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 | 386 | 3:48:42 | 4:19:47 | 4:39:23 | 4:59:36 | 5:52:19 | 3:42:44 |
| MPRO | 21 | 3:42:44 | 3:43:45 | 3:46:57 | 3:49:49 | 4:03:51 | 3:42:44 |
| M18-24 | 26 | 4:14:38 | 4:30:55 | 4:32:17 | 4:48:20 | 5:42:20 | 4:14:38 |
| M25-29 | 38 | 4:32:29 | 4:33:15 | 4:39:19 | 5:02:09 | 5:29:50 | 4:32:29 |
| M30-34 | 66 | 4:16:20 | 4:29:40 | 4:43:40 | 5:05:33 | 5:48:54 | 4:16:20 |
| M35-39 | 65 | 4:27:40 | 4:39:28 | 4:49:50 | 5:05:19 | 5:42:44 | 4:27:40 |
| M40-44 | 54 | 4:19:47 | 4:39:23 | 4:54:41 | 5:04:33 | 6:00:15 | 4:19:47 |
| M45-49 | 59 | 4:44:22 | 4:49:13 | 4:57:04 | 5:33:10 | 6:16:26 | 4:44:22 |
| M50-54 | 33 | 4:49:42 | 4:50:27 | 5:05:54 | 5:28:22 | 6:12:58 | 4:49:42 |
| M55-59 | 14 | 4:43:14 | 4:43:14 | 5:13:25 | 5:38:10 | 5:56:07 | 4:43:14 |
| M60-64 | 5 | 6:02:03 | 6:02:03 | 6:02:03 | 6:02:03 | 7:23:11 | 6:02:03 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 110 | 4:17:14 | 4:26:16 | 4:38:17 | 5:11:58 | 5:42:29 | 4:07:17 |
| FPRO | 14 | 4:07:17 | 4:07:17 | 4:17:14 | 4:18:50 | 4:26:38 | 4:07:17 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 4:56:30 | 4:56:30 | 4:56:30 | 5:22:15 | 5:33:09 | 4:56:30 |
| F25-29 | 17 | 4:38:10 | 4:38:10 | 5:09:14 | 5:25:07 | 5:41:06 | 4:38:10 |
| F30-34 | 15 | 4:49:54 | 4:49:54 | 5:26:03 | 5:26:07 | 5:59:11 | 4:49:54 |
| F35-39 | 14 | 4:49:03 | 4:49:03 | 4:51:41 | 5:15:11 | 5:38:09 | 4:49:03 |
| F40-44 | 16 | 5:01:48 | 5:01:48 | 5:13:05 | 5:26:15 | 5:41:53 | 5:01:48 |
| F45-49 | 9 | 5:26:49 | 5:26:49 | 5:26:49 | 5:41:35 | 6:16:50 | 5:26:49 |
| F50-54 | 8 | 5:10:09 | 5:10:09 | 5:10:09 | 5:27:59 | 6:27:54 | 5:10:09 |
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.