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 | 486 | 3:48:46 | 4:13:58 | 4:26:46 | 4:39:10 | 5:10:16 | 3:41:14 |
| MPRO | 14 | 3:41:14 | 3:41:14 | 3:43:54 | 3:45:55 | 3:53:42 | 3:41:14 |
| M18-24 | 15 | 4:01:02 | 4:01:02 | 4:04:04 | 4:12:46 | 5:26:56 | 4:01:02 |
| M25-29 | 39 | 3:59:06 | 4:02:47 | 4:16:05 | 4:27:56 | 4:56:36 | 3:59:06 |
| M30-34 | 82 | 3:59:03 | 4:22:57 | 4:25:28 | 4:32:41 | 5:06:41 | 3:59:03 |
| M35-39 | 87 | 4:05:42 | 4:21:11 | 4:27:37 | 4:39:20 | 5:12:41 | 4:05:42 |
| M40-44 | 107 | 4:22:07 | 4:26:56 | 4:29:26 | 4:42:41 | 5:06:04 | 4:19:41 |
| M45-49 | 86 | 4:16:57 | 4:29:29 | 4:38:58 | 4:53:56 | 5:17:56 | 4:16:57 |
| M50-54 | 27 | 4:28:15 | 4:31:08 | 4:35:27 | 4:54:47 | 5:22:31 | 4:28:15 |
| M55-59 | 23 | 4:31:18 | 4:39:22 | 4:39:23 | 4:46:06 | 5:18:42 | 4:31:18 |
| M60-64 | 5 | 5:07:20 | 5:07:20 | 5:07:20 | 5:07:20 | 5:21:46 | 5:07:20 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 64 | 4:14:59 | 4:28:18 | 4:42:05 | 4:54:24 | 5:24:59 | 4:14:59 |
| F25-29 | 7 | 4:19:49 | 4:19:49 | 4:19:49 | 5:02:30 | 5:10:21 | 4:19:49 |
| F30-34 | 12 | 4:28:18 | 4:28:18 | 4:42:05 | 4:49:47 | 5:30:31 | 4:28:18 |
| F35-39 | 16 | 4:43:46 | 4:43:46 | 4:48:17 | 4:52:36 | 5:20:45 | 4:43:46 |
| F40-44 | 10 | 4:54:24 | 4:54:24 | 4:54:24 | 4:59:27 | 5:23:40 | 4:54:24 |
| F45-49 | 6 | 4:56:10 | 4:56:10 | 4:56:10 | 5:10:51 | 5:17:26 | 4:56:10 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 5:41:59 | 5:41:59 | 5:41:59 | 5:41:59 | 6:00:00 | 5:41:59 |
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.