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 | 1,657 | 4:06:55 | 4:40:05 | 4:55:21 | 5:19:55 | 6:09:08 | 3:42:07 |
| MPRO | 25 | 3:42:07 | 3:44:50 | 3:46:01 | 3:48:14 | 4:01:46 | 3:42:07 |
| M18-24 | 34 | 4:22:30 | 4:28:31 | 4:51:10 | 5:01:19 | 5:59:19 | 4:22:30 |
| M25-29 | 102 | 4:27:26 | 4:39:29 | 4:48:02 | 5:07:49 | 6:05:04 | 4:08:29 |
| M30-34 | 178 | 4:15:01 | 4:39:50 | 4:48:29 | 5:03:07 | 5:54:09 | 4:12:29 |
| M35-39 | 236 | 4:23:06 | 4:32:09 | 4:45:59 | 5:10:56 | 6:03:14 | 4:11:10 |
| M40-44 | 300 | 4:21:42 | 4:41:56 | 4:55:45 | 5:21:36 | 6:02:54 | 4:13:17 |
| M45-49 | 312 | 4:33:32 | 4:56:39 | 5:05:59 | 5:25:33 | 6:13:54 | 4:24:50 |
| M50-54 | 246 | 4:40:18 | 4:57:08 | 5:08:35 | 5:34:00 | 6:15:29 | 4:35:53 |
| M55-59 | 144 | 4:41:53 | 4:56:42 | 5:17:23 | 5:36:57 | 6:28:41 | 4:28:00 |
| M60-64 | 52 | 4:40:42 | 5:14:26 | 5:22:12 | 5:48:31 | 6:33:00 | 4:40:42 |
| M65-69 | 21 | 5:21:14 | 5:26:30 | 5:50:08 | 6:09:36 | 7:14:38 | 5:21:14 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 959 | 4:29:28 | 5:02:11 | 5:23:43 | 5:45:21 | 6:42:50 | 4:05:36 |
| FPRO | 14 | 4:05:36 | 4:05:36 | 4:06:58 | 4:13:16 | 4:23:24 | 4:05:36 |
| F18-24 | 14 | 4:40:43 | 4:40:43 | 4:48:54 | 5:58:07 | 6:50:43 | 4:40:43 |
| F25-29 | 66 | 4:38:30 | 4:56:40 | 5:13:19 | 5:35:04 | 6:19:46 | 4:38:30 |
| F30-34 | 114 | 4:36:59 | 4:52:21 | 5:16:32 | 5:34:06 | 6:25:52 | 4:29:28 |
| F35-39 | 160 | 4:48:30 | 5:01:41 | 5:14:11 | 5:36:11 | 6:31:09 | 4:36:03 |
| F40-44 | 180 | 4:47:08 | 5:09:46 | 5:24:44 | 5:43:14 | 6:40:01 | 4:41:24 |
| F45-49 | 172 | 4:56:24 | 5:15:52 | 5:37:26 | 5:57:05 | 6:49:19 | 4:54:56 |
| F50-54 | 142 | 5:00:34 | 5:36:09 | 5:42:00 | 5:58:05 | 6:51:50 | 4:54:28 |
| F55-59 | 67 | 5:17:58 | 5:33:07 | 5:35:10 | 5:59:13 | 7:07:57 | 5:17:58 |
| F60-64 | 24 | 5:08:05 | 6:03:47 | 6:16:26 | 6:39:27 | 7:14:02 | 5:08:05 |
| F65-69 | 5 | 6:01:58 | 6:01:58 | 6:01:58 | 6:01:58 | 7:27:13 | 6:01:58 |
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.