Editions: 2026
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 | 629 | 4:14:27 | 4:40:04 | 4:58:51 | 5:22:16 | 6:04:34 | 3:51:23 |
| M18-24 | 16 | 4:56:45 | 4:56:45 | 5:08:38 | 5:29:10 | 6:09:11 | 4:56:45 |
| M25-29 | 52 | 4:11:10 | 4:34:32 | 4:48:54 | 4:59:59 | 5:49:26 | 4:11:10 |
| M30-34 | 78 | 4:05:35 | 4:21:12 | 5:00:47 | 5:20:32 | 5:57:17 | 4:05:35 |
| M35-39 | 139 | 4:04:04 | 4:28:56 | 4:57:29 | 5:14:21 | 6:06:09 | 3:51:23 |
| M40-44 | 136 | 4:16:07 | 4:31:56 | 4:55:45 | 5:19:12 | 5:53:29 | 3:59:46 |
| M45-49 | 87 | 4:14:27 | 4:54:32 | 5:05:31 | 5:34:57 | 6:03:02 | 4:14:27 |
| M50-54 | 65 | 4:35:52 | 4:50:37 | 5:05:46 | 5:29:12 | 6:17:53 | 4:35:52 |
| M55-59 | 37 | 5:17:38 | 5:17:45 | 5:28:21 | 5:45:08 | 6:36:15 | 5:17:38 |
| M60-64 | 13 | 5:23:55 | 5:23:55 | 5:53:19 | 6:06:18 | 6:48:04 | 5:23:55 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 6:29:30 | 6:29:30 | 6:29:30 | 6:29:30 | 7:12:21 | 6:29:30 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 151 | 4:47:32 | 5:16:32 | 5:26:41 | 5:48:13 | 6:29:55 | 4:22:32 |
| F25-29 | 23 | 4:48:05 | 5:16:32 | 5:19:09 | 5:43:08 | 6:20:05 | 4:48:05 |
| F30-34 | 24 | 4:22:32 | 4:47:32 | 5:03:59 | 5:17:58 | 5:54:58 | 4:22:32 |
| F35-39 | 28 | 4:56:44 | 5:39:16 | 5:43:50 | 5:51:37 | 6:39:58 | 4:56:44 |
| F40-44 | 26 | 5:20:51 | 5:26:03 | 5:48:57 | 5:56:43 | 6:16:41 | 5:20:51 |
| F45-49 | 14 | 5:17:19 | 5:17:19 | 5:20:25 | 6:00:04 | 6:27:32 | 5:17:19 |
| F50-54 | 23 | 5:13:18 | 5:43:40 | 5:46:35 | 6:02:24 | 6:47:19 | 5:13:18 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 5:44:59 | 5:44:59 | 5:44:59 | 5:49:35 | 6:37:11 | 5:44:59 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.