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 | 1,201 | 4:04:47 | 4:24:45 | 4:36:13 | 4:56:07 | 5:41:10 | 3:40:32 |
| M18-24 | 86 | 3:47:46 | 4:18:04 | 4:33:21 | 4:49:52 | 5:32:10 | 3:47:46 |
| M25-29 | 148 | 4:16:50 | 4:30:13 | 4:40:06 | 5:02:34 | 5:37:11 | 4:15:23 |
| M30-34 | 172 | 3:46:36 | 4:20:26 | 4:32:11 | 4:54:06 | 5:34:39 | 3:40:32 |
| M35-39 | 178 | 3:57:27 | 4:21:40 | 4:30:09 | 4:46:10 | 5:36:03 | 3:54:32 |
| M40-44 | 160 | 4:07:50 | 4:20:45 | 4:31:36 | 4:46:16 | 5:44:15 | 3:44:57 |
| M45-49 | 143 | 4:01:57 | 4:17:46 | 4:35:36 | 4:57:19 | 5:34:33 | 3:49:30 |
| M50-54 | 110 | 4:08:49 | 4:18:15 | 4:35:47 | 4:50:15 | 5:31:59 | 3:58:49 |
| M55-59 | 105 | 4:25:41 | 4:30:28 | 4:43:21 | 4:59:18 | 5:52:38 | 4:08:19 |
| M60-64 | 58 | 4:13:22 | 4:41:44 | 5:03:38 | 5:27:17 | 6:05:51 | 4:13:22 |
| M65-69 | 29 | 4:34:09 | 5:04:46 | 5:16:05 | 5:22:52 | 5:59:23 | 4:34:09 |
| M70-74 | 10 | 5:24:19 | 5:24:19 | 5:24:19 | 5:24:54 | 6:47:44 | 5:24:19 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 474 | 4:29:05 | 4:50:33 | 5:05:52 | 5:24:32 | 6:12:35 | 4:05:52 |
| F18-24 | 30 | 4:34:49 | 4:50:24 | 4:56:20 | 5:08:21 | 5:56:07 | 4:34:49 |
| F25-29 | 55 | 4:05:52 | 4:50:14 | 5:00:47 | 5:15:07 | 6:08:16 | 4:05:52 |
| F30-34 | 49 | 4:42:57 | 4:53:14 | 4:58:27 | 5:10:52 | 5:48:21 | 4:42:57 |
| F35-39 | 56 | 4:33:24 | 4:54:25 | 5:02:18 | 5:18:42 | 6:00:03 | 4:33:24 |
| F40-44 | 67 | 4:23:17 | 4:33:55 | 4:50:33 | 5:10:46 | 5:56:59 | 4:23:17 |
| F45-49 | 61 | 4:18:35 | 4:46:32 | 5:07:44 | 5:37:01 | 6:17:05 | 4:18:35 |
| F50-54 | 61 | 4:35:19 | 4:59:27 | 5:18:31 | 5:40:57 | 6:15:22 | 4:35:19 |
| F55-59 | 51 | 4:35:51 | 4:55:52 | 5:23:48 | 5:42:27 | 6:26:05 | 4:35:51 |
| F60-64 | 27 | 5:08:55 | 5:31:10 | 5:37:45 | 5:55:39 | 6:30:43 | 5:08:55 |
| F65-69 | 10 | 5:43:27 | 5:43:27 | 5:43:27 | 5:53:27 | 6:51:03 | 5:43:27 |
| F70-74 | 5 | 6:20:08 | 6:20:08 | 6:20:08 | 6:20:08 | 7:23:50 | 6:20:08 |
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.