15k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 15k cycle time?

A good 15k time is 31:56. This is the average 15k time across all ages and genders.

Male 15k Cycling Times

A good 15k time for a man is 30:32. This is the average 15k time across men of all ages.

Average 15k 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	47:19	40:55	36:32	33:25	31:10
15	40:57	35:24	31:37	28:55	26:58
20	39:32	34:11	30:32	27:56	26:02
25	39:32	34:11	30:32	27:56	26:02
30	39:32	34:11	30:32	27:56	26:02
35	39:49	34:26	30:45	28:08	26:14
40	40:53	35:21	31:34	28:53	26:56
45	42:34	36:48	32:52	30:04	28:02
50	44:24	38:23	34:17	31:22	29:15
55	46:23	40:06	35:49	32:46	30:33
60	48:34	42:00	37:30	34:19	31:59
65	50:58	44:04	39:21	36:00	33:34
70	53:37	46:21	41:24	37:52	35:19
75	57:14	49:29	44:11	40:26	37:42
80	01:03:03	54:31	48:41	44:32	41:31
85	01:12:20	01:02:32	55:51	51:06	47:38
90	01:28:02	01:16:07	01:07:58	01:02:11	57:59

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	19.0	22.0	24.6	26.9	28.9
15	22.0	25.4	28.5	31.1	33.4
20	22.8	26.3	29.5	32.2	34.6
25	22.8	26.3	29.5	32.2	34.6
30	22.8	26.3	29.5	32.2	34.6
35	22.6	26.1	29.3	32.0	34.3
40	22.0	25.5	28.5	31.2	33.4
45	21.1	24.5	27.4	29.9	32.1
50	20.3	23.4	26.3	28.7	30.8
55	19.4	22.4	25.1	27.5	29.5
60	18.5	21.4	24.0	26.2	28.1
65	17.7	20.4	22.9	25.0	26.8
70	16.8	19.4	21.7	23.8	25.5
75	15.7	18.2	20.4	22.3	23.9
80	14.3	16.5	18.5	20.2	21.7
85	12.4	14.4	16.1	17.6	18.9
90	10.2	11.8	13.2	14.5	15.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	11.8	13.7	15.3	16.7	17.9
15	13.7	15.8	17.7	19.3	20.7
20	14.1	16.4	18.3	20.0	21.5
25	14.1	16.4	18.3	20.0	21.5
30	14.1	16.4	18.3	20.0	21.5
35	14.0	16.2	18.2	19.9	21.3
40	13.7	15.8	17.7	19.4	20.8
45	13.1	15.2	17.0	18.6	19.9
50	12.6	14.6	16.3	17.8	19.1
55	12.1	13.9	15.6	17.1	18.3
60	11.5	13.3	14.9	16.3	17.5
65	11.0	12.7	14.2	15.5	16.7
70	10.4	12.1	13.5	14.8	15.8
75	9.8	11.3	12.7	13.8	14.8
80	8.9	10.3	11.5	12.6	13.5
85	7.7	8.9	10.0	10.9	11.7
90	6.4	7.3	8.2	9.0	9.6

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	91	116	142	168	193
15	116	151	188	225	260
20	124	161	201	242	281
25	124	161	201	242	281
30	124	161	201	242	281
35	122	159	198	238	276
40	117	151	188	225	261
45	109	141	174	207	240
50	101	130	160	191	220
55	94	121	148	175	201
60	88	111	136	160	183
65	81	103	125	146	167
70	75	95	114	133	152
75	68	85	102	119	135
80	60	74	87	101	114
85	50	60	71	81	90
90	39	46	54	61	67

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	473	567	665	763	856
15	567	697	835	974	1108
20	594	736	886	1038	1185
25	594	736	886	1038	1185
30	594	736	886	1038	1185
35	588	728	876	1025	1169
40	568	699	837	977	1111
45	538	658	783	910	1031
50	511	619	733	846	956
55	484	583	685	787	885
60	459	548	640	732	819
65	435	515	598	680	757
70	413	485	558	631	700
75	386	450	514	576	635
80	353	406	458	509	556
85	315	356	396	434	469
90	274	303	331	358	382

Female 15k Cycling Times

A good 15k time for a woman is 36:54. This is the average 15k time across women of all ages.

