15k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 15k cycle time?

A good 15k time is 29:18 for men and 33:51 for women. This is the average 15k time across all ages. Compare your 15k time by age and ability below.

Our 15k cycle time standards are based on 4,781 cycling results by Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026. More...

How long does it take to cycle 15k?

For an intermediate cyclist, the average time to cycle 15k is 29:18 for men and 33:51 for women.

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	43:45	51:25
Novice	35:22	41:38
Intermediate	29:18	33:51
Advanced	24:54	27:53
Elite	21:43	23:25

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

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	20.6	17.5
Novice	25.4	21.6
Intermediate	30.7	26.6
Advanced	36.1	32.3
Elite	41.5	38.4

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	12.8	10.9
Novice	15.8	13.4
Intermediate	19.1	16.5
Advanced	22.5	20.1
Elite	25.8	23.9

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	54	34
Novice	89	56
Intermediate	144	94
Advanced	221	157
Elite	322	253

Watts: Average power output.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	331	221
Novice	465	303
Intermediate	671	447
Advanced	963	684
Elite	1341	1047

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Male
Female

Male 15k Cycling Times

A good 15k time is 29:18 for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 15k cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	56:46	45:54	38:01	32:19	28:10
15	46:03	37:14	30:50	26:12	22:51
20	45:25	36:43	30:25	25:51	22:32
25	45:06	36:28	30:12	25:40	22:23
30	44:54	36:18	30:04	25:33	22:17
35	44:42	36:09	29:56	25:26	22:11
40	44:31	35:59	29:49	25:20	22:05
45	44:19	35:50	29:41	25:13	22:00
50	44:08	35:41	29:34	25:07	21:54
55	44:12	35:45	29:36	25:09	21:56
60	44:51	36:16	30:02	25:31	22:15
65	46:04	37:15	30:51	26:13	22:52
70	47:58	38:47	32:07	27:18	23:48
75	50:41	40:59	33:56	28:51	25:09
80	54:31	44:05	36:30	31:01	27:03
85	59:55	48:26	40:07	34:06	29:44
90	01:07:43	54:45	45:21	38:32	33:36

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	15.9	19.6	23.7	27.9	31.9
15	19.5	24.2	29.2	34.3	39.4
20	19.8	24.5	29.6	34.8	39.9
25	20.0	24.7	29.8	35.1	40.2
30	20.0	24.8	29.9	35.2	40.4
35	20.1	24.9	30.1	35.4	40.6
40	20.2	25.0	30.2	35.5	40.7
45	20.3	25.1	30.3	35.7	40.9
50	20.4	25.2	30.4	35.8	41.1
55	20.4	25.2	30.4	35.8	41.0
60	20.1	24.8	30.0	35.3	40.4
65	19.5	24.2	29.2	34.3	39.4
70	18.8	23.2	28.0	33.0	37.8
75	17.8	22.0	26.5	31.2	35.8
80	16.5	20.4	24.7	29.0	33.3
85	15.0	18.6	22.4	26.4	30.3
90	13.3	16.4	19.8	23.4	26.8

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	9.9	12.2	14.7	17.3	19.9
15	12.1	15.0	18.1	21.3	24.5
20	12.3	15.2	18.4	21.6	24.8
25	12.4	15.3	18.5	21.8	25.0
30	12.5	15.4	18.6	21.9	25.1
35	12.5	15.5	18.7	22.0	25.2
40	12.6	15.5	18.8	22.1	25.3
45	12.6	15.6	18.8	22.2	25.4
50	12.7	15.7	18.9	22.3	25.5
55	12.7	15.6	18.9	22.2	25.5
60	12.5	15.4	18.6	21.9	25.1
65	12.1	15.0	18.1	21.3	24.5
70	11.7	14.4	17.4	20.5	23.5
75	11.0	13.6	16.5	19.4	22.2
80	10.3	12.7	15.3	18.0	20.7
85	9.3	11.5	13.9	16.4	18.8
90	8.3	10.2	12.3	14.5	16.6

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	48	75	112	159
15	48	79	126	193	280
20	49	81	131	200	290
25	50	83	133	204	296
30	51	84	135	207	300
35	51	85	136	209	303
40	52	86	138	211	307
45	52	86	139	214	311
50	53	87	141	216	314
55	53	87	140	215	313
60	51	84	135	207	301
65	48	79	126	193	279
70	44	71	114	173	250
75	39	63	99	150	216
80	33	53	83	124	177
85	28	43	66	98	139
90	22	33	50	72	101

