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 | 1,787 | 3:59:07 | 4:34:43 | 4:53:55 | 5:18:15 | 6:08:36 | 3:37:15 |
| MPRO | 39 | 3:37:15 | 3:38:12 | 3:40:21 | 3:44:31 | 4:02:45 | 3:37:15 |
| M18-24 | 56 | 4:16:12 | 4:31:21 | 4:40:39 | 5:08:31 | 5:49:21 | 4:16:12 |
| M25-29 | 177 | 4:11:56 | 4:28:32 | 4:47:12 | 5:07:06 | 6:07:43 | 4:04:18 |
| M30-34 | 231 | 4:22:36 | 4:36:37 | 4:51:07 | 5:18:01 | 6:10:37 | 4:20:10 |
| M35-39 | 267 | 4:19:23 | 4:35:43 | 4:50:54 | 5:15:43 | 6:00:18 | 4:06:34 |
| M40-44 | 264 | 4:23:20 | 4:47:12 | 4:59:36 | 5:16:28 | 6:03:22 | 4:21:55 |
| M45-49 | 248 | 4:26:48 | 4:46:27 | 5:01:07 | 5:22:39 | 6:09:41 | 4:23:55 |
| M50-54 | 219 | 4:40:13 | 4:59:59 | 5:13:11 | 5:34:57 | 6:15:16 | 4:35:12 |
| M55-59 | 157 | 4:47:26 | 4:54:43 | 5:11:47 | 5:34:05 | 6:22:15 | 4:39:26 |
| M60-64 | 84 | 4:34:34 | 5:10:13 | 5:17:48 | 5:44:21 | 6:31:11 | 4:34:34 |
| M65-69 | 32 | 5:14:26 | 5:27:32 | 5:34:37 | 5:57:08 | 6:30:42 | 5:14:26 |
| M70-74 | 9 | 5:43:49 | 5:43:49 | 5:43:49 | 6:32:42 | 7:56:55 | 5:43:49 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 914 | 4:26:30 | 5:02:48 | 5:24:18 | 5:49:01 | 6:37:21 | 4:02:35 |
| FPRO | 21 | 4:02:35 | 4:06:16 | 4:09:23 | 4:15:08 | 4:27:27 | 4:02:35 |
| F18-24 | 20 | 5:30:49 | 5:30:49 | 5:40:35 | 5:47:56 | 6:29:19 | 5:30:49 |
| F25-29 | 74 | 4:42:09 | 5:03:50 | 5:17:45 | 5:38:13 | 6:32:07 | 4:42:09 |
| F30-34 | 105 | 4:49:26 | 4:56:57 | 5:07:41 | 5:39:30 | 6:27:53 | 4:31:46 |
| F35-39 | 124 | 4:40:03 | 5:14:27 | 5:24:47 | 5:42:22 | 6:31:14 | 4:31:15 |
| F40-44 | 158 | 4:41:48 | 5:07:29 | 5:25:17 | 5:43:32 | 6:29:55 | 4:32:05 |
| F45-49 | 136 | 4:48:30 | 5:20:17 | 5:35:13 | 6:01:07 | 6:44:39 | 4:45:09 |
| F50-54 | 131 | 5:08:09 | 5:30:55 | 5:51:34 | 6:10:44 | 6:50:07 | 4:56:22 |
| F55-59 | 84 | 5:17:59 | 5:40:11 | 5:47:08 | 6:02:51 | 6:51:21 | 5:17:59 |
| F60-64 | 42 | 5:09:22 | 5:53:44 | 6:02:42 | 6:22:54 | 7:04:15 | 5:09:22 |
| F65-69 | 13 | 5:51:44 | 5:51:44 | 5:56:42 | 6:20:00 | 6:56:12 | 5:51:44 |
| F70-74 | 5 | 6:02:16 | 6:02:16 | 6:02:16 | 6:02:16 | 6:54:02 | 6:02:16 |
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.