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 | 240 | 4:15:50 | 4:37:31 | 4:46:24 | 5:03:31 | 5:42:18 | 4:11:43 |
| MPRO | 10 | 4:11:43 | 4:11:43 | 4:11:43 | 4:11:59 | 4:16:24 | 4:11:43 |
| M25-29 | 22 | 4:29:03 | 5:00:24 | 5:01:15 | 5:07:56 | 5:28:23 | 4:29:03 |
| M30-34 | 40 | 4:30:50 | 4:32:57 | 4:37:31 | 4:43:16 | 5:29:26 | 4:30:50 |
| M35-39 | 40 | 4:33:10 | 4:44:47 | 4:57:31 | 5:05:42 | 5:35:24 | 4:33:10 |
| M40-44 | 35 | 4:44:12 | 4:45:17 | 4:48:22 | 5:04:07 | 6:12:21 | 4:44:12 |
| M45-49 | 38 | 4:47:20 | 4:53:35 | 4:55:51 | 5:08:06 | 5:26:19 | 4:47:20 |
| M50-54 | 29 | 4:47:54 | 4:52:41 | 4:59:38 | 5:16:35 | 5:58:08 | 4:47:54 |
| M55-59 | 12 | 5:21:33 | 5:21:33 | 5:24:39 | 5:26:56 | 6:27:08 | 5:21:33 |
| M60-64 | 8 | 5:46:13 | 5:46:13 | 5:46:13 | 5:58:31 | 6:22:30 | 5:46:13 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 91 | 4:29:28 | 4:41:33 | 5:09:23 | 5:32:13 | 6:00:09 | 4:29:28 |
| FPRO | 10 | 4:29:28 | 4:29:28 | 4:29:28 | 4:32:07 | 4:41:33 | 4:29:28 |
| F25-29 | 8 | 5:07:51 | 5:07:51 | 5:07:51 | 5:35:54 | 6:08:19 | 5:07:51 |
| F30-34 | 10 | 5:08:16 | 5:08:16 | 5:08:16 | 5:12:10 | 5:47:37 | 5:08:16 |
| F35-39 | 16 | 5:27:25 | 5:27:25 | 5:28:18 | 5:32:55 | 5:53:08 | 5:27:25 |
| F40-44 | 14 | 5:19:13 | 5:19:13 | 5:32:56 | 5:41:01 | 5:54:30 | 5:19:13 |
| F45-49 | 9 | 5:47:04 | 5:47:04 | 5:47:04 | 5:57:51 | 6:21:31 | 5:47:04 |
| F50-54 | 13 | 5:31:57 | 5:31:57 | 5:45:02 | 5:51:16 | 6:34:35 | 5:31:57 |
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.