Average 15k 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	01:00:04	50:43	44:40	40:31	37:34
15	53:08	44:52	39:31	35:50	33:14
20	49:41	41:57	36:57	33:31	31:04
25	49:37	41:53	36:54	33:28	31:02
30	49:40	41:56	36:56	33:30	31:03
35	50:12	42:23	37:20	33:52	31:24
40	51:24	43:24	38:13	34:40	32:09
45	53:21	45:03	39:40	35:59	33:22
50	56:12	47:27	41:47	37:54	35:09
55	59:38	50:21	44:21	40:14	37:18
60	01:03:32	53:39	47:15	42:51	39:44
65	01:07:58	57:23	50:32	45:51	42:30
70	01:13:04	01:01:41	54:20	49:17	45:41
75	01:19:00	01:06:42	58:44	53:17	49:24
80	01:27:10	01:13:36	01:04:49	58:48	54:31
85	01:41:04	01:25:20	01:15:09	01:08:10	01:03:12
90	02:06:13	01:46:34	01:33:51	01:25:08	01:18:56

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	15.0	17.7	20.1	22.2	24.0
15	16.9	20.1	22.8	25.1	27.1
20	18.1	21.5	24.4	26.9	29.0
25	18.1	21.5	24.4	26.9	29.0
30	18.1	21.5	24.4	26.9	29.0
35	17.9	21.2	24.1	26.6	28.7
40	17.5	20.7	23.5	26.0	28.0
45	16.9	20.0	22.7	25.0	27.0
50	16.0	19.0	21.5	23.7	25.6
55	15.1	17.9	20.3	22.4	24.1
60	14.2	16.8	19.0	21.0	22.7
65	13.2	15.7	17.8	19.6	21.2
70	12.3	14.6	16.6	18.3	19.7
75	11.4	13.5	15.3	16.9	18.2
80	10.3	12.2	13.9	15.3	16.5
85	8.9	10.5	12.0	13.2	14.2
90	7.1	8.4	9.6	10.6	11.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	9.3	11.0	12.5	13.8	14.9
15	10.5	12.5	14.2	15.6	16.8
20	11.3	13.3	15.1	16.7	18.0
25	11.3	13.4	15.2	16.7	18.0
30	11.3	13.3	15.1	16.7	18.0
35	11.1	13.2	15.0	16.5	17.8
40	10.9	12.9	14.6	16.1	17.4
45	10.5	12.4	14.1	15.5	16.8
50	10.0	11.8	13.4	14.8	15.9
55	9.4	11.1	12.6	13.9	15.0
60	8.8	10.4	11.8	13.0	14.1
65	8.2	9.7	11.1	12.2	13.2
70	7.7	9.1	10.3	11.3	12.2
75	7.1	8.4	9.5	10.5	11.3
80	6.4	7.6	8.6	9.5	10.3
85	5.5	6.6	7.4	8.2	8.8
90	4.4	5.2	6.0	6.6	7.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	52	68	84	101	116
15	63	84	105	127	148
20	70	94	120	146	171
25	70	95	120	146	171
30	70	94	120	146	171
35	69	93	118	143	167
40	66	89	112	136	159
45	62	83	105	126	147
50	57	76	95	114	132
55	52	69	85	102	118
60	48	62	76	91	104
65	43	56	68	80	92
70	39	50	61	71	81
75	35	44	54	63	71
80	31	39	46	54	60
85	26	32	38	43	48
90	20	24	28	32	35

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	289	349	411	473	532
15	331	409	491	574	653
20	358	449	546	644	738
25	359	450	547	645	740
30	359	450	547	644	739
35	354	443	537	632	724
40	344	428	517	607	693
45	329	407	488	570	649
50	311	380	452	524	593
55	292	352	416	478	538
60	274	327	382	436	487
65	257	304	351	397	441
70	241	282	322	362	399
75	227	262	296	330	361
80	211	240	269	296	321
85	191	214	236	256	275
90	169	185	200	214	227

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	91	116	142	168	193
15	116	151	188	225	260
20	124	161	201	242	281
25	124	161	201	242	281
30	124	161	201	242	281
35	122	159	198	238	276
40	117	151	188	225	261
45	109	141	174	207	240
50	101	130	160	191	220
55	94	121	148	175	201
60	88	111	136	160	183
65	81	103	125	146	167
70	75	95	114	133	152
75	68	85	102	119	135
80	60	74	87	101	114
85	50	60	71	81	90
90	39	46	54	61	67

