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 | 1,348 | 3:30:52 | 3:53:42 | 4:06:27 | 4:22:56 | 5:01:23 | 3:17:08 |
| MPRO | 22 | 3:17:08 | 3:18:29 | 3:21:26 | 3:22:39 | 3:29:32 | 3:17:08 |
| M18-24 | 44 | 3:42:32 | 3:56:35 | 4:06:25 | 4:10:36 | 4:48:20 | 3:42:32 |
| M25-29 | 115 | 3:34:29 | 3:47:35 | 3:57:35 | 4:20:31 | 4:53:11 | 3:33:11 |
| M30-34 | 165 | 3:37:54 | 3:48:35 | 3:58:43 | 4:16:52 | 4:52:41 | 3:28:43 |
| M35-39 | 182 | 3:35:45 | 3:52:40 | 4:04:33 | 4:15:17 | 4:49:16 | 3:29:19 |
| M40-44 | 199 | 3:39:06 | 3:54:42 | 4:04:15 | 4:17:48 | 4:57:44 | 3:35:28 |
| M45-49 | 213 | 3:51:20 | 4:02:41 | 4:12:30 | 4:24:08 | 4:57:42 | 3:45:16 |
| M50-54 | 194 | 3:57:20 | 4:12:00 | 4:18:48 | 4:33:03 | 5:11:59 | 3:53:38 |
| M55-59 | 117 | 4:07:39 | 4:17:03 | 4:26:52 | 4:43:32 | 5:11:05 | 3:53:20 |
| M60-64 | 70 | 4:25:43 | 4:36:39 | 4:41:06 | 4:51:31 | 5:21:31 | 4:25:43 |
| M65-69 | 18 | 4:24:13 | 4:24:13 | 4:28:26 | 4:37:59 | 5:14:50 | 4:24:13 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 5:37:46 | 5:37:46 | 5:37:46 | 5:37:46 | 5:48:34 | 5:37:46 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 760 | 4:01:36 | 4:19:50 | 4:35:24 | 4:54:45 | 5:30:37 | 3:44:34 |
| FPRO | 10 | 3:44:34 | 3:44:34 | 3:44:34 | 3:52:12 | 3:58:58 | 3:44:34 |
| F18-24 | 26 | 4:07:47 | 4:09:01 | 4:18:10 | 4:49:58 | 5:16:54 | 4:07:47 |
| F25-29 | 69 | 3:59:59 | 4:17:34 | 4:22:56 | 4:37:42 | 5:19:32 | 3:59:59 |
| F30-34 | 81 | 3:49:30 | 4:15:07 | 4:22:42 | 4:46:15 | 5:11:59 | 3:49:30 |
| F35-39 | 96 | 4:03:44 | 4:16:21 | 4:31:08 | 4:57:12 | 5:34:57 | 4:03:44 |
| F40-44 | 140 | 4:17:01 | 4:23:34 | 4:43:02 | 4:56:44 | 5:31:04 | 4:10:20 |
| F45-49 | 136 | 4:18:49 | 4:29:27 | 4:40:10 | 4:57:32 | 5:34:37 | 4:03:56 |
| F50-54 | 101 | 4:36:10 | 4:47:16 | 4:52:47 | 5:04:07 | 5:35:59 | 4:35:24 |
| F55-59 | 58 | 4:27:30 | 4:41:29 | 4:49:09 | 4:55:06 | 5:35:24 | 4:27:30 |
| F60-64 | 28 | 4:31:46 | 5:01:31 | 5:03:16 | 5:15:57 | 5:40:32 | 4:31:46 |
| F65-69 | 13 | 5:09:20 | 5:09:20 | 5:11:47 | 5:23:40 | 5:53:21 | 5:09:20 |
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.