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 | 737 | 3:43:09 | 4:13:50 | 4:26:34 | 4:43:45 | 5:31:12 | 3:29:04 |
| MPRO | 17 | 3:29:04 | 3:29:04 | 3:29:25 | 3:35:03 | 3:45:27 | 3:29:04 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 4:11:38 | 4:11:38 | 4:26:29 | 4:38:08 | 5:33:42 | 4:11:38 |
| M25-29 | 91 | 3:58:29 | 4:11:47 | 4:17:17 | 4:34:22 | 5:38:15 | 3:58:29 |
| M30-34 | 126 | 4:12:31 | 4:25:21 | 4:31:43 | 4:53:37 | 5:34:48 | 4:10:35 |
| M35-39 | 141 | 4:07:45 | 4:14:06 | 4:20:10 | 4:30:51 | 5:29:29 | 4:03:31 |
| M40-44 | 142 | 4:12:36 | 4:29:39 | 4:36:36 | 4:46:28 | 5:25:07 | 4:05:34 |
| M45-49 | 108 | 4:12:39 | 4:27:47 | 4:33:04 | 4:44:48 | 5:30:15 | 4:09:55 |
| M50-54 | 64 | 4:33:35 | 4:40:07 | 4:43:52 | 4:50:23 | 5:30:17 | 4:33:35 |
| M55-59 | 24 | 4:22:05 | 4:42:39 | 4:59:45 | 5:05:43 | 6:08:03 | 4:22:05 |
| M60-64 | 6 | 5:06:21 | 5:06:21 | 5:06:21 | 5:32:08 | 5:42:04 | 5:06:21 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 137 | 4:00:13 | 4:29:16 | 4:46:31 | 5:05:15 | 5:50:15 | 3:59:20 |
| FPRO | 7 | 3:59:20 | 3:59:20 | 3:59:20 | 4:00:13 | 4:11:45 | 3:59:20 |
| F25-29 | 15 | 4:41:56 | 4:41:56 | 4:46:01 | 4:52:56 | 5:45:32 | 4:41:56 |
| F30-34 | 25 | 4:47:11 | 4:49:13 | 4:57:27 | 5:02:09 | 5:54:46 | 4:47:11 |
| F35-39 | 33 | 4:29:16 | 4:46:08 | 4:52:50 | 5:14:03 | 5:46:38 | 4:29:16 |
| F40-44 | 26 | 5:00:14 | 5:02:34 | 5:20:01 | 5:26:16 | 5:53:52 | 5:00:14 |
| F45-49 | 15 | 4:35:21 | 4:35:21 | 5:23:23 | 5:34:29 | 6:19:00 | 4:35:21 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 5:04:13 | 5:04:13 | 5:04:13 | 5:20:02 | 6:23:12 | 5:04:13 |
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.