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	244	310	410	550	729
15	309	425	603	856	1182
20	315	435	621	883	1222
25	318	441	629	897	1243
30	320	444	635	906	1257
35	322	447	641	916	1271
40	324	451	647	925	1284
45	325	454	653	934	1298
50	327	457	658	943	1311
55	327	456	656	940	1306
60	320	445	637	909	1261
65	309	425	603	855	1180
70	294	397	557	781	1071
75	275	365	501	693	940
80	254	328	440	596	797
85	232	290	377	497	650
90	211	253	315	401	510

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Female 15k Cycling Times

A good 15k time is 33:51 for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 15k cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:10:29	57:03	46:23	38:12	32:05
15	58:31	47:23	38:31	31:44	26:39
20	52:12	42:16	34:22	28:18	23:46
25	51:25	41:38	33:51	27:53	23:25
30	51:32	41:44	33:55	27:56	23:28
35	51:40	41:50	34:01	28:01	23:31
40	51:48	41:56	34:06	28:05	23:35
45	51:57	42:03	34:12	28:10	23:39
50	52:06	42:11	34:18	28:15	23:43
55	52:16	42:19	34:24	28:20	23:48
60	52:26	42:27	34:31	28:25	23:52
65	54:11	43:52	35:40	29:22	24:40
70	57:59	46:57	38:10	31:26	26:24
75	01:02:22	50:29	41:03	33:49	28:24
80	01:07:28	54:37	44:25	36:35	30:43
85	01:13:29	59:30	48:22	39:50	33:27
90	01:20:41	01:05:19	53:07	43:45	36:44

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	12.8	15.8	19.4	23.6	28.0
15	15.4	19.0	23.4	28.4	33.8
20	17.2	21.3	26.2	31.8	37.9
25	17.5	21.6	26.6	32.3	38.4
30	17.5	21.6	26.5	32.2	38.4
35	17.4	21.5	26.5	32.1	38.3
40	17.4	21.5	26.4	32.0	38.2
45	17.3	21.4	26.3	32.0	38.1
50	17.3	21.3	26.2	31.9	37.9
55	17.2	21.3	26.2	31.8	37.8
60	17.2	21.2	26.1	31.7	37.7
65	16.6	20.5	25.2	30.6	36.5
70	15.5	19.2	23.6	28.6	34.1
75	14.4	17.8	21.9	26.6	31.7
80	13.3	16.5	20.3	24.6	29.3
85	12.2	15.1	18.6	22.6	26.9
90	11.2	13.8	16.9	20.6	24.5

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	7.9	9.8	12.1	14.6	17.4
15	9.6	11.8	14.5	17.6	21.0
20	10.7	13.2	16.3	19.8	23.5
25	10.9	13.4	16.5	20.1	23.9
30	10.9	13.4	16.5	20.0	23.8
35	10.8	13.4	16.4	20.0	23.8
40	10.8	13.3	16.4	19.9	23.7
45	10.8	13.3	16.4	19.9	23.6
50	10.7	13.3	16.3	19.8	23.6
55	10.7	13.2	16.3	19.7	23.5
60	10.7	13.2	16.2	19.7	23.4
65	10.3	12.7	15.7	19.0	22.7
70	9.6	11.9	14.7	17.8	21.2
75	9.0	11.1	13.6	16.5	19.7
80	8.3	10.2	12.6	15.3	18.2
85	7.6	9.4	11.6	14.0	16.7
90	6.9	8.6	10.5	12.8	15.2

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	27	43	69	108
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	33	54	90	150	243
25	34	56	94	157	253
30	34	55	93	156	251
35	33	55	92	155	250
40	33	55	92	154	248
45	33	54	91	152	246
50	33	54	91	151	244
55	33	53	90	150	242
60	32	53	89	149	240
65	30	49	82	136	219
70	26	42	69	114	182
75	22	35	57	94	149
80	19	30	48	77	121
85	16	25	39	62	97
90	13	20	31	49	76

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	160	195	256	353	500
15	190	248	348	512	762
20	217	296	433	661	1008
25	221	303	447	684	1047
30	221	302	445	681	1041
35	220	301	443	677	1035
40	219	300	440	673	1028
45	219	298	438	668	1021
50	218	297	435	664	1013
55	217	295	432	659	1005
60	216	294	430	654	997
65	207	279	402	607	919
70	192	251	354	522	779
75	178	227	311	448	656
80	166	205	273	383	549
85	155	187	241	327	458
90	145	170	213	280	380

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 15k cycle time standards

Cycling Level analysed 372 qualifying results from 4,781 community results submitted by 3,057 Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026 to produce our 15k cycle time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	4,781
Community users	3,057
Qualifying results	372
Male results	327
Female results	45
Data start	7 December 2021
Data cutoff	13 October 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.

