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 | 265 | 3:57:15 | 4:17:33 | 4:36:12 | 4:54:15 | 5:32:28 | 3:47:07 |
| MPRO | 13 | 3:47:07 | 3:47:07 | 3:50:20 | 3:57:15 | 4:04:13 | 3:47:07 |
| M18-24 | 6 | 4:37:37 | 4:37:37 | 4:37:37 | 4:59:20 | 5:03:32 | 4:37:37 |
| M25-29 | 27 | 4:10:19 | 4:17:33 | 4:19:27 | 4:47:25 | 5:32:33 | 4:10:19 |
| M30-34 | 50 | 4:22:29 | 4:34:04 | 4:36:58 | 4:51:55 | 5:21:08 | 4:22:29 |
| M35-39 | 54 | 4:21:03 | 4:38:27 | 4:49:31 | 4:56:38 | 5:26:22 | 4:21:03 |
| M40-44 | 37 | 4:30:14 | 4:36:04 | 4:42:30 | 4:53:51 | 5:28:11 | 4:30:14 |
| M45-49 | 36 | 4:23:58 | 4:48:58 | 4:57:14 | 5:07:23 | 5:45:34 | 4:23:58 |
| M50-54 | 22 | 4:44:42 | 5:04:05 | 5:08:56 | 5:17:46 | 5:44:54 | 4:44:42 |
| M55-59 | 11 | 5:07:39 | 5:07:39 | 5:15:25 | 5:36:14 | 5:54:40 | 5:07:39 |
| M60-64 | 6 | 5:20:21 | 5:20:21 | 5:20:21 | 5:44:12 | 6:12:18 | 5:20:21 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 54 | 4:12:38 | 4:29:34 | 4:35:39 | 5:07:03 | 6:06:18 | 4:12:38 |
| FPRO | 7 | 4:12:38 | 4:12:38 | 4:12:38 | 4:20:32 | 4:33:05 | 4:12:38 |
| F25-29 | 12 | 4:35:24 | 4:35:24 | 4:47:20 | 5:14:16 | 5:29:41 | 4:35:24 |
| F30-34 | 9 | 4:41:14 | 4:41:14 | 4:41:14 | 5:03:16 | 6:46:40 | 4:41:14 |
| F40-44 | 7 | 5:29:16 | 5:29:16 | 5:29:16 | 5:39:44 | 5:57:59 | 5:29:16 |
| F45-49 | 5 | 6:05:00 | 6:05:00 | 6:05:00 | 6:05:00 | 6:26:30 | 6:05:00 |
| F50-54 | 6 | 5:50:11 | 5:50:11 | 5:50:11 | 6:26:16 | 7:01:34 | 5:50:11 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.