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 | 1,343 | 4:25:01 | 4:52:02 | 5:03:51 | 5:21:45 | 5:57:37 | 3:59:33 |
| MPRO | 15 | 3:59:33 | 3:59:33 | 4:02:45 | 4:04:47 | 4:20:45 | 3:59:33 |
| M18-24 | 41 | 4:14:26 | 4:29:31 | 4:34:45 | 4:49:12 | 5:32:01 | 4:14:26 |
| M25-29 | 102 | 4:26:09 | 4:38:41 | 4:57:02 | 5:22:13 | 5:51:19 | 4:24:18 |
| M30-34 | 221 | 4:34:17 | 4:52:02 | 5:03:12 | 5:14:05 | 5:50:55 | 4:27:01 |
| M35-39 | 302 | 4:37:26 | 4:54:48 | 5:01:29 | 5:17:19 | 5:48:39 | 4:23:53 |
| M40-44 | 260 | 4:51:22 | 5:04:26 | 5:19:37 | 5:32:08 | 5:59:57 | 4:42:50 |
| M45-49 | 191 | 4:33:07 | 4:54:28 | 5:05:35 | 5:20:01 | 6:02:29 | 4:21:17 |
| M50-54 | 126 | 4:55:54 | 5:08:12 | 5:24:18 | 5:40:50 | 6:13:41 | 4:55:25 |
| M55-59 | 53 | 5:06:18 | 5:15:44 | 5:24:06 | 5:42:21 | 6:18:49 | 5:06:18 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 5:35:27 | 5:35:27 | 5:42:45 | 5:50:23 | 6:24:07 | 5:35:27 |
| M65-69 | 9 | 5:42:45 | 5:42:45 | 5:42:45 | 5:43:10 | 6:34:46 | 5:42:45 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 6:45:56 | 6:45:56 | 6:45:56 | 6:45:56 | 7:30:52 | 6:45:56 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 245 | 4:37:13 | 5:13:49 | 5:27:52 | 5:40:35 | 6:19:26 | 4:30:07 |
| FPRO | 10 | 4:30:07 | 4:30:07 | 4:30:07 | 4:36:02 | 4:46:40 | 4:30:07 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 5:35:15 | 5:35:15 | 5:35:15 | 5:37:24 | 6:45:57 | 5:35:15 |
| F25-29 | 30 | 5:12:48 | 5:24:15 | 5:24:19 | 5:29:56 | 6:19:27 | 5:12:48 |
| F30-34 | 47 | 5:20:41 | 5:29:45 | 5:36:08 | 5:42:10 | 6:16:22 | 5:20:41 |
| F35-39 | 52 | 5:09:31 | 5:23:14 | 5:33:44 | 5:45:41 | 6:25:13 | 5:09:31 |
| F40-44 | 38 | 5:27:55 | 5:32:23 | 5:37:46 | 5:48:08 | 6:28:09 | 5:27:55 |
| F45-49 | 32 | 4:50:23 | 5:07:28 | 5:19:40 | 5:25:36 | 6:11:56 | 4:50:23 |
| F50-54 | 12 | 5:41:26 | 5:41:26 | 5:45:49 | 5:55:07 | 6:30:15 | 5:41:26 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 5:34:42 | 5:34:42 | 5:34:42 | 5:48:30 | 6:07:42 | 5:34:42 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 6:14:02 | 6:14:02 | 6:14:02 | 6:14:02 | 6:53:26 | 6:14:02 |
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.