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 | 864 | 4:06:51 | 4:38:10 | 4:55:40 | 5:19:39 | 6:05:33 | 3:50:09 |
| MPRO | 16 | 3:50:09 | 3:50:09 | 3:52:48 | 4:01:54 | 4:06:34 | 3:50:09 |
| M18-24 | 22 | 4:34:05 | 4:35:02 | 5:05:31 | 5:10:39 | 5:34:43 | 4:34:05 |
| M25-29 | 94 | 4:16:57 | 4:24:06 | 4:39:50 | 5:03:20 | 5:49:40 | 4:16:57 |
| M30-34 | 100 | 4:17:48 | 4:38:10 | 4:48:38 | 5:19:33 | 5:59:31 | 4:17:48 |
| M35-39 | 138 | 4:28:53 | 4:39:58 | 4:52:03 | 5:14:40 | 6:07:53 | 4:28:33 |
| M40-44 | 130 | 4:25:43 | 4:38:12 | 4:53:38 | 5:16:24 | 5:52:17 | 4:18:45 |
| M45-49 | 114 | 4:31:10 | 4:54:13 | 5:03:05 | 5:17:59 | 5:52:26 | 4:27:14 |
| M50-54 | 115 | 4:39:47 | 5:02:23 | 5:14:47 | 5:38:32 | 6:17:21 | 4:25:59 |
| M55-59 | 74 | 5:01:29 | 5:24:23 | 5:29:21 | 5:50:11 | 6:21:54 | 5:01:29 |
| M60-64 | 35 | 5:26:30 | 5:38:13 | 5:55:45 | 6:08:06 | 6:45:35 | 5:26:30 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 5:34:42 | 5:34:42 | 5:45:36 | 5:54:09 | 6:49:51 | 5:34:42 |
| M70-74 | 10 | 6:11:18 | 6:11:18 | 6:11:18 | 6:18:02 | 7:13:19 | 6:11:18 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 565 | 4:32:57 | 5:03:54 | 5:23:57 | 5:45:23 | 6:35:24 | 4:21:42 |
| FPRO | 17 | 4:21:42 | 4:21:42 | 4:23:39 | 4:29:06 | 4:39:19 | 4:21:42 |
| F18-24 | 21 | 5:01:29 | 5:29:36 | 5:29:51 | 5:55:59 | 6:36:21 | 5:01:29 |
| F25-29 | 62 | 4:44:48 | 5:14:08 | 5:23:22 | 5:40:51 | 6:22:53 | 4:44:48 |
| F30-34 | 92 | 4:38:13 | 5:03:08 | 5:08:47 | 5:35:46 | 6:21:56 | 4:38:13 |
| F35-39 | 87 | 4:41:54 | 5:24:00 | 5:32:46 | 5:50:24 | 6:46:05 | 4:41:54 |
| F40-44 | 81 | 4:50:20 | 5:10:54 | 5:26:05 | 5:45:23 | 6:31:52 | 4:50:20 |
| F45-49 | 69 | 5:05:20 | 5:31:07 | 5:40:55 | 5:54:32 | 6:35:42 | 5:05:20 |
| F50-54 | 65 | 5:16:25 | 5:32:53 | 5:38:48 | 5:52:14 | 6:57:26 | 5:16:25 |
| F55-59 | 44 | 5:10:27 | 6:04:14 | 6:08:41 | 6:16:15 | 6:53:05 | 5:10:27 |
| F60-64 | 21 | 5:33:18 | 5:36:25 | 5:55:23 | 5:58:59 | 7:00:38 | 5:33:18 |
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.