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	45:53	38:01	32:18	28:10
15	46:03	37:14	30:50	26:12	22:51
20	44:49	36:14	30:01	25:30	22:14
25	44:49	36:14	30:01	25:30	22:14
30	44:49	36:14	30:01	25:30	22:14
35	44:49	36:14	30:01	25:30	22:14
40	44:49	36:14	30:01	25:30	22:14
45	44:49	36:14	30:01	25:30	22:14
50	44:47	36:12	29:59	25:29	22:13
55	45:15	36:35	30:18	25:45	22:27
60	46:48	37:50	31:20	26:38	23:13
65	48:09	38:56	32:15	27:24	23:54
70	49:02	39:39	32:50	27:54	24:20
75	50:58	41:12	34:08	29:00	25:17
80	55:30	44:52	37:10	31:35	27:32
85	59:47	48:20	40:02	34:01	29:40
90	01:07:53	54:53	45:28	38:38	33:41

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	32.0
15	19.5	24.2	29.2	34.3	39.4
20	20.1	24.8	30.0	35.3	40.5
25	20.1	24.8	30.0	35.3	40.5
30	20.1	24.8	30.0	35.3	40.5
35	20.1	24.8	30.0	35.3	40.5
40	20.1	24.8	30.0	35.3	40.5
45	20.1	24.8	30.0	35.3	40.5
50	20.1	24.9	30.0	35.3	40.5
55	19.9	24.6	29.7	34.9	40.1
60	19.2	23.8	28.7	33.8	38.8
65	18.7	23.1	27.9	32.8	37.7
70	18.4	22.7	27.4	32.3	37.0
75	17.7	21.8	26.4	31.0	35.6
80	16.2	20.1	24.2	28.5	32.7
85	15.1	18.6	22.5	26.5	30.3
90	13.3	16.4	19.8	23.3	26.7

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	12.5	15.4	18.6	21.9	25.1
25	12.5	15.4	18.6	21.9	25.1
30	12.5	15.4	18.6	21.9	25.1
35	12.5	15.4	18.6	21.9	25.1
40	12.5	15.4	18.6	21.9	25.1
45	12.5	15.4	18.6	21.9	25.1
50	12.5	15.4	18.7	21.9	25.2
55	12.4	15.3	18.5	21.7	24.9
60	12.0	14.8	17.8	21.0	24.1
65	11.6	14.4	17.3	20.4	23.4
70	11.4	14.1	17.0	20.0	23.0
75	11.0	13.6	16.4	19.3	22.1
80	10.1	12.5	15.0	17.7	20.3
85	9.4	11.6	14.0	16.4	18.9
90	8.2	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	160
15	48	79	126	193	280
20	51	84	135	208	301
25	51	84	135	208	301
30	51	84	135	208	301
35	51	84	135	208	301
40	51	84	135	208	301
45	51	84	135	208	301
50	51	84	136	208	302
55	50	82	132	202	293
60	46	76	121	185	268
65	43	71	112	171	248
70	42	68	107	163	236
75	38	62	98	148	212
80	32	51	79	119	169
85	28	43	66	98	139
90	22	33	49	72	101

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	244	311	411	550	729
15	309	425	603	856	1182
20	321	445	638	910	1263
25	321	445	638	910	1263
30	321	445	638	910	1263
35	321	445	638	910	1263
40	321	445	638	910	1263
45	321	445	638	910	1263
50	321	446	639	912	1266
55	316	438	625	890	1233
60	303	414	584	825	1136
65	292	395	552	774	1061
70	286	384	533	744	1016
75	273	362	496	685	929
80	250	320	426	575	766
85	233	291	378	499	653
90	210	252	314	400	508

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	01:11:02	57:31	46:46	38:31	32:21
15	58:37	47:27	38:35	31:47	26:41
20	52:08	42:12	34:19	28:16	23:44
25	51:30	41:41	33:54	27:55	23:27
30	53:10	43:03	35:00	28:49	24:12
35	53:10	43:03	35:00	28:49	24:12
40	54:01	43:44	35:33	29:17	24:35
45	54:01	43:44	35:33	29:17	24:35
50	55:06	44:36	36:16	29:52	25:05
55	56:02	45:22	36:53	30:23	25:31
60	56:02	45:22	36:53	30:23	25:31
65	56:35	45:48	37:14	30:40	25:46
70	59:56	48:31	39:27	32:29	27:17
75	01:05:26	52:58	43:04	35:28	29:47
80	01:08:10	55:11	44:52	36:57	31:02
85	01:15:44	01:01:18	49:51	41:03	34:29
90	01:36:07	01:17:49	01:03:16	52:06	43:46

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	12.7	15.6	19.2	23.4	27.8
15	15.4	19.0	23.3	28.3	33.7
20	17.3	21.3	26.2	31.8	37.9
25	17.5	21.6	26.6	32.2	38.4
30	16.9	20.9	25.7	31.2	37.2
35	16.9	20.9	25.7	31.2	37.2
40	16.7	20.6	25.3	30.7	36.6
45	16.7	20.6	25.3	30.7	36.6
50	16.3	20.2	24.8	30.1	35.9
55	16.1	19.8	24.4	29.6	35.3
60	16.1	19.8	24.4	29.6	35.3
65	15.9	19.6	24.2	29.3	34.9
70	15.0	18.5	22.8	27.7	33.0
75	13.8	17.0	20.9	25.4	30.2
80	13.2	16.3	20.1	24.4	29.0
85	11.9	14.7	18.1	21.9	26.1
90	9.4	11.6	14.2	17.3	20.6

