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 | 801 | 3:55:20 | 4:46:59 | 5:04:46 | 5:28:38 | 6:08:09 | 3:48:10 |
| MPRO | 20 | 3:48:10 | 3:48:10 | 3:48:33 | 3:51:35 | 4:01:22 | 3:48:10 |
| M18-24 | 35 | 4:21:54 | 4:32:41 | 4:49:24 | 5:11:43 | 5:58:10 | 4:21:54 |
| M25-29 | 66 | 4:17:59 | 4:44:02 | 4:56:57 | 5:23:01 | 6:04:49 | 4:17:59 |
| M30-34 | 143 | 4:41:08 | 5:04:03 | 5:14:09 | 5:29:36 | 6:05:08 | 4:33:45 |
| M35-39 | 175 | 4:12:19 | 4:48:21 | 5:00:32 | 5:21:27 | 5:58:18 | 4:11:15 |
| M40-44 | 177 | 4:45:11 | 5:09:24 | 5:20:56 | 5:36:29 | 6:12:33 | 4:33:56 |
| M45-49 | 93 | 4:40:20 | 5:07:10 | 5:28:52 | 5:43:45 | 6:13:32 | 4:40:20 |
| M50-54 | 49 | 4:51:49 | 5:03:42 | 5:13:15 | 5:42:40 | 6:30:44 | 4:51:49 |
| M55-59 | 23 | 5:22:00 | 5:22:10 | 5:23:00 | 5:55:05 | 6:32:50 | 5:22:00 |
| M60-64 | 16 | 5:25:15 | 5:25:15 | 5:28:33 | 5:38:44 | 6:32:18 | 5:25:15 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 258 | 4:36:22 | 5:12:30 | 5:29:11 | 5:46:45 | 6:22:45 | 4:25:47 |
| FPRO | 8 | 4:25:47 | 4:25:47 | 4:25:47 | 4:29:37 | 4:41:27 | 4:25:47 |
| F18-24 | 11 | 4:47:56 | 4:47:56 | 5:23:33 | 5:37:38 | 6:17:15 | 4:47:56 |
| F25-29 | 29 | 4:45:43 | 5:18:29 | 5:18:51 | 5:49:12 | 6:15:43 | 4:45:43 |
| F30-34 | 47 | 5:12:30 | 5:29:11 | 5:33:43 | 6:00:11 | 6:21:37 | 5:12:30 |
| F35-39 | 63 | 5:05:56 | 5:19:01 | 5:30:59 | 5:52:09 | 6:23:48 | 5:05:56 |
| F40-44 | 43 | 5:28:59 | 5:31:31 | 5:36:55 | 5:53:24 | 6:27:55 | 5:28:59 |
| F45-49 | 25 | 5:15:41 | 5:34:55 | 5:45:40 | 5:57:09 | 6:34:31 | 5:15:41 |
| F50-54 | 20 | 5:22:09 | 5:22:09 | 5:33:37 | 5:39:06 | 6:46:04 | 5:22:09 |
| F55-59 | 9 | 5:30:59 | 5:30:59 | 5:30:59 | 5:39:29 | 6:28:32 | 5:30:59 |
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.