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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 | 402 | 4:05:14 | 4:23:20 | 4:35:58 | 4:49:40 | 5:26:55 | 4:01:56 |
| M18-24 | 24 | 4:02:40 | 4:04:11 | 4:12:42 | 4:18:30 | 5:06:08 | 4:02:40 |
| M25-29 | 42 | 4:01:56 | 4:19:56 | 4:22:56 | 4:59:47 | 5:29:00 | 4:01:56 |
| M30-34 | 52 | 4:02:54 | 4:20:26 | 4:25:11 | 4:40:41 | 5:24:42 | 4:02:54 |
| M35-39 | 59 | 4:11:09 | 4:20:39 | 4:36:17 | 4:49:40 | 5:22:09 | 4:11:09 |
| M40-44 | 77 | 4:19:52 | 4:23:28 | 4:33:34 | 4:48:51 | 5:17:46 | 4:19:52 |
| M45-49 | 61 | 4:30:53 | 4:40:29 | 4:46:18 | 4:59:57 | 5:40:24 | 4:30:53 |
| M50-54 | 43 | 4:18:51 | 4:38:40 | 4:44:37 | 4:51:41 | 5:36:29 | 4:18:51 |
| M55-59 | 23 | 4:38:13 | 4:39:36 | 4:45:03 | 4:50:02 | 5:36:27 | 4:38:13 |
| M60-64 | 14 | 4:52:07 | 4:52:07 | 4:56:48 | 5:01:03 | 5:15:59 | 4:52:07 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 5:09:43 | 5:09:43 | 5:09:43 | 5:42:21 | 5:48:16 | 5:09:43 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 59 | 4:45:59 | 4:49:37 | 4:57:37 | 5:14:56 | 6:02:00 | 4:45:59 |
| F25-29 | 6 | 5:43:15 | 5:43:15 | 5:43:15 | 5:55:26 | 5:56:40 | 5:43:15 |
| F30-34 | 7 | 4:51:28 | 4:51:28 | 4:51:28 | 5:14:56 | 5:55:50 | 4:51:28 |
| F35-39 | 11 | 5:12:52 | 5:12:52 | 5:18:18 | 5:36:18 | 6:16:17 | 5:12:52 |
| F40-44 | 7 | 4:57:37 | 4:57:37 | 4:57:37 | 5:01:14 | 6:27:37 | 4:57:37 |
| F45-49 | 11 | 4:49:26 | 4:49:26 | 4:50:09 | 5:01:44 | 5:47:45 | 4:49:26 |
| F50-54 | 9 | 4:45:59 | 4:45:59 | 4:45:59 | 4:49:37 | 5:41:12 | 4:45:59 |
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.