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 | 822 | 4:16:27 | 4:51:44 | 5:05:22 | 5:25:31 | 6:00:34 | 3:49:59 |
| MPRO | 14 | 3:49:59 | 3:49:59 | 3:50:57 | 3:54:26 | 4:12:31 | 3:49:59 |
| M18-24 | 14 | 4:36:38 | 4:36:38 | 4:37:51 | 4:52:26 | 5:33:58 | 4:36:38 |
| M25-29 | 67 | 4:46:33 | 4:56:13 | 5:02:46 | 5:15:48 | 5:42:31 | 4:46:33 |
| M30-34 | 161 | 4:32:21 | 4:51:38 | 5:06:55 | 5:23:48 | 6:00:05 | 4:23:27 |
| M35-39 | 201 | 4:25:21 | 4:51:44 | 5:05:22 | 5:30:10 | 5:57:46 | 4:23:26 |
| M40-44 | 171 | 4:49:45 | 5:01:51 | 5:16:58 | 5:30:35 | 5:59:05 | 4:44:57 |
| M45-49 | 93 | 4:37:42 | 4:52:13 | 5:12:05 | 5:27:30 | 6:06:37 | 4:37:42 |
| M50-54 | 59 | 4:51:17 | 4:59:03 | 5:12:49 | 5:32:54 | 6:10:30 | 4:51:17 |
| M55-59 | 25 | 5:03:14 | 5:06:06 | 5:18:25 | 5:43:36 | 6:42:56 | 5:03:14 |
| M60-64 | 11 | 6:08:41 | 6:08:41 | 6:09:41 | 6:15:39 | 6:40:00 | 6:08:41 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 6:32:25 | 6:32:25 | 6:32:25 | 6:32:25 | 6:44:22 | 6:32:25 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 228 | 4:44:26 | 5:11:01 | 5:28:19 | 5:56:30 | 6:30:54 | 4:29:15 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 5:37:11 | 5:37:11 | 5:37:11 | 6:06:21 | 6:49:33 | 5:37:11 |
| F25-29 | 28 | 5:08:31 | 5:26:18 | 5:38:31 | 6:01:25 | 6:38:04 | 5:08:31 |
| F30-34 | 46 | 5:03:49 | 5:11:41 | 5:22:07 | 5:52:55 | 6:28:38 | 5:03:49 |
| F35-39 | 52 | 4:53:20 | 5:08:15 | 5:27:15 | 5:50:13 | 6:31:49 | 4:53:20 |
| F40-44 | 46 | 5:07:44 | 5:29:31 | 5:43:46 | 5:52:22 | 6:20:53 | 5:07:44 |
| F45-49 | 26 | 5:25:15 | 5:33:59 | 5:59:21 | 6:08:57 | 6:32:47 | 5:25:15 |
| F50-54 | 10 | 5:28:19 | 5:28:19 | 5:28:19 | 5:53:00 | 6:13:40 | 5:28:19 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 5:45:37 | 5:45:37 | 5:45:37 | 5:58:36 | 6:28:12 | 5:45:37 |
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.