5k Times By Age And Ability - Running Level

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Running Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 5k run time?

A good 5k time is 23:58. This is the average 5k time across all ages and genders. The fastest 5k time is 12:51.

Male 5k Running Times

A good 5k time for a man is 22:31. This is the average 5k time across men of all ages. The fastest 5k time ran by a man is 12:51.

Average 5k run time by age and ability

• Finish Time
• Pace (min/km)
• Pace (min/mile)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	37:39	31:29	26:56	23:35	21:07	15:22
15	32:35	27:14	23:19	20:25	18:17	13:18
20	31:29	26:19	22:31	19:44	17:40	12:51
25	31:29	26:19	22:31	19:44	17:40	12:51
30	31:29	26:19	22:32	19:44	17:40	12:51
35	31:59	26:45	22:53	20:03	17:57	13:03
40	33:09	27:43	23:43	20:46	18:36	13:32
45	34:25	28:47	24:38	21:34	19:19	14:03
50	35:47	29:55	25:36	22:26	20:05	14:37
55	37:16	31:10	26:40	23:21	20:55	15:13
60	38:53	32:31	27:49	24:22	21:49	15:52
65	40:38	33:59	29:05	25:28	22:48	16:35
70	42:43	35:43	30:34	26:46	23:58	17:26
75	45:55	38:23	32:51	28:46	25:46	18:45
80	50:49	42:30	36:22	31:51	28:31	20:45
85	58:28	48:53	41:50	36:38	32:48	23:52
90	01:11:08	59:29	50:54	44:35	39:55	29:02

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	07:32	06:18	05:23	04:43	04:13	03:04
15	06:31	05:27	04:40	04:05	03:39	02:40
20	06:18	05:16	04:30	03:57	03:32	02:34
25	06:18	05:16	04:30	03:57	03:32	02:34
30	06:18	05:16	04:30	03:57	03:32	02:34
35	06:24	05:21	04:35	04:01	03:35	02:37
40	06:38	05:33	04:45	04:09	03:43	02:42
45	06:53	05:45	04:56	04:19	03:52	02:49
50	07:09	05:59	05:07	04:29	04:01	02:55
55	07:27	06:14	05:20	04:40	04:11	03:03
60	07:47	06:30	05:34	04:52	04:22	03:10
65	08:08	06:48	05:49	05:06	04:34	03:19
70	08:33	07:09	06:07	05:21	04:48	03:29
75	09:11	07:41	06:34	05:45	05:09	03:45
80	10:10	08:30	07:16	06:22	05:42	04:09
85	11:42	09:47	08:22	07:20	06:34	04:46
90	14:14	11:54	10:11	08:55	07:59	05:48

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	12:07	10:08	08:40	07:36	06:48	04:57
15	10:29	08:46	07:30	06:34	05:53	04:17
20	10:08	08:28	07:15	06:21	05:41	04:08
25	10:08	08:28	07:15	06:21	05:41	04:08
30	10:08	08:28	07:15	06:21	05:41	04:08
35	10:18	08:37	07:22	06:27	05:47	04:12
40	10:40	08:55	07:38	06:41	05:59	04:21
45	11:05	09:16	07:56	06:57	06:13	04:31
50	11:31	09:38	08:15	07:13	06:28	04:42
55	12:00	10:02	08:35	07:31	06:44	04:54
60	12:31	10:28	08:57	07:51	07:01	05:07
65	13:05	10:56	09:22	08:12	07:20	05:20
70	13:45	11:30	09:50	08:37	07:43	05:37
75	14:47	12:21	10:34	09:16	08:18	06:02
80	16:22	13:41	11:42	10:15	09:11	06:41
85	18:49	15:44	13:28	11:48	10:34	07:41
90	22:54	19:09	16:23	14:21	12:51	09:21

Female 5k Running Times

A good 5k time for a woman is 26:07. This is the average 5k time across women of all ages. The fastest 5k time ran by a woman is 14:44.

