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 | 1,281 | 3:37:06 | 4:08:11 | 4:24:29 | 4:42:44 | 5:25:15 | 3:21:40 |
| MPRO | 23 | 3:21:40 | 3:21:51 | 3:22:29 | 3:24:34 | 3:36:41 | 3:21:40 |
| M18-24 | 19 | 4:13:16 | 4:13:16 | 4:32:22 | 4:49:21 | 5:39:45 | 4:13:16 |
| M25-29 | 93 | 3:37:34 | 3:50:57 | 4:12:34 | 4:35:15 | 5:23:09 | 3:37:34 |
| M30-34 | 175 | 3:41:43 | 3:58:29 | 4:18:24 | 4:39:20 | 5:26:11 | 3:39:52 |
| M35-39 | 230 | 4:01:11 | 4:13:03 | 4:26:30 | 4:38:30 | 5:19:26 | 3:56:34 |
| M40-44 | 217 | 4:02:51 | 4:15:54 | 4:25:46 | 4:41:06 | 5:18:54 | 3:58:52 |
| M45-49 | 238 | 3:58:12 | 4:25:08 | 4:33:04 | 4:48:55 | 5:20:28 | 3:47:56 |
| M50-54 | 135 | 4:02:06 | 4:12:32 | 4:34:49 | 4:45:49 | 5:35:41 | 3:53:33 |
| M55-59 | 92 | 4:02:13 | 4:31:12 | 4:51:17 | 5:06:28 | 5:44:35 | 4:02:13 |
| M60-64 | 43 | 4:16:08 | 5:05:00 | 5:06:31 | 5:22:14 | 6:03:44 | 4:16:08 |
| M65-69 | 10 | 5:30:03 | 5:30:03 | 5:30:03 | 5:53:43 | 6:22:50 | 5:30:03 |
| M70-74 | 5 | 5:09:22 | 5:09:22 | 5:09:22 | 5:09:22 | 6:16:14 | 5:09:22 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 812 | 3:59:51 | 4:39:47 | 4:54:40 | 5:16:21 | 6:01:40 | 3:45:48 |
| FPRO | 18 | 3:45:48 | 3:45:48 | 3:50:11 | 3:55:11 | 3:59:51 | 3:45:48 |
| F18-24 | 16 | 4:56:12 | 4:56:12 | 5:02:13 | 5:06:58 | 5:39:41 | 4:56:12 |
| F25-29 | 66 | 4:11:44 | 4:46:26 | 4:59:46 | 5:19:37 | 6:05:54 | 4:11:44 |
| F30-34 | 99 | 4:09:59 | 4:37:22 | 4:55:14 | 5:22:03 | 6:04:24 | 4:09:59 |
| F35-39 | 137 | 4:20:06 | 4:40:59 | 4:46:55 | 5:10:59 | 5:48:05 | 4:06:55 |
| F40-44 | 170 | 4:27:35 | 4:44:16 | 4:59:50 | 5:14:22 | 5:55:37 | 4:24:18 |
| F45-49 | 136 | 4:27:09 | 4:41:24 | 4:58:21 | 5:35:27 | 6:15:02 | 4:23:06 |
| F50-54 | 94 | 4:42:31 | 4:52:24 | 5:06:33 | 5:36:59 | 6:03:31 | 4:42:31 |
| F55-59 | 48 | 4:45:21 | 5:11:00 | 5:14:51 | 5:35:32 | 6:05:22 | 4:45:21 |
| F60-64 | 22 | 4:59:54 | 5:02:05 | 5:08:00 | 5:21:07 | 6:32:45 | 4:59:54 |
| F65-69 | 5 | 5:16:21 | 5:16:21 | 5:16:21 | 5:16:21 | 6:09:47 | 5:16:21 |
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.