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 | 567 | 4:04:14 | 4:55:54 | 5:13:32 | 5:36:38 | 6:22:44 | 3:51:29 |
| MPRO | 11 | 3:51:29 | 3:51:29 | 3:55:44 | 3:57:07 | 4:04:14 | 3:51:29 |
| M18-24 | 6 | 4:26:20 | 4:26:20 | 4:26:20 | 4:27:28 | 5:29:51 | 4:26:20 |
| M25-29 | 40 | 4:56:11 | 5:06:25 | 5:10:00 | 5:24:15 | 6:12:36 | 4:56:11 |
| M30-34 | 84 | 4:25:57 | 4:48:45 | 5:23:01 | 5:29:54 | 6:17:44 | 4:25:57 |
| M35-39 | 138 | 4:40:14 | 5:02:11 | 5:12:46 | 5:29:29 | 6:22:47 | 4:29:11 |
| M40-44 | 149 | 4:27:14 | 4:59:04 | 5:20:35 | 5:39:04 | 6:24:56 | 4:18:57 |
| M45-49 | 82 | 4:48:41 | 5:18:37 | 5:24:40 | 5:44:08 | 6:22:18 | 4:48:41 |
| M50-54 | 34 | 5:01:09 | 5:09:25 | 5:31:29 | 6:03:41 | 6:41:34 | 5:01:09 |
| M55-59 | 14 | 5:25:20 | 5:25:20 | 5:29:23 | 5:46:07 | 7:05:18 | 5:25:20 |
| M60-64 | 6 | 5:46:57 | 5:46:57 | 5:46:57 | 6:39:11 | 6:49:23 | 5:46:57 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 143 | 4:23:48 | 4:50:08 | 5:14:29 | 5:49:38 | 6:46:55 | 4:21:40 |
| FPRO | 9 | 4:21:40 | 4:21:40 | 4:21:40 | 4:23:48 | 4:44:47 | 4:21:40 |
| F25-29 | 15 | 5:08:33 | 5:08:33 | 5:12:45 | 5:25:49 | 6:19:12 | 5:08:33 |
| F30-34 | 24 | 5:56:29 | 6:05:22 | 6:08:01 | 6:12:28 | 6:55:36 | 5:56:29 |
| F35-39 | 34 | 4:50:08 | 5:19:33 | 5:53:16 | 6:05:57 | 7:04:06 | 4:50:08 |
| F40-44 | 25 | 4:54:54 | 4:56:56 | 5:06:33 | 5:25:53 | 6:36:38 | 4:54:54 |
| F45-49 | 25 | 5:42:20 | 5:44:41 | 5:49:11 | 5:51:31 | 7:04:16 | 5:42:20 |
| F50-54 | 5 | 6:05:49 | 6:05:49 | 6:05:49 | 6:05:49 | 7:06:58 | 6:05:49 |
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.