10k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 10k cycle time?

A good 10k time is 20:41. This is the average 10k time across all ages and genders.

Male 10k Cycling Times

A good 10k time for a man is 19:47. This is the average 10k time across men of all ages.

Average 10k cycle time by age and ability

Finish Time
Speed (km/h)
Speed (mph)
Power (Watts)
Calories (per hour)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	30:34	26:26	23:36	21:36	20:08
15	26:28	22:53	20:26	18:42	17:26
20	25:37	22:09	19:47	18:06	16:53
25	25:37	22:09	19:47	18:06	16:53
30	25:37	22:09	19:47	18:06	16:53
35	25:51	22:21	19:58	18:16	17:02
40	26:35	22:59	20:32	18:47	17:31
45	27:40	23:55	21:22	19:33	18:13
50	28:50	24:56	22:16	20:22	18:59
55	30:06	26:02	23:15	21:16	19:50
60	31:29	27:14	24:19	22:15	20:44
65	33:01	28:33	25:29	23:19	21:45
70	34:41	29:59	26:47	24:30	22:51
75	36:59	31:58	28:33	26:07	24:21
80	40:40	35:09	31:24	28:43	26:47
85	46:31	40:13	35:55	32:51	30:38
90	56:21	48:44	43:31	39:49	37:07

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	19.6	22.7	25.4	27.8	29.8
15	22.7	26.2	29.4	32.1	34.4
20	23.4	27.1	30.3	33.2	35.6
25	23.4	27.1	30.3	33.2	35.6
30	23.4	27.1	30.3	33.2	35.6
35	23.2	26.8	30.1	32.9	35.2
40	22.6	26.1	29.2	31.9	34.3
45	21.7	25.1	28.1	30.7	32.9
50	20.8	24.1	27.0	29.5	31.6
55	19.9	23.1	25.8	28.2	30.3
60	19.1	22.0	24.7	27.0	28.9
65	18.2	21.0	23.5	25.7	27.6
70	17.3	20.0	22.4	24.5	26.3
75	16.2	18.8	21.0	23.0	24.6
80	14.8	17.1	19.1	20.9	22.4
85	12.9	14.9	16.7	18.3	19.6
90	10.6	12.3	13.8	15.1	16.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	12.2	14.1	15.8	17.3	18.5
15	14.1	16.3	18.2	19.9	21.4
20	14.6	16.8	18.8	20.6	22.1
25	14.6	16.8	18.8	20.6	22.1
30	14.6	16.8	18.8	20.6	22.1
35	14.4	16.7	18.7	20.4	21.9
40	14.0	16.2	18.2	19.9	21.3
45	13.5	15.6	17.5	19.1	20.5
50	12.9	15.0	16.7	18.3	19.6
55	12.4	14.3	16.0	17.5	18.8
60	11.8	13.7	15.3	16.8	18.0
65	11.3	13.1	14.6	16.0	17.1
70	10.7	12.4	13.9	15.2	16.3
75	10.1	11.7	13.1	14.3	15.3
80	9.2	10.6	11.9	13.0	13.9
85	8.0	9.3	10.4	11.3	12.2
90	6.6	7.7	8.6	9.4	10.0

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	96	123	151	179	206
15	123	160	200	240	278
20	130	170	213	257	298
25	130	170	213	257	298
30	130	170	213	257	298
35	128	167	209	252	293
40	122	159	198	237	275
45	114	147	183	219	253
50	106	137	169	201	232
55	99	126	155	184	212
60	92	117	143	169	194
65	85	108	131	154	177
70	79	99	120	141	161
75	72	90	108	126	142
80	63	77	92	107	120
85	52	64	75	86	96
90	41	49	57	64	71

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	491	592	697	802	903
15	591	731	880	1030	1176
20	618	770	931	1095	1252
25	618	770	931	1095	1252
30	618	770	931	1095	1252
35	610	759	916	1076	1230
40	587	726	873	1022	1165
45	557	683	817	951	1081
50	528	643	764	885	1002
55	500	605	714	823	927
60	474	569	667	765	858
65	449	534	623	710	793
70	426	502	581	659	733
75	398	466	534	601	665
80	364	420	476	530	581
85	324	368	410	452	490
90	282	313	343	371	397

Female 10k Cycling Times

A good 10k time for a woman is 23:55. This is the average 10k time across women of all ages.

