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 | 1,172 | 3:40:46 | 4:49:28 | 5:17:24 | 5:43:24 | 6:35:41 | 3:21:29 |
| MPRO | 26 | 3:21:29 | 3:22:10 | 3:22:56 | 3:29:59 | 3:42:37 | 3:21:29 |
| M18-24 | 47 | 4:30:56 | 4:38:53 | 4:49:02 | 5:15:32 | 5:53:31 | 4:30:56 |
| M25-29 | 108 | 4:32:46 | 4:51:01 | 5:19:49 | 5:42:09 | 6:31:25 | 4:29:05 |
| M30-34 | 190 | 4:33:57 | 4:59:24 | 5:16:22 | 5:38:42 | 6:29:45 | 4:30:14 |
| M35-39 | 251 | 4:24:42 | 4:49:50 | 5:23:18 | 5:47:29 | 6:28:49 | 4:16:51 |
| M40-44 | 253 | 4:38:57 | 5:13:43 | 5:27:12 | 5:51:10 | 6:43:58 | 4:09:40 |
| M45-49 | 169 | 4:41:02 | 5:23:32 | 5:33:57 | 5:57:53 | 6:49:39 | 4:39:48 |
| M50-54 | 89 | 4:59:23 | 5:09:25 | 5:41:21 | 6:00:55 | 7:03:53 | 4:59:23 |
| M55-59 | 24 | 5:10:02 | 5:25:38 | 5:31:22 | 5:39:21 | 7:05:09 | 5:10:02 |
| M60-64 | 6 | 5:54:50 | 5:54:50 | 5:54:50 | 6:45:28 | 7:18:50 | 5:54:50 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 6:19:15 | 6:19:15 | 6:19:15 | 6:31:19 | 7:14:22 | 6:19:15 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 185 | 3:52:30 | 4:10:21 | 5:25:26 | 5:55:44 | 7:00:09 | 3:44:18 |
| FPRO | 12 | 3:44:18 | 3:44:18 | 3:52:30 | 3:53:44 | 4:05:45 | 3:44:18 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 5:38:04 | 5:38:04 | 5:38:04 | 6:31:28 | 6:47:35 | 5:38:04 |
| F25-29 | 19 | 5:32:29 | 5:32:29 | 5:54:50 | 6:08:55 | 6:51:47 | 5:32:29 |
| F30-34 | 35 | 4:43:43 | 5:21:31 | 5:54:28 | 6:06:46 | 7:23:08 | 4:43:43 |
| F35-39 | 36 | 4:50:21 | 5:19:14 | 5:56:37 | 6:19:21 | 7:02:31 | 4:50:21 |
| F40-44 | 39 | 5:02:38 | 5:25:26 | 5:39:39 | 5:52:42 | 7:08:30 | 5:02:38 |
| F45-49 | 27 | 5:28:59 | 5:38:57 | 5:40:10 | 6:06:14 | 6:54:05 | 5:28:59 |
| F50-54 | 10 | 5:17:07 | 5:17:07 | 5:17:07 | 5:58:32 | 6:48:59 | 5:17:07 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.