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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 | 957 | 4:16:04 | 4:45:01 | 5:01:50 | 5:20:23 | 5:55:08 | 3:42:13 |
| MPRO | 7 | 3:42:13 | 3:42:13 | 3:42:13 | 3:50:12 | 3:56:34 | 3:42:13 |
| M18-24 | 39 | 4:16:04 | 4:17:47 | 4:39:08 | 5:08:10 | 5:53:32 | 4:16:04 |
| M25-29 | 94 | 4:19:35 | 4:46:38 | 4:55:11 | 5:09:06 | 5:41:14 | 4:19:35 |
| M30-34 | 133 | 4:13:34 | 4:32:28 | 4:48:17 | 5:13:24 | 5:47:33 | 4:08:28 |
| M35-39 | 154 | 4:29:30 | 4:53:58 | 5:03:44 | 5:15:33 | 5:46:46 | 4:24:00 |
| M40-44 | 193 | 4:31:17 | 4:41:46 | 4:52:35 | 5:21:39 | 6:03:11 | 4:29:54 |
| M45-49 | 165 | 4:41:20 | 4:55:02 | 5:12:43 | 5:26:59 | 5:55:08 | 4:40:47 |
| M50-54 | 96 | 4:45:49 | 5:07:13 | 5:16:01 | 5:28:38 | 6:07:57 | 4:45:49 |
| M55-59 | 45 | 5:09:09 | 5:14:59 | 5:27:12 | 5:35:22 | 6:18:27 | 5:09:09 |
| M60-64 | 25 | 5:20:12 | 5:39:39 | 5:41:48 | 5:59:03 | 6:37:28 | 5:20:12 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 281 | 4:30:12 | 5:17:34 | 5:33:45 | 5:54:48 | 6:26:18 | 4:24:41 |
| FPRO | 6 | 4:24:41 | 4:24:41 | 4:24:41 | 4:28:19 | 4:30:12 | 4:24:41 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 5:09:47 | 5:09:47 | 5:09:47 | 5:09:47 | 6:30:00 | 5:09:47 |
| F25-29 | 41 | 5:01:56 | 5:31:17 | 5:42:20 | 5:54:57 | 6:08:31 | 5:01:56 |
| F30-34 | 35 | 5:04:45 | 5:10:28 | 5:18:18 | 5:30:14 | 6:17:11 | 5:04:45 |
| F35-39 | 51 | 5:19:37 | 5:28:30 | 5:48:11 | 6:00:22 | 6:26:16 | 5:19:37 |
| F40-44 | 52 | 5:00:14 | 5:24:56 | 5:55:47 | 6:12:03 | 6:50:46 | 5:00:14 |
| F45-49 | 46 | 5:31:45 | 5:36:09 | 5:40:48 | 5:55:11 | 6:27:18 | 5:31:45 |
| F50-54 | 27 | 5:17:34 | 5:26:30 | 5:28:35 | 5:49:38 | 6:37:00 | 5:17:34 |
| F55-59 | 14 | 5:54:31 | 5:54:31 | 5:54:44 | 6:01:36 | 6:28:12 | 5:54:31 |
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.