25k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 25k cycle time?

A good 25k time is 55:09. This is the average 25k time across all ages and genders.

Male 25k Cycling Times

A good 25k time for a man is 52:44. This is the average 25k time across men of all ages.

Average 25k 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	01:21:44	01:10:40	01:03:06	57:44	53:50
15	01:10:43	01:01:09	54:37	49:58	46:35
20	01:08:18	59:03	52:44	48:15	44:59
25	01:08:18	59:03	52:44	48:15	44:59
30	01:08:18	59:03	52:44	48:15	44:59
35	01:08:40	59:22	53:01	48:31	45:14
40	01:10:26	01:00:54	54:23	49:45	46:23
45	01:13:21	01:03:25	56:38	51:49	48:19
50	01:16:33	01:06:11	59:06	54:04	50:25
55	01:20:02	01:09:12	01:01:48	56:32	52:43
60	01:23:51	01:12:30	01:04:45	59:14	55:14
65	01:28:04	01:16:08	01:08:00	01:02:12	58:00
70	01:32:43	01:20:10	01:11:35	01:05:30	01:01:04
75	01:39:05	01:25:40	01:16:31	01:10:00	01:05:16
80	01:49:19	01:34:31	01:24:25	01:17:13	01:12:00
85	02:05:43	01:48:42	01:37:05	01:28:49	01:22:48
90	02:33:36	02:12:49	01:58:36	01:48:30	01:41:10

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18.4	21.2	23.8	26.0	27.9
15	21.2	24.5	27.5	30.0	32.2
20	22.0	25.4	28.4	31.1	33.3
25	22.0	25.4	28.4	31.1	33.3
30	22.0	25.4	28.4	31.1	33.3
35	21.8	25.3	28.3	30.9	33.2
40	21.3	24.6	27.6	30.1	32.3
45	20.5	23.7	26.5	29.0	31.1
50	19.6	22.7	25.4	27.7	29.8
55	18.7	21.7	24.3	26.5	28.5
60	17.9	20.7	23.2	25.3	27.2
65	17.0	19.7	22.1	24.1	25.9
70	16.2	18.7	21.0	22.9	24.6
75	15.1	17.5	19.6	21.4	23.0
80	13.7	15.9	17.8	19.4	20.8
85	11.9	13.8	15.5	16.9	18.1
90	9.8	11.3	12.6	13.8	14.8

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	11.4	13.2	14.8	16.1	17.3
15	13.2	15.2	17.1	18.7	20.0
20	13.6	15.8	17.7	19.3	20.7
25	13.6	15.8	17.7	19.3	20.7
30	13.6	15.8	17.7	19.3	20.7
35	13.6	15.7	17.6	19.2	20.6
40	13.2	15.3	17.1	18.7	20.1
45	12.7	14.7	16.5	18.0	19.3
50	12.2	14.1	15.8	17.2	18.5
55	11.6	13.5	15.1	16.5	17.7
60	11.1	12.9	14.4	15.7	16.9
65	10.6	12.2	13.7	15.0	16.1
70	10.1	11.6	13.0	14.2	15.3
75	9.4	10.9	12.2	13.3	14.3
80	8.5	9.9	11.0	12.1	12.9
85	7.4	8.6	9.6	10.5	11.3
90	6.1	7.0	7.9	8.6	9.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	86	110	134	157	180
15	109	141	175	209	241
20	116	151	187	224	260
25	116	151	187	224	260
30	116	151	187	224	260
35	115	149	185	222	257
40	110	142	176	211	243
45	103	132	163	194	224
50	96	123	151	178	205
55	89	114	139	164	188
60	83	105	128	150	171
65	77	97	117	137	156
70	71	89	107	125	142
75	65	80	96	111	126
80	57	69	82	95	106
85	47	57	67	76	85
90	37	44	51	57	63

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	454	541	631	721	806
15	541	661	787	915	1037
20	566	696	834	973	1107
25	566	696	834	973	1107
30	566	696	834	973	1107
35	562	691	826	964	1095
40	544	665	793	921	1045
45	516	627	743	859	971
50	490	591	695	800	900
55	465	556	651	745	835
60	441	524	609	693	773
65	419	493	569	645	716
70	397	464	532	599	662
75	373	431	490	548	602
80	341	390	438	485	528
85	305	343	380	415	448
90	267	294	319	344	366

Female 25k Cycling Times

A good 25k time for a woman is 01:03:44. This is the average 25k time across women of all ages.