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

The old average finish time for 15k was 31:56 across all ages and genders, 30:32 for men (now 4.2% faster) and 36:54 for women (now 9.0% faster).

Male
Female

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	39:32	43:45	+10.7%
Novice	34:11	35:22	+3.5%
Intermediate	30:32	29:18	-4.0%
Advanced	27:56	24:54	-10.8%
Elite	26:02	21:43	-16.6%

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	49:37	51:25	+3.6%
Novice	41:53	41:38	-0.6%
Intermediate	36:54	33:51	-8.3%
Advanced	33:28	27:53	-16.7%
Elite	31:02	23:25	-24.5%

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

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Male 15k Cycling Times

Average 15k cycle time by age and ability

Female 15k Cycling Times

Average 15k cycle time by age and ability

What do the cycling standards mean?

Data behind the 15k cycle time standards

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

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World Record

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	48	75	112	159
15	48	79	126	193	280
20	49	81	131	200	290
25	50	83	133	204	296
30	51	84	135	207	300
35	51	85	136	209	303
40	52	86	138	211	307
45	52	86	139	214	311
50	53	87	141	216	314
55	53	87	140	215	313
60	51	84	135	207	301
65	48	79	126	193	279
70	44	71	114	173	250
75	39	63	99	150	216
80	33	53	83	124	177
85	28	43	66	98	139
90	22	33	50	72	101

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	27	43	69	108
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	33	54	90	150	243
25	34	56	94	157	253
30	34	55	93	156	251
35	33	55	92	155	250
40	33	55	92	154	248
45	33	54	91	152	246
50	33	54	91	151	244
55	33	53	90	150	242
60	32	53	89	149	240
65	30	49	82	136	219
70	26	42	69	114	182
75	22	35	57	94	149
80	19	30	48	77	121
85	16	25	39	62	97
90	13	20	31	49	76

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	48	75	112	159
15	48	79	126	193	280
20	49	81	131	200	290
25	50	83	133	204	296
30	51	84	135	207	300
35	51	85	136	209	303
40	52	86	138	211	307
45	52	86	139	214	311
50	53	87	141	216	314
55	53	87	140	215	313
60	51	84	135	207	301
65	48	79	126	193	279
70	44	71	114	173	250
75	39	63	99	150	216
80	33	53	83	124	177
85	28	43	66	98	139
90	22	33	50	72	101

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	27	43	69	108
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	33	54	90	150	243
25	34	56	94	157	253
30	34	55	93	156	251
35	33	55	92	155	250
40	33	55	92	154	248
45	33	54	91	152	246
50	33	54	91	151	244
55	33	53	90	150	242
60	32	53	89	149	240
65	30	49	82	136	219
70	26	42	69	114	182
75	22	35	57	94	149
80	19	30	48	77	121
85	16	25	39	62	97
90	13	20	31	49	76

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	48	75	112	159
15	48	79	126	193	280
20	49	81	131	200	290
25	50	83	133	204	296
30	51	84	135	207	300
35	51	85	136	209	303
40	52	86	138	211	307
45	52	86	139	214	311
50	53	87	141	216	314
55	53	87	140	215	313
60	51	84	135	207	301
65	48	79	126	193	279
70	44	71	114	173	250
75	39	63	99	150	216
80	33	53	83	124	177
85	28	43	66	98	139
90	22	33	50	72	101

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	27	43	69	108
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	33	54	90	150	243
25	34	56	94	157	253
30	34	55	93	156	251
35	33	55	92	155	250
40	33	55	92	154	248
45	33	54	91	152	246
50	33	54	91	151	244
55	33	53	90	150	242
60	32	53	89	149	240
65	30	49	82	136	219
70	26	42	69	114	182
75	22	35	57	94	149
80	19	30	48	77	121
85	16	25	39	62	97
90	13	20	31	49	76