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 | 1,111 | 3:58:26 | 4:37:05 | 4:54:47 | 5:13:33 | 5:53:42 | 3:40:49 |
| MPRO | 13 | 3:40:49 | 3:40:49 | 3:41:58 | 3:42:35 | 3:44:16 | 3:40:49 |
| M18-24 | 40 | 4:12:55 | 4:19:22 | 4:29:09 | 4:52:03 | 5:37:12 | 4:12:55 |
| M25-29 | 121 | 4:11:05 | 4:29:16 | 4:46:05 | 5:08:17 | 5:46:29 | 4:04:13 |
| M30-34 | 168 | 4:08:41 | 4:40:11 | 4:49:37 | 5:10:40 | 5:48:09 | 4:03:04 |
| M35-39 | 239 | 4:21:09 | 4:35:19 | 4:51:12 | 5:09:07 | 5:46:18 | 4:01:45 |
| M40-44 | 226 | 4:29:59 | 4:50:52 | 4:58:44 | 5:14:48 | 5:55:46 | 4:21:52 |
| M45-49 | 171 | 4:31:43 | 4:58:24 | 5:10:05 | 5:25:02 | 6:00:25 | 4:29:14 |
| M50-54 | 76 | 4:23:29 | 4:49:44 | 5:03:28 | 5:22:42 | 6:02:58 | 4:23:29 |
| M55-59 | 33 | 5:13:33 | 5:22:21 | 5:42:41 | 5:52:46 | 6:29:25 | 5:13:33 |
| M60-64 | 16 | 5:04:38 | 5:04:38 | 5:12:42 | 5:29:06 | 6:11:35 | 5:04:38 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 6:28:54 | 6:28:54 | 6:28:54 | 6:34:06 | 6:43:40 | 6:28:54 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 324 | 4:45:52 | 4:57:15 | 5:11:06 | 5:31:48 | 6:09:16 | 4:36:24 |
| F18-24 | 14 | 4:44:42 | 4:44:42 | 4:49:54 | 5:05:00 | 5:40:15 | 4:44:42 |
| F25-29 | 43 | 4:41:58 | 4:46:52 | 4:50:11 | 5:06:46 | 5:58:14 | 4:41:58 |
| F30-34 | 71 | 4:36:24 | 4:56:18 | 5:09:15 | 5:30:36 | 5:55:48 | 4:36:24 |
| F35-39 | 55 | 4:50:43 | 4:55:47 | 5:02:27 | 5:18:59 | 6:18:16 | 4:50:43 |
| F40-44 | 75 | 4:56:01 | 5:18:08 | 5:23:16 | 5:36:20 | 6:17:14 | 4:56:01 |
| F45-49 | 37 | 5:05:53 | 5:08:48 | 5:12:13 | 5:35:17 | 6:16:16 | 5:05:53 |
| F50-54 | 17 | 5:21:50 | 5:21:50 | 5:35:21 | 5:48:26 | 6:06:40 | 5:21:50 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 5:38:02 | 5:38:02 | 5:38:02 | 5:38:02 | 6:30:39 | 5:38:02 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 6:01:02 | 6:01:02 | 6:01:02 | 6:03:09 | 6:13:26 | 6:01:02 |
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.