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 | 1,087 | 4:38:04 | 5:02:43 | 5:21:46 | 5:45:46 | 6:45:00 | 4:15:12 |
| M18-24 | 10 | 5:06:35 | 5:06:35 | 5:06:35 | 5:18:46 | 6:10:28 | 5:06:35 |
| M25-29 | 74 | 4:33:27 | 4:58:19 | 5:19:43 | 5:43:17 | 6:48:51 | 4:33:27 |
| M30-34 | 163 | 4:19:35 | 4:56:18 | 5:11:35 | 5:39:14 | 6:49:05 | 4:15:12 |
| M35-39 | 228 | 4:28:54 | 4:53:34 | 5:18:11 | 5:49:46 | 6:48:45 | 4:22:38 |
| M40-44 | 237 | 4:45:38 | 5:00:52 | 5:24:26 | 5:40:56 | 6:37:58 | 4:38:04 |
| M45-49 | 190 | 4:53:49 | 5:07:04 | 5:28:32 | 5:49:37 | 6:44:54 | 4:48:57 |
| M50-54 | 104 | 4:39:51 | 5:09:48 | 5:17:06 | 5:38:41 | 6:34:57 | 4:25:48 |
| M55-59 | 50 | 5:00:22 | 5:26:00 | 5:27:02 | 5:52:24 | 6:34:57 | 5:00:22 |
| M60-64 | 17 | 5:27:53 | 5:27:53 | 5:29:58 | 5:41:24 | 6:56:12 | 5:27:53 |
| M65-69 | 7 | 6:31:47 | 6:31:47 | 6:31:47 | 7:04:09 | 7:29:31 | 6:31:47 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 150 | 5:03:24 | 5:13:54 | 5:35:51 | 5:54:12 | 6:54:43 | 5:02:05 |
| F25-29 | 10 | 5:08:22 | 5:08:22 | 5:08:22 | 5:47:29 | 6:06:32 | 5:08:22 |
| F30-34 | 33 | 5:05:32 | 5:13:54 | 5:32:05 | 5:40:08 | 6:56:50 | 5:05:32 |
| F35-39 | 22 | 5:02:05 | 5:03:24 | 5:13:44 | 5:49:42 | 6:50:40 | 5:02:05 |
| F40-44 | 24 | 5:07:55 | 5:24:30 | 5:34:07 | 5:47:46 | 6:40:05 | 5:07:55 |
| F45-49 | 37 | 5:11:05 | 5:31:16 | 5:36:34 | 5:58:23 | 7:02:32 | 5:11:05 |
| F50-54 | 14 | 5:37:34 | 5:37:34 | 6:09:09 | 6:12:22 | 7:04:30 | 5:37:34 |
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.