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 | 1,386 | 4:07:59 | 4:36:43 | 4:48:07 | 5:01:41 | 5:30:15 | 3:55:27 |
| MPRO | 27 | 3:55:27 | 3:56:01 | 3:57:41 | 4:01:07 | 4:07:59 | 3:55:27 |
| M18-24 | 62 | 4:17:28 | 4:32:59 | 4:44:17 | 5:00:03 | 5:21:05 | 4:17:28 |
| M25-29 | 181 | 4:14:41 | 4:36:39 | 4:43:03 | 4:53:46 | 5:28:36 | 4:09:23 |
| M30-34 | 271 | 4:22:39 | 4:41:56 | 4:48:11 | 4:59:31 | 5:26:28 | 4:17:19 |
| M35-39 | 272 | 4:22:31 | 4:40:22 | 4:50:08 | 5:00:06 | 5:26:10 | 4:18:20 |
| M40-44 | 250 | 4:31:13 | 4:43:21 | 4:53:35 | 5:03:30 | 5:33:42 | 4:20:58 |
| M45-49 | 162 | 4:29:12 | 4:45:22 | 4:55:10 | 5:07:52 | 5:29:08 | 4:27:25 |
| M50-54 | 122 | 4:55:08 | 5:07:21 | 5:13:18 | 5:22:57 | 5:40:35 | 4:44:58 |
| M55-59 | 26 | 5:16:15 | 5:17:04 | 5:18:40 | 5:37:51 | 5:53:08 | 5:16:15 |
| M60-64 | 10 | 5:28:59 | 5:28:59 | 5:28:59 | 5:30:48 | 6:06:36 | 5:28:59 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 226 | 4:26:56 | 4:53:26 | 5:14:52 | 5:26:53 | 5:54:29 | 4:20:34 |
| FPRO | 11 | 4:20:34 | 4:20:34 | 4:24:19 | 4:26:56 | 4:34:13 | 4:20:34 |
| F18-24 | 6 | 5:23:41 | 5:23:41 | 5:23:41 | 5:30:28 | 5:40:26 | 5:23:41 |
| F25-29 | 40 | 4:52:13 | 4:55:44 | 5:11:34 | 5:25:04 | 5:52:50 | 4:52:13 |
| F30-34 | 61 | 4:46:30 | 5:10:44 | 5:18:31 | 5:26:57 | 5:54:29 | 4:46:30 |
| F35-39 | 44 | 4:53:26 | 5:14:52 | 5:21:15 | 5:26:53 | 5:53:44 | 4:53:26 |
| F40-44 | 27 | 4:54:37 | 5:25:49 | 5:29:23 | 5:35:57 | 6:00:12 | 4:54:37 |
| F45-49 | 22 | 5:16:47 | 5:28:52 | 5:28:52 | 5:40:32 | 5:59:16 | 5:16:47 |
| F50-54 | 11 | 5:19:57 | 5:19:57 | 5:22:38 | 5:31:47 | 5:48:14 | 5:19:57 |
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.