Editions: 2007
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 | 1,099 | 4:00:00 | 4:23:02 | 4:33:31 | 4:45:08 | 5:22:20 | 3:46:28 |
| MPRO | 17 | 3:46:28 | 3:46:28 | 3:52:48 | 3:55:21 | 4:00:00 | 3:46:28 |
| M18-24 | 32 | 4:14:23 | 4:19:10 | 4:28:24 | 4:34:03 | 4:59:32 | 4:14:23 |
| M25-29 | 76 | 4:10:20 | 4:19:58 | 4:30:25 | 4:42:25 | 5:13:29 | 4:10:20 |
| M30-34 | 147 | 3:59:50 | 4:20:28 | 4:25:00 | 4:41:19 | 5:18:00 | 3:57:53 |
| M35-39 | 236 | 4:13:50 | 4:23:34 | 4:31:28 | 4:42:58 | 5:16:57 | 4:09:46 |
| M40-44 | 235 | 4:16:13 | 4:29:41 | 4:34:57 | 4:42:06 | 5:13:47 | 4:07:17 |
| M45-49 | 169 | 4:10:27 | 4:36:31 | 4:41:54 | 4:58:48 | 5:35:48 | 4:06:50 |
| M50-54 | 98 | 4:12:28 | 4:35:54 | 4:50:04 | 5:03:56 | 5:33:57 | 4:12:28 |
| M55-59 | 47 | 4:33:54 | 4:51:58 | 4:54:45 | 4:58:32 | 5:41:09 | 4:33:54 |
| M60-64 | 29 | 4:43:12 | 4:53:53 | 5:05:58 | 5:24:52 | 5:56:00 | 4:43:12 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 5:17:37 | 5:17:37 | 5:17:37 | 5:37:33 | 5:45:58 | 5:17:37 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 5:32:37 | 5:32:37 | 5:32:37 | 5:32:37 | 6:18:43 | 5:32:37 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 402 | 4:17:47 | 4:43:16 | 4:55:30 | 5:08:18 | 5:47:53 | 4:06:53 |
| FPRO | 12 | 4:08:17 | 4:08:17 | 4:13:18 | 4:14:43 | 4:27:56 | 4:08:17 |
| F18-24 | 13 | 4:39:33 | 4:39:33 | 4:40:28 | 4:41:10 | 5:33:15 | 4:39:33 |
| F25-29 | 48 | 4:23:57 | 4:52:03 | 4:52:46 | 4:58:33 | 5:31:25 | 4:23:57 |
| F30-34 | 58 | 4:32:25 | 4:39:18 | 4:55:15 | 5:06:13 | 5:48:06 | 4:32:25 |
| F35-39 | 87 | 4:43:16 | 4:54:24 | 5:00:25 | 5:17:04 | 5:58:32 | 4:43:16 |
| F40-44 | 91 | 4:06:53 | 4:52:52 | 4:57:09 | 5:11:14 | 5:49:02 | 4:06:53 |
| F45-49 | 54 | 4:47:30 | 4:55:53 | 5:18:49 | 5:24:59 | 5:52:05 | 4:47:30 |
| F50-54 | 22 | 4:48:53 | 4:58:52 | 5:14:27 | 5:18:20 | 5:41:23 | 4:48:53 |
| F55-59 | 11 | 5:23:10 | 5:23:10 | 5:28:20 | 5:35:21 | 6:03:49 | 5:23:10 |
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.