Editions: 2026
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 | 1,125 | 4:12:42 | 4:40:12 | 4:51:41 | 5:07:04 | 5:43:26 | 3:58:54 |
| M18-24 | 149 | 4:09:31 | 4:30:17 | 4:42:39 | 5:00:10 | 5:43:56 | 4:08:38 |
| M25-29 | 208 | 4:07:48 | 4:39:59 | 4:49:43 | 5:03:15 | 5:37:10 | 3:58:54 |
| M30-34 | 175 | 4:12:42 | 4:34:09 | 4:45:17 | 5:00:11 | 5:35:33 | 4:07:38 |
| M35-39 | 170 | 4:12:39 | 4:36:17 | 4:43:17 | 5:03:33 | 5:35:48 | 4:10:45 |
| M40-44 | 118 | 4:28:41 | 4:41:36 | 4:49:13 | 5:04:18 | 5:37:44 | 4:01:31 |
| M45-49 | 111 | 4:49:58 | 4:56:07 | 5:06:22 | 5:19:15 | 5:48:22 | 4:26:53 |
| M50-54 | 91 | 4:45:14 | 5:01:02 | 5:11:08 | 5:27:33 | 5:58:24 | 4:45:14 |
| M55-59 | 63 | 4:55:28 | 5:03:02 | 5:07:25 | 5:23:46 | 6:00:55 | 4:55:28 |
| M60-64 | 30 | 5:00:36 | 5:06:13 | 5:35:12 | 5:42:48 | 6:09:39 | 5:00:36 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 5:47:51 | 5:47:51 | 5:47:51 | 5:48:39 | 6:08:23 | 5:47:51 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 195 | 4:41:55 | 5:10:27 | 5:23:19 | 5:41:17 | 6:15:51 | 4:33:33 |
| F18-24 | 32 | 4:51:29 | 5:10:27 | 5:22:12 | 5:53:43 | 6:20:24 | 4:51:29 |
| F25-29 | 53 | 4:33:33 | 4:50:32 | 5:05:31 | 5:27:52 | 6:03:33 | 4:33:33 |
| F30-34 | 39 | 5:01:54 | 5:13:26 | 5:19:49 | 5:45:32 | 6:14:25 | 5:01:54 |
| F35-39 | 26 | 5:08:31 | 5:18:56 | 5:25:21 | 5:41:17 | 6:12:55 | 5:08:31 |
| F40-44 | 12 | 5:32:05 | 5:32:05 | 5:33:57 | 5:55:53 | 6:32:05 | 5:32:05 |
| F45-49 | 16 | 5:36:23 | 5:36:23 | 5:37:23 | 6:02:12 | 6:20:53 | 5:36:23 |
| F50-54 | 9 | 5:52:49 | 5:52:49 | 5:52:49 | 6:12:24 | 6:49:59 | 5:52:49 |
| F55-59 | 5 | 6:04:06 | 6:04:06 | 6:04:06 | 6:04:06 | 6:06:14 | 6:04:06 |
Source: Seffrin A., Nikolaidis P.T., Andrade M.S., Villiger E., Rosemann T., Weiss K., Ferreira D., Knechtle B. (2026). A dataset of 3.6 million IRONMAN triathlon records with transition times (2002-2026), v4.0.0. Zenodo. CC BY 4.0. doi:10.5281/zenodo.23421027.