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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 | 1,258 | 4:25:30 | 4:48:01 | 5:07:30 | 5:33:27 | 6:23:51 | 4:04:17 |
| M18-24 | 39 | 4:04:17 | 4:20:14 | 4:34:50 | 5:12:18 | 6:30:53 | 4:04:17 |
| M25-29 | 79 | 4:25:30 | 4:38:56 | 5:07:01 | 5:25:19 | 6:25:54 | 4:25:30 |
| M30-34 | 185 | 4:21:01 | 4:53:29 | 5:11:49 | 5:34:29 | 6:30:19 | 4:20:15 |
| M35-39 | 256 | 4:25:28 | 4:47:17 | 5:08:20 | 5:35:59 | 6:35:51 | 4:04:55 |
| M40-44 | 282 | 4:24:28 | 4:42:24 | 5:01:11 | 5:29:10 | 6:17:24 | 4:18:26 |
| M45-49 | 201 | 4:35:12 | 4:59:14 | 5:11:55 | 5:37:16 | 6:15:31 | 4:25:52 |
| M50-54 | 119 | 4:26:18 | 5:00:53 | 5:08:44 | 5:43:15 | 6:15:28 | 4:19:26 |
| M55-59 | 56 | 4:38:40 | 4:48:01 | 4:59:02 | 5:24:01 | 6:08:57 | 4:38:40 |
| M60-64 | 28 | 5:14:00 | 5:16:57 | 5:22:23 | 5:31:33 | 6:25:07 | 5:14:00 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 5:27:09 | 5:27:09 | 5:27:09 | 5:53:30 | 6:02:29 | 5:27:09 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 245 | 4:47:02 | 5:09:09 | 5:27:01 | 6:04:42 | 7:01:30 | 4:42:22 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 5:27:21 | 5:27:21 | 5:27:21 | 6:04:42 | 6:41:02 | 5:27:21 |
| F25-29 | 22 | 4:42:22 | 4:44:53 | 4:47:02 | 5:41:57 | 6:58:46 | 4:42:22 |
| F30-34 | 36 | 5:05:16 | 5:10:24 | 5:18:52 | 6:48:59 | 7:19:02 | 5:05:16 |
| F35-39 | 59 | 4:56:37 | 5:08:54 | 5:31:37 | 6:24:04 | 7:07:04 | 4:56:37 |
| F40-44 | 51 | 4:57:08 | 5:03:07 | 5:17:18 | 5:58:49 | 6:54:21 | 4:57:08 |
| F45-49 | 38 | 5:10:59 | 5:13:28 | 5:19:33 | 5:58:24 | 6:47:51 | 5:10:59 |
| F50-54 | 21 | 5:34:57 | 5:42:05 | 6:03:01 | 6:11:40 | 6:53:20 | 5:34:57 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 5:17:43 | 5:17:43 | 5:17:43 | 5:40:29 | 6:11:06 | 5:17:43 |
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.