Average 10k cycle time by age and ability

Finish Time
Speed (km/h)
Speed (mph)
Power (Watts)
Calories (per hour)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	38:35	32:35	28:41	26:01	24:08
15	34:21	29:00	25:33	23:10	21:29
20	32:13	27:12	23:57	21:44	20:09
25	32:09	27:09	23:55	21:41	20:06
30	32:13	27:12	23:57	21:44	20:09
35	32:37	27:32	24:15	22:00	20:24
40	33:25	28:13	24:51	22:32	20:54
45	34:39	29:15	25:46	23:22	21:40
50	36:27	30:46	27:06	24:35	22:47
55	38:37	32:36	28:43	26:03	24:09
60	41:04	34:41	30:33	27:42	25:41
65	43:51	37:02	32:37	29:35	27:26
70	47:03	39:43	34:59	31:44	29:25
75	50:44	42:50	37:44	34:13	31:44
80	55:58	47:15	41:37	37:45	35:00
85	01:04:47	54:42	48:10	43:42	40:31
90	01:20:34	01:08:01	59:54	54:20	50:23

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	15.6	18.4	20.9	23.1	24.9
15	17.5	20.7	23.5	25.9	27.9
20	18.6	22.1	25.0	27.6	29.8
25	18.7	22.1	25.1	27.7	29.8
30	18.6	22.1	25.0	27.6	29.8
35	18.4	21.8	24.7	27.3	29.4
40	18.0	21.3	24.1	26.6	28.7
45	17.3	20.5	23.3	25.7	27.7
50	16.5	19.5	22.1	24.4	26.3
55	15.5	18.4	20.9	23.0	24.8
60	14.6	17.3	19.6	21.7	23.4
65	13.7	16.2	18.4	20.3	21.9
70	12.8	15.1	17.2	18.9	20.4
75	11.8	14.0	15.9	17.5	18.9
80	10.7	12.7	14.4	15.9	17.1
85	9.3	11.0	12.5	13.7	14.8
90	7.4	8.8	10.0	11.0	11.9

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	9.7	11.4	13.0	14.3	15.5
15	10.9	12.9	14.6	16.1	17.4
20	11.6	13.7	15.6	17.2	18.5
25	11.6	13.7	15.6	17.2	18.5
30	11.6	13.7	15.6	17.2	18.5
35	11.4	13.5	15.4	16.9	18.3
40	11.2	13.2	15.0	16.5	17.8
45	10.8	12.7	14.5	16.0	17.2
50	10.2	12.1	13.8	15.2	16.4
55	9.7	11.4	13.0	14.3	15.4
60	9.1	10.8	12.2	13.5	14.5
65	8.5	10.1	11.4	12.6	13.6
70	7.9	9.4	10.7	11.7	12.7
75	7.3	8.7	9.9	10.9	11.8
80	6.7	7.9	9.0	9.9	10.7
85	5.8	6.8	7.7	8.5	9.2
90	4.6	5.5	6.2	6.9	7.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	55	72	90	108	125
15	66	88	112	136	158
20	73	99	127	155	181
25	74	100	127	155	182
30	73	99	127	155	181
35	72	97	124	151	177
40	69	93	118	143	168
45	65	87	110	133	155
50	60	80	100	120	140
55	55	72	90	108	125
60	50	65	81	96	111
65	45	59	72	85	98
70	41	52	64	75	86
75	37	47	57	66	75
80	32	41	49	57	64
85	27	33	40	46	51
90	21	25	30	34	37

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	301	366	433	501	565
15	343	427	515	605	690
20	371	468	571	676	777
25	372	470	573	679	780
30	371	468	571	676	777
35	365	460	560	661	759
40	355	444	538	634	726
45	339	422	508	596	679
50	320	394	471	548	622
55	301	365	433	500	564
60	282	339	398	456	511
65	265	315	365	415	462
70	249	292	336	378	418
75	233	271	308	344	378
80	216	248	279	308	335
85	196	220	244	266	286
90	172	190	206	221	235

What do the cycling abilities mean?

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.

