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 | 887 | 3:55:30 | 4:31:31 | 4:44:47 | 5:04:03 | 5:44:26 | 3:42:13 |
| MPRO | 17 | 3:42:13 | 3:42:13 | 3:44:05 | 3:47:23 | 3:55:30 | 3:42:13 |
| M18-24 | 15 | 3:58:10 | 3:58:10 | 4:23:01 | 4:52:16 | 5:31:46 | 3:58:10 |
| M25-29 | 68 | 4:01:23 | 4:19:06 | 4:40:41 | 4:59:35 | 5:44:30 | 4:01:23 |
| M30-34 | 128 | 4:17:56 | 4:38:07 | 4:44:48 | 4:59:14 | 5:36:10 | 4:17:29 |
| M35-39 | 161 | 4:14:59 | 4:36:33 | 4:42:33 | 5:02:46 | 5:36:53 | 4:03:08 |
| M40-44 | 166 | 4:23:07 | 4:34:00 | 4:45:27 | 4:58:39 | 5:37:37 | 4:22:40 |
| M45-49 | 143 | 4:29:02 | 4:41:07 | 4:49:40 | 5:05:28 | 5:47:16 | 4:22:00 |
| M50-54 | 109 | 4:42:41 | 4:50:12 | 5:04:22 | 5:18:45 | 5:59:47 | 4:35:19 |
| M55-59 | 50 | 4:50:57 | 4:59:38 | 5:11:37 | 5:16:42 | 5:50:51 | 4:50:57 |
| M60-64 | 18 | 5:09:30 | 5:09:30 | 5:19:31 | 5:35:10 | 6:08:33 | 5:09:30 |
| M65-69 | 9 | 5:12:11 | 5:12:11 | 5:12:11 | 5:41:21 | 6:16:12 | 5:12:11 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 563 | 4:17:36 | 5:03:51 | 5:24:06 | 5:42:14 | 6:20:11 | 4:07:37 |
| FPRO | 10 | 4:07:37 | 4:07:37 | 4:07:37 | 4:09:00 | 4:13:38 | 4:07:37 |
| F18-24 | 17 | 5:36:03 | 5:36:03 | 5:55:35 | 6:20:11 | 6:32:52 | 5:36:03 |
| F25-29 | 52 | 4:44:18 | 4:56:34 | 5:16:50 | 5:41:37 | 6:17:18 | 4:44:18 |
| F30-34 | 92 | 4:33:53 | 5:04:12 | 5:18:56 | 5:38:52 | 6:19:07 | 4:33:53 |
| F35-39 | 109 | 4:40:25 | 5:18:20 | 5:28:04 | 5:40:29 | 6:13:27 | 4:36:42 |
| F40-44 | 112 | 5:02:16 | 5:07:08 | 5:22:17 | 5:37:49 | 6:14:10 | 5:02:00 |
| F45-49 | 74 | 4:59:15 | 5:20:59 | 5:32:24 | 5:45:16 | 6:24:06 | 4:59:15 |
| F50-54 | 52 | 5:03:07 | 5:41:13 | 5:49:11 | 6:04:27 | 6:34:02 | 5:03:07 |
| F55-59 | 27 | 4:53:41 | 5:21:49 | 5:38:33 | 6:07:22 | 6:41:34 | 4:53:41 |
| F60-64 | 13 | 5:29:17 | 5:29:17 | 5:52:02 | 6:25:08 | 7:16:29 | 5:29:17 |
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.