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 | 1,962 | 4:00:15 | 4:34:59 | 4:59:46 | 5:24:01 | 6:11:37 | 3:47:01 |
| MPRO | 59 | 3:47:01 | 3:48:06 | 3:49:26 | 3:55:44 | 4:05:25 | 3:47:01 |
| M18-24 | 169 | 4:17:48 | 4:46:43 | 5:07:38 | 5:20:41 | 6:02:20 | 4:15:28 |
| M25-29 | 309 | 4:29:41 | 4:49:59 | 5:06:24 | 5:31:22 | 6:12:07 | 4:18:13 |
| M30-34 | 348 | 4:14:28 | 4:37:22 | 5:01:38 | 5:24:47 | 6:12:12 | 4:03:27 |
| M35-39 | 279 | 4:27:19 | 4:40:26 | 4:59:14 | 5:21:44 | 6:00:55 | 4:22:33 |
| M40-44 | 215 | 4:33:13 | 4:51:46 | 5:06:12 | 5:28:07 | 6:12:36 | 4:16:41 |
| M45-49 | 183 | 4:35:40 | 4:57:49 | 5:09:17 | 5:29:06 | 6:17:12 | 4:34:30 |
| M50-54 | 153 | 4:38:32 | 4:50:54 | 5:03:34 | 5:26:15 | 6:17:43 | 4:37:18 |
| M55-59 | 138 | 4:48:31 | 5:06:25 | 5:17:50 | 5:42:58 | 6:23:05 | 4:38:23 |
| M60-64 | 64 | 4:42:33 | 5:18:54 | 5:32:30 | 5:41:14 | 6:28:25 | 4:42:33 |
| M65-69 | 32 | 5:36:20 | 5:40:50 | 5:52:27 | 6:10:55 | 6:45:51 | 5:36:20 |
| M70-74 | 11 | 5:50:01 | 5:50:01 | 5:54:07 | 6:03:40 | 6:48:26 | 5:50:01 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 516 | 4:21:52 | 4:50:55 | 5:09:53 | 5:37:37 | 6:33:11 | 4:16:50 |
| FPRO | 29 | 4:16:50 | 4:17:09 | 4:18:18 | 4:21:52 | 4:40:48 | 4:16:50 |
| F18-24 | 40 | 5:02:39 | 5:03:47 | 5:16:51 | 5:33:39 | 6:20:08 | 5:02:39 |
| F25-29 | 101 | 4:46:20 | 5:07:57 | 5:11:44 | 5:43:39 | 6:39:26 | 4:44:44 |
| F30-34 | 81 | 4:57:05 | 5:09:25 | 5:21:07 | 5:42:39 | 6:28:34 | 4:57:05 |
| F35-39 | 71 | 4:49:32 | 5:02:56 | 5:15:15 | 5:47:34 | 6:34:12 | 4:49:32 |
| F40-44 | 60 | 5:04:07 | 5:13:47 | 5:31:13 | 5:47:20 | 6:36:20 | 5:04:07 |
| F45-49 | 52 | 5:20:33 | 5:22:42 | 5:27:03 | 5:47:34 | 6:43:45 | 5:20:33 |
| F50-54 | 30 | 5:19:31 | 5:24:27 | 5:29:32 | 6:04:03 | 6:47:52 | 5:19:31 |
| F55-59 | 29 | 5:33:45 | 5:36:59 | 5:47:07 | 6:02:42 | 6:36:05 | 5:33:45 |
| F60-64 | 12 | 6:08:19 | 6:08:19 | 6:19:35 | 6:26:29 | 6:42:24 | 6:08:19 |
| F65-69 | 8 | 6:13:49 | 6:13:49 | 6:13:49 | 6:34:12 | 7:25:40 | 6:13:49 |
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.