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	52	68	84	101	116
15	63	84	105	127	148
20	70	94	120	146	171
25	70	95	120	146	171
30	70	94	120	146	171
35	69	93	118	143	167
40	66	89	112	136	159
45	62	83	105	126	147
50	57	76	95	114	132
55	52	69	85	102	118
60	48	62	76	91	104
65	43	56	68	80	92
70	39	50	61	71	81
75	35	44	54	63	71
80	31	39	46	54	60
85	26	32	38	43	48
90	20	24	28	32	35

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	289	349	411	473	532
15	331	409	491	574	653
20	358	449	546	644	738
25	359	450	547	645	740
30	359	450	547	644	739
35	354	443	537	632	724
40	344	428	517	607	693
45	329	407	488	570	649
50	311	380	452	524	593
55	292	352	416	478	538
60	274	327	382	436	487
65	257	304	351	397	441
70	241	282	322	362	399
75	227	262	296	330	361
80	211	240	269	296	321
85	191	214	236	256	275
90	169	185	200	214	227

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	91	116	142	168	193
15	116	151	188	225	260
20	124	161	201	242	281
25	124	161	201	242	281
30	124	161	201	242	281
35	122	159	198	238	276
40	117	151	188	225	261
45	109	141	174	207	240
50	101	130	160	191	220
55	94	121	148	175	201
60	88	111	136	160	183
65	81	103	125	146	167
70	75	95	114	133	152
75	68	85	102	119	135
80	60	74	87	101	114
85	50	60	71	81	90
90	39	46	54	61	67

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	52	68	84	101	116
15	63	84	105	127	148
20	70	94	120	146	171
25	70	95	120	146	171
30	70	94	120	146	171
35	69	93	118	143	167
40	66	89	112	136	159
45	62	83	105	126	147
50	57	76	95	114	132
55	52	69	85	102	118
60	48	62	76	91	104
65	43	56	68	80	92
70	39	50	61	71	81
75	35	44	54	63	71
80	31	39	46	54	60
85	26	32	38	43	48
90	20	24	28	32	35

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	289	349	411	473	532
15	331	409	491	574	653
20	358	449	546	644	738
25	359	450	547	645	740
30	359	450	547	644	739
35	354	443	537	632	724
40	344	428	517	607	693
45	329	407	488	570	649
50	311	380	452	524	593
55	292	352	416	478	538
60	274	327	382	436	487
65	257	304	351	397	441
70	241	282	322	362	399
75	227	262	296	330	361
80	211	240	269	296	321
85	191	214	236	256	275
90	169	185	200	214	227

15k Cycle Times

Cycling Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 15k cycle time?

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 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	91	116	142	168	193
15	116	151	188	225	260
20	124	161	201	242	281
25	124	161	201	242	281
30	124	161	201	242	281
35	122	159	198	238	276
40	117	151	188	225	261
45	109	141	174	207	240
50	101	130	160	191	220
55	94	121	148	175	201
60	88	111	136	160	183
65	81	103	125	146	167
70	75	95	114	133	152
75	68	85	102	119	135
80	60	74	87	101	114
85	50	60	71	81	90
90	39	46	54	61	67

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	52	68	84	101	116
15	63	84	105	127	148
20	70	94	120	146	171
25	70	95	120	146	171
30	70	94	120	146	171
35	69	93	118	143	167
40	66	89	112	136	159
45	62	83	105	126	147
50	57	76	95	114	132
55	52	69	85	102	118
60	48	62	76	91	104
65	43	56	68	80	92
70	39	50	61	71	81
75	35	44	54	63	71
80	31	39	46	54	60
85	26	32	38	43	48
90	20	24	28	32	35

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	289	349	411	473	532
15	331	409	491	574	653
20	358	449	546	644	738
25	359	450	547	645	740
30	359	450	547	644	739
35	354	443	537	632	724
40	344	428	517	607	693
45	329	407	488	570	649
50	311	380	452	524	593
55	292	352	416	478	538
60	274	327	382	436	487
65	257	304	351	397	441
70	241	282	322	362	399
75	227	262	296	330	361
80	211	240	269	296	321
85	191	214	236	256	275
90	169	185	200	214	227