Editions: 2021
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 | 1,490 | 2:53:50 | 3:20:38 | 3:37:19 | 3:57:00 | 4:38:13 | 2:38:21 |
| MPRO | 31 | 2:38:21 | 2:39:43 | 2:42:33 | 2:45:18 | 2:54:15 | 2:38:21 |
| M18-24 | 44 | 3:13:23 | 3:18:41 | 3:28:17 | 3:52:48 | 4:21:20 | 3:13:23 |
| M25-29 | 130 | 3:00:07 | 3:09:58 | 3:27:54 | 3:40:56 | 4:23:55 | 2:58:59 |
| M30-34 | 192 | 3:08:10 | 3:21:52 | 3:32:44 | 3:44:56 | 4:38:49 | 2:59:00 |
| M35-39 | 231 | 3:10:17 | 3:26:10 | 3:40:25 | 4:00:11 | 4:30:15 | 3:05:35 |
| M40-44 | 288 | 3:14:08 | 3:27:51 | 3:41:31 | 3:52:11 | 4:32:01 | 3:09:33 |
| M45-49 | 196 | 3:19:53 | 3:37:27 | 3:47:50 | 4:05:26 | 4:39:51 | 3:12:34 |
| M50-54 | 183 | 3:17:51 | 3:40:09 | 3:51:00 | 4:04:49 | 4:49:47 | 3:14:26 |
| M55-59 | 106 | 3:34:56 | 3:47:42 | 4:05:13 | 4:21:19 | 5:02:08 | 3:34:13 |
| M60-64 | 62 | 3:50:57 | 4:05:18 | 4:22:08 | 4:29:36 | 5:06:57 | 3:50:57 |
| M65-69 | 20 | 3:58:43 | 3:58:43 | 4:03:21 | 4:24:08 | 5:40:59 | 3:58:43 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 4:48:03 | 4:48:03 | 4:48:03 | 4:48:03 | 5:32:04 | 4:48:03 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 829 | 3:13:04 | 3:45:37 | 4:02:31 | 4:26:34 | 5:02:26 | 2:53:46 |
| FPRO | 18 | 2:53:46 | 2:53:46 | 2:55:26 | 3:02:34 | 3:13:04 | 2:53:46 |
| F18-24 | 26 | 3:44:49 | 3:50:44 | 3:58:51 | 4:07:42 | 4:40:58 | 3:44:49 |
| F25-29 | 50 | 3:14:12 | 3:38:28 | 3:41:07 | 4:12:20 | 4:46:41 | 3:14:12 |
| F30-34 | 75 | 3:34:01 | 3:46:15 | 3:55:21 | 4:17:18 | 4:59:31 | 3:34:01 |
| F35-39 | 131 | 3:27:57 | 3:46:10 | 4:00:30 | 4:20:33 | 4:56:57 | 3:27:41 |
| F40-44 | 168 | 3:35:04 | 3:54:54 | 4:08:43 | 4:25:05 | 4:55:44 | 3:26:48 |
| F45-49 | 132 | 3:45:33 | 3:51:34 | 4:17:17 | 4:36:41 | 5:00:40 | 3:42:38 |
| F50-54 | 105 | 4:07:22 | 4:24:28 | 4:28:46 | 4:41:36 | 5:11:36 | 3:46:17 |
| F55-59 | 68 | 3:37:55 | 3:56:35 | 4:14:48 | 4:36:12 | 5:14:45 | 3:37:55 |
| F60-64 | 40 | 4:20:20 | 4:31:33 | 4:42:39 | 4:55:30 | 5:26:15 | 4:20:20 |
| F65-69 | 15 | 4:23:12 | 4:23:12 | 4:45:14 | 4:46:55 | 5:28:09 | 4:23:12 |
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.