Average 5k run time by age and ability

• Finish Time
• Pace (min/km)
• Pace (min/mile)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	41:29	35:16	30:33	27:00	24:20	17:15
15	37:14	31:40	27:26	24:14	21:50	15:29
20	35:27	30:08	26:07	23:04	20:47	14:44
25	35:27	30:08	26:07	23:04	20:47	14:44
30	35:27	30:08	26:07	23:04	20:47	14:44
35	35:40	30:20	26:17	23:13	20:56	14:50
40	36:25	30:58	26:49	23:42	21:22	15:08
45	37:43	32:04	27:47	24:33	22:07	15:41
50	39:39	33:43	29:13	25:49	23:16	16:29
55	41:56	35:40	30:54	27:18	24:36	17:26
60	44:29	37:50	32:47	28:58	26:06	18:30
65	47:23	40:18	34:54	30:51	27:48	19:42
70	50:40	43:05	37:20	32:59	29:43	21:04
75	54:27	46:18	40:07	35:27	31:56	22:38
80	58:57	50:07	43:25	38:22	34:35	24:30
85	01:06:22	56:26	48:54	43:12	38:56	27:35
90	01:19:59	01:08:01	58:55	52:04	46:55	33:15

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	08:18	07:03	06:07	05:24	04:52	03:27
15	07:27	06:20	05:29	04:51	04:22	03:06
20	07:05	06:02	05:13	04:37	04:09	02:57
25	07:05	06:02	05:13	04:37	04:09	02:57
30	07:05	06:02	05:13	04:37	04:09	02:57
35	07:08	06:04	05:15	04:39	04:11	02:58
40	07:17	06:12	05:22	04:44	04:16	03:02
45	07:33	06:25	05:33	04:55	04:25	03:08
50	07:56	06:45	05:51	05:10	04:39	03:18
55	08:23	07:08	06:11	05:28	04:55	03:29
60	08:54	07:34	06:33	05:48	05:13	03:42
65	09:29	08:04	06:59	06:10	05:34	03:56
70	10:08	08:37	07:28	06:36	05:57	04:13
75	10:53	09:16	08:01	07:05	06:23	04:32
80	11:47	10:01	08:41	07:40	06:55	04:54
85	13:16	11:17	09:47	08:38	07:47	05:31
90	16:00	13:36	11:47	10:25	09:23	06:39

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	13:21	11:21	09:50	08:41	07:50	05:33
15	11:59	10:11	08:50	07:48	07:02	04:59
20	11:24	09:42	08:24	07:26	06:42	04:45
25	11:24	09:42	08:24	07:26	06:42	04:45
30	11:24	09:42	08:24	07:26	06:42	04:45
35	11:29	09:46	08:28	07:28	06:44	04:46
40	11:43	09:58	08:38	07:38	06:52	04:52
45	12:08	10:19	08:57	07:54	07:07	05:03
50	12:46	10:51	09:24	08:19	07:29	05:18
55	13:30	11:29	09:57	08:47	07:55	05:37
60	14:19	12:11	10:33	09:19	08:24	05:57
65	15:15	12:58	11:14	09:56	08:57	06:20
70	16:18	13:52	12:01	10:37	09:34	06:47
75	17:32	14:54	12:55	11:24	10:17	07:17
80	18:58	16:08	13:59	12:21	11:08	07:53
85	21:22	18:10	15:44	13:54	12:32	08:53
90	25:45	21:54	18:58	16:45	15:06	10:42

What do the running abilities mean?

Beginner	Faster than 5% of runners. A beginner runner has started running and has run for at least a month.
Novice	Faster than 20% of runners. A novice runner has run regularly for at least six months.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of runners. An intermediate runner has run regularly for at least two years.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of runners. An advanced runner has run for over five years.
Elite	Faster than 95% of runners. An elite runner has dedicated over five years to become competitive at running.

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