1 Mile Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1 mile cycle time?

A good 1 mile time is 02:42 for men and 03:11 for women. This is the average 1 mile time across all ages. Compare your 1 mile time by age and ability below.

Our 1 mile cycle time standards are based on 11,576 cycling results by Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026. More...

How long does it take to cycle 1 mile?

For an intermediate cyclist, the average time to cycle 1 mile is 02:42 for men and 03:11 for women.

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	04:20	05:10
Novice	03:21	04:00
Intermediate	02:42	03:11
Advanced	02:14	02:37
Elite	01:55	02:12

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	22.3	18.7
Novice	28.8	24.1
Intermediate	35.8	30.3
Advanced	43.2	37.0
Elite	50.3	43.8

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	13.9	11.6
Novice	17.9	15.0
Intermediate	22.3	18.8
Advanced	26.8	23.0
Elite	31.3	27.2

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	65	39
Novice	122	73
Intermediate	216	132
Advanced	360	227
Elite	554	365

Watts: Average power output.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	373	242
Novice	586	369
Intermediate	943	591
Advanced	1483	949
Elite	2215	1468

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Male
Female

Male 1 Mile Cycling Times

A good 1 mile time is 02:42 for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 1 mile cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	05:37	04:21	03:30	02:54	02:29
15	04:34	03:32	02:50	02:21	02:01
20	04:30	03:29	02:48	02:19	01:59
25	04:30	03:29	02:48	02:19	01:59
30	04:30	03:29	02:48	02:19	01:59
35	04:30	03:29	02:48	02:19	01:59
40	04:30	03:29	02:48	02:19	01:59
45	04:30	03:29	02:48	02:19	01:59
50	04:31	03:30	02:48	02:20	02:00
55	04:46	03:42	02:58	02:28	02:07
60	04:56	03:49	03:04	02:33	02:11
65	04:59	03:52	03:06	02:34	02:12
70	05:03	03:55	03:08	02:37	02:14
75	05:12	04:02	03:14	02:41	02:18
80	05:54	04:34	03:40	03:03	02:37
85	05:59	04:38	03:43	03:06	02:39
90	06:51	05:18	04:16	03:32	03:02

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17.2	22.2	27.6	33.3	38.8
15	21.2	27.3	34.0	41.0	47.8
20	21.5	27.7	34.5	41.6	48.5
25	21.5	27.7	34.5	41.6	48.5
30	21.5	27.7	34.5	41.6	48.5
35	21.5	27.7	34.5	41.6	48.5
40	21.5	27.7	34.5	41.6	48.5
45	21.5	27.7	34.5	41.6	48.5
50	21.4	27.6	34.4	41.4	48.4
55	20.2	26.1	32.5	39.2	45.7
60	19.6	25.3	31.5	37.9	44.2
65	19.4	25.0	31.2	37.5	43.8
70	19.1	24.7	30.7	37.0	43.2
75	18.6	23.9	29.8	35.9	41.9
80	16.4	21.1	26.3	31.7	37.0
85	16.1	20.8	25.9	31.2	36.4
90	14.1	18.2	22.7	27.3	31.8

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	10.7	13.8	17.2	20.7	24.1
15	13.2	17.0	21.2	25.5	29.7
20	13.3	17.2	21.5	25.8	30.1
25	13.3	17.2	21.5	25.8	30.1
30	13.3	17.2	21.5	25.8	30.1
35	13.3	17.2	21.5	25.8	30.1
40	13.3	17.2	21.5	25.8	30.1
45	13.3	17.2	21.5	25.8	30.1
50	13.3	17.2	21.4	25.8	30.0
55	12.6	16.2	20.2	24.4	28.4
60	12.2	15.7	19.6	23.6	27.5
65	12.0	15.5	19.4	23.3	27.2
70	11.9	15.3	19.1	23.0	26.8
75	11.5	14.9	18.5	22.3	26.0
80	10.2	13.1	16.4	19.7	23.0
85	10.0	12.9	16.1	19.4	22.6
90	8.8	11.3	14.1	17.0	19.8

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	36	64	110	178	269
15	58	107	189	312	480
20	59	111	196	324	499
25	59	111	196	324	499
30	59	111	196	324	499
35	59	111	196	324	499
40	59	111	196	324	499
45	59	111	196	324	499
50	59	110	194	322	494
55	52	95	167	276	423
60	48	88	153	252	385
65	47	86	149	245	374
70	46	83	144	236	360
75	43	77	133	218	331
80	33	57	97	156	236
85	32	55	94	150	226
90	24	41	67	106	158

