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 | 730 | 4:05:09 | 4:38:03 | 4:53:29 | 5:13:22 | 5:57:01 | 3:46:11 |
| MPRO | 15 | 3:46:11 | 3:46:11 | 3:47:19 | 3:49:50 | 4:05:09 | 3:46:11 |
| M18-24 | 15 | 4:33:04 | 4:33:04 | 4:55:26 | 5:02:47 | 5:16:07 | 4:33:04 |
| M25-29 | 46 | 4:35:25 | 4:37:30 | 4:42:27 | 4:59:49 | 5:35:07 | 4:35:25 |
| M30-34 | 117 | 4:34:33 | 4:45:55 | 4:50:32 | 5:11:42 | 5:57:51 | 4:32:34 |
| M35-39 | 169 | 4:21:41 | 4:34:39 | 4:53:19 | 5:17:25 | 5:57:01 | 4:12:58 |
| M40-44 | 129 | 4:34:47 | 4:42:42 | 4:59:59 | 5:16:54 | 5:57:01 | 4:06:24 |
| M45-49 | 107 | 4:39:54 | 4:51:51 | 5:08:51 | 5:29:13 | 5:54:53 | 4:34:48 |
| M50-54 | 76 | 4:35:08 | 4:51:48 | 5:01:08 | 5:23:36 | 6:03:23 | 4:35:08 |
| M55-59 | 37 | 4:51:09 | 4:53:29 | 5:19:12 | 5:27:03 | 6:24:16 | 4:51:09 |
| M60-64 | 16 | 5:13:34 | 5:13:34 | 5:35:33 | 6:15:34 | 6:22:49 | 5:13:34 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 204 | 4:25:37 | 4:59:43 | 5:15:51 | 5:34:30 | 6:17:04 | 4:15:35 |
| FPRO | 8 | 4:15:35 | 4:15:35 | 4:15:35 | 4:24:22 | 4:33:33 | 4:15:35 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 4:59:43 | 4:59:43 | 4:59:43 | 5:13:28 | 5:40:38 | 4:59:43 |
| F25-29 | 25 | 4:46:19 | 5:17:31 | 5:19:26 | 5:26:23 | 6:06:03 | 4:46:19 |
| F30-34 | 38 | 5:15:51 | 5:18:19 | 5:21:29 | 5:39:07 | 6:09:23 | 5:15:51 |
| F35-39 | 41 | 5:06:05 | 5:08:05 | 5:22:53 | 5:37:18 | 6:12:35 | 5:06:05 |
| F40-44 | 32 | 5:14:49 | 5:19:34 | 5:29:09 | 5:37:00 | 6:29:21 | 5:14:49 |
| F45-49 | 26 | 5:08:32 | 5:12:05 | 5:29:45 | 6:05:18 | 6:41:48 | 5:08:32 |
| F50-54 | 16 | 4:52:30 | 4:52:30 | 5:10:19 | 5:48:56 | 6:23:20 | 4:52:30 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 5:46:43 | 5:46:43 | 5:46:43 | 5:46:43 | 6:35:23 | 5:46:43 |
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.