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 | 2,157 | 4:08:57 | 4:35:39 | 4:45:56 | 5:00:37 | 5:32:10 | 3:52:36 |
| MPRO | 53 | 3:52:36 | 3:54:43 | 3:56:09 | 4:02:15 | 4:12:24 | 3:52:36 |
| M18-24 | 59 | 4:14:27 | 4:16:54 | 4:22:23 | 4:45:22 | 5:11:13 | 4:14:27 |
| M25-29 | 188 | 4:21:55 | 4:34:36 | 4:42:19 | 4:58:38 | 5:27:15 | 4:20:11 |
| M30-34 | 381 | 4:21:15 | 4:38:37 | 4:46:04 | 4:58:21 | 5:24:04 | 4:11:45 |
| M35-39 | 386 | 4:26:27 | 4:36:13 | 4:42:35 | 4:55:57 | 5:25:40 | 3:55:20 |
| M40-44 | 442 | 4:31:45 | 4:44:21 | 4:51:30 | 5:06:43 | 5:32:54 | 4:21:28 |
| M45-49 | 347 | 4:42:02 | 4:53:28 | 4:59:52 | 5:12:40 | 5:40:19 | 4:38:55 |
| M50-54 | 194 | 4:40:01 | 4:52:08 | 4:59:46 | 5:15:52 | 5:46:42 | 4:36:24 |
| M55-59 | 73 | 4:39:16 | 5:07:03 | 5:10:07 | 5:21:45 | 5:57:56 | 4:39:16 |
| M60-64 | 23 | 5:16:29 | 5:20:27 | 5:24:53 | 5:30:56 | 6:02:05 | 5:16:29 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 5:35:39 | 5:35:39 | 5:35:39 | 5:44:51 | 6:39:28 | 5:35:39 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 399 | 4:30:57 | 4:54:16 | 5:05:27 | 5:27:46 | 6:02:25 | 4:24:25 |
| FPRO | 25 | 4:24:25 | 4:27:17 | 4:30:03 | 4:33:16 | 4:42:53 | 4:24:25 |
| F18-24 | 8 | 5:03:21 | 5:03:21 | 5:03:21 | 5:05:27 | 5:18:17 | 5:03:21 |
| F25-29 | 43 | 4:56:12 | 5:01:08 | 5:02:50 | 5:24:05 | 5:58:38 | 4:56:12 |
| F30-34 | 68 | 4:45:59 | 5:00:06 | 5:08:20 | 5:25:26 | 5:58:58 | 4:45:59 |
| F35-39 | 83 | 4:54:16 | 5:15:00 | 5:28:40 | 5:41:33 | 6:05:19 | 4:54:16 |
| F40-44 | 66 | 4:56:29 | 5:13:15 | 5:26:36 | 5:35:48 | 6:09:31 | 4:56:29 |
| F45-49 | 68 | 4:56:54 | 5:19:25 | 5:31:33 | 5:45:57 | 6:07:13 | 4:56:54 |
| F50-54 | 26 | 5:19:21 | 5:21:46 | 5:36:13 | 5:58:40 | 6:24:04 | 5:19:21 |
| F55-59 | 9 | 5:19:24 | 5:19:24 | 5:19:24 | 5:34:15 | 6:03:53 | 5:19:24 |
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.