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 | 1,632 | 4:13:37 | 4:34:38 | 4:45:16 | 5:00:52 | 5:31:49 | 3:49:46 |
| MPRO | 21 | 3:49:46 | 3:50:58 | 3:51:31 | 3:59:00 | 4:08:09 | 3:49:46 |
| M18-24 | 49 | 4:16:40 | 4:25:51 | 4:31:43 | 4:37:08 | 5:09:14 | 4:16:40 |
| M25-29 | 155 | 4:19:34 | 4:26:30 | 4:35:36 | 4:51:05 | 5:23:24 | 4:17:54 |
| M30-34 | 294 | 4:14:15 | 4:31:59 | 4:41:50 | 4:53:03 | 5:24:08 | 4:13:37 |
| M35-39 | 290 | 4:26:39 | 4:39:46 | 4:45:51 | 4:59:44 | 5:27:10 | 4:24:38 |
| M40-44 | 264 | 4:24:53 | 4:42:53 | 4:52:15 | 5:06:48 | 5:36:21 | 4:14:23 |
| M45-49 | 269 | 4:30:37 | 4:44:14 | 4:52:21 | 5:08:05 | 5:40:31 | 4:21:38 |
| M50-54 | 198 | 4:28:31 | 4:46:38 | 5:02:24 | 5:11:50 | 5:43:22 | 4:25:09 |
| M55-59 | 68 | 4:48:37 | 5:04:25 | 5:06:57 | 5:16:34 | 5:35:33 | 4:48:37 |
| M60-64 | 14 | 4:55:19 | 4:55:19 | 4:58:53 | 4:59:48 | 6:00:19 | 4:55:19 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 5:34:43 | 5:34:43 | 5:34:43 | 6:00:13 | 6:08:42 | 5:34:43 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 321 | 4:30:05 | 4:53:15 | 5:02:43 | 5:22:51 | 5:55:28 | 4:00:54 |
| FPRO | 10 | 4:00:54 | 4:00:54 | 4:00:54 | 4:16:01 | 4:36:28 | 4:00:54 |
| F18-24 | 12 | 5:04:59 | 5:04:59 | 5:09:14 | 5:26:44 | 5:47:56 | 5:04:59 |
| F25-29 | 55 | 4:53:15 | 4:58:17 | 5:08:06 | 5:16:53 | 5:50:10 | 4:53:15 |
| F30-34 | 67 | 4:45:41 | 4:58:43 | 5:01:14 | 5:21:00 | 5:51:59 | 4:45:41 |
| F35-39 | 58 | 4:50:31 | 4:54:58 | 5:02:01 | 5:16:00 | 5:52:25 | 4:50:31 |
| F40-44 | 54 | 4:42:38 | 4:52:03 | 5:17:13 | 5:23:27 | 6:02:51 | 4:42:38 |
| F45-49 | 33 | 4:56:18 | 5:16:17 | 5:24:30 | 5:29:09 | 5:53:48 | 4:56:18 |
| F50-54 | 24 | 5:11:15 | 5:22:51 | 5:34:22 | 5:54:26 | 6:23:27 | 5:11:15 |
| F55-59 | 7 | 5:51:16 | 5:51:16 | 5:51:16 | 5:52:09 | 6:13:46 | 5:51:16 |
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.