Editions: 2024
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 | 905 | 4:26:21 | 4:51:40 | 5:12:33 | 5:41:33 | 6:36:48 | 3:56:20 |
| M18-24 | 12 | 4:07:33 | 4:07:33 | 4:23:39 | 4:24:56 | 5:05:03 | 4:07:33 |
| M25-29 | 30 | 4:28:51 | 4:34:09 | 4:47:41 | 4:53:47 | 5:37:22 | 4:28:51 |
| M30-34 | 103 | 4:12:37 | 4:36:08 | 4:49:26 | 5:12:21 | 6:23:59 | 3:56:20 |
| M35-39 | 120 | 4:19:41 | 4:48:44 | 5:03:41 | 5:30:33 | 6:17:07 | 4:16:23 |
| M40-44 | 223 | 4:31:27 | 4:53:58 | 5:11:58 | 5:43:10 | 6:46:03 | 4:10:21 |
| M45-49 | 193 | 4:47:04 | 5:12:48 | 5:39:50 | 5:59:30 | 6:46:52 | 4:27:18 |
| M50-54 | 106 | 4:58:40 | 5:12:41 | 5:30:10 | 6:04:14 | 6:46:07 | 4:36:39 |
| M55-59 | 77 | 4:43:05 | 5:06:37 | 5:24:52 | 5:45:09 | 6:54:40 | 4:43:05 |
| M60-64 | 26 | 5:20:07 | 5:37:49 | 5:50:55 | 6:05:27 | 6:52:54 | 5:20:07 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 5:18:03 | 5:18:03 | 5:18:03 | 6:22:45 | 6:59:53 | 5:18:03 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 5:13:09 | 5:13:09 | 5:13:09 | 6:35:07 | 7:00:08 | 5:13:09 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 132 | 4:52:24 | 5:13:48 | 5:26:33 | 5:44:33 | 6:31:13 | 4:39:40 |
| F30-34 | 21 | 4:39:40 | 4:52:24 | 5:03:38 | 5:18:01 | 6:19:19 | 4:39:40 |
| F35-39 | 22 | 5:13:48 | 5:26:33 | 5:28:55 | 5:49:04 | 6:27:23 | 5:13:48 |
| F40-44 | 26 | 5:03:00 | 5:20:23 | 5:23:19 | 5:55:31 | 6:46:45 | 5:03:00 |
| F45-49 | 34 | 5:15:41 | 5:33:18 | 5:38:37 | 5:55:35 | 6:42:59 | 5:15:41 |
| F50-54 | 10 | 5:12:55 | 5:12:55 | 5:12:55 | 5:38:12 | 6:23:39 | 5:12:55 |
| F55-59 | 10 | 5:23:31 | 5:23:31 | 5:23:31 | 5:33:09 | 6:24:31 | 5:23:31 |
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.