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 | 1,197 | 4:12:28 | 4:48:07 | 5:03:05 | 5:18:39 | 5:48:02 | 3:44:06 |
| MPRO | 18 | 3:44:06 | 3:44:06 | 3:44:46 | 3:48:30 | 4:01:31 | 3:44:06 |
| M18-24 | 54 | 4:28:19 | 4:33:42 | 5:03:16 | 5:15:07 | 5:48:53 | 4:28:19 |
| M25-29 | 133 | 4:27:44 | 4:44:02 | 4:59:34 | 5:10:27 | 5:46:43 | 4:25:10 |
| M30-34 | 233 | 4:33:03 | 4:54:09 | 5:04:02 | 5:20:26 | 5:50:40 | 4:22:41 |
| M35-39 | 284 | 4:35:21 | 4:51:58 | 5:02:37 | 5:16:59 | 5:45:54 | 4:26:03 |
| M40-44 | 257 | 4:33:03 | 4:51:35 | 5:09:10 | 5:23:44 | 5:48:20 | 4:13:49 |
| M45-49 | 122 | 4:52:44 | 5:03:54 | 5:13:38 | 5:19:38 | 5:45:14 | 4:44:46 |
| M50-54 | 73 | 4:48:07 | 5:05:36 | 5:22:09 | 5:33:23 | 6:04:59 | 4:48:07 |
| M55-59 | 16 | 5:06:26 | 5:06:26 | 5:25:42 | 5:35:15 | 5:57:15 | 5:06:26 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 293 | 4:15:38 | 5:00:32 | 5:14:53 | 5:29:18 | 6:01:04 | 4:09:58 |
| FPRO | 9 | 4:09:58 | 4:09:58 | 4:09:58 | 4:13:12 | 4:30:28 | 4:09:58 |
| F18-24 | 16 | 4:55:06 | 4:55:06 | 5:00:48 | 5:26:17 | 5:49:56 | 4:55:06 |
| F25-29 | 39 | 4:45:07 | 4:54:30 | 5:16:11 | 5:29:37 | 6:00:08 | 4:45:07 |
| F30-34 | 57 | 5:00:16 | 5:03:05 | 5:12:10 | 5:20:38 | 6:08:25 | 5:00:16 |
| F35-39 | 67 | 5:04:00 | 5:06:19 | 5:24:42 | 5:41:06 | 6:07:00 | 5:04:00 |
| F40-44 | 58 | 4:44:13 | 5:09:50 | 5:16:18 | 5:38:50 | 5:59:17 | 4:44:13 |
| F45-49 | 30 | 5:22:17 | 5:23:39 | 5:24:48 | 5:31:13 | 6:12:53 | 5:22:17 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 5:37:47 | 5:37:47 | 5:42:14 | 5:50:49 | 5:59:37 | 5:37:47 |
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.