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 | 713 | 4:19:14 | 4:43:23 | 4:55:29 | 5:14:35 | 6:01:22 | 4:02:52 |
| MPRO | 11 | 4:02:52 | 4:02:52 | 4:05:34 | 4:11:58 | 4:19:14 | 4:02:52 |
| M18-24 | 25 | 4:22:16 | 4:45:16 | 4:47:47 | 4:54:46 | 5:55:51 | 4:22:16 |
| M25-29 | 56 | 4:17:38 | 4:35:35 | 4:55:31 | 5:11:48 | 5:53:04 | 4:17:38 |
| M30-34 | 86 | 4:23:01 | 4:37:51 | 4:59:39 | 5:18:51 | 5:46:08 | 4:23:01 |
| M35-39 | 151 | 4:35:25 | 4:43:25 | 4:55:04 | 5:15:13 | 6:00:11 | 4:34:11 |
| M40-44 | 136 | 4:36:11 | 4:42:41 | 4:55:29 | 5:10:41 | 5:47:35 | 4:18:03 |
| M45-49 | 114 | 4:33:29 | 4:49:25 | 4:59:32 | 5:19:58 | 6:14:11 | 4:32:08 |
| M50-54 | 66 | 4:46:17 | 5:06:44 | 5:14:35 | 5:28:53 | 6:20:08 | 4:46:17 |
| M55-59 | 30 | 4:43:30 | 5:02:44 | 5:07:21 | 5:19:15 | 6:16:26 | 4:43:30 |
| M60-64 | 19 | 5:33:51 | 5:33:51 | 5:40:31 | 5:59:04 | 6:55:49 | 5:33:51 |
| M65-69 | 15 | 5:33:37 | 5:33:37 | 5:51:59 | 6:03:21 | 6:58:22 | 5:33:37 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 341 | 4:50:16 | 5:06:16 | 5:18:14 | 5:35:43 | 6:27:55 | 4:33:16 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 5:13:52 | 5:13:52 | 5:30:26 | 5:33:43 | 5:53:37 | 5:13:52 |
| F25-29 | 41 | 5:02:47 | 5:08:51 | 5:14:51 | 5:38:39 | 6:18:31 | 5:02:47 |
| F30-34 | 65 | 4:46:08 | 5:03:04 | 5:30:11 | 5:47:23 | 6:38:13 | 4:46:08 |
| F35-39 | 64 | 4:57:13 | 5:06:16 | 5:14:17 | 5:21:32 | 6:17:23 | 4:57:13 |
| F40-44 | 68 | 5:01:26 | 5:05:33 | 5:18:14 | 5:30:29 | 6:26:18 | 5:01:26 |
| F45-49 | 35 | 5:01:42 | 5:15:03 | 5:22:06 | 5:45:24 | 6:25:19 | 5:01:42 |
| F50-54 | 28 | 4:50:16 | 5:07:31 | 5:46:14 | 6:08:28 | 6:32:10 | 4:50:16 |
| F55-59 | 17 | 5:54:47 | 5:54:47 | 5:55:24 | 6:37:33 | 7:10:21 | 5:54:47 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 6:04:05 | 6:04:05 | 6:04:05 | 6:08:29 | 7:31:24 | 6:04:05 |
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.