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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 | 711 | 3:54:43 | 4:06:36 | 4:16:29 | 4:28:38 | 4:57:27 | 3:44:38 |
| M18-24 | 17 | 4:01:28 | 4:01:28 | 4:08:22 | 4:27:25 | 4:53:35 | 4:01:28 |
| M25-29 | 54 | 3:53:15 | 4:00:31 | 4:04:33 | 4:19:56 | 4:55:39 | 3:53:15 |
| M30-34 | 120 | 4:02:29 | 4:06:36 | 4:18:56 | 4:26:28 | 4:50:13 | 3:59:21 |
| M35-39 | 140 | 3:51:04 | 3:58:49 | 4:12:43 | 4:28:05 | 4:58:01 | 3:46:56 |
| M40-44 | 148 | 3:58:19 | 4:09:05 | 4:18:07 | 4:29:18 | 4:56:05 | 3:51:10 |
| M45-49 | 113 | 3:52:33 | 4:09:38 | 4:16:07 | 4:27:45 | 4:58:50 | 3:44:38 |
| M50-54 | 52 | 4:04:02 | 4:10:41 | 4:18:03 | 4:30:30 | 5:03:31 | 4:04:02 |
| M55-59 | 41 | 4:06:41 | 4:20:58 | 4:21:43 | 4:39:46 | 5:15:23 | 4:06:41 |
| M60-64 | 18 | 4:20:29 | 4:20:29 | 4:30:17 | 4:52:03 | 5:25:58 | 4:20:29 |
| M65-69 | 6 | 4:44:20 | 4:44:20 | 4:44:20 | 4:55:13 | 5:14:43 | 4:44:20 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 167 | 4:26:27 | 4:35:31 | 4:45:07 | 4:53:49 | 5:28:00 | 4:20:28 |
| F18-24 | 7 | 5:12:06 | 5:12:06 | 5:12:06 | 5:33:26 | 5:37:45 | 5:12:06 |
| F25-29 | 16 | 4:30:11 | 4:30:11 | 4:30:31 | 4:41:56 | 5:24:00 | 4:30:11 |
| F30-34 | 36 | 4:20:28 | 4:31:36 | 4:38:18 | 4:53:39 | 5:14:56 | 4:20:28 |
| F35-39 | 41 | 4:26:27 | 4:44:39 | 4:48:24 | 4:52:12 | 5:38:03 | 4:26:27 |
| F40-44 | 37 | 4:30:24 | 4:41:52 | 4:52:08 | 4:58:25 | 5:24:46 | 4:30:24 |
| F45-49 | 19 | 4:52:56 | 4:52:56 | 5:03:16 | 5:07:31 | 5:36:20 | 4:52:56 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 4:41:50 | 4:41:50 | 4:41:50 | 4:41:50 | 5:25:00 | 4:41:50 |
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.