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 | 1,020 | 4:04:24 | 4:20:28 | 4:30:05 | 4:43:13 | 5:15:36 | 3:44:47 |
| MPRO | 15 | 3:44:47 | 3:44:47 | 3:46:48 | 3:47:21 | 3:59:48 | 3:44:47 |
| M18-24 | 41 | 4:11:19 | 4:16:36 | 4:24:31 | 4:37:47 | 5:14:16 | 4:11:19 |
| M25-29 | 97 | 4:02:26 | 4:21:30 | 4:24:52 | 4:40:11 | 5:13:16 | 4:02:26 |
| M30-34 | 136 | 4:08:19 | 4:16:20 | 4:21:54 | 4:29:53 | 5:07:50 | 4:06:48 |
| M35-39 | 185 | 4:11:19 | 4:18:48 | 4:28:16 | 4:39:07 | 5:09:37 | 4:07:26 |
| M40-44 | 190 | 4:06:40 | 4:27:37 | 4:31:58 | 4:43:08 | 5:16:43 | 4:04:24 |
| M45-49 | 171 | 4:28:36 | 4:33:47 | 4:41:12 | 4:53:33 | 5:18:53 | 4:27:47 |
| M50-54 | 101 | 4:22:49 | 4:33:20 | 4:42:43 | 4:53:32 | 5:16:59 | 4:19:05 |
| M55-59 | 55 | 4:30:56 | 4:45:31 | 4:52:21 | 4:58:03 | 5:35:03 | 4:30:56 |
| M60-64 | 22 | 4:23:09 | 4:55:12 | 5:01:18 | 5:03:02 | 5:45:04 | 4:23:09 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 380 | 4:25:02 | 4:43:15 | 4:56:31 | 5:11:57 | 5:47:28 | 4:11:27 |
| FPRO | 8 | 4:11:27 | 4:11:27 | 4:11:27 | 4:14:44 | 4:25:02 | 4:11:27 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 5:17:44 | 5:17:44 | 5:17:44 | 5:26:33 | 5:59:47 | 5:17:44 |
| F25-29 | 59 | 4:35:54 | 4:42:07 | 4:47:51 | 5:02:58 | 5:36:35 | 4:35:54 |
| F30-34 | 54 | 4:26:45 | 4:43:15 | 4:55:54 | 5:01:04 | 5:36:30 | 4:26:45 |
| F35-39 | 62 | 4:27:34 | 4:43:21 | 4:53:16 | 5:03:19 | 5:34:45 | 4:27:34 |
| F40-44 | 68 | 4:41:31 | 5:05:30 | 5:09:06 | 5:23:38 | 5:59:50 | 4:41:31 |
| F45-49 | 69 | 4:40:58 | 5:08:14 | 5:12:43 | 5:23:54 | 5:57:04 | 4:40:58 |
| F50-54 | 28 | 4:55:56 | 5:10:20 | 5:20:17 | 5:31:38 | 5:45:12 | 4:55:56 |
| F55-59 | 17 | 5:15:45 | 5:15:45 | 5:20:20 | 5:50:40 | 6:54:57 | 5:15:45 |
| F60-64 | 5 | 5:20:40 | 5:20:40 | 5:20:40 | 5:20:40 | 5:46:22 | 5:20:40 |
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.