1k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1k cycle time?

A good 1k time is 01:46. This is the average 1k time across all ages and genders.

A good 1k time for a man is 01:41. This is the average 1k time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:36	02:15	02:01	01:50	01:43
15	02:15	01:57	01:45	01:36	01:29
20	02:11	01:53	01:41	01:32	01:26
25	02:11	01:53	01:41	01:32	01:26
30	02:11	01:53	01:41	01:32	01:26
35	02:13	01:55	01:43	01:34	01:28
40	02:18	01:59	01:46	01:37	01:31
45	02:23	02:03	01:50	01:41	01:34
50	02:28	02:08	01:55	01:45	01:38
55	02:34	02:14	01:59	01:49	01:42
60	02:41	02:19	02:04	01:54	01:46
65	02:48	02:25	02:10	01:59	01:51
70	02:57	02:33	02:16	02:05	01:56
75	03:10	02:44	02:27	02:14	02:05
80	03:30	03:02	02:42	02:28	02:18
85	04:02	03:29	03:07	02:51	02:39
90	04:55	04:15	03:47	03:28	03:14

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	23.0	26.6	29.8	32.6	34.9
15	26.6	30.8	34.4	37.6	40.4
20	27.5	31.8	35.6	39.0	41.8
25	27.5	31.8	35.6	39.0	41.8
30	27.5	31.8	35.6	38.9	41.7
35	27.1	31.3	35.0	38.3	41.1
40	26.2	30.2	33.9	37.0	39.7
45	25.2	29.2	32.6	35.7	38.2
50	24.3	28.1	31.4	34.3	36.8
55	23.3	27.0	30.2	33.0	35.4
60	22.4	25.9	29.0	31.6	33.9
65	21.4	24.8	27.7	30.3	32.5
70	20.4	23.6	26.4	28.9	30.9
75	19.0	21.9	24.6	26.9	28.8
80	17.1	19.8	22.2	24.3	26.0
85	14.9	17.2	19.3	21.1	22.6
90	12.2	14.1	15.8	17.3	18.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	14.3	16.5	18.5	20.2	21.7
15	16.5	19.1	21.4	23.4	25.1
20	17.1	19.8	22.1	24.2	26.0
25	17.1	19.8	22.1	24.2	26.0
30	17.1	19.8	22.1	24.2	25.9
35	16.8	19.4	21.8	23.8	25.5
40	16.3	18.8	21.0	23.0	24.7
45	15.7	18.1	20.3	22.2	23.8
50	15.1	17.4	19.5	21.3	22.9
55	14.5	16.7	18.8	20.5	22.0
60	13.9	16.1	18.0	19.7	21.1
65	13.3	15.4	17.2	18.8	20.2
70	12.7	14.6	16.4	17.9	19.2
75	11.8	13.6	15.3	16.7	17.9
80	10.7	12.3	13.8	15.1	16.2
85	9.3	10.7	12.0	13.1	14.0
90	7.6	8.8	9.8	10.7	11.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	126	165	206	247	287
15	164	219	278	339	397
20	176	235	300	366	430
25	176	235	300	366	430
30	175	235	300	366	429
35	170	227	289	352	414
40	159	212	269	326	382
45	149	197	248	301	351
50	138	182	229	277	322
55	129	169	211	254	295
60	120	156	194	233	270
65	111	144	178	213	246
70	102	132	162	193	222
75	91	116	142	168	192
80	78	98	118	139	158
85	63	78	94	108	122
90	48	59	69	79	88

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	603	749	903	1060	1209
15	748	954	1177	1405	1624
20	790	1015	1259	1508	1749
25	790	1015	1259	1508	1749
30	789	1014	1257	1506	1746
35	769	985	1217	1456	1686
40	728	927	1140	1358	1568
45	688	869	1063	1261	1451
50	650	815	991	1170	1342
55	614	764	923	1085	1239
60	580	715	859	1005	1143
65	547	670	799	930	1054
70	514	624	739	854	964
75	472	565	662	759	851
80	422	497	574	650	722
85	367	424	481	536	588
90	311	350	389	426	459

A good 1k time for a woman is 02:02. This is the average 1k time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:12	02:42	02:23	02:10	02:00
15	02:52	02:26	02:08	01:56	01:48
20	02:44	02:19	02:02	01:51	01:43
25	02:44	02:19	02:02	01:51	01:43
30	02:44	02:19	02:02	01:51	01:43
35	02:45	02:20	02:03	01:51	01:43
40	02:49	02:22	02:05	01:54	01:46
45	02:55	02:27	02:10	01:58	01:49
50	03:04	02:35	02:17	02:04	01:55
55	03:14	02:44	02:24	02:11	02:02
60	03:26	02:54	02:33	02:19	02:09
65	03:40	03:05	02:43	02:28	02:17
70	03:55	03:18	02:55	02:38	02:27
75	04:12	03:33	03:08	02:50	02:38
80	04:33	03:51	03:23	03:04	02:51
85	05:07	04:20	03:49	03:27	03:12
90	06:11	05:13	04:36	04:10	03:52

