20k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 20k cycle time?

A good 20k time is 43:26. This is the average 20k time across all ages and genders.

Male 20k Cycling Times

A good 20k time for a man is 41:32. This is the average 20k time across men of all ages.

Average 20k 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	01:04:22	55:39	49:42	45:28	42:24
15	55:42	48:10	43:01	39:21	36:41
20	53:47	46:30	41:32	38:00	35:26
25	53:47	46:30	41:32	38:00	35:26
30	53:47	46:30	41:32	38:00	35:26
35	54:06	46:46	41:46	38:13	35:38
40	55:30	47:59	42:51	39:12	36:33
45	57:47	49:58	44:37	40:49	38:04
50	01:00:18	52:08	46:34	42:36	39:43
55	01:03:02	54:30	48:41	44:32	41:31
60	01:06:03	57:06	51:00	46:39	43:30
65	01:09:21	59:58	53:33	48:59	45:41
70	01:13:00	01:03:07	56:22	51:34	48:05
75	01:18:00	01:07:27	01:00:14	55:06	51:23
80	01:26:03	01:14:24	01:06:26	01:00:47	56:40
85	01:38:56	01:25:32	01:16:23	01:09:53	01:05:10
90	02:00:47	01:44:26	01:33:16	01:25:19	01:19:33

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18.6	21.6	24.1	26.4	28.3
15	21.5	24.9	27.9	30.5	32.7
20	22.3	25.8	28.9	31.6	33.9
25	22.3	25.8	28.9	31.6	33.9
30	22.3	25.8	28.9	31.6	33.9
35	22.2	25.7	28.7	31.4	33.7
40	21.6	25.0	28.0	30.6	32.8
45	20.8	24.0	26.9	29.4	31.5
50	19.9	23.0	25.8	28.2	30.2
55	19.0	22.0	24.7	26.9	28.9
60	18.2	21.0	23.5	25.7	27.6
65	17.3	20.0	22.4	24.5	26.3
70	16.4	19.0	21.3	23.3	25.0
75	15.4	17.8	19.9	21.8	23.4
80	13.9	16.1	18.1	19.7	21.2
85	12.1	14.0	15.7	17.2	18.4
90	9.9	11.5	12.9	14.1	15.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	11.6	13.4	15.0	16.4	17.6
15	13.4	15.5	17.3	18.9	20.3
20	13.9	16.0	18.0	19.6	21.0
25	13.9	16.0	18.0	19.6	21.0
30	13.9	16.0	18.0	19.6	21.0
35	13.8	15.9	17.9	19.5	20.9
40	13.4	15.5	17.4	19.0	20.4
45	12.9	14.9	16.7	18.3	19.6
50	12.4	14.3	16.0	17.5	18.8
55	11.8	13.7	15.3	16.7	18.0
60	11.3	13.1	14.6	16.0	17.1
65	10.8	12.4	13.9	15.2	16.3
70	10.2	11.8	13.2	14.5	15.5
75	9.6	11.1	12.4	13.5	14.5
80	8.7	10.0	11.2	12.3	13.2
85	7.5	8.7	9.8	10.7	11.4
90	6.2	7.1	8.0	8.7	9.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	89	113	137	162	186
15	112	145	180	216	249
20	119	155	193	232	269
25	119	155	193	232	269
30	119	155	193	232	269
35	118	154	191	229	265
40	113	146	182	217	251
45	106	136	168	200	231
50	98	126	155	184	211
55	92	117	143	169	193
60	85	108	131	154	176
65	79	99	120	141	161
70	73	91	110	129	146
75	66	82	99	114	129
80	58	71	84	97	109
85	48	58	68	78	87
90	37	45	52	58	65

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	462	552	646	739	827
15	552	676	808	940	1067
20	578	713	856	1001	1140
25	578	713	856	1001	1140
30	578	713	856	1001	1140
35	574	707	848	991	1128
40	554	680	813	946	1075
45	526	641	761	882	998
50	499	603	712	821	925
55	473	568	666	763	857
60	449	534	622	710	793
65	426	503	582	660	733
70	404	473	543	613	678
75	378	439	500	560	616
80	346	396	446	494	539
85	309	348	386	422	456
90	269	297	324	349	371

Female 20k Cycling Times

A good 20k time for a woman is 50:12. This is the average 20k time across women of all ages.

