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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 | 1,365 | 3:55:06 | 4:31:37 | 4:47:30 | 5:04:38 | 5:41:54 | 3:39:41 |
| MPRO | 24 | 3:39:41 | 3:41:15 | 3:43:20 | 3:44:40 | 3:53:10 | 3:39:41 |
| M18-24 | 97 | 4:31:37 | 4:49:15 | 4:59:19 | 5:16:43 | 5:55:30 | 4:31:37 |
| M25-29 | 165 | 4:15:51 | 4:33:19 | 4:43:49 | 5:07:16 | 5:46:57 | 4:08:36 |
| M30-34 | 201 | 4:16:08 | 4:31:12 | 4:47:22 | 5:04:28 | 5:35:43 | 4:03:44 |
| M35-39 | 237 | 4:14:09 | 4:30:47 | 4:46:50 | 5:05:11 | 5:41:27 | 4:04:15 |
| M40-44 | 264 | 4:21:29 | 4:40:28 | 4:50:24 | 5:03:47 | 5:41:03 | 4:09:50 |
| M45-49 | 184 | 4:32:17 | 4:40:52 | 4:50:05 | 5:04:21 | 5:37:31 | 4:27:49 |
| M50-54 | 116 | 4:25:43 | 4:49:31 | 4:56:39 | 5:12:43 | 5:43:43 | 4:18:30 |
| M55-59 | 48 | 4:18:49 | 4:41:03 | 4:48:41 | 5:07:04 | 5:49:25 | 4:18:49 |
| M60-64 | 16 | 5:03:12 | 5:03:12 | 5:42:37 | 5:58:22 | 6:28:50 | 5:03:12 |
| M65-69 | 11 | 5:34:00 | 5:34:00 | 6:02:39 | 6:16:13 | 7:01:05 | 5:34:00 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 255 | 4:19:16 | 4:42:58 | 4:59:28 | 5:15:53 | 5:58:19 | 4:14:16 |
| FPRO | 8 | 4:14:16 | 4:14:16 | 4:14:16 | 4:17:26 | 4:20:41 | 4:14:16 |
| F18-24 | 21 | 4:47:36 | 5:26:24 | 5:26:40 | 5:34:13 | 6:29:05 | 4:47:36 |
| F25-29 | 49 | 4:36:04 | 4:54:07 | 5:01:30 | 5:08:33 | 5:51:10 | 4:36:04 |
| F30-34 | 45 | 4:31:58 | 4:50:44 | 4:58:43 | 5:10:57 | 5:55:40 | 4:31:58 |
| F35-39 | 32 | 4:29:43 | 4:31:10 | 5:00:56 | 5:15:53 | 5:41:59 | 4:29:43 |
| F40-44 | 44 | 4:51:30 | 5:12:14 | 5:26:41 | 5:37:28 | 6:11:45 | 4:51:30 |
| F45-49 | 31 | 4:48:06 | 4:50:09 | 4:59:28 | 5:19:19 | 6:04:53 | 4:48:06 |
| F50-54 | 17 | 5:04:51 | 5:04:51 | 5:10:41 | 5:29:04 | 6:00:53 | 5:04:51 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 5:42:32 | 5:42:32 | 5:42:32 | 5:47:39 | 6:00:54 | 5:42:32 |
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.