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	265	370	542	797	1141
15	345	531	839	1304	1935
20	352	545	866	1350	2006
25	352	545	866	1350	2006
30	352	545	866	1350	2006
35	352	545	866	1350	2006
40	352	545	866	1350	2006
45	352	545	866	1350	2006
50	351	542	860	1340	1990
55	324	488	759	1167	1720
60	310	459	706	1077	1578
65	306	451	691	1051	1537
70	301	440	672	1018	1486
75	290	418	631	948	1377
80	252	344	494	717	1016
85	248	337	481	694	980
90	220	283	383	529	724

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Female 1 Mile Cycling Times

A good 1 mile time is 03:11 for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 1 mile cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	07:08	05:32	04:24	03:36	03:03
15	05:53	04:34	03:38	02:58	02:31
20	05:11	04:00	03:11	02:37	02:12
25	05:11	04:00	03:11	02:37	02:12
30	05:21	04:08	03:18	02:42	02:17
35	05:21	04:08	03:18	02:42	02:17
40	05:26	04:12	03:21	02:44	02:19
45	05:26	04:12	03:21	02:44	02:19
50	05:32	04:17	03:25	02:48	02:22
55	05:46	04:28	03:33	02:55	02:27
60	05:46	04:28	03:33	02:55	02:27
65	05:51	04:32	03:36	02:57	02:30
70	06:01	04:40	03:43	03:03	02:34
75	06:35	05:06	04:03	03:19	02:48
80	06:51	05:18	04:13	03:28	02:55
85	07:10	05:33	04:25	03:37	03:03
90	07:40	05:56	04:44	03:52	03:16

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	13.5	17.5	21.9	26.8	31.7
15	16.4	21.2	26.6	32.5	38.5
20	18.7	24.1	30.3	36.9	43.8
25	18.7	24.1	30.3	36.9	43.8
30	18.1	23.3	29.3	35.8	42.4
35	18.1	23.3	29.3	35.8	42.4
40	17.8	23.0	28.9	35.2	41.7
45	17.8	23.0	28.9	35.2	41.7
50	17.4	22.5	28.3	34.5	40.9
55	16.7	21.6	27.2	33.2	39.3
60	16.7	21.6	27.2	33.2	39.3
65	16.5	21.3	26.8	32.7	38.7
70	16.0	20.7	26.0	31.7	37.6
75	14.7	19.0	23.8	29.1	34.4
80	14.1	18.2	22.9	27.9	33.1
85	13.5	17.4	21.9	26.7	31.6
90	12.6	16.3	20.4	24.9	29.5

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	8.4	10.9	13.6	16.6	19.7
15	10.2	13.2	16.5	20.2	23.9
20	11.6	15.0	18.8	23.0	27.2
25	11.6	15.0	18.8	23.0	27.2
30	11.2	14.5	18.2	22.2	26.3
35	11.2	14.5	18.2	22.2	26.3
40	11.1	14.3	17.9	21.9	25.9
45	11.1	14.3	17.9	21.9	25.9
50	10.8	14.0	17.6	21.5	25.4
55	10.4	13.4	16.9	20.6	24.4
60	10.4	13.4	16.9	20.6	24.4
65	10.3	13.2	16.6	20.3	24.1
70	10.0	12.9	16.2	19.7	23.4
75	9.1	11.8	14.8	18.1	21.4
80	8.8	11.3	14.2	17.3	20.6
85	8.4	10.8	13.6	16.6	19.7
90	7.8	10.1	12.7	15.5	18.3

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	19	34	58	95	149
15	29	53	94	159	253
20	39	73	132	227	364
25	39	73	132	227	364
30	36	67	121	208	333
35	36	67	121	208	333
40	35	65	116	199	318
45	35	65	116	199	318
50	34	61	110	188	301
55	31	56	99	169	269
60	31	56	99	169	269
65	30	54	95	162	258
70	28	50	88	150	238
75	23	41	71	118	187
80	21	37	64	106	167
85	19	33	57	95	148
90	17	29	48	79	123

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	168	221	311	454	657
15	204	293	447	693	1048
20	242	368	591	948	1466
25	242	368	591	948	1466
30	231	347	550	876	1348
35	231	347	550	876	1348
40	226	337	532	843	1293
45	226	337	532	843	1293
50	220	326	509	803	1228
55	210	304	468	729	1107
60	210	304	468	729	1107
65	206	296	454	704	1066
70	199	283	427	658	990
75	181	247	361	540	798
80	174	233	335	495	724
85	167	220	310	451	653
90	158	202	277	393	558

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

What do the cycling standards mean?

