1 Mile Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1 mile cycle time?

A good 1 mile time is 02:56. This is the average 1 mile time across all ages and genders.

A good 1 mile time for a man is 02:48. This is the average 1 mile time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	04:20	03:45	03:21	03:04	02:51
15	03:45	03:15	02:54	02:39	02:28
20	03:38	03:08	02:48	02:34	02:23
25	03:38	03:08	02:48	02:34	02:23
30	03:38	03:08	02:48	02:34	02:24
35	03:41	03:11	02:51	02:36	02:26
40	03:49	03:18	02:57	02:42	02:31
45	03:58	03:26	03:04	02:48	02:37
50	04:07	03:34	03:11	02:55	02:43
55	04:17	03:42	03:19	03:02	02:49
60	04:28	03:52	03:27	03:09	02:57
65	04:40	04:02	03:36	03:18	03:04
70	04:54	04:14	03:47	03:28	03:14
75	05:16	04:33	04:04	03:43	03:28
80	05:50	05:02	04:30	04:07	03:50
85	06:42	05:48	05:11	04:44	04:25
90	08:10	07:04	06:19	05:46	05:23

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	22.3	25.7	28.8	31.5	33.8
15	25.7	29.7	33.3	36.4	39.0
20	26.6	30.8	34.5	37.7	40.4
25	26.6	30.8	34.5	37.7	40.4
30	26.6	30.8	34.4	37.6	40.4
35	26.2	30.3	33.9	37.0	39.7
40	25.3	29.3	32.8	35.8	38.4
45	24.4	28.2	31.6	34.5	37.0
50	23.5	27.1	30.4	33.2	35.6
55	22.5	26.1	29.2	31.9	34.2
60	21.6	25.0	28.0	30.6	32.8
65	20.7	23.9	26.8	29.3	31.4
70	19.7	22.8	25.5	27.9	29.9
75	18.3	21.2	23.8	26.0	27.8
80	16.6	19.2	21.5	23.5	25.2
85	14.4	16.7	18.6	20.4	21.9
90	11.8	13.7	15.3	16.7	17.9

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	13.8	16.0	17.9	19.6	21.0
15	16.0	18.5	20.7	22.6	24.3
20	16.5	19.1	21.4	23.4	25.1
25	16.5	19.1	21.4	23.4	25.1
30	16.5	19.1	21.4	23.4	25.1
35	16.3	18.8	21.1	23.0	24.7
40	15.7	18.2	20.4	22.2	23.9
45	15.1	17.5	19.6	21.4	23.0
50	14.6	16.9	18.9	20.6	22.1
55	14.0	16.2	18.1	19.8	21.3
60	13.4	15.5	17.4	19.0	20.4
65	12.9	14.9	16.7	18.2	19.5
70	12.2	14.2	15.9	17.3	18.6
75	11.4	13.2	14.8	16.1	17.3
80	10.3	11.9	13.3	14.6	15.6
85	8.9	10.3	11.6	12.7	13.6
90	7.3	8.5	9.5	10.4	11.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	119	155	192	230	267
15	154	205	259	314	368
20	165	220	279	339	398
25	165	220	279	339	398
30	164	219	278	339	398
35	159	212	269	327	383
40	150	198	250	303	354
45	140	184	231	279	326
50	130	171	214	257	299
55	121	158	197	237	274
60	113	146	182	217	251
65	105	135	167	199	229
70	97	124	152	180	207
75	86	110	133	157	180
80	74	93	112	130	148
85	60	75	89	102	115
90	46	56	66	75	83

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	576	711	853	996	1134
15	709	900	1104	1312	1514
20	748	956	1179	1407	1628
25	748	956	1179	1407	1628
30	748	955	1177	1404	1625
35	729	928	1141	1359	1571
40	692	875	1070	1269	1463
45	655	822	1000	1181	1356
50	619	772	933	1098	1256
55	586	725	871	1019	1162
60	554	680	812	946	1074
65	524	638	757	877	992
70	493	595	701	808	909
75	454	541	631	720	805
80	407	477	549	620	686
85	356	409	462	514	562
90	303	340	376	411	443

A good 1 mile time for a woman is 03:23. This is the average 1 mile time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	05:20	04:30	03:58	03:36	03:20
15	04:47	04:02	03:33	03:14	02:59
20	04:33	03:51	03:23	03:04	02:51
25	04:33	03:51	03:23	03:04	02:51
30	04:33	03:51	03:23	03:04	02:51
35	04:35	03:52	03:24	03:06	02:52
40	04:41	03:57	03:29	03:09	02:55
45	04:51	04:05	03:36	03:16	03:02
50	05:06	04:18	03:47	03:26	03:11
55	05:23	04:33	04:00	03:38	03:22
60	05:43	04:49	04:15	03:51	03:34
65	06:05	05:08	04:32	04:06	03:48
70	06:31	05:30	04:50	04:23	04:04
75	07:00	05:54	05:12	04:43	04:22
80	07:34	06:24	05:38	05:07	04:44
85	08:32	07:12	06:20	05:45	05:20
90	10:17	08:40	07:38	06:56	06:25

