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 | 765 | 3:39:47 | 4:16:40 | 4:30:40 | 4:48:43 | 5:27:33 | 3:32:56 |
| MPRO | 29 | 3:32:56 | 3:34:01 | 3:34:19 | 3:37:43 | 3:45:31 | 3:32:56 |
| M18-24 | 15 | 4:19:35 | 4:19:35 | 4:43:48 | 4:51:21 | 5:31:39 | 4:19:35 |
| M25-29 | 74 | 4:16:21 | 4:23:21 | 4:37:47 | 4:53:48 | 5:21:07 | 4:16:21 |
| M30-34 | 101 | 4:12:01 | 4:19:48 | 4:30:07 | 4:46:25 | 5:23:19 | 3:57:31 |
| M35-39 | 101 | 4:17:15 | 4:24:05 | 4:29:41 | 4:46:31 | 5:17:03 | 4:08:57 |
| M40-44 | 108 | 3:58:32 | 4:20:40 | 4:28:39 | 4:42:38 | 5:22:30 | 3:48:36 |
| M45-49 | 92 | 4:14:47 | 4:32:59 | 4:41:52 | 4:52:35 | 5:26:11 | 4:14:47 |
| M50-54 | 121 | 4:26:11 | 4:44:41 | 4:48:47 | 5:01:20 | 5:37:17 | 4:17:58 |
| M55-59 | 81 | 4:30:25 | 4:40:32 | 4:53:27 | 5:10:22 | 5:45:29 | 4:30:25 |
| M60-64 | 27 | 5:03:18 | 5:03:24 | 5:16:42 | 5:21:20 | 5:45:03 | 5:03:18 |
| M65-69 | 9 | 5:07:32 | 5:07:32 | 5:07:32 | 5:20:12 | 6:00:03 | 5:07:32 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 6:19:53 | 6:19:53 | 6:19:53 | 6:19:53 | 6:45:17 | 6:19:53 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 314 | 4:37:59 | 4:55:19 | 5:09:58 | 5:33:04 | 6:06:46 | 4:20:19 |
| F25-29 | 37 | 4:37:59 | 4:52:37 | 5:02:37 | 5:11:33 | 5:58:03 | 4:37:59 |
| F30-34 | 49 | 4:41:46 | 4:51:59 | 4:52:32 | 5:09:58 | 5:52:26 | 4:41:46 |
| F35-39 | 35 | 4:20:19 | 4:31:46 | 5:00:35 | 5:14:12 | 5:59:35 | 4:20:19 |
| F40-44 | 48 | 5:00:24 | 5:11:24 | 5:25:06 | 5:35:59 | 6:01:36 | 5:00:24 |
| F45-49 | 37 | 4:41:00 | 4:52:11 | 4:59:48 | 5:21:20 | 5:54:42 | 4:41:00 |
| F50-54 | 44 | 4:44:25 | 5:26:01 | 5:37:13 | 5:44:14 | 6:13:56 | 4:44:25 |
| F55-59 | 35 | 5:05:29 | 5:24:24 | 5:28:36 | 5:35:40 | 6:20:15 | 5:05:29 |
| F60-64 | 16 | 5:51:25 | 5:51:25 | 5:52:10 | 6:13:40 | 6:45:08 | 5:51:25 |
| F65-69 | 7 | 5:59:12 | 5:59:12 | 5:59:12 | 6:06:11 | 6:28:36 | 5:59:12 |
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.