100m Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 100m cycle time?

A good 100m time is 10.0s for men and 11.8s for women. This is the average 100m time across all ages. Compare your 100m time by age and ability below.

Our 100m cycle time standards are based on 1,118 cycling results by Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026. More...

How long does it take to cycle 100m?

For an intermediate cyclist, the average time to cycle 100m is 10.0s for men and 11.8s for women. Beginner cyclists take 16.0s for men and 17.2s for women.

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	16.0	17.2
Novice	12.4	14.0
Intermediate	10.0	11.8
Advanced	6.2	7.3
Elite	5.1	6.0

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

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	22.4	21.0
Novice	29.0	25.7
Intermediate	36.0	30.6
Advanced	58.2	49.5
Elite	70.3	59.8

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	13.9	13.0
Novice	18.0	16.0
Intermediate	22.4	19.0
Advanced	36.2	30.8
Elite	43.7	37.2

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	66	52
Novice	124	86
Intermediate	219	136
Advanced	837	518
Elite	1444	892

Watts: Average power output.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	377	289
Novice	594	418
Intermediate	953	607
Advanced	3280	2044
Elite	5566	3454

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Male
Female

Male 100m Cycling Times

A good 100m time is 10.0s for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 100m cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	20.8	16.1	13.0	8.0	6.6
15	16.9	13.1	10.5	6.5	5.4
20	16.4	12.7	10.2	6.3	5.2
25	16.0	12.4	10.0	6.2	5.1
30	16.4	12.7	10.2	6.3	5.2
35	16.9	13.1	10.5	6.5	5.4
40	17.3	13.4	10.8	6.7	5.5
45	17.8	13.8	11.1	6.9	5.7
50	18.3	14.2	11.4	7.1	5.8
55	18.8	14.6	11.7	7.3	6.0
60	19.4	15.0	12.1	7.5	6.2
65	20.0	15.5	12.5	7.7	6.4
70	20.6	16.0	12.9	8.0	6.6
75	21.5	16.6	13.4	8.3	6.9
80	22.8	17.7	14.2	8.8	7.3
85	24.7	19.1	15.4	9.5	7.9
90	27.5	21.3	17.2	10.6	8.8

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	17.3	22.3	27.7	44.8	54.1
15	21.3	27.5	34.2	55.3	66.8
20	21.9	28.3	35.2	56.8	68.6
25	22.4	29.0	36.0	58.2	70.3
30	21.9	28.3	35.1	56.8	68.6
35	21.3	27.5	34.2	55.3	66.8
40	20.8	26.8	33.3	53.9	65.1
45	20.2	26.1	32.5	52.5	63.4
50	19.7	25.4	31.6	51.0	61.6
55	19.1	24.7	30.7	49.6	59.9
60	18.6	24.0	29.8	48.1	58.1
65	18.0	23.2	28.9	46.7	56.4
70	17.4	22.5	28.0	45.3	54.7
75	16.8	21.6	26.9	43.4	52.5
80	15.8	20.4	25.3	41.0	49.5
85	14.6	18.8	23.4	37.8	45.6
90	13.1	16.9	21.0	33.9	40.9

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	10.7	13.9	17.2	27.9	33.6
15	13.2	17.1	21.3	34.3	41.5
20	13.6	17.6	21.9	35.3	42.7
25	13.9	18.0	22.4	36.2	43.7
30	13.6	17.6	21.8	35.3	42.6
35	13.3	17.1	21.3	34.4	41.5
40	12.9	16.7	20.7	33.5	40.4
45	12.6	16.2	20.2	32.6	39.4
50	12.2	15.8	19.6	31.7	38.3
55	11.9	15.3	19.1	30.8	37.2
60	11.5	14.9	18.5	29.9	36.1
65	11.2	14.4	18.0	29.0	35.0
70	10.8	14.0	17.4	28.1	34.0
75	10.4	13.4	16.7	27.0	32.6
80	9.8	12.7	15.7	25.4	30.7
85	9.1	11.7	14.5	23.5	28.3
90	8.1	10.5	13.0	21.1	25.4

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	37	65	111	400	681
15	58	109	191	723	1245
20	62	116	206	783	1349
25	66	124	219	837	1444
30	62	116	205	780	1345
35	59	109	192	725	1248
40	55	102	179	672	1156
45	52	95	166	623	1069
50	49	89	155	575	987
55	46	83	143	531	909
60	43	77	133	488	835
65	40	72	123	448	765
70	37	66	113	411	700
75	34	60	102	366	623
80	30	53	88	311	527
85	26	44	73	249	420
90	21	35	56	187	311

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	267	373	546	1635	2695
15	349	537	848	2851	4815
20	363	567	903	3076	5209
25	377	594	953	3280	5566
30	363	566	901	3067	5194
35	349	538	850	2859	4830
40	336	512	801	2660	4483
45	324	487	755	2473	4156
50	312	463	710	2295	3844
55	300	440	669	2126	3551
60	290	419	629	1967	3272
65	279	398	591	1816	3010
70	270	379	556	1675	2764
75	258	356	514	1508	2474
80	243	327	461	1301	2113
85	226	294	402	1068	1710
90	208	260	341	831	1300

