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 | 986 | 3:40:10 | 4:02:05 | 4:14:34 | 4:32:31 | 5:05:33 | 3:19:30 |
| MPRO | 16 | 3:19:30 | 3:19:30 | 3:27:29 | 3:28:55 | 3:36:50 | 3:19:30 |
| M18-24 | 78 | 3:39:36 | 3:49:25 | 4:03:00 | 4:26:43 | 5:04:46 | 3:39:36 |
| M25-29 | 157 | 3:51:26 | 4:02:05 | 4:09:18 | 4:24:44 | 4:56:06 | 3:45:24 |
| M30-34 | 174 | 3:48:45 | 4:01:53 | 4:10:04 | 4:27:48 | 4:57:32 | 3:44:27 |
| M35-39 | 141 | 3:50:13 | 4:04:53 | 4:13:07 | 4:30:20 | 5:02:00 | 3:41:50 |
| M40-44 | 126 | 3:55:54 | 4:09:51 | 4:24:18 | 4:35:24 | 5:16:11 | 3:53:13 |
| M45-49 | 93 | 3:57:15 | 4:05:37 | 4:20:26 | 4:31:40 | 5:04:18 | 3:57:15 |
| M50-54 | 81 | 4:11:24 | 4:24:36 | 4:35:37 | 4:41:35 | 5:08:47 | 4:11:24 |
| M55-59 | 62 | 4:17:24 | 4:32:04 | 4:36:20 | 4:48:51 | 5:15:47 | 4:17:24 |
| M60-64 | 39 | 4:36:04 | 4:42:03 | 4:49:25 | 4:57:12 | 5:33:13 | 4:36:04 |
| M65-69 | 13 | 4:55:59 | 4:55:59 | 4:59:51 | 5:07:42 | 5:28:08 | 4:55:59 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 265 | 3:55:16 | 4:11:43 | 4:29:05 | 4:52:00 | 5:28:46 | 3:53:31 |
| FPRO | 11 | 3:53:31 | 3:53:31 | 3:54:11 | 3:55:16 | 4:05:13 | 3:53:31 |
| F18-24 | 29 | 4:03:31 | 4:10:57 | 4:19:18 | 4:31:37 | 5:24:59 | 4:03:31 |
| F25-29 | 41 | 4:14:37 | 4:17:12 | 4:35:19 | 4:54:46 | 5:28:25 | 4:14:37 |
| F30-34 | 42 | 4:03:54 | 4:29:26 | 4:44:02 | 4:57:11 | 5:26:56 | 4:03:54 |
| F35-39 | 30 | 4:09:50 | 4:20:20 | 4:28:13 | 4:56:24 | 5:28:19 | 4:09:50 |
| F40-44 | 33 | 4:17:48 | 4:20:00 | 4:29:08 | 4:53:19 | 5:20:47 | 4:17:48 |
| F45-49 | 31 | 4:29:05 | 4:41:00 | 5:06:21 | 5:15:24 | 5:40:28 | 4:29:05 |
| F50-54 | 23 | 4:49:49 | 5:10:23 | 5:16:48 | 5:18:34 | 5:39:56 | 4:49:49 |
| F55-59 | 15 | 4:36:48 | 4:36:48 | 4:42:27 | 5:08:06 | 5:59:28 | 4:36:48 |
| F60-64 | 6 | 5:27:25 | 5:27:25 | 5:27:25 | 5:40:51 | 6:07:31 | 5:27:25 |
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.