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 | 609 | 4:26:25 | 5:01:20 | 5:17:47 | 5:40:12 | 6:22:05 | 4:04:22 |
| MPRO | 10 | 4:04:22 | 4:04:22 | 4:04:22 | 4:08:22 | 4:14:26 | 4:04:22 |
| M18-24 | 35 | 4:53:38 | 5:10:20 | 5:17:22 | 5:27:42 | 6:09:11 | 4:53:38 |
| M25-29 | 76 | 4:38:15 | 5:01:20 | 5:25:08 | 5:36:28 | 6:29:55 | 4:38:15 |
| M30-34 | 111 | 4:47:09 | 4:53:04 | 5:11:37 | 5:30:32 | 6:17:28 | 4:36:42 |
| M35-39 | 121 | 4:43:40 | 5:05:50 | 5:16:56 | 5:35:49 | 6:17:37 | 4:41:58 |
| M40-44 | 101 | 5:06:03 | 5:22:22 | 5:26:15 | 5:47:52 | 6:20:26 | 4:56:46 |
| M45-49 | 78 | 4:54:40 | 5:19:53 | 5:33:48 | 5:50:57 | 6:22:05 | 4:54:40 |
| M50-54 | 43 | 5:07:40 | 5:20:36 | 5:23:11 | 5:48:42 | 6:23:02 | 5:07:40 |
| M55-59 | 24 | 5:39:12 | 5:44:27 | 5:53:02 | 5:58:52 | 6:48:57 | 5:39:12 |
| M60-64 | 8 | 5:45:18 | 5:45:18 | 5:45:18 | 6:17:59 | 7:14:19 | 5:45:18 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 152 | 4:57:33 | 5:24:33 | 5:43:24 | 5:59:42 | 6:49:35 | 4:57:03 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 6:34:12 | 6:34:12 | 6:34:12 | 6:52:43 | 7:29:12 | 6:34:12 |
| F25-29 | 17 | 5:24:33 | 5:24:33 | 5:35:13 | 5:51:40 | 6:38:29 | 5:24:33 |
| F30-34 | 28 | 5:12:55 | 5:19:02 | 5:20:40 | 5:43:24 | 6:25:11 | 5:12:55 |
| F35-39 | 41 | 5:34:10 | 5:39:57 | 5:46:52 | 5:56:25 | 6:33:50 | 5:34:10 |
| F40-44 | 25 | 5:52:26 | 6:02:24 | 6:06:08 | 6:20:06 | 7:24:01 | 5:52:26 |
| F45-49 | 21 | 5:51:46 | 6:03:49 | 6:19:00 | 6:37:11 | 6:59:59 | 5:51:46 |
| F50-54 | 7 | 5:56:54 | 5:56:54 | 5:56:54 | 6:21:02 | 6:52:25 | 5:56:54 |
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.