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 | 1,734 | 4:10:44 | 4:43:23 | 5:00:29 | 5:20:55 | 6:05:01 | 3:50:04 |
| MPRO | 36 | 3:50:04 | 3:53:15 | 3:58:09 | 4:00:36 | 4:10:44 | 3:50:04 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 4:28:09 | 4:28:09 | 4:34:11 | 4:47:48 | 5:24:37 | 4:28:09 |
| M25-29 | 80 | 4:25:47 | 4:39:52 | 4:45:41 | 5:10:49 | 5:51:11 | 4:25:47 |
| M30-34 | 198 | 4:22:24 | 4:35:27 | 4:46:34 | 5:08:58 | 5:48:23 | 4:18:02 |
| M35-39 | 312 | 4:31:34 | 4:44:24 | 4:52:14 | 5:12:41 | 5:50:20 | 4:22:18 |
| M40-44 | 341 | 4:38:44 | 4:57:02 | 5:07:39 | 5:22:46 | 6:06:41 | 4:26:41 |
| M45-49 | 312 | 4:42:11 | 4:56:18 | 5:09:24 | 5:33:47 | 6:10:14 | 4:34:13 |
| M50-54 | 209 | 4:51:34 | 5:07:39 | 5:18:51 | 5:38:42 | 6:17:09 | 4:25:27 |
| M55-59 | 140 | 4:50:56 | 5:10:01 | 5:20:30 | 5:47:54 | 6:23:08 | 4:46:24 |
| M60-64 | 60 | 5:17:27 | 5:25:37 | 5:34:14 | 5:54:12 | 6:41:25 | 5:17:27 |
| M65-69 | 20 | 5:38:09 | 5:38:09 | 6:01:06 | 6:05:01 | 6:29:12 | 5:38:09 |
| M70-74 | 7 | 7:14:53 | 7:14:53 | 7:14:53 | 7:18:29 | 7:56:41 | 7:14:53 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 676 | 4:31:20 | 5:07:59 | 5:30:05 | 5:53:17 | 6:41:23 | 4:14:18 |
| FPRO | 21 | 4:14:18 | 4:23:21 | 4:25:22 | 4:28:07 | 4:41:26 | 4:14:18 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 5:01:16 | 5:01:16 | 5:31:53 | 5:33:11 | 6:27:09 | 5:01:16 |
| F25-29 | 44 | 4:53:33 | 5:03:31 | 5:30:11 | 5:53:56 | 6:28:49 | 4:53:33 |
| F30-34 | 90 | 4:50:19 | 5:09:30 | 5:21:21 | 5:41:56 | 6:19:32 | 4:50:19 |
| F35-39 | 94 | 4:45:10 | 5:16:37 | 5:42:23 | 5:55:38 | 6:28:38 | 4:45:10 |
| F40-44 | 139 | 5:05:11 | 5:27:11 | 5:34:38 | 5:58:06 | 6:43:45 | 5:00:19 |
| F45-49 | 123 | 5:00:23 | 5:42:47 | 5:53:17 | 6:11:21 | 6:49:31 | 4:56:43 |
| F50-54 | 79 | 5:06:57 | 5:21:39 | 5:40:54 | 5:52:41 | 6:30:14 | 5:06:57 |
| F55-59 | 44 | 5:23:08 | 5:28:20 | 5:40:22 | 6:05:56 | 6:58:41 | 5:23:08 |
| F60-64 | 23 | 5:54:01 | 6:02:11 | 6:23:28 | 6:41:23 | 7:14:29 | 5:54:01 |
| F65-69 | 5 | 6:45:04 | 6:45:04 | 6:45:04 | 6:45:04 | 6:55:42 | 6:45:04 |
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.