Average 25k 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	01:47:34	01:30:49	01:19:59	01:12:33	01:07:16
15	01:33:43	01:19:07	01:09:41	01:03:13	58:36
20	01:26:22	01:12:55	01:04:13	58:15	54:00
25	01:25:42	01:12:21	01:03:44	57:48	53:36
30	01:25:42	01:12:21	01:03:44	57:48	53:36
35	01:26:24	01:12:57	01:04:15	58:17	54:02
40	01:28:22	01:14:36	01:05:42	59:36	55:16
45	01:31:47	01:17:29	01:08:15	01:01:54	57:24
50	01:36:55	01:21:49	01:12:04	01:05:22	01:00:37
55	01:43:04	01:27:01	01:16:39	01:09:31	01:04:27
60	01:50:04	01:32:55	01:21:50	01:14:14	01:08:50
65	01:58:04	01:39:41	01:27:48	01:19:38	01:13:50
70	02:07:20	01:47:30	01:34:41	01:25:53	01:19:38
75	02:18:10	01:56:39	01:42:44	01:33:11	01:26:24
80	02:33:17	02:09:25	01:53:59	01:43:23	01:35:52
85	02:59:15	02:31:21	02:13:18	02:00:54	01:52:06
90	03:47:16	03:11:53	02:49:00	02:33:17	02:22:08

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	13.9	16.5	18.8	20.7	22.3
15	16.0	19.0	21.5	23.7	25.6
20	17.4	20.6	23.4	25.8	27.8
25	17.5	20.7	23.5	25.9	28.0
30	17.5	20.7	23.5	25.9	28.0
35	17.4	20.6	23.3	25.7	27.8
40	17.0	20.1	22.8	25.2	27.1
45	16.3	19.4	22.0	24.2	26.1
50	15.5	18.3	20.8	22.9	24.7
55	14.6	17.2	19.6	21.6	23.3
60	13.6	16.1	18.3	20.2	21.8
65	12.7	15.0	17.1	18.8	20.3
70	11.8	14.0	15.8	17.5	18.8
75	10.9	12.9	14.6	16.1	17.4
80	9.8	11.6	13.2	14.5	15.6
85	8.4	9.9	11.3	12.4	13.4
90	6.6	7.8	8.9	9.8	10.6

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	8.7	10.3	11.7	12.8	13.9
15	9.9	11.8	13.4	14.7	15.9
20	10.8	12.8	14.5	16.0	17.3
25	10.9	12.9	14.6	16.1	17.4
30	10.9	12.9	14.6	16.1	17.4
35	10.8	12.8	14.5	16.0	17.2
40	10.5	12.5	14.2	15.6	16.9
45	10.2	12.0	13.7	15.1	16.2
50	9.6	11.4	12.9	14.3	15.4
55	9.0	10.7	12.2	13.4	14.5
60	8.5	10.0	11.4	12.6	13.5
65	7.9	9.4	10.6	11.7	12.6
70	7.3	8.7	9.8	10.9	11.7
75	6.7	8.0	9.1	10.0	10.8
80	6.1	7.2	8.2	9.0	9.7
85	5.2	6.2	7.0	7.7	8.3
90	4.1	4.9	5.5	6.1	6.6

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	47	60	74	88	101
15	57	76	95	114	132
20	65	87	111	134	156
25	66	89	112	136	159
30	66	89	112	136	159
35	65	87	110	134	156
40	63	84	106	128	149
45	59	79	99	119	138
50	54	72	89	107	124
55	50	65	80	95	110
60	45	58	72	85	97
65	41	52	64	75	85
70	37	47	56	66	75
75	33	41	50	58	65
80	29	36	43	49	55
85	24	29	35	39	44
90	18	22	26	29	32

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	270	321	374	426	476
15	310	380	452	524	593
20	341	423	511	599	683
25	344	428	517	607	693
30	344	428	517	607	693
35	340	423	510	598	683
40	332	410	493	576	656
45	318	390	466	541	614
50	299	364	430	497	560
55	281	338	396	453	508
60	264	313	364	413	460
65	248	291	334	376	416
70	233	270	307	343	376
75	218	250	282	312	340
80	203	230	256	280	303
85	184	205	224	243	259
90	162	177	191	203	214

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	86	110	134	157	180
15	109	141	175	209	241
20	116	151	187	224	260
25	116	151	187	224	260
30	116	151	187	224	260
35	115	149	185	222	257
40	110	142	176	211	243
45	103	132	163	194	224
50	96	123	151	178	205
55	89	114	139	164	188
60	83	105	128	150	171
65	77	97	117	137	156
70	71	89	107	125	142
75	65	80	96	111	126
80	57	69	82	95	106
85	47	57	67	76	85
90	37	44	51	57	63

