Editions: 2019
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 | 1,290 | 4:06:42 | 4:53:06 | 5:07:58 | 5:29:34 | 6:11:25 | 3:50:33 |
| MPRO | 24 | 3:50:33 | 3:50:45 | 3:52:22 | 3:56:28 | 4:06:19 | 3:50:33 |
| M18-24 | 18 | 4:52:12 | 4:52:12 | 5:01:59 | 5:17:02 | 6:07:22 | 4:52:12 |
| M25-29 | 70 | 4:43:33 | 5:08:28 | 5:11:27 | 5:18:12 | 6:01:15 | 4:43:33 |
| M30-34 | 173 | 4:22:54 | 4:38:56 | 4:54:15 | 5:13:01 | 5:55:36 | 4:12:32 |
| M35-39 | 202 | 4:20:35 | 4:46:29 | 4:59:55 | 5:24:42 | 6:04:14 | 4:19:26 |
| M40-44 | 206 | 4:45:53 | 4:58:16 | 5:13:13 | 5:25:33 | 6:12:03 | 4:07:36 |
| M45-49 | 214 | 4:53:07 | 5:05:30 | 5:22:58 | 5:39:40 | 6:12:34 | 4:50:21 |
| M50-54 | 177 | 4:46:26 | 5:12:09 | 5:25:40 | 5:36:22 | 6:15:30 | 4:38:58 |
| M55-59 | 129 | 5:03:33 | 5:18:28 | 5:24:22 | 5:49:22 | 6:27:09 | 5:01:26 |
| M60-64 | 57 | 5:13:59 | 5:28:01 | 5:31:41 | 5:54:40 | 6:53:57 | 5:13:59 |
| M65-69 | 17 | 5:58:20 | 5:58:20 | 6:01:44 | 6:38:30 | 7:05:08 | 5:58:20 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 798 | 4:37:28 | 5:24:24 | 5:36:53 | 6:00:10 | 6:48:07 | 4:15:18 |
| FPRO | 15 | 4:15:18 | 4:15:18 | 4:21:07 | 4:23:55 | 4:37:28 | 4:15:18 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 5:33:25 | 5:33:25 | 5:33:25 | 5:53:03 | 6:43:50 | 5:33:25 |
| F25-29 | 54 | 4:56:24 | 5:09:13 | 5:32:55 | 5:58:19 | 6:30:14 | 4:56:24 |
| F30-34 | 88 | 5:00:41 | 5:15:21 | 5:22:08 | 5:44:13 | 6:39:18 | 5:00:41 |
| F35-39 | 129 | 5:04:05 | 5:31:43 | 5:36:53 | 5:52:36 | 6:31:08 | 4:58:25 |
| F40-44 | 157 | 5:18:22 | 5:29:54 | 5:41:19 | 6:01:23 | 6:48:16 | 5:17:35 |
| F45-49 | 125 | 5:13:14 | 5:36:42 | 5:52:47 | 6:08:48 | 6:50:49 | 5:12:25 |
| F50-54 | 104 | 5:28:36 | 5:34:52 | 5:43:22 | 6:06:50 | 6:54:19 | 5:27:03 |
| F55-59 | 77 | 5:22:35 | 5:54:00 | 6:13:13 | 6:31:36 | 7:15:14 | 5:22:35 |
| F60-64 | 29 | 5:34:25 | 5:48:52 | 5:51:32 | 6:36:38 | 7:25:38 | 5:34:25 |
| F65-69 | 10 | 5:49:55 | 5:49:55 | 5:49:55 | 6:34:23 | 7:33:47 | 5:49:55 |
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.