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 | 1,151 | 4:30:05 | 4:58:53 | 5:14:25 | 5:35:32 | 6:20:35 | 4:19:22 |
| M18-24 | 33 | 4:36:35 | 4:43:42 | 4:56:55 | 5:08:20 | 6:12:20 | 4:36:35 |
| M25-29 | 103 | 4:27:08 | 5:01:05 | 5:13:41 | 5:28:49 | 6:10:57 | 4:27:05 |
| M30-34 | 152 | 4:23:28 | 4:44:26 | 5:00:58 | 5:25:24 | 6:13:54 | 4:19:22 |
| M35-39 | 185 | 4:28:40 | 4:48:26 | 5:01:06 | 5:24:52 | 6:09:30 | 4:27:52 |
| M40-44 | 215 | 4:29:24 | 4:56:13 | 5:12:29 | 5:30:29 | 6:12:51 | 4:26:27 |
| M45-49 | 184 | 4:47:22 | 5:09:04 | 5:21:10 | 5:39:03 | 6:23:55 | 4:41:58 |
| M50-54 | 129 | 5:06:55 | 5:18:17 | 5:29:07 | 5:46:52 | 6:29:56 | 5:02:38 |
| M55-59 | 85 | 5:10:48 | 5:27:19 | 5:34:20 | 5:48:38 | 6:33:12 | 5:10:48 |
| M60-64 | 44 | 5:08:58 | 5:41:07 | 5:50:57 | 6:09:49 | 7:09:09 | 5:08:58 |
| M65-69 | 18 | 5:38:33 | 5:38:33 | 5:51:57 | 5:59:13 | 6:48:39 | 5:38:33 |
Women
| Age group | Finishers | Top 1% | Top 5% | Top 10% | Top 20% | Median | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All age groups | 620 | 5:00:38 | 5:27:48 | 5:42:50 | 6:04:14 | 6:50:08 | 4:45:48 |
| F18-24 | 15 | 5:44:44 | 5:44:44 | 5:51:49 | 6:14:33 | 7:21:24 | 5:44:44 |
| F25-29 | 88 | 4:45:57 | 5:24:36 | 5:35:38 | 5:52:51 | 6:39:36 | 4:45:57 |
| F30-34 | 82 | 4:45:48 | 5:37:17 | 5:45:27 | 5:59:24 | 6:51:21 | 4:45:48 |
| F35-39 | 119 | 5:09:28 | 5:21:20 | 5:32:46 | 5:56:32 | 6:40:41 | 4:58:18 |
| F40-44 | 102 | 5:00:38 | 5:20:15 | 5:36:05 | 6:00:15 | 6:44:52 | 4:56:50 |
| F45-49 | 102 | 5:20:36 | 5:35:41 | 5:54:49 | 6:10:12 | 6:39:18 | 5:11:24 |
| F50-54 | 66 | 5:18:18 | 5:51:36 | 6:04:15 | 6:22:02 | 6:56:33 | 5:18:18 |
| F55-59 | 30 | 5:18:30 | 5:55:46 | 6:05:35 | 6:32:32 | 7:02:54 | 5:18:30 |
| F60-64 | 12 | 5:55:52 | 5:55:52 | 6:42:41 | 6:50:41 | 7:10:20 | 5:55:52 |
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.