Average 20k 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	01:24:07	01:11:01	01:02:33	56:44	52:37
15	01:13:33	01:02:06	54:42	49:37	46:00
20	01:07:58	57:23	50:32	45:50	42:30
25	01:07:30	56:59	50:12	45:32	42:13
30	01:07:31	57:00	50:13	45:32	42:14
35	01:08:10	57:33	50:42	45:59	42:38
40	01:09:46	58:54	51:53	47:03	43:38
45	01:12:26	01:01:10	53:52	48:52	45:18
50	01:16:25	01:04:31	56:49	51:32	47:47
55	01:21:10	01:08:32	01:00:21	54:45	50:46
60	01:26:34	01:13:05	01:04:23	58:23	54:08
65	01:32:44	01:18:17	01:08:57	01:02:33	58:00
70	01:39:50	01:24:17	01:14:14	01:07:20	01:02:26
75	01:48:08	01:31:18	01:20:25	01:12:56	01:07:38
80	01:59:22	01:40:47	01:28:46	01:20:30	01:14:39
85	02:18:33	01:56:58	01:43:01	01:33:27	01:26:39
90	02:53:34	02:26:32	02:09:04	01:57:04	01:48:33

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	14.3	16.9	19.2	21.1	22.8
15	16.3	19.3	21.9	24.2	26.1
20	17.7	20.9	23.7	26.2	28.2
25	17.8	21.1	23.9	26.4	28.4
30	17.8	21.1	23.9	26.4	28.4
35	17.6	20.8	23.7	26.1	28.1
40	17.2	20.4	23.1	25.5	27.5
45	16.6	19.6	22.3	24.6	26.5
50	15.7	18.6	21.1	23.3	25.1
55	14.8	17.5	19.9	21.9	23.6
60	13.9	16.4	18.6	20.6	22.2
65	12.9	15.3	17.4	19.2	20.7
70	12.0	14.2	16.2	17.8	19.2
75	11.1	13.1	14.9	16.5	17.7
80	10.1	11.9	13.5	14.9	16.1
85	8.7	10.3	11.6	12.8	13.8
90	6.9	8.2	9.3	10.3	11.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	8.9	10.5	11.9	13.1	14.2
15	10.1	12.0	13.6	15.0	16.2
20	11.0	13.0	14.8	16.3	17.5
25	11.0	13.1	14.9	16.4	17.7
30	11.0	13.1	14.9	16.4	17.7
35	10.9	13.0	14.7	16.2	17.5
40	10.7	12.7	14.4	15.8	17.1
45	10.3	12.2	13.8	15.3	16.5
50	9.8	11.6	13.1	14.5	15.6
55	9.2	10.9	12.4	13.6	14.7
60	8.6	10.2	11.6	12.8	13.8
65	8.0	9.5	10.8	11.9	12.9
70	7.5	8.8	10.0	11.1	11.9
75	6.9	8.2	9.3	10.2	11.0
80	6.2	7.4	8.4	9.3	10.0
85	5.4	6.4	7.2	8.0	8.6
90	4.3	5.1	5.8	6.4	6.9

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	48	63	77	92	106
15	59	78	98	118	138
20	67	90	114	138	162
25	68	91	116	140	164
30	68	91	116	140	164
35	67	90	113	138	161
40	64	86	109	131	153
45	61	80	101	122	142
50	56	73	92	110	127
55	51	66	82	98	113
60	46	60	74	87	100
65	42	54	66	77	88
70	38	48	58	68	78
75	34	43	52	60	68
80	30	37	45	51	58
85	25	31	36	41	46
90	19	23	27	31	34

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	276	330	385	440	492
15	317	389	464	540	612
20	347	433	524	616	704
25	350	438	530	623	713
30	350	437	530	623	712
35	346	431	522	612	700
40	337	418	503	589	671
45	322	397	475	553	628
50	304	370	439	508	574
55	286	344	404	464	520
60	268	319	371	423	471
65	252	296	341	385	427
70	236	275	314	351	386
75	222	255	288	320	349
80	207	235	262	288	312
85	188	210	231	250	268
90	166	182	196	209	221

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	89	113	137	162	186
15	112	145	180	216	249
20	119	155	193	232	269
25	119	155	193	232	269
30	119	155	193	232	269
35	118	154	191	229	265
40	113	146	182	217	251
45	106	136	168	200	231
50	98	126	155	184	211
55	92	117	143	169	193
60	85	108	131	154	176
65	79	99	120	141	161
70	73	91	110	129	146
75	66	82	99	114	129
80	58	71	84	97	109
85	48	58	68	78	87
90	37	45	52	58	65

