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 | 1,371 | 4:22:42 | 4:41:10 | 4:52:27 | 5:08:36 | 5:43:09 | 3:55:02 |
| MPRO | 7 | 3:55:02 | 3:55:02 | 3:55:02 | 3:57:45 | 4:22:42 | 3:55:02 |
| M18-24 | 30 | 4:31:39 | 4:32:41 | 4:35:06 | 4:40:54 | 5:46:19 | 4:31:39 |
| M25-29 | 107 | 4:18:01 | 4:27:50 | 4:37:38 | 5:03:20 | 5:35:41 | 4:18:00 |
| M30-34 | 198 | 4:22:07 | 4:37:11 | 4:46:31 | 5:00:17 | 5:33:05 | 4:19:37 |
| M35-39 | 292 | 4:30:51 | 4:45:54 | 4:52:28 | 5:04:18 | 5:36:59 | 4:29:49 |
| M40-44 | 329 | 4:33:10 | 4:44:10 | 4:54:31 | 5:10:10 | 5:43:57 | 4:21:21 |
| M45-49 | 218 | 4:26:36 | 4:48:44 | 4:54:34 | 5:08:44 | 5:46:47 | 4:20:30 |
| M50-54 | 118 | 4:47:38 | 5:04:39 | 5:20:07 | 5:31:59 | 5:54:41 | 4:41:05 |
| M55-59 | 53 | 4:50:02 | 5:00:15 | 5:20:03 | 5:34:52 | 6:03:32 | 4:50:02 |
| M60-64 | 14 | 5:21:50 | 5:21:50 | 5:35:59 | 5:36:03 | 6:10:25 | 5:21:50 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 262 | 4:36:42 | 4:59:02 | 5:13:49 | 5:39:58 | 6:22:43 | 4:33:12 |
| FPRO | 8 | 4:33:12 | 4:33:12 | 4:33:12 | 4:34:02 | 4:37:47 | 4:33:12 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 5:00:43 | 5:00:43 | 5:00:43 | 5:13:49 | 6:11:28 | 5:00:43 |
| F25-29 | 28 | 4:50:21 | 5:18:40 | 5:21:13 | 5:37:11 | 6:05:28 | 4:50:21 |
| F30-34 | 49 | 4:47:37 | 4:59:02 | 5:01:08 | 5:36:15 | 6:25:59 | 4:47:37 |
| F35-39 | 58 | 4:50:20 | 5:04:19 | 5:12:07 | 5:39:57 | 6:16:15 | 4:50:20 |
| F40-44 | 50 | 4:52:34 | 5:08:28 | 5:24:45 | 6:01:51 | 6:28:00 | 4:52:34 |
| F45-49 | 39 | 5:10:41 | 5:20:40 | 5:37:46 | 5:48:00 | 6:38:03 | 5:10:41 |
| F50-54 | 14 | 5:37:28 | 5:37:28 | 5:52:26 | 5:57:26 | 6:58:19 | 5:37:28 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 5:56:41 | 5:56:41 | 5:56:41 | 6:28:07 | 6:41:03 | 5:56:41 |
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.