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 | 1,219 | 4:03:32 | 4:39:29 | 4:54:41 | 5:16:12 | 6:01:11 | 3:48:23 |
| MPRO | 24 | 3:48:23 | 3:51:03 | 3:51:09 | 3:56:02 | 4:01:20 | 3:48:23 |
| M18-24 | 46 | 4:13:53 | 4:28:34 | 4:36:08 | 4:46:18 | 5:32:30 | 4:13:53 |
| M25-29 | 160 | 4:17:07 | 4:40:54 | 4:54:46 | 5:13:36 | 5:59:41 | 4:16:54 |
| M30-34 | 181 | 4:13:19 | 4:38:15 | 4:53:10 | 5:20:05 | 5:58:07 | 4:12:20 |
| M35-39 | 182 | 4:24:18 | 4:44:07 | 4:53:16 | 5:09:20 | 5:50:58 | 4:19:34 |
| M40-44 | 167 | 4:29:03 | 4:52:32 | 5:03:13 | 5:19:01 | 6:05:10 | 4:25:12 |
| M45-49 | 152 | 4:35:38 | 4:50:07 | 5:04:18 | 5:18:24 | 5:58:57 | 4:22:01 |
| M50-54 | 186 | 4:33:25 | 4:54:31 | 5:06:33 | 5:21:58 | 6:08:31 | 4:32:10 |
| M55-59 | 69 | 4:37:45 | 5:13:47 | 5:17:48 | 5:29:12 | 6:15:35 | 4:37:45 |
| M60-64 | 35 | 5:15:02 | 5:20:45 | 5:41:44 | 6:01:03 | 6:24:46 | 5:15:02 |
| M65-69 | 16 | 5:50:35 | 5:50:35 | 5:54:46 | 6:01:26 | 6:16:02 | 5:50:35 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 505 | 4:38:18 | 5:04:25 | 5:23:30 | 5:44:25 | 6:34:24 | 4:09:04 |
| FPRO | 12 | 4:09:04 | 4:09:04 | 4:10:23 | 4:14:03 | 4:39:49 | 4:09:04 |
| F18-24 | 23 | 4:46:28 | 4:58:10 | 5:24:59 | 5:51:58 | 6:14:30 | 4:46:28 |
| F25-29 | 57 | 4:38:18 | 5:09:20 | 5:15:34 | 5:35:34 | 6:16:22 | 4:38:18 |
| F30-34 | 77 | 4:55:39 | 5:10:54 | 5:29:14 | 5:50:29 | 6:30:13 | 4:55:39 |
| F35-39 | 81 | 4:44:47 | 5:01:04 | 5:12:11 | 5:38:55 | 6:26:38 | 4:44:47 |
| F40-44 | 68 | 4:46:29 | 5:18:48 | 5:35:01 | 5:51:31 | 6:37:03 | 4:46:29 |
| F45-49 | 72 | 4:44:37 | 5:22:32 | 5:33:18 | 5:56:08 | 6:24:59 | 4:44:37 |
| F50-54 | 55 | 5:17:59 | 5:25:15 | 5:29:09 | 5:42:39 | 6:46:55 | 5:17:59 |
| F55-59 | 40 | 5:28:18 | 5:29:51 | 5:45:41 | 6:09:49 | 6:48:57 | 5:28:18 |
| F60-64 | 16 | 5:33:35 | 5:33:35 | 5:53:24 | 6:18:10 | 6:42:13 | 5:33:35 |
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.