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	96	123	151	179	206
15	123	160	200	240	278
20	130	170	213	257	298
25	130	170	213	257	298
30	130	170	213	257	298
35	128	167	209	252	293
40	122	159	198	237	275
45	114	147	183	219	253
50	106	137	169	201	232
55	99	126	155	184	212
60	92	117	143	169	194
65	85	108	131	154	177
70	79	99	120	141	161
75	72	90	108	126	142
80	63	77	92	107	120
85	52	64	75	86	96
90	41	49	57	64	71

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	55	72	90	108	125
15	66	88	112	136	158
20	73	99	127	155	181
25	74	100	127	155	182
30	73	99	127	155	181
35	72	97	124	151	177
40	69	93	118	143	168
45	65	87	110	133	155
50	60	80	100	120	140
55	55	72	90	108	125
60	50	65	81	96	111
65	45	59	72	85	98
70	41	52	64	75	86
75	37	47	57	66	75
80	32	41	49	57	64
85	27	33	40	46	51
90	21	25	30	34	37

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	301	366	433	501	565
15	343	427	515	605	690
20	371	468	571	676	777
25	372	470	573	679	780
30	371	468	571	676	777
35	365	460	560	661	759
40	355	444	538	634	726
45	339	422	508	596	679
50	320	394	471	548	622
55	301	365	433	500	564
60	282	339	398	456	511
65	265	315	365	415	462
70	249	292	336	378	418
75	233	271	308	344	378
80	216	248	279	308	335
85	196	220	244	266	286
90	172	190	206	221	235

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	96	123	151	179	206
15	123	160	200	240	278
20	130	170	213	257	298
25	130	170	213	257	298
30	130	170	213	257	298
35	128	167	209	252	293
40	122	159	198	237	275
45	114	147	183	219	253
50	106	137	169	201	232
55	99	126	155	184	212
60	92	117	143	169	194
65	85	108	131	154	177
70	79	99	120	141	161
75	72	90	108	126	142
80	63	77	92	107	120
85	52	64	75	86	96
90	41	49	57	64	71

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	55	72	90	108	125
15	66	88	112	136	158
20	73	99	127	155	181
25	74	100	127	155	182
30	73	99	127	155	181
35	72	97	124	151	177
40	69	93	118	143	168
45	65	87	110	133	155
50	60	80	100	120	140
55	55	72	90	108	125
60	50	65	81	96	111
65	45	59	72	85	98
70	41	52	64	75	86
75	37	47	57	66	75
80	32	41	49	57	64
85	27	33	40	46	51
90	21	25	30	34	37

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	301	366	433	501	565
15	343	427	515	605	690
20	371	468	571	676	777
25	372	470	573	679	780
30	371	468	571	676	777
35	365	460	560	661	759
40	355	444	538	634	726
45	339	422	508	596	679
50	320	394	471	548	622
55	301	365	433	500	564
60	282	339	398	456	511
65	265	315	365	415	462
70	249	292	336	378	418
75	233	271	308	344	378
80	216	248	279	308	335
85	196	220	244	266	286
90	172	190	206	221	235

10k Cycle Times

Cycling Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 10k cycle time?

Male 10k Cycling Times

Average 10k cycle time by age and ability

Female 10k Cycling Times

Average 10k cycle time by age and ability

What do the cycling abilities mean?

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The Cycling Level Calculator can show your exact level of cycling performance at any age.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	96	123	151	179	206
15	123	160	200	240	278
20	130	170	213	257	298
25	130	170	213	257	298
30	130	170	213	257	298
35	128	167	209	252	293
40	122	159	198	237	275
45	114	147	183	219	253
50	106	137	169	201	232
55	99	126	155	184	212
60	92	117	143	169	194
65	85	108	131	154	177
70	79	99	120	141	161
75	72	90	108	126	142
80	63	77	92	107	120
85	52	64	75	86	96
90	41	49	57	64	71

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	55	72	90	108	125
15	66	88	112	136	158
20	73	99	127	155	181
25	74	100	127	155	182
30	73	99	127	155	181
35	72	97	124	151	177
40	69	93	118	143	168
45	65	87	110	133	155
50	60	80	100	120	140
55	55	72	90	108	125
60	50	65	81	96	111
65	45	59	72	85	98
70	41	52	64	75	86
75	37	47	57	66	75
80	32	41	49	57	64
85	27	33	40	46	51
90	21	25	30	34	37

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	301	366	433	501	565
15	343	427	515	605	690
20	371	468	571	676	777
25	372	470	573	679	780
30	371	468	571	676	777
35	365	460	560	661	759
40	355	444	538	634	726
45	339	422	508	596	679
50	320	394	471	548	622
55	301	365	433	500	564
60	282	339	398	456	511
65	265	315	365	415	462
70	249	292	336	378	418
75	233	271	308	344	378
80	216	248	279	308	335
85	196	220	244	266	286
90	172	190	206	221	235