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 | 622 | 3:48:28 | 4:28:48 | 4:42:57 | 4:55:07 | 5:29:04 | 3:42:37 |
| MPRO | 22 | 3:42:37 | 3:44:57 | 3:45:50 | 3:46:57 | 3:50:58 | 3:42:37 |
| M18-24 | 16 | 4:17:59 | 4:17:59 | 4:35:45 | 4:56:50 | 5:15:25 | 4:17:59 |
| M25-29 | 53 | 4:13:04 | 4:27:39 | 4:44:49 | 4:55:20 | 5:39:46 | 4:13:04 |
| M30-34 | 109 | 4:40:06 | 4:46:51 | 4:50:18 | 5:01:01 | 5:28:51 | 4:30:22 |
| M35-39 | 134 | 4:19:09 | 4:34:54 | 4:44:50 | 4:52:21 | 5:25:49 | 4:12:13 |
| M40-44 | 137 | 4:28:46 | 4:34:29 | 4:42:57 | 4:52:29 | 5:29:40 | 4:28:44 |
| M45-49 | 86 | 4:30:43 | 4:44:33 | 4:48:10 | 5:00:53 | 5:29:37 | 4:30:43 |
| M50-54 | 35 | 4:33:29 | 4:43:15 | 4:57:10 | 5:06:56 | 5:48:27 | 4:33:29 |
| M55-59 | 23 | 4:54:50 | 4:54:59 | 4:59:38 | 5:07:09 | 6:04:07 | 4:54:50 |
| M60-64 | 6 | 5:22:41 | 5:22:41 | 5:22:41 | 5:24:29 | 5:29:04 | 5:22:41 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 66 | 4:19:15 | 4:30:05 | 4:40:06 | 5:08:45 | 5:49:03 | 4:19:15 |
| FPRO | 8 | 4:19:15 | 4:19:15 | 4:19:15 | 4:23:45 | 4:30:05 | 4:19:15 |
| F25-29 | 9 | 4:55:07 | 4:55:07 | 4:55:07 | 4:59:58 | 5:44:43 | 4:55:07 |
| F30-34 | 7 | 5:21:08 | 5:21:08 | 5:21:08 | 5:44:06 | 5:50:00 | 5:21:08 |
| F35-39 | 16 | 5:09:14 | 5:09:14 | 5:20:36 | 5:42:20 | 6:03:13 | 5:09:14 |
| F40-44 | 13 | 4:54:42 | 4:54:42 | 5:04:17 | 5:13:10 | 5:51:21 | 4:54:42 |
| F50-54 | 5 | 5:23:40 | 5:23:40 | 5:23:40 | 5:23:40 | 5:39:26 | 5:23:40 |
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.