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 | 1,003 | 4:24:58 | 4:59:38 | 5:25:01 | 5:48:02 | 6:32:39 | 4:02:20 |
| MPRO | 10 | 4:02:20 | 4:02:20 | 4:02:20 | 4:05:03 | 4:12:19 | 4:02:20 |
| M18-24 | 65 | 4:50:16 | 5:12:21 | 5:35:17 | 5:50:22 | 6:21:54 | 4:50:16 |
| M25-29 | 164 | 4:41:48 | 5:00:00 | 5:22:40 | 5:39:01 | 6:24:30 | 4:24:34 |
| M30-34 | 152 | 4:33:14 | 4:44:49 | 5:12:30 | 5:37:35 | 6:24:17 | 4:30:08 |
| M35-39 | 129 | 4:32:25 | 4:57:07 | 5:25:13 | 5:51:23 | 6:27:53 | 4:32:22 |
| M40-44 | 139 | 4:30:29 | 5:02:24 | 5:32:06 | 5:53:04 | 6:41:46 | 4:24:53 |
| M45-49 | 117 | 4:56:59 | 5:11:44 | 5:26:35 | 5:49:29 | 6:32:04 | 4:51:25 |
| M50-54 | 103 | 4:52:41 | 5:28:42 | 5:44:52 | 5:58:29 | 6:32:14 | 4:48:34 |
| M55-59 | 67 | 4:59:36 | 5:12:49 | 5:22:20 | 5:46:38 | 6:43:58 | 4:59:36 |
| M60-64 | 41 | 5:06:02 | 5:45:14 | 5:49:58 | 6:18:49 | 6:56:41 | 5:06:02 |
| M65-69 | 12 | 5:50:53 | 5:50:53 | 6:41:52 | 6:48:57 | 7:23:22 | 5:50:53 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 368 | 4:59:21 | 5:33:18 | 5:52:47 | 6:11:34 | 6:49:57 | 4:53:14 |
| FPRO | 5 | 4:53:14 | 4:53:14 | 4:53:14 | 4:53:14 | 4:59:21 | 4:53:14 |
| F18-24 | 31 | 5:12:43 | 5:43:00 | 5:56:52 | 6:07:11 | 6:45:13 | 5:12:43 |
| F25-29 | 69 | 4:55:32 | 5:27:28 | 5:48:56 | 6:17:26 | 6:51:10 | 4:55:32 |
| F30-34 | 65 | 5:02:06 | 5:46:39 | 5:50:22 | 6:07:59 | 6:42:37 | 5:02:06 |
| F35-39 | 46 | 5:06:54 | 5:58:49 | 6:08:53 | 6:19:37 | 6:42:33 | 5:06:54 |
| F40-44 | 43 | 5:14:01 | 5:38:18 | 5:56:28 | 6:10:04 | 7:01:02 | 5:14:01 |
| F45-49 | 52 | 5:23:20 | 5:49:30 | 5:58:33 | 6:15:48 | 6:49:17 | 5:23:20 |
| F50-54 | 26 | 5:52:47 | 6:01:20 | 6:09:02 | 6:26:13 | 6:57:16 | 5:52:47 |
| F55-59 | 18 | 5:27:57 | 5:27:57 | 5:43:55 | 6:10:05 | 7:07:15 | 5:27:57 |
| F60-64 | 11 | 5:53:13 | 5:53:13 | 6:08:17 | 6:08:54 | 7:02:52 | 5:53:13 |
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.