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 | 694 | 3:53:31 | 4:38:16 | 5:04:12 | 5:22:40 | 6:05:09 | 3:43:04 |
| MPRO | 18 | 3:43:04 | 3:43:04 | 3:47:51 | 3:52:22 | 3:56:52 | 3:43:04 |
| M18-24 | 53 | 4:14:54 | 4:24:45 | 4:54:44 | 5:18:18 | 5:52:49 | 4:14:54 |
| M25-29 | 66 | 4:16:21 | 4:56:39 | 5:10:27 | 5:27:32 | 6:11:45 | 4:16:21 |
| M30-34 | 108 | 4:35:22 | 4:41:29 | 4:59:14 | 5:13:25 | 5:52:42 | 4:27:37 |
| M35-39 | 121 | 4:38:16 | 4:52:06 | 5:08:10 | 5:22:16 | 6:01:08 | 4:32:43 |
| M40-44 | 126 | 4:17:51 | 4:57:08 | 5:09:10 | 5:27:23 | 6:11:58 | 4:12:25 |
| M45-49 | 81 | 4:31:18 | 5:04:12 | 5:18:02 | 5:29:38 | 6:07:42 | 4:31:18 |
| M50-54 | 64 | 4:42:33 | 5:07:33 | 5:14:32 | 5:28:01 | 6:18:21 | 4:42:33 |
| M55-59 | 33 | 5:22:38 | 5:24:54 | 5:33:13 | 5:46:42 | 6:30:36 | 5:22:38 |
| M60-64 | 16 | 5:13:36 | 5:13:36 | 5:22:58 | 5:39:00 | 6:06:20 | 5:13:36 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 6:09:53 | 6:09:53 | 6:09:53 | 6:35:39 | 6:35:59 | 6:09:53 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 219 | 4:20:55 | 4:39:54 | 5:09:52 | 5:35:33 | 6:21:23 | 4:09:50 |
| FPRO | 18 | 4:09:50 | 4:09:50 | 4:13:46 | 4:23:11 | 4:39:47 | 4:09:50 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 5:10:09 | 5:10:09 | 5:10:09 | 5:24:48 | 5:58:28 | 5:10:09 |
| F25-29 | 29 | 5:07:52 | 5:09:52 | 5:10:34 | 5:35:33 | 6:12:46 | 5:07:52 |
| F30-34 | 31 | 5:07:01 | 5:10:09 | 5:18:17 | 5:52:19 | 6:27:08 | 5:07:01 |
| F35-39 | 28 | 5:12:53 | 5:16:39 | 5:17:10 | 5:56:54 | 6:17:56 | 5:12:53 |
| F40-44 | 28 | 4:36:25 | 5:25:52 | 5:30:05 | 5:37:13 | 6:13:45 | 4:36:25 |
| F45-49 | 36 | 5:23:20 | 5:31:34 | 5:36:19 | 5:53:58 | 6:26:50 | 5:23:20 |
| F50-54 | 20 | 5:45:06 | 5:45:06 | 5:52:55 | 6:01:14 | 6:29:03 | 5:45:06 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 6:32:51 | 6:32:51 | 6:32:51 | 6:55:30 | 7:06:36 | 6:32:51 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 6:24:18 | 6:24:18 | 6:24:18 | 6:24:18 | 6:51:09 | 6:24:18 |
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.