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 | 957 | 4:04:55 | 4:32:39 | 4:48:15 | 5:09:40 | 5:57:31 | 3:45:51 |
| MPRO | 24 | 3:45:51 | 3:47:12 | 3:48:16 | 3:56:29 | 4:08:13 | 3:45:51 |
| M18-24 | 39 | 4:22:28 | 4:25:03 | 4:31:50 | 5:07:57 | 6:10:19 | 4:22:28 |
| M25-29 | 95 | 4:10:39 | 4:35:05 | 4:41:27 | 4:56:44 | 5:46:10 | 4:10:39 |
| M30-34 | 149 | 4:25:15 | 4:33:05 | 4:45:20 | 5:01:46 | 5:53:37 | 4:20:19 |
| M35-39 | 190 | 4:29:16 | 4:41:59 | 4:52:41 | 5:11:15 | 5:52:57 | 4:24:48 |
| M40-44 | 181 | 4:19:52 | 4:41:53 | 4:58:27 | 5:16:11 | 5:57:09 | 4:18:02 |
| M45-49 | 138 | 4:38:06 | 4:50:15 | 4:55:58 | 5:16:13 | 6:06:42 | 4:26:16 |
| M50-54 | 71 | 4:39:37 | 4:51:19 | 5:05:15 | 5:22:16 | 6:02:46 | 4:39:37 |
| M55-59 | 46 | 4:58:51 | 5:05:06 | 5:09:46 | 5:33:02 | 6:21:27 | 4:58:51 |
| M60-64 | 15 | 5:52:07 | 5:52:07 | 5:54:27 | 6:05:42 | 6:47:55 | 5:52:07 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 324 | 4:22:35 | 4:50:37 | 5:05:55 | 5:29:24 | 6:17:35 | 4:14:03 |
| FPRO | 15 | 4:14:03 | 4:14:03 | 4:19:10 | 4:20:51 | 4:29:46 | 4:14:03 |
| F18-24 | 17 | 4:40:54 | 4:40:54 | 5:09:21 | 5:24:21 | 6:43:23 | 4:40:54 |
| F25-29 | 28 | 4:53:02 | 4:53:07 | 5:01:44 | 5:28:35 | 6:16:39 | 4:53:02 |
| F30-34 | 46 | 4:50:37 | 4:58:26 | 5:06:04 | 5:30:15 | 6:11:50 | 4:50:37 |
| F35-39 | 59 | 4:39:47 | 4:58:33 | 5:10:53 | 5:35:15 | 6:12:32 | 4:39:47 |
| F40-44 | 58 | 4:52:14 | 5:03:18 | 5:17:50 | 5:31:36 | 6:15:57 | 4:52:14 |
| F45-49 | 48 | 5:04:37 | 5:14:23 | 5:35:30 | 5:56:08 | 6:22:01 | 5:04:37 |
| F50-54 | 32 | 5:17:15 | 5:20:48 | 5:24:19 | 5:34:33 | 6:30:00 | 5:17:15 |
| F55-59 | 14 | 5:36:03 | 5:36:03 | 5:36:20 | 6:07:51 | 7:04:56 | 5:36:03 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 6:28:04 | 6:28:04 | 6:28:04 | 6:55:31 | 7:21:28 | 6:28:04 |
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.