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 | 1,621 | 4:13:41 | 4:35:49 | 4:48:02 | 5:07:13 | 5:48:07 | 3:49:20 |
| MPRO | 20 | 3:49:20 | 3:49:20 | 3:50:47 | 3:52:28 | 4:03:23 | 3:49:20 |
| M18-24 | 60 | 4:16:18 | 4:21:36 | 4:29:45 | 4:53:53 | 5:27:53 | 4:16:18 |
| M25-29 | 176 | 4:15:23 | 4:28:21 | 4:39:52 | 4:57:33 | 5:38:05 | 4:09:22 |
| M30-34 | 299 | 4:20:21 | 4:38:36 | 4:45:21 | 4:58:25 | 5:38:46 | 4:08:17 |
| M35-39 | 248 | 4:22:01 | 4:29:22 | 4:44:54 | 5:01:22 | 5:38:21 | 4:12:55 |
| M40-44 | 238 | 4:27:11 | 4:42:31 | 4:50:01 | 5:08:27 | 5:46:05 | 4:26:03 |
| M45-49 | 192 | 4:26:48 | 4:53:38 | 5:02:11 | 5:16:50 | 5:52:30 | 4:20:53 |
| M50-54 | 182 | 4:35:00 | 4:55:23 | 5:04:53 | 5:22:54 | 5:57:14 | 4:27:25 |
| M55-59 | 133 | 4:49:26 | 5:06:09 | 5:21:57 | 5:36:12 | 6:24:23 | 4:36:37 |
| M60-64 | 58 | 5:11:23 | 5:26:26 | 5:37:52 | 6:01:00 | 6:32:53 | 5:11:23 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 5:47:16 | 5:47:16 | 5:47:16 | 5:54:42 | 7:06:15 | 5:47:16 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 410 | 4:53:28 | 5:14:17 | 5:29:26 | 5:42:52 | 6:22:52 | 4:36:12 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 4:47:40 | 4:47:40 | 5:11:13 | 5:37:07 | 6:36:05 | 4:47:40 |
| F25-29 | 50 | 4:53:28 | 5:20:43 | 5:29:26 | 5:40:30 | 6:15:11 | 4:53:28 |
| F30-34 | 76 | 5:00:07 | 5:11:21 | 5:22:43 | 5:37:47 | 6:08:33 | 5:00:07 |
| F35-39 | 61 | 4:36:12 | 5:10:11 | 5:33:17 | 5:41:03 | 6:22:09 | 4:36:12 |
| F40-44 | 63 | 4:49:40 | 5:08:04 | 5:17:49 | 5:34:33 | 6:10:06 | 4:49:40 |
| F45-49 | 65 | 5:02:33 | 5:29:08 | 5:42:09 | 5:54:40 | 6:22:29 | 5:02:33 |
| F50-54 | 42 | 5:16:45 | 5:30:58 | 5:39:26 | 5:47:23 | 6:25:16 | 5:16:45 |
| F55-59 | 27 | 5:38:29 | 5:44:17 | 5:49:09 | 6:04:59 | 6:51:54 | 5:38:29 |
| F60-64 | 12 | 5:38:21 | 5:38:21 | 5:59:36 | 6:17:47 | 6:58:44 | 5:38:21 |
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.