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	47	60	74	88	101
15	57	76	95	114	132
20	65	87	111	134	156
25	66	89	112	136	159
30	66	89	112	136	159
35	65	87	110	134	156
40	63	84	106	128	149
45	59	79	99	119	138
50	54	72	89	107	124
55	50	65	80	95	110
60	45	58	72	85	97
65	41	52	64	75	85
70	37	47	56	66	75
75	33	41	50	58	65
80	29	36	43	49	55
85	24	29	35	39	44
90	18	22	26	29	32

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	270	321	374	426	476
15	310	380	452	524	593
20	341	423	511	599	683
25	344	428	517	607	693
30	344	428	517	607	693
35	340	423	510	598	683
40	332	410	493	576	656
45	318	390	466	541	614
50	299	364	430	497	560
55	281	338	396	453	508
60	264	313	364	413	460
65	248	291	334	376	416
70	233	270	307	343	376
75	218	250	282	312	340
80	203	230	256	280	303
85	184	205	224	243	259
90	162	177	191	203	214

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	86	110	134	157	180
15	109	141	175	209	241
20	116	151	187	224	260
25	116	151	187	224	260
30	116	151	187	224	260
35	115	149	185	222	257
40	110	142	176	211	243
45	103	132	163	194	224
50	96	123	151	178	205
55	89	114	139	164	188
60	83	105	128	150	171
65	77	97	117	137	156
70	71	89	107	125	142
75	65	80	96	111	126
80	57	69	82	95	106
85	47	57	67	76	85
90	37	44	51	57	63

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	47	60	74	88	101
15	57	76	95	114	132
20	65	87	111	134	156
25	66	89	112	136	159
30	66	89	112	136	159
35	65	87	110	134	156
40	63	84	106	128	149
45	59	79	99	119	138
50	54	72	89	107	124
55	50	65	80	95	110
60	45	58	72	85	97
65	41	52	64	75	85
70	37	47	56	66	75
75	33	41	50	58	65
80	29	36	43	49	55
85	24	29	35	39	44
90	18	22	26	29	32

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	270	321	374	426	476
15	310	380	452	524	593
20	341	423	511	599	683
25	344	428	517	607	693
30	344	428	517	607	693
35	340	423	510	598	683
40	332	410	493	576	656
45	318	390	466	541	614
50	299	364	430	497	560
55	281	338	396	453	508
60	264	313	364	413	460
65	248	291	334	376	416
70	233	270	307	343	376
75	218	250	282	312	340
80	203	230	256	280	303
85	184	205	224	243	259
90	162	177	191	203	214

25k Cycle Times

Cycling Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 25k cycle time?

Male 25k Cycling Times

Average 25k cycle time by age and ability

Female 25k Cycling Times

Average 25k 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	86	110	134	157	180
15	109	141	175	209	241
20	116	151	187	224	260
25	116	151	187	224	260
30	116	151	187	224	260
35	115	149	185	222	257
40	110	142	176	211	243
45	103	132	163	194	224
50	96	123	151	178	205
55	89	114	139	164	188
60	83	105	128	150	171
65	77	97	117	137	156
70	71	89	107	125	142
75	65	80	96	111	126
80	57	69	82	95	106
85	47	57	67	76	85
90	37	44	51	57	63

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	47	60	74	88	101
15	57	76	95	114	132
20	65	87	111	134	156
25	66	89	112	136	159
30	66	89	112	136	159
35	65	87	110	134	156
40	63	84	106	128	149
45	59	79	99	119	138
50	54	72	89	107	124
55	50	65	80	95	110
60	45	58	72	85	97
65	41	52	64	75	85
70	37	47	56	66	75
75	33	41	50	58	65
80	29	36	43	49	55
85	24	29	35	39	44
90	18	22	26	29	32

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	270	321	374	426	476
15	310	380	452	524	593
20	341	423	511	599	683
25	344	428	517	607	693
30	344	428	517	607	693
35	340	423	510	598	683
40	332	410	493	576	656
45	318	390	466	541	614
50	299	364	430	497	560
55	281	338	396	453	508
60	264	313	364	413	460
65	248	291	334	376	416
70	233	270	307	343	376
75	218	250	282	312	340
80	203	230	256	280	303
85	184	205	224	243	259
90	162	177	191	203	214