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 | 1,439 | 4:23:50 | 4:42:18 | 4:50:51 | 5:06:14 | 5:38:19 | 3:52:31 |
| MPRO | 8 | 3:52:31 | 3:52:31 | 3:52:31 | 3:55:17 | 4:06:42 | 3:52:31 |
| M18-24 | 34 | 4:12:00 | 4:19:01 | 4:56:29 | 5:03:16 | 5:31:17 | 4:12:00 |
| M25-29 | 98 | 4:11:54 | 4:32:01 | 4:40:37 | 4:50:58 | 5:30:03 | 4:11:54 |
| M30-34 | 161 | 4:12:16 | 4:33:31 | 4:41:30 | 4:57:40 | 5:34:51 | 4:11:54 |
| M35-39 | 258 | 4:26:32 | 4:37:11 | 4:48:46 | 4:58:52 | 5:32:26 | 4:18:36 |
| M40-44 | 309 | 4:35:57 | 4:45:28 | 4:50:26 | 5:04:56 | 5:32:45 | 4:29:40 |
| M45-49 | 256 | 4:29:45 | 4:50:11 | 4:59:22 | 5:11:46 | 5:39:33 | 4:25:39 |
| M50-54 | 183 | 4:40:52 | 4:56:06 | 5:07:06 | 5:17:52 | 5:51:38 | 4:30:18 |
| M55-59 | 82 | 4:50:32 | 5:04:15 | 5:14:01 | 5:25:51 | 5:50:57 | 4:50:32 |
| M60-64 | 41 | 5:02:03 | 5:17:30 | 5:24:07 | 5:38:57 | 6:08:06 | 5:02:03 |
| M65-69 | 9 | 5:54:54 | 5:54:54 | 5:54:54 | 6:15:05 | 6:37:43 | 5:54:54 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 732 | 4:40:13 | 5:08:05 | 5:20:39 | 5:36:23 | 6:12:53 | 4:13:23 |
| FPRO | 8 | 4:13:23 | 4:13:23 | 4:13:23 | 4:20:53 | 4:31:15 | 4:13:23 |
| F18-24 | 24 | 5:12:01 | 5:41:51 | 5:42:39 | 5:50:46 | 6:34:00 | 5:12:01 |
| F25-29 | 48 | 4:33:07 | 4:44:51 | 4:57:44 | 5:28:37 | 6:15:10 | 4:33:07 |
| F30-34 | 116 | 5:04:59 | 5:09:34 | 5:19:47 | 5:36:23 | 6:13:06 | 4:30:38 |
| F35-39 | 126 | 4:45:01 | 4:58:01 | 5:11:56 | 5:25:28 | 6:05:18 | 4:40:13 |
| F40-44 | 143 | 5:02:53 | 5:13:54 | 5:24:17 | 5:35:19 | 6:11:49 | 4:52:40 |
| F45-49 | 117 | 5:04:42 | 5:17:40 | 5:27:54 | 5:43:16 | 6:14:35 | 4:58:40 |
| F50-54 | 100 | 5:08:28 | 5:20:39 | 5:33:30 | 5:46:50 | 6:15:22 | 5:08:28 |
| F55-59 | 38 | 5:17:08 | 5:19:16 | 5:41:27 | 5:49:17 | 6:16:38 | 5:17:08 |
| F60-64 | 7 | 5:32:31 | 5:32:31 | 5:32:31 | 5:47:30 | 6:11:05 | 5:32:31 |
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.