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 | 1,633 | 3:59:32 | 4:31:09 | 4:48:32 | 5:10:53 | 5:54:15 | 3:41:04 |
| MPRO | 39 | 3:41:04 | 3:42:52 | 3:44:49 | 3:50:57 | 4:00:54 | 3:41:04 |
| M18-24 | 178 | 4:16:13 | 4:40:05 | 4:52:31 | 5:16:04 | 5:50:59 | 4:01:34 |
| M25-29 | 317 | 4:15:37 | 4:35:18 | 4:49:41 | 5:11:56 | 5:53:56 | 4:13:22 |
| M30-34 | 256 | 4:17:34 | 4:39:36 | 4:55:32 | 5:16:16 | 5:58:14 | 4:04:49 |
| M35-39 | 206 | 4:24:48 | 4:35:02 | 4:51:31 | 5:06:47 | 5:52:50 | 4:19:07 |
| M40-44 | 175 | 4:24:20 | 4:33:04 | 4:41:57 | 4:59:33 | 5:51:09 | 4:18:56 |
| M45-49 | 137 | 4:28:39 | 4:46:33 | 4:58:17 | 5:25:20 | 5:54:09 | 4:22:23 |
| M50-54 | 119 | 4:24:07 | 4:41:13 | 4:50:27 | 5:22:55 | 5:55:58 | 4:16:31 |
| M55-59 | 99 | 4:36:36 | 4:46:21 | 4:58:24 | 5:21:32 | 6:05:06 | 4:36:36 |
| M60-64 | 65 | 4:29:45 | 5:07:17 | 5:21:13 | 5:35:54 | 6:21:30 | 4:29:45 |
| M65-69 | 28 | 4:45:11 | 5:02:34 | 5:24:26 | 5:46:04 | 6:28:13 | 4:45:11 |
| M70-74 | 7 | 6:01:09 | 6:01:09 | 6:01:09 | 6:13:06 | 6:54:13 | 6:01:09 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 578 | 4:20:17 | 4:48:08 | 5:04:06 | 5:27:09 | 6:13:19 | 4:10:54 |
| FPRO | 26 | 4:10:54 | 4:12:43 | 4:16:33 | 4:20:17 | 4:28:19 | 4:10:54 |
| F18-24 | 62 | 4:47:26 | 5:08:40 | 5:24:13 | 5:35:06 | 6:10:25 | 4:47:26 |
| F25-29 | 135 | 4:47:01 | 4:59:07 | 5:08:32 | 5:28:15 | 6:11:08 | 4:38:01 |
| F30-34 | 91 | 4:40:59 | 5:03:56 | 5:14:23 | 5:40:02 | 6:13:19 | 4:40:59 |
| F35-39 | 59 | 4:46:37 | 4:55:41 | 5:04:06 | 5:14:45 | 6:06:01 | 4:46:37 |
| F40-44 | 56 | 4:51:48 | 4:54:06 | 5:11:35 | 5:19:19 | 6:11:46 | 4:51:48 |
| F45-49 | 39 | 4:48:37 | 5:13:36 | 5:24:13 | 5:44:47 | 6:27:30 | 4:48:37 |
| F50-54 | 39 | 5:03:48 | 5:15:25 | 5:17:46 | 5:28:33 | 6:19:13 | 5:03:48 |
| F55-59 | 43 | 5:13:12 | 5:17:23 | 5:21:17 | 5:47:25 | 6:29:33 | 5:13:12 |
| F60-64 | 16 | 5:36:08 | 5:36:08 | 5:38:59 | 6:16:57 | 6:37:11 | 5:36:08 |
| F65-69 | 7 | 6:13:24 | 6:13:24 | 6:13:24 | 6:38:41 | 7:04:21 | 6:13:24 |
| F70-74 | 5 | 6:54:59 | 6:54:59 | 6:54:59 | 6:54:59 | 7:11:34 | 6:54:59 |
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.