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 | 1,401 | 3:53:18 | 4:23:27 | 4:39:41 | 5:03:05 | 5:45:52 | 3:36:50 |
| MPRO | 36 | 3:36:50 | 3:37:17 | 3:38:42 | 3:42:30 | 3:57:06 | 3:36:50 |
| M18-24 | 126 | 4:10:43 | 4:41:28 | 4:54:30 | 5:14:22 | 5:49:26 | 3:59:29 |
| M25-29 | 227 | 4:14:40 | 4:25:37 | 4:39:28 | 4:58:44 | 5:36:40 | 4:00:32 |
| M30-34 | 196 | 4:01:08 | 4:21:48 | 4:34:36 | 4:57:42 | 5:45:52 | 3:58:03 |
| M35-39 | 178 | 4:10:25 | 4:31:41 | 4:46:00 | 5:03:09 | 5:41:53 | 4:05:31 |
| M40-44 | 151 | 4:16:54 | 4:27:04 | 4:34:40 | 4:54:58 | 5:40:21 | 4:15:57 |
| M45-49 | 145 | 4:13:48 | 4:36:05 | 4:46:05 | 4:58:36 | 5:40:14 | 4:13:33 |
| M50-54 | 126 | 4:36:32 | 5:02:04 | 5:07:09 | 5:25:28 | 6:04:46 | 4:34:09 |
| M55-59 | 113 | 4:32:08 | 4:48:25 | 5:01:07 | 5:19:31 | 6:01:07 | 4:24:46 |
| M60-64 | 68 | 4:50:24 | 5:11:12 | 5:13:46 | 5:31:12 | 6:17:02 | 4:50:24 |
| M65-69 | 24 | 4:51:24 | 4:53:34 | 4:57:43 | 5:30:22 | 6:48:30 | 4:51:24 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 5:36:57 | 5:36:57 | 5:36:57 | 5:36:57 | 6:52:24 | 5:36:57 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 582 | 4:11:00 | 4:35:45 | 4:59:26 | 5:25:47 | 6:15:44 | 3:58:10 |
| FPRO | 31 | 3:58:10 | 3:59:22 | 4:06:32 | 4:13:04 | 4:29:33 | 3:58:10 |
| F18-24 | 55 | 4:52:12 | 4:58:47 | 5:09:14 | 5:19:41 | 6:20:12 | 4:52:12 |
| F25-29 | 92 | 4:22:31 | 4:46:03 | 5:02:07 | 5:32:41 | 6:08:13 | 4:22:31 |
| F30-34 | 76 | 4:47:45 | 4:58:47 | 5:05:27 | 5:35:27 | 6:07:40 | 4:47:45 |
| F35-39 | 65 | 4:40:11 | 4:46:54 | 4:58:35 | 5:21:30 | 6:10:21 | 4:40:11 |
| F40-44 | 69 | 4:23:45 | 4:41:53 | 5:03:04 | 5:31:15 | 6:27:00 | 4:23:45 |
| F45-49 | 64 | 5:02:10 | 5:25:24 | 5:29:44 | 5:44:59 | 6:28:05 | 5:02:10 |
| F50-54 | 48 | 5:16:25 | 5:22:12 | 5:24:27 | 5:41:51 | 6:34:43 | 5:16:25 |
| F55-59 | 40 | 4:48:11 | 5:04:53 | 5:27:41 | 6:02:04 | 6:45:43 | 4:48:11 |
| F60-64 | 29 | 5:12:15 | 5:19:38 | 5:27:42 | 6:00:42 | 6:57:12 | 5:12:15 |
| F65-69 | 12 | 5:07:31 | 5:07:31 | 5:26:42 | 6:16:32 | 7:03:33 | 5:07:31 |
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.