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 | 371 | 4:04:09 | 4:34:54 | 4:52:43 | 5:12:08 | 5:53:47 | 3:56:24 |
| MPRO | 15 | 3:56:24 | 3:56:24 | 4:02:38 | 4:03:26 | 4:15:12 | 3:56:24 |
| M18-24 | 18 | 4:26:00 | 4:26:00 | 4:38:31 | 5:02:34 | 5:36:25 | 4:26:00 |
| M25-29 | 46 | 4:31:33 | 4:47:29 | 4:52:43 | 5:21:20 | 6:11:10 | 4:31:33 |
| M30-34 | 58 | 4:31:01 | 4:34:54 | 4:54:50 | 5:06:11 | 5:36:10 | 4:31:01 |
| M35-39 | 61 | 4:35:29 | 4:47:21 | 4:51:50 | 5:24:20 | 5:47:36 | 4:35:29 |
| M40-44 | 63 | 4:43:22 | 4:56:44 | 5:02:31 | 5:12:51 | 5:55:05 | 4:43:22 |
| M45-49 | 48 | 4:37:31 | 4:53:31 | 5:04:32 | 5:17:57 | 5:56:23 | 4:37:31 |
| M50-54 | 32 | 4:47:55 | 4:55:21 | 5:11:22 | 5:41:21 | 6:19:12 | 4:47:55 |
| M55-59 | 21 | 4:53:20 | 5:13:04 | 5:13:55 | 5:51:12 | 6:32:27 | 4:53:20 |
| M60-64 | 6 | 5:06:57 | 5:06:57 | 5:06:57 | 5:53:02 | 6:19:59 | 5:06:57 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 156 | 4:34:27 | 4:55:51 | 5:14:55 | 5:39:25 | 6:25:22 | 4:34:21 |
| FPRO | 6 | 4:34:21 | 4:34:21 | 4:34:21 | 4:34:27 | 4:36:52 | 4:34:21 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 5:15:46 | 5:15:46 | 5:27:42 | 5:31:38 | 6:26:12 | 5:15:46 |
| F25-29 | 29 | 5:11:09 | 5:15:30 | 5:24:38 | 5:43:14 | 6:23:19 | 5:11:09 |
| F30-34 | 23 | 4:43:21 | 4:54:24 | 5:27:05 | 5:49:28 | 6:24:12 | 4:43:21 |
| F35-39 | 26 | 4:55:51 | 5:07:10 | 5:27:24 | 5:41:43 | 6:18:44 | 4:55:51 |
| F40-44 | 34 | 5:05:28 | 5:06:37 | 5:14:55 | 5:27:07 | 6:31:19 | 5:05:28 |
| F45-49 | 12 | 5:11:33 | 5:11:33 | 5:23:00 | 5:49:08 | 6:39:16 | 5:11:33 |
| F50-54 | 8 | 5:59:32 | 5:59:32 | 5:59:32 | 6:01:46 | 6:32:07 | 5:59:32 |
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.