Editions: 2026
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 | 507 | 4:26:21 | 5:06:29 | 5:33:00 | 5:55:42 | 6:49:06 | 4:12:58 |
| M18-24 | 38 | 4:21:07 | 4:21:12 | 5:19:28 | 5:51:54 | 6:40:20 | 4:21:07 |
| M25-29 | 54 | 4:35:22 | 5:30:31 | 5:52:04 | 5:56:39 | 6:50:58 | 4:35:22 |
| M30-34 | 79 | 4:26:03 | 4:56:14 | 5:06:26 | 5:47:20 | 6:48:56 | 4:26:03 |
| M35-39 | 95 | 4:12:58 | 5:06:29 | 5:19:29 | 5:44:04 | 6:53:01 | 4:12:58 |
| M40-44 | 81 | 4:35:13 | 5:03:35 | 5:41:29 | 5:57:42 | 6:40:51 | 4:35:13 |
| M45-49 | 76 | 4:56:46 | 5:05:24 | 5:22:46 | 5:53:27 | 6:51:03 | 4:56:46 |
| M50-54 | 45 | 5:18:19 | 5:34:46 | 5:42:17 | 5:50:29 | 6:37:07 | 5:18:19 |
| M55-59 | 23 | 5:23:09 | 5:48:54 | 5:53:45 | 6:08:07 | 7:21:25 | 5:23:09 |
| M60-64 | 8 | 6:44:42 | 6:44:42 | 6:44:42 | 6:49:01 | 7:31:11 | 6:44:42 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 84 | 4:50:24 | 5:49:00 | 6:03:35 | 6:17:34 | 7:05:53 | 4:50:24 |
| F25-29 | 8 | 5:06:07 | 5:06:07 | 5:06:07 | 5:59:27 | 6:32:20 | 5:06:07 |
| F30-34 | 17 | 4:50:24 | 4:50:24 | 5:59:00 | 6:52:59 | 7:06:06 | 4:50:24 |
| F35-39 | 18 | 5:34:18 | 5:34:18 | 5:49:00 | 6:10:26 | 7:07:09 | 5:34:18 |
| F40-44 | 11 | 5:41:43 | 5:41:43 | 6:05:41 | 6:14:32 | 6:47:09 | 5:41:43 |
| F45-49 | 15 | 6:06:45 | 6:06:45 | 6:17:34 | 6:22:07 | 7:51:20 | 6:06:45 |
| F50-54 | 8 | 6:14:52 | 6:14:52 | 6:14:52 | 6:47:36 | 7:00:30 | 6:14:52 |
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.