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 | 971 | 4:18:58 | 4:43:31 | 4:56:33 | 5:20:42 | 6:07:26 | 3:50:55 |
| MPRO | 11 | 3:50:55 | 3:50:55 | 3:53:41 | 4:05:55 | 4:12:24 | 3:50:55 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 4:37:06 | 4:37:06 | 4:38:32 | 4:50:23 | 5:29:54 | 4:37:06 |
| M25-29 | 70 | 4:26:36 | 4:37:07 | 4:44:16 | 4:57:47 | 5:45:03 | 4:26:36 |
| M30-34 | 119 | 4:25:13 | 4:37:50 | 4:52:34 | 5:13:17 | 5:50:06 | 4:24:17 |
| M35-39 | 165 | 4:26:52 | 4:45:23 | 4:55:44 | 5:18:34 | 5:53:00 | 4:24:24 |
| M40-44 | 189 | 4:20:45 | 4:43:06 | 4:54:45 | 5:10:55 | 6:03:40 | 4:16:54 |
| M45-49 | 167 | 4:39:27 | 4:52:53 | 5:09:41 | 5:30:16 | 6:16:22 | 4:32:56 |
| M50-54 | 103 | 4:49:41 | 5:04:05 | 5:20:10 | 5:37:09 | 6:19:19 | 4:47:57 |
| M55-59 | 58 | 5:08:06 | 5:14:29 | 5:21:15 | 5:36:58 | 6:30:05 | 5:08:06 |
| M60-64 | 42 | 5:20:24 | 5:28:15 | 5:40:53 | 6:18:11 | 7:09:28 | 5:20:24 |
| M65-69 | 20 | 5:50:05 | 5:50:05 | 6:02:35 | 6:10:59 | 7:01:28 | 5:50:05 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 6:37:22 | 6:37:22 | 6:37:22 | 6:50:29 | 7:21:16 | 6:37:22 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 467 | 4:38:57 | 5:11:17 | 5:21:28 | 5:46:53 | 6:37:10 | 4:26:09 |
| FPRO | 12 | 4:26:09 | 4:26:09 | 4:30:17 | 4:31:47 | 4:39:53 | 4:26:09 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 4:57:37 | 4:57:37 | 5:03:19 | 5:15:47 | 6:03:44 | 4:57:37 |
| F25-29 | 41 | 5:13:18 | 5:17:50 | 5:22:14 | 5:45:49 | 6:24:46 | 5:13:18 |
| F30-34 | 72 | 4:50:29 | 5:13:51 | 5:26:14 | 5:48:39 | 6:37:44 | 4:50:29 |
| F35-39 | 95 | 4:51:08 | 5:07:55 | 5:15:00 | 5:41:36 | 6:24:26 | 4:51:08 |
| F40-44 | 91 | 5:05:23 | 5:16:08 | 5:28:08 | 5:56:40 | 6:50:24 | 5:05:23 |
| F45-49 | 59 | 5:15:13 | 5:19:41 | 5:33:46 | 6:04:06 | 6:42:27 | 5:15:13 |
| F50-54 | 48 | 5:17:45 | 5:28:29 | 5:46:53 | 6:08:23 | 7:00:23 | 5:17:45 |
| F55-59 | 25 | 5:17:19 | 5:32:22 | 5:56:01 | 6:24:08 | 7:11:41 | 5:17:19 |
| F60-64 | 8 | 6:17:26 | 6:17:26 | 6:17:26 | 6:43:25 | 7:00:48 | 6:17:26 |
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.