Editions: 2021
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 | 455 | 4:52:24 | 5:11:28 | 5:30:10 | 5:45:48 | 6:34:03 | 4:46:22 |
| M45-49 | 222 | 4:51:30 | 5:04:52 | 5:18:23 | 5:37:36 | 6:15:23 | 4:46:22 |
| M50-54 | 147 | 5:00:38 | 5:31:45 | 5:39:20 | 6:05:46 | 6:47:05 | 4:48:38 |
| M55-59 | 60 | 4:59:56 | 5:12:13 | 5:45:22 | 5:51:00 | 6:41:54 | 4:59:56 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 5:34:19 | 5:34:19 | 5:34:42 | 5:43:41 | 6:55:08 | 5:34:19 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 5:13:20 | 5:13:20 | 5:13:20 | 6:04:32 | 6:53:39 | 5:13:20 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 704 | 5:06:12 | 5:26:20 | 5:37:18 | 5:51:58 | 6:31:53 | 4:51:34 |
| F18-24 | 36 | 5:07:49 | 5:09:00 | 5:19:02 | 5:32:16 | 6:12:00 | 5:07:49 |
| F25-29 | 115 | 5:02:08 | 5:09:48 | 5:26:20 | 5:43:31 | 6:19:22 | 4:51:34 |
| F30-34 | 140 | 5:02:47 | 5:26:49 | 5:35:25 | 5:48:23 | 6:29:49 | 4:56:58 |
| F35-39 | 141 | 5:09:15 | 5:32:41 | 5:38:20 | 5:52:56 | 6:27:54 | 4:59:35 |
| F40-44 | 130 | 5:13:09 | 5:35:57 | 5:41:42 | 5:55:55 | 6:33:05 | 5:06:17 |
| F45-49 | 68 | 5:16:41 | 5:20:40 | 5:43:33 | 5:51:47 | 6:32:20 | 5:16:41 |
| F50-54 | 49 | 5:24:18 | 5:31:45 | 5:41:07 | 6:26:30 | 7:01:39 | 5:24:18 |
| F55-59 | 18 | 5:38:38 | 5:38:38 | 5:56:31 | 6:24:59 | 7:00:21 | 5:38:38 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 6:09:53 | 6:09:53 | 6:09:53 | 6:31:34 | 7:14:25 | 6:09:53 |
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.