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 | 1,134 | 3:53:58 | 4:18:54 | 4:37:06 | 5:04:04 | 5:54:16 | 3:39:09 |
| MPRO | 41 | 3:39:09 | 3:45:23 | 3:47:31 | 3:51:58 | 4:01:21 | 3:39:09 |
| M18-24 | 110 | 4:17:52 | 4:28:15 | 4:51:20 | 5:13:51 | 5:54:32 | 4:14:16 |
| M25-29 | 161 | 4:07:24 | 4:23:09 | 4:31:30 | 4:57:59 | 5:47:34 | 4:02:08 |
| M30-34 | 182 | 4:04:36 | 4:28:08 | 4:43:07 | 4:57:22 | 5:54:17 | 4:04:05 |
| M35-39 | 160 | 4:17:45 | 4:31:32 | 4:44:24 | 5:01:29 | 5:44:07 | 4:05:33 |
| M40-44 | 139 | 4:18:19 | 4:34:29 | 4:43:21 | 5:03:16 | 5:57:16 | 4:01:52 |
| M45-49 | 86 | 4:10:05 | 4:35:03 | 4:44:01 | 5:17:56 | 5:48:17 | 4:10:05 |
| M50-54 | 107 | 4:19:52 | 4:44:23 | 4:59:25 | 5:19:17 | 5:59:24 | 4:18:54 |
| M55-59 | 72 | 4:28:12 | 5:03:16 | 5:20:16 | 5:39:46 | 6:18:12 | 4:28:12 |
| M60-64 | 49 | 4:56:32 | 5:06:58 | 5:13:28 | 5:53:49 | 6:35:52 | 4:56:32 |
| M65-69 | 21 | 5:29:28 | 5:49:25 | 5:51:58 | 5:58:33 | 6:37:50 | 5:29:28 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 6:37:08 | 6:37:08 | 6:37:08 | 6:37:08 | 6:48:43 | 6:37:08 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 459 | 4:19:07 | 4:41:34 | 5:01:28 | 5:25:08 | 6:13:52 | 4:11:31 |
| FPRO | 24 | 4:11:31 | 4:12:39 | 4:16:07 | 4:19:07 | 4:26:28 | 4:11:31 |
| F18-24 | 23 | 4:38:49 | 5:16:13 | 5:21:32 | 5:38:07 | 6:00:43 | 4:38:49 |
| F25-29 | 56 | 4:38:39 | 4:42:20 | 4:52:27 | 5:22:33 | 6:02:48 | 4:38:39 |
| F30-34 | 57 | 4:41:34 | 4:52:01 | 5:02:05 | 5:13:40 | 6:01:41 | 4:41:34 |
| F35-39 | 65 | 4:31:24 | 4:55:07 | 5:09:17 | 5:30:51 | 6:26:10 | 4:31:24 |
| F40-44 | 74 | 4:42:18 | 4:58:56 | 5:14:01 | 5:33:38 | 6:12:07 | 4:42:18 |
| F45-49 | 53 | 4:53:14 | 5:13:46 | 5:21:24 | 5:34:00 | 6:23:54 | 4:53:14 |
| F50-54 | 39 | 4:54:25 | 5:06:02 | 5:10:02 | 5:30:34 | 6:18:32 | 4:54:25 |
| F55-59 | 30 | 5:18:03 | 5:35:53 | 5:38:49 | 5:46:37 | 6:31:39 | 5:18:03 |
| F60-64 | 24 | 5:34:02 | 5:40:57 | 5:57:42 | 6:12:25 | 6:45:16 | 5:34:02 |
| F65-69 | 10 | 6:02:23 | 6:02:23 | 6:02:23 | 6:08:00 | 6:39:44 | 6:02:23 |
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.