Editions: 2019
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 | 1,523 | 9:35:20 | 10:41:49 | 11:19:45 | 12:08:51 | 13:39:46 | 8:27:57 |
| MPRO | 22 | 8:27:57 | 8:33:26 | 8:37:01 | 8:41:04 | 9:29:44 | 8:27:57 |
| M18-24 | 49 | 10:24:41 | 11:00:44 | 11:26:20 | 12:43:12 | 13:22:51 | 10:24:41 |
| M25-29 | 108 | 9:36:08 | 10:20:58 | 10:43:02 | 11:40:31 | 13:20:23 | 9:25:40 |
| M30-34 | 177 | 9:45:11 | 10:21:15 | 11:00:12 | 11:53:05 | 13:20:34 | 9:09:54 |
| M35-39 | 206 | 9:49:21 | 10:32:16 | 11:02:44 | 11:49:53 | 13:21:24 | 9:12:36 |
| M40-44 | 259 | 10:03:17 | 10:51:33 | 11:25:49 | 12:06:14 | 13:26:52 | 9:59:46 |
| M45-49 | 264 | 10:16:14 | 11:00:56 | 11:36:06 | 12:23:47 | 13:41:42 | 10:05:07 |
| M50-54 | 224 | 10:12:32 | 11:06:42 | 11:51:36 | 12:38:26 | 14:01:24 | 10:03:32 |
| M55-59 | 136 | 11:17:40 | 11:50:07 | 12:15:42 | 13:10:36 | 14:27:15 | 11:00:08 |
| M60-64 | 56 | 11:01:43 | 12:30:34 | 12:47:33 | 13:12:02 | 14:18:26 | 11:01:43 |
| M65-69 | 20 | 12:08:00 | 12:08:00 | 12:20:10 | 12:40:45 | 14:51:12 | 12:08:00 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 517 | 11:09:52 | 11:45:11 | 12:11:48 | 12:55:00 | 14:19:56 | 10:01:14 |
| F18-24 | 15 | 11:22:19 | 11:22:19 | 11:46:04 | 11:47:20 | 14:24:16 | 11:22:19 |
| F25-29 | 41 | 10:38:08 | 11:18:03 | 11:45:11 | 12:01:55 | 13:24:52 | 10:38:08 |
| F30-34 | 76 | 10:01:14 | 11:11:01 | 11:40:22 | 12:39:07 | 13:37:05 | 10:01:14 |
| F35-39 | 80 | 11:19:08 | 11:54:00 | 12:35:35 | 13:01:51 | 14:34:00 | 11:19:08 |
| F40-44 | 94 | 11:07:45 | 12:00:52 | 12:16:40 | 12:54:15 | 14:05:29 | 11:07:45 |
| F45-49 | 90 | 11:18:07 | 11:46:58 | 12:10:16 | 13:16:00 | 14:40:42 | 11:18:07 |
| F50-54 | 72 | 11:51:09 | 12:19:11 | 12:44:12 | 13:06:34 | 14:29:15 | 11:51:09 |
| F55-59 | 38 | 11:38:48 | 12:25:28 | 13:04:46 | 13:20:17 | 14:33:28 | 11:38:48 |
| F60-64 | 8 | 11:51:51 | 11:51:51 | 11:51:51 | 12:20:30 | 13:19:09 | 11:51:51 |
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.