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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 | 1,132 | 4:33:58 | 4:57:25 | 5:15:42 | 5:40:17 | 6:32:54 | 4:10:32 |
| M18-24 | 71 | 4:39:33 | 4:58:40 | 5:20:17 | 5:33:01 | 6:08:25 | 4:39:33 |
| M25-29 | 146 | 4:27:17 | 4:50:48 | 5:03:05 | 5:23:41 | 6:13:59 | 4:24:53 |
| M30-34 | 174 | 4:22:01 | 4:50:54 | 5:11:05 | 5:38:35 | 6:30:46 | 4:10:32 |
| M35-39 | 172 | 4:14:51 | 4:49:48 | 5:00:58 | 5:18:22 | 6:13:42 | 4:12:34 |
| M40-44 | 161 | 4:53:31 | 4:56:49 | 5:20:20 | 5:34:45 | 6:35:03 | 4:52:57 |
| M45-49 | 137 | 4:48:08 | 5:16:35 | 5:28:40 | 5:48:28 | 6:39:10 | 4:39:19 |
| M50-54 | 105 | 5:03:37 | 5:14:53 | 5:38:00 | 5:57:34 | 6:49:48 | 4:30:55 |
| M55-59 | 97 | 5:02:10 | 5:30:33 | 5:46:56 | 6:03:53 | 6:48:46 | 5:02:10 |
| M60-64 | 47 | 4:56:17 | 5:24:54 | 5:39:57 | 6:11:45 | 6:54:28 | 4:56:17 |
| M65-69 | 17 | 5:29:56 | 5:29:56 | 5:52:04 | 6:41:53 | 7:05:30 | 5:29:56 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 514 | 4:59:01 | 5:36:26 | 5:48:35 | 6:10:23 | 7:01:01 | 4:45:23 |
| F18-24 | 30 | 5:30:22 | 5:32:18 | 5:36:26 | 6:04:52 | 7:02:04 | 5:30:22 |
| F25-29 | 57 | 4:50:22 | 5:16:22 | 5:40:47 | 6:02:44 | 6:44:00 | 4:50:22 |
| F30-34 | 49 | 4:47:16 | 5:04:10 | 5:21:51 | 6:06:06 | 6:51:31 | 4:47:16 |
| F35-39 | 58 | 5:03:08 | 5:24:03 | 5:37:41 | 5:50:48 | 6:34:59 | 5:03:08 |
| F40-44 | 85 | 4:51:07 | 5:36:54 | 5:50:06 | 6:13:07 | 7:12:54 | 4:51:07 |
| F45-49 | 79 | 4:45:23 | 5:42:25 | 5:48:34 | 6:11:13 | 7:01:54 | 4:45:23 |
| F50-54 | 56 | 5:13:37 | 5:37:28 | 5:54:59 | 6:10:40 | 6:54:49 | 5:13:37 |
| F55-59 | 51 | 5:17:32 | 6:00:42 | 6:12:18 | 6:33:01 | 7:19:32 | 5:17:32 |
| F60-64 | 29 | 5:33:01 | 6:03:26 | 6:06:20 | 6:36:11 | 7:26:13 | 5:33:01 |
| F65-69 | 16 | 5:56:11 | 5:56:11 | 6:37:48 | 6:43:13 | 7:19:00 | 5:56:11 |
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.