20 Mile Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 20 mile cycle time?

A good 20 mile time is 01:12:17. This is the average 20 mile time across all ages and genders.

Male 20 Mile Cycling Times

A good 20 mile time for a man is 01:09:06. This is the average 20 mile time across men of all ages.

Average 20 mile 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	01:47:06	01:32:36	01:22:42	01:15:39	01:10:32
15	01:32:41	01:20:08	01:11:34	01:05:28	01:01:03
20	01:29:30	01:17:23	01:09:06	01:03:13	58:57
25	01:29:30	01:17:23	01:09:06	01:03:13	58:57
30	01:29:30	01:17:23	01:09:06	01:03:13	58:57
35	01:29:59	01:17:48	01:09:29	01:03:34	59:16
40	01:32:18	01:19:48	01:11:16	01:05:12	01:00:47
45	01:36:07	01:23:06	01:14:13	01:07:54	01:03:18
50	01:40:18	01:26:44	01:17:27	01:10:51	01:06:04
55	01:44:53	01:30:41	01:20:59	01:14:05	01:09:05
60	01:49:53	01:35:01	01:24:51	01:17:37	01:12:23
65	01:55:24	01:39:47	01:29:06	01:21:31	01:16:00
70	02:01:30	01:45:03	01:33:49	01:25:49	01:20:01
75	02:09:53	01:52:18	01:40:18	01:31:45	01:25:33
80	02:23:28	02:04:03	01:50:47	01:41:20	01:34:29
85	02:45:22	02:22:59	02:07:41	01:56:48	01:48:55
90	03:22:56	02:55:28	02:36:42	02:23:21	02:13:40

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18.0	20.9	23.4	25.5	27.4
15	20.8	24.1	27.0	29.5	31.6
20	21.6	25.0	27.9	30.5	32.8
25	21.6	25.0	27.9	30.5	32.8
30	21.6	25.0	27.9	30.5	32.8
35	21.5	24.8	27.8	30.4	32.6
40	20.9	24.2	27.1	29.6	31.8
45	20.1	23.2	26.0	28.4	30.5
50	19.3	22.3	24.9	27.3	29.2
55	18.4	21.3	23.8	26.1	28.0
60	17.6	20.3	22.8	24.9	26.7
65	16.7	19.4	21.7	23.7	25.4
70	15.9	18.4	20.6	22.5	24.1
75	14.9	17.2	19.3	21.0	22.6
80	13.5	15.6	17.4	19.1	20.4
85	11.7	13.5	15.1	16.5	17.7
90	9.5	11.0	12.3	13.5	14.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	11.2	13.0	14.5	15.9	17.0
15	12.9	15.0	16.8	18.3	19.7
20	13.4	15.5	17.4	19.0	20.4
25	13.4	15.5	17.4	19.0	20.4
30	13.4	15.5	17.4	19.0	20.4
35	13.3	15.4	17.3	18.9	20.2
40	13.0	15.0	16.8	18.4	19.7
45	12.5	14.4	16.2	17.7	19.0
50	12.0	13.8	15.5	16.9	18.2
55	11.4	13.2	14.8	16.2	17.4
60	10.9	12.6	14.1	15.5	16.6
65	10.4	12.0	13.5	14.7	15.8
70	9.9	11.4	12.8	14.0	15.0
75	9.2	10.7	12.0	13.1	14.0
80	8.4	9.7	10.8	11.8	12.7
85	7.3	8.4	9.4	10.3	11.0
90	5.9	6.8	7.7	8.4	9.0

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	84	106	129	152	174
15	106	137	169	201	232
20	113	146	181	216	250
25	113	146	181	216	250
30	113	146	181	216	250
35	112	144	179	214	247
40	107	138	170	203	234
45	100	128	158	187	216
50	93	119	146	172	198
55	87	110	134	158	181
60	81	102	124	145	165
65	75	94	114	133	151
70	70	87	104	121	137
75	63	78	93	108	122
80	55	67	80	92	103
85	46	55	65	74	82
90	36	42	49	55	61

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	445	529	616	702	783
15	529	644	765	887	1004
20	553	678	810	943	1071
25	553	678	810	943	1071
30	553	678	810	943	1071
35	549	673	803	934	1060
40	531	648	770	893	1012
45	505	611	723	834	941
50	480	577	677	778	873
55	456	544	634	725	810
60	433	512	594	675	752
65	411	483	556	628	697
70	390	455	520	585	645
75	367	423	480	535	587
80	336	383	429	474	516
85	301	337	372	406	437
90	262	288	313	336	357

Female 20 Mile Cycling Times

A good 20 mile time for a woman is 01:23:31. This is the average 20 mile time across women of all ages.

