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 | 631 | 4:10:25 | 4:31:46 | 4:44:08 | 5:07:17 | 5:49:06 | 3:58:35 |
| MPRO | 16 | 3:58:35 | 3:58:35 | 4:00:09 | 4:03:38 | 4:13:59 | 3:58:35 |
| M18-24 | 40 | 4:20:37 | 4:23:20 | 4:33:41 | 4:53:00 | 5:35:18 | 4:20:37 |
| M25-29 | 58 | 4:19:12 | 4:27:31 | 4:39:20 | 5:11:20 | 5:41:21 | 4:19:12 |
| M30-34 | 95 | 4:11:01 | 4:34:36 | 4:43:50 | 4:52:54 | 5:39:51 | 4:11:01 |
| M35-39 | 150 | 4:24:10 | 4:34:14 | 4:50:28 | 5:13:28 | 5:51:04 | 4:17:57 |
| M40-44 | 93 | 4:25:22 | 4:38:21 | 4:47:02 | 5:02:23 | 5:34:58 | 4:25:22 |
| M45-49 | 85 | 4:32:28 | 4:42:45 | 4:49:33 | 5:08:34 | 5:52:26 | 4:32:28 |
| M50-54 | 36 | 4:32:38 | 4:36:24 | 4:42:27 | 5:28:19 | 6:03:45 | 4:32:38 |
| M55-59 | 26 | 4:59:14 | 5:12:01 | 5:15:41 | 5:27:24 | 6:21:13 | 4:59:14 |
| M60-64 | 13 | 4:51:56 | 4:51:56 | 5:31:16 | 5:41:42 | 6:07:51 | 4:51:56 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 5:30:04 | 5:30:04 | 5:30:04 | 5:41:12 | 6:06:14 | 5:30:04 |
| MPC | 5 | 5:40:24 | 5:40:24 | 5:40:24 | 5:40:24 | 5:58:52 | 5:40:24 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 239 | 4:28:23 | 4:51:42 | 5:04:46 | 5:18:59 | 6:05:22 | 4:23:28 |
| FPRO | 11 | 4:23:28 | 4:23:28 | 4:27:29 | 4:28:23 | 4:43:36 | 4:23:28 |
| F18-24 | 18 | 4:42:29 | 4:42:29 | 4:55:18 | 5:18:49 | 5:59:03 | 4:42:29 |
| F25-29 | 34 | 4:56:20 | 5:00:18 | 5:06:13 | 5:25:33 | 5:37:33 | 4:56:20 |
| F30-34 | 27 | 5:06:59 | 5:12:45 | 5:13:19 | 5:36:48 | 6:27:09 | 5:06:59 |
| F35-39 | 38 | 5:01:30 | 5:02:10 | 5:10:50 | 5:26:02 | 6:11:41 | 5:01:30 |
| F40-44 | 41 | 4:51:42 | 5:02:52 | 5:08:18 | 5:18:59 | 6:05:22 | 4:51:42 |
| F45-49 | 37 | 4:50:03 | 4:55:45 | 5:13:56 | 5:26:44 | 6:07:50 | 4:50:03 |
| F50-54 | 18 | 4:57:29 | 4:57:29 | 5:13:23 | 5:36:14 | 6:22:00 | 4:57:29 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 5:58:10 | 5:58:10 | 5:58:10 | 6:01:30 | 6:05:53 | 5:58:10 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 5:54:46 | 5:54:46 | 5:54:46 | 5:54:46 | 7:22:59 | 5:54:46 |
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.