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 | 543 | 4:17:38 | 4:50:51 | 5:07:47 | 5:35:32 | 6:28:55 | 3:49:11 |
| MPRO | 7 | 3:49:11 | 3:49:11 | 3:49:11 | 3:52:41 | 4:11:26 | 3:49:11 |
| M18-24 | 27 | 4:36:59 | 4:37:03 | 4:39:27 | 4:59:58 | 5:37:49 | 4:36:59 |
| M25-29 | 52 | 4:38:07 | 4:47:14 | 4:53:18 | 5:02:24 | 6:22:32 | 4:38:07 |
| M30-34 | 73 | 4:34:59 | 5:01:26 | 5:19:13 | 5:43:13 | 6:18:20 | 4:34:59 |
| M35-39 | 70 | 4:44:14 | 4:59:35 | 5:07:47 | 5:41:35 | 6:29:01 | 4:44:14 |
| M40-44 | 112 | 4:33:19 | 4:48:24 | 5:05:55 | 5:37:03 | 6:22:14 | 4:26:30 |
| M45-49 | 90 | 4:56:52 | 5:11:21 | 5:32:45 | 5:45:13 | 6:38:12 | 4:56:52 |
| M50-54 | 48 | 4:54:50 | 5:13:01 | 5:20:34 | 6:02:24 | 6:53:08 | 4:54:50 |
| M55-59 | 35 | 4:58:43 | 5:19:13 | 5:39:24 | 5:56:26 | 7:04:50 | 4:58:43 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 5:35:31 | 5:35:31 | 5:35:37 | 5:55:01 | 6:39:54 | 5:35:31 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 5:45:36 | 5:45:36 | 5:45:36 | 5:54:57 | 6:15:35 | 5:45:36 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 6:45:25 | 6:45:25 | 6:45:25 | 6:45:25 | 7:10:45 | 6:45:25 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 115 | 4:24:42 | 4:41:58 | 5:21:20 | 5:53:12 | 6:28:42 | 4:14:22 |
| FPRO | 7 | 4:14:22 | 4:14:22 | 4:14:22 | 4:24:42 | 4:28:52 | 4:14:22 |
| F25-29 | 12 | 5:32:16 | 5:32:16 | 5:46:03 | 5:47:52 | 6:16:00 | 5:32:16 |
| F30-34 | 19 | 5:21:20 | 5:21:20 | 5:25:10 | 5:36:50 | 6:13:12 | 5:21:20 |
| F35-39 | 18 | 4:41:58 | 4:41:58 | 5:41:38 | 6:25:20 | 7:09:10 | 4:41:58 |
| F40-44 | 19 | 4:55:22 | 4:55:22 | 5:07:55 | 5:56:51 | 6:21:13 | 4:55:22 |
| F45-49 | 17 | 5:53:12 | 5:53:12 | 5:54:27 | 6:05:57 | 6:33:42 | 5:53:12 |
| F50-54 | 13 | 5:19:28 | 5:19:28 | 6:00:38 | 6:18:06 | 6:35:35 | 5:19:28 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 5:31:39 | 5:31:39 | 5:31:39 | 6:01:20 | 7:05:08 | 5:31:39 |
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.