Average 20 mile 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	02:19:02	01:57:23	01:43:23	01:33:46	01:26:57
15	02:02:13	01:43:11	01:30:52	01:22:26	01:16:26
20	01:53:07	01:35:30	01:24:07	01:16:18	01:10:45
25	01:52:19	01:34:49	01:23:31	01:15:45	01:10:14
30	01:52:19	01:34:49	01:23:31	01:15:45	01:10:14
35	01:53:03	01:35:26	01:24:04	01:16:15	01:10:42
40	01:55:33	01:37:33	01:25:55	01:17:56	01:12:16
45	02:00:02	01:41:20	01:29:15	01:20:57	01:15:04
50	02:06:53	01:47:07	01:34:21	01:25:34	01:19:21
55	02:15:04	01:54:02	01:40:26	01:31:06	01:24:28
60	02:24:23	02:01:54	01:47:21	01:37:23	01:30:17
65	02:35:05	02:10:56	01:55:19	01:44:36	01:36:59
70	02:47:30	02:21:25	02:04:33	01:52:59	01:44:45
75	03:02:05	02:33:44	02:15:24	02:02:49	01:53:52
80	03:23:08	02:51:30	02:31:03	02:17:00	02:07:02
85	03:59:28	03:22:10	02:58:04	02:41:31	02:29:46
90	05:07:37	04:19:43	03:48:44	03:27:29	03:12:23

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	13.9	16.5	18.7	20.6	22.2
15	15.8	18.7	21.3	23.4	25.3
20	17.1	20.2	23.0	25.3	27.3
25	17.2	20.4	23.1	25.5	27.5
30	17.2	20.4	23.1	25.5	27.5
35	17.1	20.2	23.0	25.3	27.3
40	16.7	19.8	22.5	24.8	26.7
45	16.1	19.1	21.6	23.9	25.7
50	15.2	18.0	20.5	22.6	24.3
55	14.3	16.9	19.2	21.2	22.9
60	13.4	15.8	18.0	19.8	21.4
65	12.5	14.7	16.7	18.5	19.9
70	11.5	13.7	15.5	17.1	18.4
75	10.6	12.6	14.3	15.7	17.0
80	9.5	11.3	12.8	14.1	15.2
85	8.1	9.6	10.8	12.0	12.9
90	6.3	7.4	8.4	9.3	10.0

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	8.6	10.2	11.6	12.8	13.8
15	9.8	11.6	13.2	14.6	15.7
20	10.6	12.6	14.3	15.7	17.0
25	10.7	12.7	14.4	15.8	17.1
30	10.7	12.7	14.4	15.8	17.1
35	10.6	12.6	14.3	15.7	17.0
40	10.4	12.3	14.0	15.4	16.6
45	10.0	11.8	13.4	14.8	16.0
50	9.5	11.2	12.7	14.0	15.1
55	8.9	10.5	11.9	13.2	14.2
60	8.3	9.8	11.2	12.3	13.3
65	7.7	9.2	10.4	11.5	12.4
70	7.2	8.5	9.6	10.6	11.5
75	6.6	7.8	8.9	9.8	10.5
80	5.9	7.0	7.9	8.8	9.4
85	5.0	5.9	6.7	7.4	8.0
90	3.9	4.6	5.2	5.8	6.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	46	60	74	88	101
15	56	74	93	111	129
20	64	85	107	129	151
25	64	86	108	131	153
30	64	86	108	131	153
35	64	85	107	130	151
40	61	82	103	124	144
45	58	76	96	115	134
50	53	70	87	104	120
55	48	63	78	92	106
60	44	56	69	82	94
65	40	51	62	72	82
70	36	45	55	64	72
75	32	40	48	56	63
80	28	35	41	47	53
85	23	28	33	37	42
90	17	21	24	27	30

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	269	320	372	424	473
15	306	373	443	513	580
20	334	413	497	582	662
25	337	418	503	589	671
30	337	418	503	589	671
35	334	414	498	582	663
40	326	402	481	562	638
45	312	382	455	528	598
50	294	356	420	484	545
55	276	331	387	442	494
60	259	307	355	403	447
65	244	285	326	367	405
70	229	264	300	334	366
75	215	245	276	304	331
80	199	225	249	272	294
85	180	200	218	235	251
90	159	172	185	196	206

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	84	106	129	152	174
15	106	137	169	201	232
20	113	146	181	216	250
25	113	146	181	216	250
30	113	146	181	216	250
35	112	144	179	214	247
40	107	138	170	203	234
45	100	128	158	187	216
50	93	119	146	172	198
55	87	110	134	158	181
60	81	102	124	145	165
65	75	94	114	133	151
70	70	87	104	121	137
75	63	78	93	108	122
80	55	67	80	92	103
85	46	55	65	74	82
90	36	42	49	55	61

