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 | 1,127 | 4:04:27 | 4:44:37 | 5:04:15 | 5:31:04 | 6:25:21 | 3:49:08 |
| MPRO | 16 | 3:49:08 | 3:49:08 | 3:50:56 | 3:53:12 | 3:56:56 | 3:49:08 |
| M18-24 | 10 | 4:36:18 | 4:36:18 | 4:36:18 | 4:55:10 | 5:49:35 | 4:36:18 |
| M25-29 | 89 | 4:31:44 | 4:48:32 | 4:56:29 | 5:28:03 | 6:27:50 | 4:31:44 |
| M30-34 | 191 | 4:19:20 | 4:52:34 | 5:11:44 | 5:39:18 | 6:47:52 | 4:19:18 |
| M35-39 | 255 | 4:21:10 | 4:42:57 | 5:05:20 | 5:33:11 | 6:29:11 | 4:14:49 |
| M40-44 | 233 | 4:30:41 | 4:58:37 | 5:14:41 | 5:40:02 | 6:18:53 | 4:18:22 |
| M45-49 | 170 | 4:27:30 | 4:44:24 | 5:01:07 | 5:22:16 | 6:13:11 | 4:25:59 |
| M50-54 | 96 | 4:29:35 | 4:55:22 | 5:08:53 | 5:27:58 | 6:14:35 | 4:29:35 |
| M55-59 | 39 | 5:06:36 | 5:10:06 | 5:26:48 | 6:12:11 | 6:54:29 | 5:06:36 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 5:18:28 | 5:18:28 | 5:47:18 | 5:59:11 | 6:35:38 | 5:18:28 |
| M65-69 | 8 | 5:49:54 | 5:49:54 | 5:49:54 | 5:49:57 | 7:07:11 | 5:49:54 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 199 | 4:08:54 | 4:43:46 | 5:16:05 | 5:46:31 | 6:42:10 | 4:04:40 |
| FPRO | 12 | 4:04:40 | 4:04:40 | 4:08:54 | 4:11:03 | 4:34:43 | 4:04:40 |
| F25-29 | 28 | 4:55:18 | 5:06:52 | 5:16:05 | 5:25:02 | 6:19:41 | 4:55:18 |
| F30-34 | 39 | 4:38:32 | 5:22:10 | 5:31:42 | 5:52:23 | 6:52:08 | 4:38:32 |
| F35-39 | 34 | 4:44:44 | 5:10:34 | 5:33:49 | 6:06:56 | 6:58:20 | 4:44:44 |
| F40-44 | 29 | 5:20:03 | 5:30:54 | 5:40:12 | 5:54:29 | 6:31:13 | 5:20:03 |
| F45-49 | 23 | 5:10:18 | 5:10:25 | 5:43:00 | 5:48:44 | 6:30:43 | 5:10:18 |
| F50-54 | 22 | 5:23:18 | 5:24:50 | 5:43:56 | 5:49:15 | 6:52:09 | 5:23:18 |
| F55-59 | 6 | 6:21:50 | 6:21:50 | 6:21:50 | 6:38:06 | 6:59:18 | 6:21:50 |
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.