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 | 922 | 3:55:42 | 4:19:36 | 4:29:10 | 4:44:36 | 5:17:09 | 3:44:09 |
| MPRO | 16 | 3:44:09 | 3:44:09 | 3:44:40 | 3:49:05 | 3:54:49 | 3:44:09 |
| M18-24 | 38 | 4:25:04 | 4:27:03 | 4:28:31 | 4:31:55 | 5:26:06 | 4:25:04 |
| M25-29 | 105 | 4:01:58 | 4:11:38 | 4:24:37 | 4:42:38 | 5:14:56 | 3:59:34 |
| M30-34 | 124 | 4:04:23 | 4:11:58 | 4:21:25 | 4:35:12 | 5:09:27 | 4:03:02 |
| M35-39 | 158 | 4:11:55 | 4:23:10 | 4:28:08 | 4:45:17 | 5:14:29 | 4:07:12 |
| M40-44 | 136 | 4:08:52 | 4:24:46 | 4:29:10 | 4:39:49 | 5:14:13 | 4:07:40 |
| M45-49 | 143 | 4:16:39 | 4:30:36 | 4:38:31 | 4:45:46 | 5:10:45 | 4:08:38 |
| M50-54 | 87 | 4:19:02 | 4:38:46 | 4:44:36 | 4:58:14 | 5:20:29 | 4:19:02 |
| M55-59 | 68 | 4:32:52 | 4:43:41 | 4:52:18 | 5:06:30 | 5:39:13 | 4:32:52 |
| M60-64 | 27 | 4:34:13 | 4:43:35 | 4:54:20 | 5:08:32 | 5:32:52 | 4:34:13 |
| M65-69 | 13 | 5:07:14 | 5:07:14 | 5:12:09 | 5:15:45 | 5:42:30 | 5:07:14 |
| M70-74 | 7 | 6:02:27 | 6:02:27 | 6:02:27 | 6:11:35 | 6:25:53 | 6:02:27 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 336 | 4:22:55 | 4:40:21 | 4:53:00 | 5:08:22 | 5:47:12 | 4:10:40 |
| FPRO | 12 | 4:10:40 | 4:10:40 | 4:16:28 | 4:19:28 | 4:30:16 | 4:10:40 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 4:40:21 | 4:40:21 | 4:54:20 | 5:09:24 | 5:16:16 | 4:40:21 |
| F25-29 | 39 | 4:52:37 | 4:55:55 | 5:05:27 | 5:11:03 | 5:51:33 | 4:52:37 |
| F30-34 | 65 | 4:24:49 | 4:37:08 | 4:41:21 | 4:56:13 | 5:41:07 | 4:24:49 |
| F35-39 | 48 | 4:38:27 | 4:47:29 | 4:48:49 | 5:03:36 | 5:56:10 | 4:38:27 |
| F40-44 | 52 | 4:48:05 | 4:53:14 | 4:59:33 | 5:14:23 | 5:34:56 | 4:48:05 |
| F45-49 | 50 | 4:39:30 | 4:53:00 | 4:59:03 | 5:17:04 | 5:43:12 | 4:39:30 |
| F50-54 | 33 | 5:01:21 | 5:07:22 | 5:13:02 | 5:24:41 | 5:55:47 | 5:01:21 |
| F55-59 | 16 | 5:19:51 | 5:19:51 | 5:25:45 | 5:47:04 | 6:15:48 | 5:19:51 |
| F60-64 | 8 | 5:52:05 | 5:52:05 | 5:52:05 | 5:57:33 | 6:18:39 | 5:52:05 |
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.