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 | 597 | 4:42:50 | 5:33:25 | 6:05:35 | 6:29:40 | 7:19:29 | 4:29:45 |
| M18-24 | 28 | 4:40:52 | 5:03:07 | 5:28:44 | 5:56:14 | 6:55:24 | 4:40:52 |
| M25-29 | 58 | 4:29:45 | 5:01:39 | 5:27:04 | 6:10:50 | 7:09:14 | 4:29:45 |
| M30-34 | 84 | 4:37:21 | 5:29:03 | 5:53:38 | 6:20:47 | 7:05:20 | 4:37:21 |
| M35-39 | 127 | 4:42:50 | 5:41:28 | 6:03:27 | 6:27:37 | 7:17:46 | 4:40:41 |
| M40-44 | 129 | 5:23:08 | 5:43:43 | 6:09:31 | 6:37:24 | 7:22:53 | 5:00:46 |
| M45-49 | 81 | 5:10:08 | 6:11:26 | 6:21:41 | 6:43:55 | 7:27:56 | 5:10:08 |
| M50-54 | 62 | 4:44:25 | 6:03:14 | 6:14:39 | 6:42:36 | 7:23:04 | 4:44:25 |
| M55-59 | 19 | 5:49:29 | 5:49:29 | 6:11:11 | 6:45:48 | 7:21:49 | 5:49:29 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 6:48:23 | 6:48:23 | 6:48:23 | 6:48:23 | 7:41:53 | 6:48:23 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 60 | 5:10:46 | 5:46:51 | 6:14:23 | 6:43:28 | 7:28:08 | 5:10:46 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 6:14:09 | 6:14:09 | 6:14:09 | 6:14:09 | 6:37:52 | 6:14:09 |
| F25-29 | 6 | 5:10:46 | 5:10:46 | 5:10:46 | 6:26:03 | 7:00:53 | 5:10:46 |
| F30-34 | 6 | 6:34:25 | 6:34:25 | 6:34:25 | 6:58:29 | 7:25:03 | 6:34:25 |
| F35-39 | 13 | 5:23:21 | 5:23:21 | 6:14:23 | 6:27:10 | 7:22:41 | 5:23:21 |
| F40-44 | 6 | 6:07:39 | 6:07:39 | 6:07:39 | 7:33:05 | 8:04:07 | 6:07:39 |
| F45-49 | 17 | 5:46:51 | 5:46:51 | 6:45:01 | 6:53:02 | 7:41:20 | 5:46:51 |
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.