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18.1	21.5	24.4	26.9	29.0
15	20.2	23.9	27.2	29.9	32.3
20	21.2	25.1	28.5	31.4	33.9
25	21.2	25.1	28.5	31.4	33.9
30	21.2	25.1	28.5	31.4	33.9
35	21.1	25.0	28.3	31.2	33.7
40	20.6	24.5	27.8	30.6	33.0
45	19.9	23.6	26.8	29.5	31.9
50	19.0	22.5	25.5	28.1	30.3
55	17.9	21.2	24.1	26.6	28.7
60	16.9	20.0	22.7	25.0	27.0
65	15.9	18.8	21.3	23.5	25.4
70	14.8	17.6	20.0	22.0	23.7
75	13.8	16.4	18.6	20.5	22.1
80	12.8	15.1	17.2	18.9	20.4
85	11.3	13.4	15.2	16.8	18.1
90	9.4	11.1	12.6	13.9	15.0

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	11.3	13.3	15.1	16.7	18.0
15	12.5	14.9	16.9	18.6	20.1
20	13.2	15.6	17.7	19.5	21.1
25	13.2	15.6	17.7	19.5	21.1
30	13.2	15.6	17.7	19.5	21.1
35	13.1	15.5	17.6	19.4	20.9
40	12.8	15.2	17.3	19.0	20.5
45	12.4	14.7	16.7	18.4	19.8
50	11.8	14.0	15.8	17.5	18.8
55	11.1	13.2	15.0	16.5	17.8
60	10.5	12.4	14.1	15.6	16.8
65	9.9	11.7	13.3	14.6	15.8
70	9.2	10.9	12.4	13.7	14.7
75	8.6	10.2	11.5	12.7	13.7
80	7.9	9.4	10.7	11.7	12.7
85	7.0	8.3	9.5	10.4	11.3
90	5.8	6.9	7.9	8.7	9.3

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	70	94	120	146	171
15	85	116	149	183	217
20	92	128	165	204	242
25	92	128	165	204	242
30	92	128	165	204	242
35	91	126	163	201	239
40	88	121	156	192	228
45	83	113	145	178	211
50	76	103	131	160	189
55	69	93	118	143	167
60	63	83	105	127	148
65	57	75	93	112	130
70	51	67	83	99	114
75	46	59	73	87	99
80	41	52	64	75	86
85	35	44	53	62	70
90	27	34	40	47	52

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	358	450	547	644	739
15	413	530	656	785	910
20	442	574	717	863	1006
25	442	574	717	863	1006
30	442	574	717	863	1006
35	438	568	709	852	993
40	425	550	683	819	952
45	405	519	642	766	887
50	379	481	589	698	804
55	354	443	537	632	724
60	330	408	490	571	651
65	307	375	446	516	584
70	287	345	406	466	524
75	267	318	370	420	469
80	249	292	336	378	418
85	225	260	294	327	358
90	198	223	247	269	290

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	119	155	192	230	267
15	154	205	259	314	368
20	165	220	279	339	398
25	165	220	279	339	398
30	164	219	278	339	398
35	159	212	269	327	383
40	150	198	250	303	354
45	140	184	231	279	326
50	130	171	214	257	299
55	121	158	197	237	274
60	113	146	182	217	251
65	105	135	167	199	229
70	97	124	152	180	207
75	86	110	133	157	180
80	74	93	112	130	148
85	60	75	89	102	115
90	46	56	66	75	83

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	70	94	120	146	171
15	85	116	149	183	217
20	92	128	165	204	242
25	92	128	165	204	242
30	92	128	165	204	242
35	91	126	163	201	239
40	88	121	156	192	228
45	83	113	145	178	211
50	76	103	131	160	189
55	69	93	118	143	167
60	63	83	105	127	148
65	57	75	93	112	130
70	51	67	83	99	114
75	46	59	73	87	99
80	41	52	64	75	86
85	35	44	53	62	70
90	27	34	40	47	52

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	119	155	192	230	267
15	154	205	259	314	368
20	165	220	279	339	398
25	165	220	279	339	398
30	164	219	278	339	398
35	159	212	269	327	383
40	150	198	250	303	354
45	140	184	231	279	326
50	130	171	214	257	299
55	121	158	197	237	274
60	113	146	182	217	251
65	105	135	167	199	229
70	97	124	152	180	207
75	86	110	133	157	180
80	74	93	112	130	148
85	60	75	89	102	115
90	46	56	66	75	83

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	70	94	120	146	171
15	85	116	149	183	217
20	92	128	165	204	242
25	92	128	165	204	242
30	92	128	165	204	242
35	91	126	163	201	239
40	88	121	156	192	228
45	83	113	145	178	211
50	76	103	131	160	189
55	69	93	118	143	167
60	63	83	105	127	148
65	57	75	93	112	130
70	51	67	83	99	114
75	46	59	73	87	99
80	41	52	64	75	86
85	35	44	53	62	70
90	27	34	40	47	52

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	119	155	192	230	267
15	154	205	259	314	368
20	165	220	279	339	398
25	165	220	279	339	398
30	164	219	278	339	398
35	159	212	269	327	383
40	150	198	250	303	354
45	140	184	231	279	326
50	130	171	214	257	299
55	121	158	197	237	274
60	113	146	182	217	251
65	105	135	167	199	229
70	97	124	152	180	207
75	86	110	133	157	180
80	74	93	112	130	148
85	60	75	89	102	115
90	46	56	66	75	83

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	70	94	120	146	171
15	85	116	149	183	217
20	92	128	165	204	242
25	92	128	165	204	242
30	92	128	165	204	242
35	91	126	163	201	239
40	88	121	156	192	228
45	83	113	145	178	211
50	76	103	131	160	189
55	69	93	118	143	167
60	63	83	105	127	148
65	57	75	93	112	130
70	51	67	83	99	114
75	46	59	73	87	99
80	41	52	64	75	86
85	35	44	53	62	70
90	27	34	40	47	52