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Female 100m Cycling Times

A good 100m time is 11.8s for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 100m cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	23.7	19.3	16.2	10.0	8.3
15	19.5	15.9	13.4	8.3	6.9
20	17.7	14.4	12.1	7.5	6.2
25	17.2	14.0	11.8	7.3	6.0
30	17.6	14.4	12.1	7.5	6.2
35	18.1	14.8	12.4	7.7	6.4
40	18.6	15.2	12.8	7.9	6.5
45	19.2	15.7	13.2	8.1	6.7
50	19.8	16.2	13.6	8.4	7.0
55	20.4	16.7	14.0	8.7	7.2
60	21.1	17.2	14.5	9.0	7.4
65	21.9	17.8	15.0	9.3	7.7
70	22.6	18.5	15.5	9.6	7.9
75	23.5	19.2	16.1	9.9	8.2
80	24.4	19.9	16.7	10.3	8.6
85	25.3	20.7	17.4	10.7	8.9
90	26.4	21.6	18.1	11.2	9.3

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	15.2	18.6	22.2	35.9	43.3
15	18.4	22.6	26.9	43.5	52.5
20	20.4	24.9	29.7	48.0	58.0
25	21.0	25.7	30.6	49.5	59.8
30	20.4	25.0	29.8	48.2	58.2
35	19.9	24.3	29.0	46.9	56.6
40	19.3	23.6	28.2	45.5	55.0
45	18.7	23.0	27.4	44.2	53.4
50	18.2	22.3	26.5	42.9	51.8
55	17.6	21.6	25.7	41.5	50.2
60	17.0	20.9	24.9	40.2	48.6
65	16.5	20.2	24.0	38.9	46.9
70	15.9	19.5	23.2	37.5	45.3
75	15.3	18.8	22.4	36.2	43.7
80	14.8	18.1	21.6	34.9	42.1
85	14.2	17.4	20.7	33.5	40.5
90	13.6	16.7	19.9	32.1	38.8

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	9.4	11.6	13.8	22.3	26.9
15	11.5	14.0	16.7	27.0	32.6
20	12.6	15.5	18.5	29.8	36.0
25	13.0	16.0	19.0	30.8	37.2
30	12.7	15.6	18.5	30.0	36.2
35	12.3	15.1	18.0	29.1	35.2
40	12.0	14.7	17.5	28.3	34.2
45	11.6	14.3	17.0	27.5	33.2
50	11.3	13.8	16.5	26.6	32.2
55	10.9	13.4	16.0	25.8	31.2
60	10.6	13.0	15.5	25.0	30.2
65	10.2	12.5	14.9	24.2	29.2
70	9.9	12.1	14.4	23.3	28.2
75	9.5	11.7	13.9	22.5	27.2
80	9.2	11.2	13.4	21.7	26.2
85	8.8	10.8	12.9	20.8	25.1
90	8.5	10.4	12.4	20.0	24.1

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	25	39	59	209	354
15	38	62	97	357	613
20	48	79	125	474	816
25	52	86	136	518	892
30	48	80	127	480	826
35	45	75	118	443	761
40	42	69	109	408	700
45	40	64	101	375	643
50	37	60	93	344	588
55	34	55	86	314	537
60	32	51	79	287	489
65	30	47	72	261	444
70	27	43	66	237	402
75	25	40	61	214	363
80	23	36	55	193	326
85	22	33	50	173	292
90	20	30	45	155	260

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	188	241	317	881	1427
15	237	327	458	1440	2401
20	275	393	566	1880	3168
25	289	418	607	2044	3454
30	277	396	572	1900	3204
35	265	375	537	1761	2961
40	254	356	505	1630	2732
45	243	337	474	1506	2514
50	233	319	445	1388	2310
55	223	302	417	1278	2117
60	214	286	391	1174	1937
65	205	271	367	1077	1767
70	197	257	344	986	1609
75	189	244	322	901	1461
80	182	232	302	822	1324
85	175	220	283	747	1195
90	169	209	265	677	1073

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 100m cycle time standards

Cycling Level analysed 81 qualifying results from 1,118 community results submitted by 383 Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026 to produce our 100m cycle time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	1,118
Community users	383
Qualifying results	81
Male results	77
Female results	4
Data start	8 December 2021
Data cutoff	29 September 2026
Model generated	14 October 2026

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

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What is a good 100m cycle time?

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Male 100m Cycling Times

Average 100m cycle time by age and ability

Female 100m Cycling Times

Average 100m cycle time by age and ability

What do the cycling standards mean?

Data behind the 100m cycle time standards

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	25	39	59	209	354
15	38	62	97	357	613
20	48	79	125	474	816
25	52	86	136	518	892
30	48	80	127	480	826
35	45	75	118	443	761
40	42	69	109	408	700
45	40	64	101	375	643
50	37	60	93	344	588
55	34	55	86	314	537
60	32	51	79	287	489
65	30	47	72	261	444
70	27	43	66	237	402
75	25	40	61	214	363
80	23	36	55	193	326
85	22	33	50	173	292
90	20	30	45	155	260

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	25	39	59	209	354
15	38	62	97	357	613
20	48	79	125	474	816
25	52	86	136	518	892
30	48	80	127	480	826
35	45	75	118	443	761
40	42	69	109	408	700
45	40	64	101	375	643
50	37	60	93	344	588
55	34	55	86	314	537
60	32	51	79	287	489
65	30	47	72	261	444
70	27	43	66	237	402
75	25	40	61	214	363
80	23	36	55	193	326
85	22	33	50	173	292
90	20	30	45	155	260

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	25	39	59	209	354
15	38	62	97	357	613
20	48	79	125	474	816
25	52	86	136	518	892
30	48	80	127	480	826
35	45	75	118	443	761
40	42	69	109	408	700
45	40	64	101	375	643
50	37	60	93	344	588
55	34	55	86	314	537
60	32	51	79	287	489
65	30	47	72	261	444
70	27	43	66	237	402
75	25	40	61	214	363
80	23	36	55	193	326
85	22	33	50	173	292
90	20	30	45	155	260