Editions: 2026
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 | 574 | 4:18:19 | 4:42:55 | 5:00:49 | 5:23:30 | 6:06:05 | 4:08:51 |
| M18-24 | 25 | 4:37:23 | 4:46:15 | 4:54:05 | 5:22:57 | 6:00:58 | 4:37:23 |
| M25-29 | 49 | 4:29:50 | 4:33:26 | 4:38:46 | 5:19:53 | 6:11:53 | 4:29:50 |
| M30-34 | 79 | 4:08:51 | 4:21:02 | 4:55:57 | 5:10:11 | 5:59:52 | 4:08:51 |
| M35-39 | 99 | 4:13:42 | 4:30:43 | 4:45:55 | 5:07:36 | 5:54:47 | 4:13:42 |
| M40-44 | 130 | 4:32:31 | 4:51:09 | 5:05:10 | 5:23:33 | 5:57:44 | 4:26:23 |
| M45-49 | 110 | 4:41:55 | 5:00:49 | 5:13:44 | 5:35:04 | 6:13:46 | 4:39:57 |
| M50-54 | 44 | 4:47:08 | 4:57:05 | 5:17:19 | 5:35:34 | 6:22:55 | 4:47:08 |
| M55-59 | 27 | 4:57:47 | 5:18:10 | 5:24:31 | 5:39:18 | 6:38:32 | 4:57:47 |
| M60-64 | 5 | 5:25:30 | 5:25:30 | 5:25:30 | 5:25:30 | 6:06:35 | 5:25:30 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 97 | 4:42:47 | 5:03:55 | 5:20:22 | 5:40:26 | 6:13:30 | 4:42:47 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 5:20:22 | 5:20:22 | 5:20:22 | 5:55:22 | 6:11:33 | 5:20:22 |
| F25-29 | 11 | 5:04:36 | 5:04:36 | 5:32:31 | 5:32:34 | 5:44:36 | 5:04:36 |
| F30-34 | 20 | 4:49:31 | 4:49:31 | 5:03:55 | 5:37:06 | 5:53:41 | 4:49:31 |
| F35-39 | 19 | 4:42:47 | 4:42:47 | 4:51:10 | 5:17:41 | 6:15:41 | 4:42:47 |
| F40-44 | 16 | 5:09:04 | 5:09:04 | 5:24:39 | 6:01:17 | 6:39:56 | 5:09:04 |
| F45-49 | 15 | 5:37:58 | 5:37:58 | 5:40:26 | 5:50:28 | 6:19:02 | 5:37:58 |
| F50-54 | 6 | 5:50:00 | 5:50:00 | 5:50:00 | 5:55:10 | 6:00:00 | 5:50:00 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.