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18.7	22.2	25.2	27.8	30.0
15	20.9	24.7	28.1	31.0	33.4
20	21.9	26.0	29.5	32.5	35.1
25	21.9	26.0	29.5	32.5	35.1
30	21.9	26.0	29.5	32.5	35.1
35	21.8	25.8	29.3	32.3	34.8
40	21.3	25.3	28.7	31.7	34.1
45	20.6	24.4	27.7	30.6	32.9
50	19.6	23.2	26.3	29.1	31.3
55	18.5	22.0	24.9	27.5	29.6
60	17.5	20.7	23.5	25.9	27.9
65	16.4	19.4	22.1	24.3	26.2
70	15.3	18.2	20.6	22.7	24.5
75	14.3	16.9	19.2	21.2	22.8
80	13.2	15.6	17.7	19.6	21.1
85	11.7	13.9	15.7	17.4	18.7
90	9.7	11.5	13.1	14.4	15.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	11.6	13.8	15.7	17.3	18.6
15	13.0	15.4	17.4	19.2	20.7
20	13.6	16.1	18.3	20.2	21.8
25	13.6	16.1	18.3	20.2	21.8
30	13.6	16.1	18.3	20.2	21.8
35	13.5	16.0	18.2	20.1	21.6
40	13.3	15.7	17.8	19.7	21.2
45	12.8	15.2	17.2	19.0	20.5
50	12.2	14.4	16.4	18.1	19.5
55	11.5	13.6	15.5	17.1	18.4
60	10.9	12.9	14.6	16.1	17.4
65	10.2	12.1	13.7	15.1	16.3
70	9.5	11.3	12.8	14.1	15.2
75	8.9	10.5	11.9	13.2	14.2
80	8.2	9.7	11.0	12.2	13.1
85	7.3	8.6	9.8	10.8	11.6
90	6.0	7.2	8.1	9.0	9.7

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	74	100	128	157	184
15	90	124	160	197	233
20	98	136	178	220	261
25	98	136	178	220	261
30	98	136	178	220	261
35	97	135	175	217	257
40	93	129	168	207	245
45	88	120	156	192	227
50	80	109	140	172	203
55	73	98	125	153	179
60	66	88	112	136	158
65	60	79	99	120	139
70	54	70	88	105	122
75	48	63	77	92	106
80	43	55	68	80	91
85	36	46	56	65	74
90	29	36	42	49	55

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	374	472	577	684	786
15	432	560	696	837	973
20	464	608	763	923	1078
25	464	608	763	923	1078
30	464	608	763	923	1078
35	459	601	753	911	1063
40	446	580	725	875	1018
45	424	548	680	817	948
50	396	506	623	743	857
55	369	465	567	671	770
60	343	427	515	605	690
65	319	392	468	545	617
70	297	360	425	490	552
75	276	330	386	441	493
80	256	302	349	395	438
85	231	268	305	341	373
90	202	228	254	278	301

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.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	126	165	206	247	287
15	164	219	278	339	397
20	176	235	300	366	430
25	176	235	300	366	430
30	175	235	300	366	429
35	170	227	289	352	414
40	159	212	269	326	382
45	149	197	248	301	351
50	138	182	229	277	322
55	129	169	211	254	295
60	120	156	194	233	270
65	111	144	178	213	246
70	102	132	162	193	222
75	91	116	142	168	192
80	78	98	118	139	158
85	63	78	94	108	122
90	48	59	69	79	88

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	74	100	128	157	184
15	90	124	160	197	233
20	98	136	178	220	261
25	98	136	178	220	261
30	98	136	178	220	261
35	97	135	175	217	257
40	93	129	168	207	245
45	88	120	156	192	227
50	80	109	140	172	203
55	73	98	125	153	179
60	66	88	112	136	158
65	60	79	99	120	139
70	54	70	88	105	122
75	48	63	77	92	106
80	43	55	68	80	91
85	36	46	56	65	74
90	29	36	42	49	55

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	126	165	206	247	287
15	164	219	278	339	397
20	176	235	300	366	430
25	176	235	300	366	430
30	175	235	300	366	429
35	170	227	289	352	414
40	159	212	269	326	382
45	149	197	248	301	351
50	138	182	229	277	322
55	129	169	211	254	295
60	120	156	194	233	270
65	111	144	178	213	246
70	102	132	162	193	222
75	91	116	142	168	192
80	78	98	118	139	158
85	63	78	94	108	122
90	48	59	69	79	88

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	74	100	128	157	184
15	90	124	160	197	233
20	98	136	178	220	261
25	98	136	178	220	261
30	98	136	178	220	261
35	97	135	175	217	257
40	93	129	168	207	245
45	88	120	156	192	227
50	80	109	140	172	203
55	73	98	125	153	179
60	66	88	112	136	158
65	60	79	99	120	139
70	54	70	88	105	122
75	48	63	77	92	106
80	43	55	68	80	91
85	36	46	56	65	74
90	29	36	42	49	55

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	126	165	206	247	287
15	164	219	278	339	397
20	176	235	300	366	430
25	176	235	300	366	430
30	175	235	300	366	429
35	170	227	289	352	414
40	159	212	269	326	382
45	149	197	248	301	351
50	138	182	229	277	322
55	129	169	211	254	295
60	120	156	194	233	270
65	111	144	178	213	246
70	102	132	162	193	222
75	91	116	142	168	192
80	78	98	118	139	158
85	63	78	94	108	122
90	48	59	69	79	88

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	74	100	128	157	184
15	90	124	160	197	233
20	98	136	178	220	261
25	98	136	178	220	261
30	98	136	178	220	261
35	97	135	175	217	257
40	93	129	168	207	245
45	88	120	156	192	227
50	80	109	140	172	203
55	73	98	125	153	179
60	66	88	112	136	158
65	60	79	99	120	139
70	54	70	88	105	122
75	48	63	77	92	106
80	43	55	68	80	91
85	36	46	56	65	74
90	29	36	42	49	55