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 | 538 | 4:26:21 | 5:07:36 | 5:34:46 | 5:57:32 | 6:52:51 | 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 | 56 | 4:35:22 | 5:30:31 | 5:52:04 | 5:57:32 | 6:51:35 | 4:35:22 |
| M30-34 | 85 | 4:26:03 | 4:58:24 | 5:10:05 | 5:48:57 | 6:50:26 | 4:26:03 |
| M35-39 | 104 | 4:23:24 | 5:08:45 | 5:19:50 | 5:46:56 | 6:55:43 | 4:12:58 |
| M40-44 | 84 | 4:35:13 | 5:03:35 | 5:41:29 | 5:57:42 | 6:43:28 | 4:35:13 |
| M45-49 | 81 | 4:56:46 | 5:09:12 | 5:34:46 | 5:56:04 | 6:53:25 | 4:56:46 |
| M50-54 | 48 | 5:18:19 | 5:34:46 | 5:42:17 | 5:53:07 | 6:44:13 | 5:18:19 |
| M55-59 | 26 | 5:23:09 | 5:48:54 | 5:53:45 | 6:08:53 | 7:29:41 | 5:23:09 |
| M60-64 | 9 | 6:44:42 | 6:44:42 | 6:44:42 | 6:49:01 | 7:34:40 | 6:44:42 |
| M65-69 | 5 | 6:24:32 | 6:24:32 | 6:24:32 | 6:24:32 | 6:58:18 | 6:24:32 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 102 | 5:06:07 | 5:59:00 | 6:06:45 | 6:30:05 | 7:26:00 | 4:50:24 |
| F18-24 | 5 | 6:55:04 | 6:55:04 | 6:55:04 | 6:55:04 | 7:20:18 | 6:55:04 |
| F25-29 | 9 | 5:06:07 | 5:06:07 | 5:06:07 | 5:59:27 | 7:05:53 | 5:06:07 |
| F30-34 | 18 | 4:50:24 | 4:50:24 | 5:59:00 | 6:52:59 | 7:06:06 | 4:50:24 |
| F35-39 | 25 | 5:34:18 | 5:49:00 | 6:03:35 | 6:16:51 | 7:42:18 | 5:34:18 |
| F40-44 | 14 | 5:41:43 | 5:41:43 | 6:05:41 | 6:14:32 | 6:57:19 | 5:41:43 |
| F45-49 | 17 | 6:06:45 | 6:06:45 | 6:17:34 | 6:35:51 | 7:53:55 | 6:06:45 |
| F50-54 | 9 | 6:14:52 | 6:14:52 | 6:14:52 | 6:47:36 | 7:03:23 | 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 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.