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	48	63	77	92	106
15	59	78	98	118	138
20	67	90	114	138	162
25	68	91	116	140	164
30	68	91	116	140	164
35	67	90	113	138	161
40	64	86	109	131	153
45	61	80	101	122	142
50	56	73	92	110	127
55	51	66	82	98	113
60	46	60	74	87	100
65	42	54	66	77	88
70	38	48	58	68	78
75	34	43	52	60	68
80	30	37	45	51	58
85	25	31	36	41	46
90	19	23	27	31	34

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	276	330	385	440	492
15	317	389	464	540	612
20	347	433	524	616	704
25	350	438	530	623	713
30	350	437	530	623	712
35	346	431	522	612	700
40	337	418	503	589	671
45	322	397	475	553	628
50	304	370	439	508	574
55	286	344	404	464	520
60	268	319	371	423	471
65	252	296	341	385	427
70	236	275	314	351	386
75	222	255	288	320	349
80	207	235	262	288	312
85	188	210	231	250	268
90	166	182	196	209	221

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	89	113	137	162	186
15	112	145	180	216	249
20	119	155	193	232	269
25	119	155	193	232	269
30	119	155	193	232	269
35	118	154	191	229	265
40	113	146	182	217	251
45	106	136	168	200	231
50	98	126	155	184	211
55	92	117	143	169	193
60	85	108	131	154	176
65	79	99	120	141	161
70	73	91	110	129	146
75	66	82	99	114	129
80	58	71	84	97	109
85	48	58	68	78	87
90	37	45	52	58	65

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	48	63	77	92	106
15	59	78	98	118	138
20	67	90	114	138	162
25	68	91	116	140	164
30	68	91	116	140	164
35	67	90	113	138	161
40	64	86	109	131	153
45	61	80	101	122	142
50	56	73	92	110	127
55	51	66	82	98	113
60	46	60	74	87	100
65	42	54	66	77	88
70	38	48	58	68	78
75	34	43	52	60	68
80	30	37	45	51	58
85	25	31	36	41	46
90	19	23	27	31	34

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	276	330	385	440	492
15	317	389	464	540	612
20	347	433	524	616	704
25	350	438	530	623	713
30	350	437	530	623	712
35	346	431	522	612	700
40	337	418	503	589	671
45	322	397	475	553	628
50	304	370	439	508	574
55	286	344	404	464	520
60	268	319	371	423	471
65	252	296	341	385	427
70	236	275	314	351	386
75	222	255	288	320	349
80	207	235	262	288	312
85	188	210	231	250	268
90	166	182	196	209	221

20k Cycle Times

Cycling Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 20k cycle time?

Male 20k Cycling Times

Average 20k cycle time by age and ability

Female 20k Cycling Times

Average 20k 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	89	113	137	162	186
15	112	145	180	216	249
20	119	155	193	232	269
25	119	155	193	232	269
30	119	155	193	232	269
35	118	154	191	229	265
40	113	146	182	217	251
45	106	136	168	200	231
50	98	126	155	184	211
55	92	117	143	169	193
60	85	108	131	154	176
65	79	99	120	141	161
70	73	91	110	129	146
75	66	82	99	114	129
80	58	71	84	97	109
85	48	58	68	78	87
90	37	45	52	58	65

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	48	63	77	92	106
15	59	78	98	118	138
20	67	90	114	138	162
25	68	91	116	140	164
30	68	91	116	140	164
35	67	90	113	138	161
40	64	86	109	131	153
45	61	80	101	122	142
50	56	73	92	110	127
55	51	66	82	98	113
60	46	60	74	87	100
65	42	54	66	77	88
70	38	48	58	68	78
75	34	43	52	60	68
80	30	37	45	51	58
85	25	31	36	41	46
90	19	23	27	31	34

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	276	330	385	440	492
15	317	389	464	540	612
20	347	433	524	616	704
25	350	438	530	623	713
30	350	437	530	623	712
35	346	431	522	612	700
40	337	418	503	589	671
45	322	397	475	553	628
50	304	370	439	508	574
55	286	344	404	464	520
60	268	319	371	423	471
65	252	296	341	385	427
70	236	275	314	351	386
75	222	255	288	320	349
80	207	235	262	288	312
85	188	210	231	250	268
90	166	182	196	209	221