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 | 1,142 | 4:02:16 | 4:44:29 | 5:02:55 | 5:20:38 | 6:02:57 | 3:51:18 |
| MPRO | 32 | 3:51:18 | 3:52:07 | 3:53:10 | 3:56:25 | 4:04:43 | 3:51:18 |
| M18-24 | 117 | 4:34:35 | 4:51:20 | 5:09:59 | 5:26:07 | 6:09:42 | 4:31:42 |
| M25-29 | 152 | 4:33:13 | 4:54:46 | 5:09:04 | 5:23:48 | 6:10:13 | 4:25:44 |
| M30-34 | 158 | 4:30:24 | 4:45:09 | 4:53:58 | 5:12:05 | 5:54:52 | 4:29:31 |
| M35-39 | 178 | 4:30:21 | 4:46:54 | 5:05:17 | 5:21:14 | 6:00:36 | 4:28:21 |
| M40-44 | 155 | 4:44:18 | 4:55:28 | 5:09:18 | 5:23:06 | 5:57:55 | 4:43:20 |
| M45-49 | 141 | 4:47:31 | 4:54:17 | 5:06:48 | 5:21:41 | 6:06:51 | 4:42:19 |
| M50-54 | 110 | 4:57:53 | 5:07:21 | 5:18:32 | 5:30:06 | 6:05:01 | 4:42:54 |
| M55-59 | 54 | 4:58:57 | 5:08:32 | 5:23:40 | 5:37:34 | 6:15:36 | 4:58:57 |
| M60-64 | 29 | 5:15:40 | 5:18:43 | 5:41:09 | 5:50:01 | 6:31:17 | 5:15:40 |
| M65-69 | 13 | 5:30:52 | 5:30:52 | 5:57:42 | 6:34:44 | 7:07:10 | 5:30:52 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 316 | 4:24:47 | 4:55:39 | 5:27:47 | 5:52:28 | 6:39:14 | 4:20:37 |
| FPRO | 15 | 4:20:37 | 4:20:37 | 4:23:54 | 4:24:33 | 4:38:07 | 4:20:37 |
| F18-24 | 37 | 5:04:52 | 5:15:19 | 5:35:10 | 5:49:21 | 6:23:02 | 5:04:52 |
| F25-29 | 52 | 4:56:16 | 5:27:33 | 5:41:30 | 6:06:59 | 6:28:06 | 4:56:16 |
| F30-34 | 34 | 5:00:53 | 5:12:25 | 5:37:15 | 5:57:29 | 6:31:14 | 5:00:53 |
| F35-39 | 37 | 4:50:27 | 5:12:09 | 5:14:43 | 5:49:21 | 6:32:54 | 4:50:27 |
| F40-44 | 42 | 5:09:34 | 5:36:55 | 5:47:11 | 5:52:43 | 6:58:14 | 5:09:34 |
| F45-49 | 37 | 5:40:57 | 5:48:31 | 5:52:12 | 6:10:13 | 6:47:28 | 5:40:57 |
| F50-54 | 37 | 5:27:47 | 5:28:44 | 5:52:28 | 6:12:26 | 6:58:08 | 5:27:47 |
| F55-59 | 16 | 5:20:11 | 5:20:11 | 5:48:52 | 6:10:20 | 6:57:29 | 5:20:11 |
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.