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 | 590 | 3:56:58 | 4:42:33 | 4:57:53 | 5:17:26 | 5:57:10 | 3:48:08 |
| MPRO | 9 | 3:48:08 | 3:48:08 | 3:48:08 | 3:50:10 | 3:55:45 | 3:48:08 |
| M18-24 | 31 | 4:22:43 | 4:29:23 | 4:56:46 | 5:13:27 | 5:48:20 | 4:22:43 |
| M25-29 | 72 | 4:30:10 | 4:41:18 | 4:57:12 | 5:17:47 | 5:55:36 | 4:30:10 |
| M30-34 | 94 | 4:33:18 | 4:44:18 | 5:02:44 | 5:23:11 | 5:59:56 | 4:33:18 |
| M35-39 | 126 | 4:23:41 | 4:44:56 | 5:00:45 | 5:15:24 | 5:58:58 | 4:23:32 |
| M40-44 | 115 | 4:41:03 | 4:50:30 | 5:02:36 | 5:21:38 | 6:04:20 | 4:34:23 |
| M45-49 | 67 | 4:34:31 | 4:47:25 | 4:58:47 | 5:22:07 | 5:50:12 | 4:34:31 |
| M50-54 | 49 | 4:36:46 | 4:55:45 | 5:06:14 | 5:12:21 | 5:59:32 | 4:36:46 |
| M55-59 | 13 | 4:46:42 | 4:46:42 | 5:31:05 | 5:39:59 | 6:09:10 | 4:46:42 |
| M60-64 | 11 | 5:30:03 | 5:30:03 | 5:54:34 | 5:57:35 | 6:13:56 | 5:30:03 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 104 | 4:40:45 | 5:02:14 | 5:07:50 | 5:35:51 | 6:14:37 | 4:26:39 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 5:33:14 | 5:33:14 | 5:33:14 | 5:42:20 | 6:06:25 | 5:33:14 |
| F25-29 | 15 | 5:07:07 | 5:07:07 | 5:07:50 | 5:09:48 | 6:10:41 | 5:07:07 |
| F30-34 | 25 | 4:55:03 | 5:28:24 | 5:33:28 | 5:41:52 | 6:30:58 | 4:55:03 |
| F35-39 | 19 | 4:52:08 | 4:52:08 | 5:05:54 | 5:27:37 | 6:07:31 | 4:52:08 |
| F40-44 | 21 | 5:02:14 | 5:32:20 | 5:51:13 | 6:00:04 | 6:16:58 | 5:02:14 |
| F45-49 | 10 | 5:35:51 | 5:35:51 | 5:35:51 | 6:03:33 | 6:23:46 | 5:35:51 |
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.