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 | 538 | 3:19:46 | 3:35:55 | 3:49:52 | 4:07:14 | 4:35:26 | 3:15:06 |
| MPRO | 23 | 3:15:06 | 3:18:19 | 3:18:40 | 3:18:57 | 3:22:41 | 3:15:06 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 4:00:02 | 4:00:02 | 4:05:32 | 4:27:11 | 4:52:30 | 4:00:02 |
| M25-29 | 48 | 3:32:03 | 3:41:33 | 3:44:07 | 3:57:48 | 4:38:30 | 3:32:03 |
| M30-34 | 72 | 3:32:34 | 3:42:35 | 3:54:54 | 4:09:52 | 4:32:08 | 3:32:34 |
| M35-39 | 111 | 3:36:47 | 3:48:47 | 3:57:00 | 4:08:17 | 4:37:50 | 3:29:00 |
| M40-44 | 122 | 3:40:32 | 3:48:30 | 3:57:22 | 4:11:21 | 4:36:57 | 3:39:01 |
| M45-49 | 72 | 3:48:27 | 3:56:56 | 4:05:39 | 4:08:24 | 4:29:17 | 3:48:27 |
| M50-54 | 40 | 3:44:24 | 3:45:29 | 3:54:24 | 4:12:17 | 4:40:26 | 3:44:24 |
| M55-59 | 20 | 4:07:14 | 4:07:14 | 4:08:26 | 4:28:03 | 4:49:20 | 4:07:14 |
| M60-64 | 12 | 4:17:55 | 4:17:55 | 4:21:40 | 4:22:22 | 4:39:34 | 4:17:55 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 92 | 3:37:22 | 3:53:28 | 4:13:22 | 4:30:45 | 4:55:21 | 3:37:22 |
| FPRO | 6 | 3:37:22 | 3:37:22 | 3:37:22 | 3:42:47 | 3:44:19 | 3:37:22 |
| F25-29 | 9 | 4:12:11 | 4:12:11 | 4:12:11 | 4:31:26 | 4:44:19 | 4:12:11 |
| F30-34 | 21 | 4:09:44 | 4:22:40 | 4:23:52 | 4:30:15 | 4:56:28 | 4:09:44 |
| F35-39 | 12 | 4:35:16 | 4:35:16 | 4:35:51 | 4:36:19 | 4:58:11 | 4:35:16 |
| F40-44 | 17 | 4:09:16 | 4:09:16 | 4:15:31 | 4:35:08 | 4:51:35 | 4:09:16 |
| F45-49 | 16 | 4:13:22 | 4:13:22 | 4:24:00 | 4:49:53 | 4:57:20 | 4:13:22 |
| F50-54 | 5 | 4:25:09 | 4:25:09 | 4:25:09 | 4:25:09 | 5:31:34 | 4:25:09 |
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.