Editions: 2026
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 | 633 | 4:03:42 | 4:20:31 | 4:30:53 | 4:48:51 | 5:30:15 | 3:51:42 |
| M18-24 | 16 | 4:29:14 | 4:29:14 | 4:29:25 | 4:45:46 | 5:22:59 | 4:29:14 |
| M25-29 | 44 | 3:56:52 | 4:23:05 | 4:29:37 | 4:43:22 | 5:25:43 | 3:56:52 |
| M30-34 | 91 | 3:53:09 | 4:22:36 | 4:28:42 | 4:47:03 | 5:19:48 | 3:53:09 |
| M35-39 | 130 | 4:03:37 | 4:14:04 | 4:20:11 | 4:35:04 | 5:30:15 | 3:51:42 |
| M40-44 | 116 | 4:07:29 | 4:17:52 | 4:28:14 | 4:49:08 | 5:21:09 | 4:05:36 |
| M45-49 | 85 | 4:15:22 | 4:23:36 | 4:42:08 | 4:50:23 | 5:18:40 | 4:15:22 |
| M50-54 | 61 | 4:22:57 | 4:30:49 | 4:37:15 | 4:45:45 | 5:28:08 | 4:22:57 |
| M55-59 | 43 | 4:33:58 | 4:45:37 | 4:46:31 | 4:55:38 | 5:49:49 | 4:33:58 |
| M60-64 | 33 | 4:58:31 | 4:58:44 | 5:02:56 | 5:16:12 | 5:48:40 | 4:58:31 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 5:59:02 | 5:59:02 | 5:59:02 | 6:28:07 | 6:38:23 | 5:59:02 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 5:11:45 | 5:11:45 | 5:11:45 | 5:35:30 | 5:54:54 | 5:11:45 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 159 | 4:33:32 | 4:46:34 | 4:57:57 | 5:13:38 | 5:57:02 | 4:21:47 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 4:54:53 | 4:54:53 | 4:54:53 | 4:58:36 | 5:33:36 | 4:54:53 |
| F25-29 | 10 | 4:34:07 | 4:34:07 | 4:34:07 | 4:40:36 | 5:34:05 | 4:34:07 |
| F30-34 | 27 | 4:35:12 | 4:37:30 | 4:51:51 | 5:07:19 | 6:11:24 | 4:35:12 |
| F35-39 | 29 | 4:21:47 | 4:40:10 | 4:46:34 | 5:02:08 | 5:45:23 | 4:21:47 |
| F40-44 | 28 | 4:33:32 | 5:00:42 | 5:03:21 | 5:05:40 | 5:52:03 | 4:33:32 |
| F45-49 | 19 | 4:59:57 | 4:59:57 | 5:14:49 | 5:27:08 | 6:06:40 | 4:59:57 |
| F50-54 | 19 | 5:03:29 | 5:03:29 | 5:17:44 | 5:33:56 | 6:04:14 | 5:03:29 |
| F55-59 | 11 | 5:21:27 | 5:21:27 | 5:36:52 | 5:51:15 | 6:04:56 | 5:21:27 |
| F60-64 | 8 | 5:32:14 | 5:32:14 | 5:32:14 | 5:38:11 | 6:08:07 | 5:32:14 |
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.