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 | 848 | 3:53:39 | 4:21:00 | 4:32:29 | 4:46:45 | 5:18:54 | 3:42:18 |
| MPRO | 26 | 3:42:18 | 3:48:30 | 3:49:16 | 3:53:01 | 3:55:13 | 3:42:18 |
| M18-24 | 19 | 4:07:55 | 4:07:55 | 4:09:21 | 4:23:03 | 5:19:19 | 4:07:55 |
| M25-29 | 58 | 4:10:21 | 4:18:03 | 4:23:16 | 4:37:15 | 5:07:29 | 4:10:21 |
| M30-34 | 155 | 4:10:23 | 4:23:54 | 4:29:16 | 4:40:30 | 5:08:37 | 4:08:20 |
| M35-39 | 164 | 4:19:53 | 4:27:50 | 4:38:56 | 4:49:47 | 5:18:47 | 4:13:30 |
| M40-44 | 138 | 4:21:55 | 4:27:40 | 4:37:43 | 4:51:50 | 5:18:33 | 4:19:41 |
| M45-49 | 111 | 4:27:34 | 4:36:34 | 4:43:39 | 4:56:35 | 5:22:39 | 4:16:19 |
| M50-54 | 95 | 4:29:15 | 4:40:45 | 4:47:23 | 5:03:14 | 5:34:46 | 4:29:15 |
| M55-59 | 52 | 4:33:37 | 4:45:26 | 4:51:43 | 5:03:48 | 5:29:42 | 4:33:37 |
| M60-64 | 25 | 5:05:43 | 5:09:41 | 5:17:12 | 5:22:21 | 5:33:17 | 5:05:43 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 190 | 4:16:38 | 4:30:55 | 4:44:50 | 5:03:57 | 5:42:06 | 4:09:35 |
| FPRO | 12 | 4:09:35 | 4:09:35 | 4:16:38 | 4:21:16 | 4:26:44 | 4:09:35 |
| F18-24 | 10 | 4:55:04 | 4:55:04 | 4:55:04 | 4:58:44 | 5:35:04 | 4:55:04 |
| F25-29 | 23 | 4:37:21 | 4:39:24 | 4:41:20 | 4:53:47 | 5:32:33 | 4:37:21 |
| F30-34 | 37 | 4:29:48 | 4:40:25 | 4:52:13 | 5:13:25 | 5:40:10 | 4:29:48 |
| F35-39 | 32 | 4:39:21 | 4:55:24 | 5:05:33 | 5:14:40 | 5:29:37 | 4:39:21 |
| F40-44 | 29 | 4:54:21 | 4:54:38 | 5:01:08 | 5:19:35 | 5:38:17 | 4:54:21 |
| F45-49 | 21 | 4:52:39 | 4:57:24 | 5:01:03 | 5:49:54 | 6:01:33 | 4:52:39 |
| F50-54 | 13 | 5:03:57 | 5:03:57 | 5:20:46 | 5:22:43 | 6:07:16 | 5:03:57 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 5:50:39 | 5:50:39 | 5:50:39 | 5:56:09 | 6:14:37 | 5:50:39 |
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.