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 | 425 | 4:21:00 | 4:59:21 | 5:12:26 | 5:34:37 | 6:25:22 | 3:58:41 |
| MPRO | 6 | 3:58:41 | 3:58:41 | 3:58:41 | 4:05:54 | 4:14:36 | 3:58:41 |
| M18-24 | 14 | 4:37:10 | 4:37:10 | 4:40:38 | 5:12:30 | 5:37:59 | 4:37:10 |
| M25-29 | 46 | 4:51:21 | 5:07:16 | 5:13:34 | 5:30:17 | 6:01:17 | 4:51:21 |
| M30-34 | 89 | 4:34:20 | 4:57:11 | 5:03:01 | 5:27:20 | 6:19:49 | 4:34:20 |
| M35-39 | 104 | 4:54:32 | 5:01:00 | 5:08:20 | 5:29:56 | 6:17:05 | 4:44:08 |
| M40-44 | 94 | 5:02:34 | 5:17:16 | 5:34:37 | 5:51:47 | 6:30:42 | 5:02:34 |
| M45-49 | 44 | 5:08:24 | 5:17:00 | 5:30:33 | 5:48:07 | 7:05:03 | 5:08:24 |
| M50-54 | 16 | 5:02:42 | 5:02:42 | 5:53:56 | 6:26:56 | 6:51:02 | 5:02:42 |
| M55-59 | 5 | 5:52:50 | 5:52:50 | 5:52:50 | 5:52:50 | 7:22:40 | 5:52:50 |
| M60-64 | 6 | 6:19:05 | 6:19:05 | 6:19:05 | 6:37:06 | 7:03:16 | 6:19:05 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 71 | 4:27:01 | 5:00:19 | 5:22:11 | 5:43:56 | 6:29:33 | 4:27:01 |
| F25-29 | 10 | 5:00:19 | 5:00:19 | 5:00:19 | 5:05:17 | 6:48:12 | 5:00:19 |
| F30-34 | 17 | 5:32:31 | 5:32:31 | 5:34:16 | 6:22:37 | 6:54:04 | 5:32:31 |
| F35-39 | 17 | 5:01:56 | 5:01:56 | 5:20:02 | 5:31:26 | 6:09:48 | 5:01:56 |
| F40-44 | 12 | 5:38:17 | 5:38:17 | 5:54:59 | 6:00:22 | 6:26:20 | 5:38:17 |
| F45-49 | 6 | 5:27:30 | 5:27:30 | 5:27:30 | 5:44:36 | 5:47:52 | 5:27:30 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.