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	46	60	74	88	101
15	56	74	93	111	129
20	64	85	107	129	151
25	64	86	108	131	153
30	64	86	108	131	153
35	64	85	107	130	151
40	61	82	103	124	144
45	58	76	96	115	134
50	53	70	87	104	120
55	48	63	78	92	106
60	44	56	69	82	94
65	40	51	62	72	82
70	36	45	55	64	72
75	32	40	48	56	63
80	28	35	41	47	53
85	23	28	33	37	42
90	17	21	24	27	30

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	269	320	372	424	473
15	306	373	443	513	580
20	334	413	497	582	662
25	337	418	503	589	671
30	337	418	503	589	671
35	334	414	498	582	663
40	326	402	481	562	638
45	312	382	455	528	598
50	294	356	420	484	545
55	276	331	387	442	494
60	259	307	355	403	447
65	244	285	326	367	405
70	229	264	300	334	366
75	215	245	276	304	331
80	199	225	249	272	294
85	180	200	218	235	251
90	159	172	185	196	206

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	84	106	129	152	174
15	106	137	169	201	232
20	113	146	181	216	250
25	113	146	181	216	250
30	113	146	181	216	250
35	112	144	179	214	247
40	107	138	170	203	234
45	100	128	158	187	216
50	93	119	146	172	198
55	87	110	134	158	181
60	81	102	124	145	165
65	75	94	114	133	151
70	70	87	104	121	137
75	63	78	93	108	122
80	55	67	80	92	103
85	46	55	65	74	82
90	36	42	49	55	61

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	46	60	74	88	101
15	56	74	93	111	129
20	64	85	107	129	151
25	64	86	108	131	153
30	64	86	108	131	153
35	64	85	107	130	151
40	61	82	103	124	144
45	58	76	96	115	134
50	53	70	87	104	120
55	48	63	78	92	106
60	44	56	69	82	94
65	40	51	62	72	82
70	36	45	55	64	72
75	32	40	48	56	63
80	28	35	41	47	53
85	23	28	33	37	42
90	17	21	24	27	30

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	269	320	372	424	473
15	306	373	443	513	580
20	334	413	497	582	662
25	337	418	503	589	671
30	337	418	503	589	671
35	334	414	498	582	663
40	326	402	481	562	638
45	312	382	455	528	598
50	294	356	420	484	545
55	276	331	387	442	494
60	259	307	355	403	447
65	244	285	326	367	405
70	229	264	300	334	366
75	215	245	276	304	331
80	199	225	249	272	294
85	180	200	218	235	251
90	159	172	185	196	206

20 Mile Cycle Times

Cycling Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 20 mile cycle time?

Male 20 Mile Cycling Times

Average 20 mile cycle time by age and ability

Female 20 Mile Cycling Times

Average 20 mile cycle time by age and ability

What do the cycling abilities mean?

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	84	106	129	152	174
15	106	137	169	201	232
20	113	146	181	216	250
25	113	146	181	216	250
30	113	146	181	216	250
35	112	144	179	214	247
40	107	138	170	203	234
45	100	128	158	187	216
50	93	119	146	172	198
55	87	110	134	158	181
60	81	102	124	145	165
65	75	94	114	133	151
70	70	87	104	121	137
75	63	78	93	108	122
80	55	67	80	92	103
85	46	55	65	74	82
90	36	42	49	55	61

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	46	60	74	88	101
15	56	74	93	111	129
20	64	85	107	129	151
25	64	86	108	131	153
30	64	86	108	131	153
35	64	85	107	130	151
40	61	82	103	124	144
45	58	76	96	115	134
50	53	70	87	104	120
55	48	63	78	92	106
60	44	56	69	82	94
65	40	51	62	72	82
70	36	45	55	64	72
75	32	40	48	56	63
80	28	35	41	47	53
85	23	28	33	37	42
90	17	21	24	27	30

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	269	320	372	424	473
15	306	373	443	513	580
20	334	413	497	582	662
25	337	418	503	589	671
30	337	418	503	589	671
35	334	414	498	582	663
40	326	402	481	562	638
45	312	382	455	528	598
50	294	356	420	484	545
55	276	331	387	442	494
60	259	307	355	403	447
65	244	285	326	367	405
70	229	264	300	334	366
75	215	245	276	304	331
80	199	225	249	272	294
85	180	200	218	235	251
90	159	172	185	196	206