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 | 1,354 | 4:22:45 | 4:42:13 | 4:56:30 | 5:13:22 | 5:53:20 | 3:57:01 |
| MPRO | 13 | 3:57:01 | 3:57:01 | 3:58:16 | 3:58:24 | 4:08:59 | 3:57:01 |
| M18-24 | 78 | 4:24:29 | 4:52:42 | 5:01:14 | 5:16:38 | 5:46:00 | 4:24:29 |
| M25-29 | 171 | 4:22:45 | 4:38:34 | 4:51:18 | 5:08:15 | 5:53:16 | 4:20:34 |
| M30-34 | 235 | 4:24:09 | 4:32:20 | 4:47:23 | 5:05:27 | 5:51:57 | 4:11:18 |
| M35-39 | 343 | 4:29:58 | 4:43:54 | 4:55:43 | 5:11:34 | 5:52:19 | 4:16:06 |
| M40-44 | 251 | 4:35:47 | 4:49:30 | 5:00:21 | 5:14:12 | 5:49:38 | 4:33:16 |
| M45-49 | 144 | 4:43:40 | 4:53:03 | 5:06:24 | 5:27:54 | 5:51:39 | 4:37:21 |
| M50-54 | 57 | 4:58:00 | 5:10:17 | 5:11:33 | 5:36:09 | 6:26:34 | 4:58:00 |
| M55-59 | 40 | 5:01:40 | 5:13:06 | 5:31:51 | 5:47:02 | 6:22:43 | 5:01:40 |
| M60-64 | 15 | 5:45:40 | 5:45:40 | 5:57:13 | 6:10:06 | 6:35:19 | 5:45:40 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 540 | 4:30:08 | 4:58:51 | 5:15:05 | 5:30:56 | 6:14:40 | 4:19:57 |
| FPRO | 19 | 4:19:57 | 4:19:57 | 4:21:40 | 4:28:34 | 4:40:15 | 4:19:57 |
| F18-24 | 32 | 5:00:56 | 5:13:05 | 5:23:35 | 5:26:31 | 5:55:58 | 5:00:56 |
| F25-29 | 95 | 4:33:18 | 5:11:12 | 5:19:14 | 5:31:50 | 6:11:06 | 4:33:18 |
| F30-34 | 114 | 4:54:50 | 5:08:27 | 5:19:55 | 5:36:03 | 6:14:40 | 4:39:36 |
| F35-39 | 104 | 4:58:22 | 5:13:09 | 5:23:51 | 5:35:30 | 6:10:28 | 4:48:21 |
| F40-44 | 93 | 4:54:37 | 5:05:08 | 5:12:00 | 5:30:38 | 6:21:47 | 4:54:37 |
| F45-49 | 48 | 5:10:56 | 5:29:42 | 5:35:09 | 5:49:25 | 6:21:43 | 5:10:56 |
| F50-54 | 17 | 5:20:32 | 5:20:32 | 5:35:38 | 6:24:19 | 6:39:19 | 5:20:32 |
| F55-59 | 13 | 5:28:11 | 5:28:11 | 5:57:58 | 6:04:16 | 6:46:17 | 5:28:11 |
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.