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 | 1,359 | 4:10:15 | 4:38:59 | 4:50:41 | 5:10:11 | 5:55:34 | 3:46:48 |
| MPRO | 25 | 3:46:48 | 3:48:46 | 3:53:05 | 3:57:51 | 4:08:11 | 3:46:48 |
| M18-24 | 23 | 4:26:02 | 4:37:34 | 4:49:36 | 4:59:43 | 5:37:45 | 4:26:02 |
| M25-29 | 87 | 4:16:44 | 4:33:24 | 4:49:21 | 5:10:51 | 5:54:03 | 4:16:44 |
| M30-34 | 176 | 4:22:05 | 4:33:02 | 4:44:32 | 4:56:57 | 5:44:00 | 4:18:51 |
| M35-39 | 233 | 4:25:05 | 4:39:56 | 4:49:36 | 5:01:19 | 5:39:04 | 4:20:37 |
| M40-44 | 267 | 4:25:52 | 4:44:41 | 4:55:41 | 5:12:46 | 5:54:45 | 4:10:15 |
| M45-49 | 242 | 4:31:40 | 4:47:30 | 5:00:16 | 5:17:32 | 6:01:21 | 4:28:52 |
| M50-54 | 163 | 4:37:48 | 4:51:06 | 4:59:12 | 5:16:18 | 6:05:34 | 4:26:33 |
| M55-59 | 83 | 4:56:06 | 5:11:12 | 5:16:33 | 5:32:56 | 6:05:19 | 4:56:06 |
| M60-64 | 41 | 4:51:22 | 5:34:54 | 5:36:15 | 5:55:47 | 6:32:50 | 4:51:22 |
| M65-69 | 14 | 5:43:36 | 5:43:36 | 6:03:50 | 6:14:23 | 7:08:30 | 5:43:36 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 765 | 4:30:06 | 5:00:49 | 5:18:02 | 5:42:17 | 6:25:26 | 4:11:56 |
| FPRO | 21 | 4:11:56 | 4:18:33 | 4:19:32 | 4:21:22 | 4:35:05 | 4:11:56 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 5:59:19 | 5:59:19 | 6:13:46 | 6:15:07 | 6:44:26 | 5:59:19 |
| F25-29 | 65 | 4:45:39 | 4:54:42 | 5:05:53 | 5:24:04 | 6:13:26 | 4:45:39 |
| F30-34 | 92 | 4:42:02 | 4:53:34 | 5:12:42 | 5:37:20 | 6:19:20 | 4:42:02 |
| F35-39 | 135 | 4:44:29 | 5:04:49 | 5:16:35 | 5:33:44 | 6:14:34 | 4:43:47 |
| F40-44 | 155 | 5:00:39 | 5:17:30 | 5:29:49 | 5:46:25 | 6:20:20 | 4:59:12 |
| F45-49 | 149 | 5:04:37 | 5:19:37 | 5:34:06 | 5:54:45 | 6:32:22 | 4:59:24 |
| F50-54 | 80 | 5:13:18 | 5:27:26 | 5:51:23 | 5:59:54 | 6:27:24 | 5:13:18 |
| F55-59 | 33 | 5:11:15 | 5:12:19 | 5:46:25 | 5:57:30 | 6:51:13 | 5:11:15 |
| F60-64 | 17 | 5:45:24 | 5:45:24 | 6:22:43 | 6:32:56 | 7:16:14 | 5:45:24 |
| F65-69 | 5 | 6:19:47 | 6:19:47 | 6:19:47 | 6:19:47 | 7:14:30 | 6:19:47 |
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.