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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 | 968 | 4:03:26 | 4:22:11 | 4:31:16 | 4:43:34 | 5:17:33 | 3:56:31 |
| M18-24 | 36 | 4:04:43 | 4:09:59 | 4:19:54 | 4:38:38 | 5:11:46 | 4:04:43 |
| M25-29 | 70 | 4:01:42 | 4:17:28 | 4:28:14 | 4:44:42 | 5:24:03 | 4:01:42 |
| M30-34 | 125 | 3:56:34 | 4:10:55 | 4:25:47 | 4:35:18 | 5:13:14 | 3:56:31 |
| M35-39 | 166 | 4:00:21 | 4:14:52 | 4:26:56 | 4:39:26 | 5:10:35 | 3:58:05 |
| M40-44 | 212 | 4:19:58 | 4:27:39 | 4:32:38 | 4:40:57 | 5:15:00 | 4:04:51 |
| M45-49 | 173 | 4:12:12 | 4:21:57 | 4:34:18 | 4:44:16 | 5:17:09 | 4:07:53 |
| M50-54 | 91 | 4:19:44 | 4:29:08 | 4:32:07 | 4:46:31 | 5:22:42 | 4:19:44 |
| M55-59 | 39 | 4:32:10 | 4:38:06 | 4:42:54 | 4:50:43 | 5:25:57 | 4:32:10 |
| M60-64 | 28 | 4:33:57 | 4:47:56 | 4:48:54 | 5:03:32 | 5:24:01 | 4:33:57 |
| M65-69 | 18 | 4:59:13 | 4:59:13 | 5:05:55 | 5:27:46 | 6:01:55 | 4:59:13 |
| M70-74 | 6 | 5:27:18 | 5:27:18 | 5:27:18 | 5:27:39 | 5:34:04 | 5:27:18 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 191 | 4:19:23 | 4:40:00 | 4:58:17 | 5:11:38 | 5:49:26 | 4:19:10 |
| F18-24 | 9 | 4:23:42 | 4:23:42 | 4:23:42 | 5:20:52 | 5:42:17 | 4:23:42 |
| F25-29 | 25 | 4:19:10 | 4:34:09 | 4:35:47 | 4:53:45 | 5:52:12 | 4:19:10 |
| F30-34 | 34 | 4:19:23 | 4:39:37 | 4:53:08 | 5:19:25 | 5:58:48 | 4:19:23 |
| F35-39 | 36 | 4:33:03 | 4:54:50 | 4:55:23 | 5:05:06 | 5:25:03 | 4:33:03 |
| F40-44 | 36 | 4:56:36 | 5:01:27 | 5:11:15 | 5:36:26 | 5:55:28 | 4:56:36 |
| F45-49 | 24 | 4:38:46 | 4:46:50 | 4:58:55 | 5:11:13 | 6:04:38 | 4:38:46 |
| F50-54 | 16 | 4:56:54 | 4:56:54 | 4:58:17 | 5:11:15 | 5:31:56 | 4:56:54 |
| F55-59 | 8 | 4:58:39 | 4:58:39 | 4:58:39 | 5:31:11 | 6:01:04 | 4:58:39 |
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.