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 | 1,020 | 4:11:44 | 4:34:56 | 4:47:54 | 5:04:51 | 5:40:24 | 3:54:15 |
| MPRO | 12 | 3:54:15 | 3:54:15 | 3:55:51 | 4:02:36 | 4:04:47 | 3:54:15 |
| M18-24 | 28 | 4:35:49 | 4:56:57 | 4:59:28 | 5:02:14 | 5:17:17 | 4:35:49 |
| M25-29 | 87 | 4:10:36 | 4:21:09 | 4:30:54 | 4:39:51 | 5:27:06 | 4:10:36 |
| M30-34 | 151 | 4:24:55 | 4:34:56 | 4:42:55 | 4:58:24 | 5:26:42 | 4:03:39 |
| M35-39 | 247 | 4:28:18 | 4:38:05 | 4:44:56 | 4:58:43 | 5:37:37 | 4:23:41 |
| M40-44 | 209 | 4:28:02 | 4:44:22 | 4:54:25 | 5:10:31 | 5:45:41 | 4:20:52 |
| M45-49 | 132 | 4:30:22 | 4:44:31 | 4:54:27 | 5:11:04 | 5:40:03 | 4:19:33 |
| M50-54 | 77 | 4:33:49 | 4:55:56 | 5:09:16 | 5:22:33 | 5:54:10 | 4:33:49 |
| M55-59 | 45 | 5:01:40 | 5:04:51 | 5:08:55 | 5:35:33 | 6:07:34 | 5:01:40 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 5:03:20 | 5:03:20 | 5:38:36 | 5:50:18 | 6:28:30 | 5:03:20 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 5:44:30 | 5:44:30 | 5:44:30 | 6:03:14 | 6:31:02 | 5:44:30 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 383 | 4:31:50 | 4:55:56 | 5:07:43 | 5:19:55 | 5:53:43 | 4:18:12 |
| FPRO | 13 | 4:18:12 | 4:18:12 | 4:28:48 | 4:29:30 | 4:39:51 | 4:18:12 |
| F18-24 | 17 | 4:46:22 | 4:46:22 | 5:14:36 | 5:17:17 | 5:53:43 | 4:46:22 |
| F25-29 | 53 | 4:39:59 | 5:01:49 | 5:10:19 | 5:19:39 | 6:01:25 | 4:39:59 |
| F30-34 | 80 | 4:35:43 | 4:55:48 | 5:05:13 | 5:14:06 | 5:57:54 | 4:35:43 |
| F35-39 | 67 | 4:55:36 | 5:07:43 | 5:14:03 | 5:27:03 | 6:01:31 | 4:55:36 |
| F40-44 | 77 | 4:45:37 | 5:00:02 | 5:06:48 | 5:17:09 | 5:41:07 | 4:45:37 |
| F45-49 | 41 | 5:13:34 | 5:26:51 | 5:29:57 | 5:37:05 | 6:08:07 | 5:13:34 |
| F50-54 | 22 | 5:15:56 | 5:26:29 | 5:29:32 | 5:36:42 | 6:04:00 | 5:15:56 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 5:47:44 | 5:47:44 | 5:47:44 | 6:13:22 | 6:26:42 | 5:47:44 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 5:49:38 | 5:49:38 | 5:49:38 | 5:49:38 | 6:38:01 | 5:49:38 |
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.