Q&A for power users of Apple hardware and software
declare @T table ( OpID int, ProcessMin float, Datestamp datetime ) insert into @T(OpID, ProcessMin) values (602, 33), (602, 36), (602, 37), (602, 39), (602, 41), (602, 42), (602, 49), (602, 51), (602, 69), (602, 105), (603, 13), (603, 18), (603, 31), (603, 39), (603, 39), (603, 40), (603, 46), (603, 47), (603, 48), (603, 56) select OpID, avg(ProcessMin) as ProcessMin from ( select OpID, ProcessMin, ntile(5) over(partition by OpID order by ProcessMin) as nt from @T ) as T where nt <= 4 group by OpID