52:31 | 14:23:20 | 11:41:09 |
| M60-64 | 7 | 12:59:12 | 12:59:12 | 12:59:12 | 13:08:33 | 15:18:12 | 12:59:12 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 138 | 11:20:54 | 11:45:42 | 12:17:04 | 13:01:51 | 14:25:53 | 10:57:26 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 12:49:47 | 12:49:47 | 12:49:47 | 12:49:47 | 13:47:28 | 12:49:47 |
| F25-29 | 17 | 11:35:14 | 11:35:14 | 12:01:07 | 12:52:58 | 14:06:55 | 11:35:14 |
| F30-34 | 19 | 12:12:26 | 12:12:26 | 12:40:02 | 13:18:44 | 14:28:29 | 12:12:26 |
| F35-39 | 36 | 11:29:30 | 11:45:42 | 12:07:13 | 13:12:25 | 14:28:05 | 11:29:30 |
| F40-44 | 26 | 11:38:55 | 12:22:58 | 12:52:39 | 13:04:35 | 13:55:38 | 11:38:55 |
| F45-49 | 20 | 11:30:45 | 11:30:45 | 11:49:59 | 12:35:43 | 14:30:11 | 11:30:45 |
| F50-54 | 9 | 12:29:23 | 12:29:23 | 12:29:23 | 12:32:48 | 15:18:55 | 12:29:23 |
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.