Beginner	Faster than 5% of cyclists.
Novice	Faster than 20% of cyclists.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of cyclists.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of cyclists.
Elite	Faster than 95% of cyclists.

Strength Level introduced these exact Beginner-to-Elite percentile boundaries in 2015. See how the standards evolved.

Data behind the 1 mile cycle time standards

Our 1 mile cycle time standards are based on results submitted by Cycling Level users. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	11,576
Community users	3,873
Data start	6 December 2021
Data cutoff	14 October 2026
Model generated	24 October 2026

Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

The old average finish time for 1 mile was 02:56 across all ages and genders, 02:48 for men (now 4.0% faster) and 03:23 for women (now 6.2% faster).

Male
Female

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	03:38	04:20	+19.4%
Novice	03:08	03:21	+7.0%
Intermediate	02:48	02:42	-3.8%
Advanced	02:34	02:14	-12.7%
Elite	02:23	01:55	-19.8%

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	04:33	05:10	+13.6%
Novice	03:51	04:00	+4.2%
Intermediate	03:23	03:11	-5.8%
Advanced	03:04	02:37	-15.0%
Elite	02:51	02:12	-22.5%

We created these previous standards on 6 December 2021 and last updated them 28 September 2023 (see archive.org).

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Male 1 Mile Cycling Times

Average 1 mile cycle time by age and ability

Female 1 Mile Cycling Times

Average 1 mile cycle time by age and ability

What do the cycling standards mean?

Data behind the 1 mile cycle time standards

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	36	64	110	178	269
15	58	107	189	312	480
20	59	111	196	324	499
25	59	111	196	324	499
30	59	111	196	324	499
35	59	111	196	324	499
40	59	111	196	324	499
45	59	111	196	324	499
50	59	110	194	322	494
55	52	95	167	276	423
60	48	88	153	252	385
65	47	86	149	245	374
70	46	83	144	236	360
75	43	77	133	218	331
80	33	57	97	156	236
85	32	55	94	150	226
90	24	41	67	106	158

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	19	34	58	95	149
15	29	53	94	159	253
20	39	73	132	227	364
25	39	73	132	227	364
30	36	67	121	208	333
35	36	67	121	208	333
40	35	65	116	199	318
45	35	65	116	199	318
50	34	61	110	188	301
55	31	56	99	169	269
60	31	56	99	169	269
65	30	54	95	162	258
70	28	50	88	150	238
75	23	41	71	118	187
80	21	37	64	106	167
85	19	33	57	95	148
90	17	29	48	79	123

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	36	64	110	178	269
15	58	107	189	312	480
20	59	111	196	324	499
25	59	111	196	324	499
30	59	111	196	324	499
35	59	111	196	324	499
40	59	111	196	324	499
45	59	111	196	324	499
50	59	110	194	322	494
55	52	95	167	276	423
60	48	88	153	252	385
65	47	86	149	245	374
70	46	83	144	236	360
75	43	77	133	218	331
80	33	57	97	156	236
85	32	55	94	150	226
90	24	41	67	106	158

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	19	34	58	95	149
15	29	53	94	159	253
20	39	73	132	227	364
25	39	73	132	227	364
30	36	67	121	208	333
35	36	67	121	208	333
40	35	65	116	199	318
45	35	65	116	199	318
50	34	61	110	188	301
55	31	56	99	169	269
60	31	56	99	169	269
65	30	54	95	162	258
70	28	50	88	150	238
75	23	41	71	118	187
80	21	37	64	106	167
85	19	33	57	95	148
90	17	29	48	79	123

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	36	64	110	178	269
15	58	107	189	312	480
20	59	111	196	324	499
25	59	111	196	324	499
30	59	111	196	324	499
35	59	111	196	324	499
40	59	111	196	324	499
45	59	111	196	324	499
50	59	110	194	322	494
55	52	95	167	276	423
60	48	88	153	252	385
65	47	86	149	245	374
70	46	83	144	236	360
75	43	77	133	218	331
80	33	57	97	156	236
85	32	55	94	150	226
90	24	41	67	106	158

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	19	34	58	95	149
15	29	53	94	159	253
20	39	73	132	227	364
25	39	73	132	227	364
30	36	67	121	208	333
35	36	67	121	208	333
40	35	65	116	199	318
45	35	65	116	199	318
50	34	61	110	188	301
55	31	56	99	169	269
60	31	56	99	169	269
65	30	54	95	162	258
70	28	50	88	150	238
75	23	41	71	118	187
80	21	37	64	106	167
85	19	33	57	95	148
90	17	29	48	79	123