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 | 553 | 3:55:58 | 4:21:46 | 4:34:11 | 4:53:11 | 5:30:25 | 3:43:43 |
| MPRO | 10 | 3:43:43 | 3:43:43 | 3:43:43 | 3:44:19 | 3:54:25 | 3:43:43 |
| M18-24 | 19 | 4:26:59 | 4:26:59 | 4:27:01 | 4:42:21 | 5:54:54 | 4:26:59 |
| M25-29 | 58 | 3:58:37 | 4:21:26 | 4:31:04 | 4:47:32 | 5:23:28 | 3:58:37 |
| M30-34 | 78 | 4:09:42 | 4:16:50 | 4:24:11 | 4:43:27 | 5:14:25 | 4:09:42 |
| M35-39 | 86 | 4:12:46 | 4:25:24 | 4:34:11 | 4:49:32 | 5:32:02 | 4:12:46 |
| M40-44 | 124 | 4:11:52 | 4:31:19 | 4:37:21 | 4:53:39 | 5:25:12 | 4:03:43 |
| M45-49 | 73 | 4:13:50 | 4:27:39 | 4:38:14 | 4:59:13 | 5:43:17 | 4:13:50 |
| M50-54 | 49 | 4:19:18 | 4:38:01 | 4:50:35 | 4:55:27 | 5:21:37 | 4:19:18 |
| M55-59 | 34 | 4:54:03 | 4:54:05 | 4:59:05 | 5:08:32 | 6:03:34 | 4:54:03 |
| M60-64 | 18 | 4:55:48 | 4:55:48 | 5:25:56 | 5:39:01 | 6:21:29 | 4:55:48 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 312 | 4:19:29 | 4:47:08 | 5:05:13 | 5:21:57 | 5:56:55 | 4:07:19 |
| FPRO | 10 | 4:07:19 | 4:07:19 | 4:07:19 | 4:16:12 | 4:21:13 | 4:07:19 |
| F18-24 | 8 | 5:15:26 | 5:15:26 | 5:15:26 | 5:28:15 | 5:41:18 | 5:15:26 |
| F25-29 | 50 | 4:39:29 | 5:00:13 | 5:03:00 | 5:22:58 | 5:45:15 | 4:39:29 |
| F30-34 | 52 | 4:34:38 | 5:02:01 | 5:07:37 | 5:20:27 | 5:46:11 | 4:34:38 |
| F35-39 | 57 | 4:52:31 | 5:09:31 | 5:13:00 | 5:32:40 | 6:00:03 | 4:52:31 |
| F40-44 | 56 | 4:35:20 | 4:57:59 | 5:13:16 | 5:28:11 | 6:02:24 | 4:35:20 |
| F45-49 | 43 | 4:37:54 | 4:54:03 | 5:05:59 | 5:18:58 | 5:53:16 | 4:37:54 |
| F50-54 | 17 | 5:03:15 | 5:03:15 | 5:15:50 | 5:22:12 | 6:09:52 | 5:03:15 |
| F55-59 | 16 | 5:36:49 | 5:36:49 | 5:48:52 | 6:00:46 | 6:19:58 | 5:36:49 |
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.