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	7.9	9.7	12.0	14.5	17.3
15	9.5	11.8	14.5	17.6	21.0
20	10.7	13.3	16.3	19.8	23.6
25	10.9	13.4	16.5	20.0	23.9
30	10.5	13.0	16.0	19.4	23.1
35	10.5	13.0	16.0	19.4	23.1
40	10.4	12.8	15.7	19.1	22.7
45	10.4	12.8	15.7	19.1	22.7
50	10.2	12.5	15.4	18.7	22.3
55	10.0	12.3	15.2	18.4	21.9
60	10.0	12.3	15.2	18.4	21.9
65	9.9	12.2	15.0	18.2	21.7
70	9.3	11.5	14.2	17.2	20.5
75	8.5	10.6	13.0	15.8	18.8
80	8.2	10.1	12.5	15.1	18.0
85	7.4	9.1	11.2	13.6	16.2
90	5.8	7.2	8.8	10.7	12.8

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	26	42	67	105
15	25	41	67	110	176
20	33	54	90	151	244
25	34	55	93	156	252
30	31	51	86	143	231
35	31	51	86	143	231
40	30	49	83	137	221
45	30	49	83	137	221
50	29	47	78	130	209
55	28	45	75	124	200
60	28	45	75	124	200
65	27	44	73	121	194
70	24	39	63	104	166
75	20	32	51	83	131
80	19	29	46	75	118
85	15	23	36	57	89
90	10	14	22	33	49

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	159	194	253	348	491
15	190	247	347	510	759
20	218	297	435	663	1012
25	221	303	446	682	1044
30	212	287	418	634	963
35	212	287	418	634	963
40	208	280	405	611	926
45	208	280	405	611	926
50	203	271	390	585	882
55	199	264	377	563	846
60	199	264	377	563	846
65	197	261	370	551	826
70	185	240	333	487	720
75	170	213	287	407	588
80	164	203	269	376	537
85	151	181	231	311	430
90	132	148	176	218	280

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	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 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	160
15	48	79	126	193	280
20	51	84	135	208	301
25	51	84	135	208	301
30	51	84	135	208	301
35	51	84	135	208	301
40	51	84	135	208	301
45	51	84	135	208	301
50	51	84	136	208	302
55	50	82	132	202	293
60	46	76	121	185	268
65	43	71	112	171	248
70	42	68	107	163	236
75	38	62	98	148	212
80	32	51	79	119	169
85	28	43	66	98	139
90	22	33	49	72	101

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	26	42	67	105
15	25	41	67	110	176
20	33	54	90	151	244
25	34	55	93	156	252
30	31	51	86	143	231
35	31	51	86	143	231
40	30	49	83	137	221
45	30	49	83	137	221
50	29	47	78	130	209
55	28	45	75	124	200
60	28	45	75	124	200
65	27	44	73	121	194
70	24	39	63	104	166
75	20	32	51	83	131
80	19	29	46	75	118
85	15	23	36	57	89
90	10	14	22	33	49

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	48	75	112	160
15	48	79	126	193	280
20	51	84	135	208	301
25	51	84	135	208	301
30	51	84	135	208	301
35	51	84	135	208	301
40	51	84	135	208	301
45	51	84	135	208	301
50	51	84	136	208	302
55	50	82	132	202	293
60	46	76	121	185	268
65	43	71	112	171	248
70	42	68	107	163	236
75	38	62	98	148	212
80	32	51	79	119	169
85	28	43	66	98	139
90	22	33	49	72	101

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	26	42	67	105
15	25	41	67	110	176
20	33	54	90	151	244
25	34	55	93	156	252
30	31	51	86	143	231
35	31	51	86	143	231
40	30	49	83	137	221
45	30	49	83	137	221
50	29	47	78	130	209
55	28	45	75	124	200
60	28	45	75	124	200
65	27	44	73	121	194
70	24	39	63	104	166
75	20	32	51	83	131
80	19	29	46	75	118
85	15	23	36	57	89
90	10	14	22	33	49

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	48	75	112	160
15	48	79	126	193	280
20	51	84	135	208	301
25	51	84	135	208	301
30	51	84	135	208	301
35	51	84	135	208	301
40	51	84	135	208	301
45	51	84	135	208	301
50	51	84	136	208	302
55	50	82	132	202	293
60	46	76	121	185	268
65	43	71	112	171	248
70	42	68	107	163	236
75	38	62	98	148	212
80	32	51	79	119	169
85	28	43	66	98	139
90	22	33	49	72	101

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	26	42	67	105
15	25	41	67	110	176
20	33	54	90	151	244
25	34	55	93	156	252
30	31	51	86	143	231
35	31	51	86	143	231
40	30	49	83	137	221
45	30	49	83	137	221
50	29	47	78	130	209
55	28	45	75	124	200
60	28	45	75	124	200
65	27	44	73	121	194
70	24	39	63	104	166
75	20	32	51	83	131
80	19	29	46	75	118
85	15	23	36	57	89
90	10	14	22	33	49