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 | 1,305 | 4:22:42 | 4:51:01 | 5:09:10 | 5:32:40 | 6:18:08 | 3:51:05 |
| MPRO | 13 | 3:51:05 | 3:51:05 | 4:01:40 | 4:02:50 | 4:15:51 | 3:51:05 |
| M18-24 | 44 | 4:38:15 | 4:53:22 | 5:02:00 | 5:23:47 | 5:57:37 | 4:38:15 |
| M25-29 | 110 | 4:16:52 | 4:44:25 | 5:02:00 | 5:30:54 | 6:28:04 | 4:11:42 |
| M30-34 | 195 | 4:33:19 | 4:47:38 | 5:10:33 | 5:21:56 | 6:14:36 | 4:33:01 |
| M35-39 | 221 | 4:25:32 | 4:49:13 | 4:57:29 | 5:17:03 | 6:08:45 | 4:17:06 |
| M40-44 | 237 | 4:37:08 | 4:52:46 | 5:09:44 | 5:30:56 | 6:23:24 | 4:22:16 |
| M45-49 | 222 | 4:49:09 | 5:07:24 | 5:26:07 | 5:43:49 | 6:19:57 | 4:33:41 |
| M50-54 | 146 | 4:41:51 | 5:10:34 | 5:21:37 | 5:44:07 | 6:27:05 | 4:39:11 |
| M55-59 | 63 | 5:09:47 | 5:36:34 | 5:38:25 | 5:48:44 | 6:19:19 | 5:09:47 |
| M60-64 | 34 | 5:11:11 | 5:17:43 | 5:21:43 | 5:53:00 | 6:29:51 | 5:11:11 |
| M65-69 | 14 | 5:46:14 | 5:46:14 | 5:54:56 | 5:55:56 | 7:03:23 | 5:46:14 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 6:26:51 | 6:26:51 | 6:26:51 | 6:46:07 | 7:26:02 | 6:26:51 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 581 | 4:40:08 | 5:10:28 | 5:26:52 | 5:51:32 | 6:38:59 | 4:16:43 |
| FPRO | 9 | 4:16:43 | 4:16:43 | 4:16:43 | 4:28:04 | 4:40:08 | 4:16:43 |
| F18-24 | 27 | 4:57:25 | 5:12:07 | 5:18:16 | 5:31:59 | 6:19:34 | 4:57:25 |
| F25-29 | 60 | 4:43:06 | 5:01:04 | 5:10:50 | 5:36:00 | 6:28:55 | 4:43:06 |
| F30-34 | 104 | 5:01:49 | 5:10:28 | 5:19:05 | 5:50:01 | 6:36:03 | 4:38:44 |
| F35-39 | 79 | 4:42:42 | 5:14:30 | 5:24:29 | 5:49:16 | 6:35:24 | 4:42:42 |
| F40-44 | 112 | 5:01:26 | 5:14:24 | 5:28:15 | 5:48:26 | 6:35:36 | 4:46:30 |
| F45-49 | 88 | 5:02:07 | 5:23:45 | 5:34:14 | 6:11:38 | 6:46:46 | 5:02:07 |
| F50-54 | 51 | 5:17:09 | 5:36:29 | 6:02:05 | 6:17:40 | 6:47:36 | 5:17:09 |
| F55-59 | 35 | 5:39:46 | 5:42:22 | 5:56:26 | 6:18:01 | 6:51:25 | 5:39:46 |
| F60-64 | 13 | 6:03:36 | 6:03:36 | 6:30:18 | 6:30:38 | 7:15:47 | 6:03:36 |
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.