50k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 50k cycle time?

A good 50k time is 01:55:47. This is the average 50k time across all ages and genders.

Male 50k Cycling Times

A good 50k time for a man is 01:50:42. This is the average 50k time across men of all ages.

Average 50k 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	02:51:35	02:28:21	02:12:29	02:01:12	01:53:01
15	02:28:29	02:08:23	01:54:39	01:44:53	01:37:48
20	02:23:23	02:03:58	01:50:42	01:41:17	01:34:26
25	02:23:23	02:03:58	01:50:42	01:41:17	01:34:26
30	02:23:23	02:03:58	01:50:42	01:41:17	01:34:26
35	02:24:10	02:04:39	01:51:19	01:41:50	01:34:57
40	02:27:52	02:07:51	01:54:11	01:44:27	01:37:24
45	02:33:59	02:13:08	01:58:54	01:48:46	01:41:25
50	02:40:42	02:18:57	02:04:05	01:53:31	01:45:51
55	02:48:01	02:25:17	02:09:44	01:58:41	01:50:40
60	02:56:03	02:32:13	02:15:56	02:04:22	01:55:57
65	03:04:53	02:39:51	02:22:45	02:10:36	02:01:46
70	03:14:39	02:48:18	02:30:18	02:17:30	02:08:12
75	03:28:00	02:59:51	02:40:36	02:26:56	02:17:00
80	03:49:35	03:18:30	02:57:16	02:42:11	02:31:13
85	04:24:26	03:48:38	03:24:11	03:06:47	02:54:10
90	05:24:05	04:40:13	04:10:14	03:48:56	03:33:27

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17.5	20.2	22.6	24.8	26.5
15	20.2	23.4	26.2	28.6	30.7
20	20.9	24.2	27.1	29.6	31.8
25	20.9	24.2	27.1	29.6	31.8
30	20.9	24.2	27.1	29.6	31.8
35	20.8	24.1	27.0	29.5	31.6
40	20.3	23.5	26.3	28.7	30.8
45	19.5	22.5	25.2	27.6	29.6
50	18.7	21.6	24.2	26.4	28.3
55	17.9	20.7	23.1	25.3	27.1
60	17.0	19.7	22.1	24.1	25.9
65	16.2	18.8	21.0	23.0	24.6
70	15.4	17.8	20.0	21.8	23.4
75	14.4	16.7	18.7	20.4	21.9
80	13.1	15.1	16.9	18.5	19.8
85	11.3	13.1	14.7	16.1	17.2
90	9.3	10.7	12.0	13.1	14.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	10.9	12.6	14.1	15.4	16.5
15	12.6	14.5	16.3	17.8	19.1
20	13.0	15.0	16.8	18.4	19.7
25	13.0	15.0	16.8	18.4	19.7
30	13.0	15.0	16.8	18.4	19.7
35	12.9	15.0	16.7	18.3	19.6
40	12.6	14.6	16.3	17.8	19.1
45	12.1	14.0	15.7	17.1	18.4
50	11.6	13.4	15.0	16.4	17.6
55	11.1	12.8	14.4	15.7	16.8
60	10.6	12.2	13.7	15.0	16.1
65	10.1	11.7	13.1	14.3	15.3
70	9.6	11.1	12.4	13.6	14.5
75	9.0	10.4	11.6	12.7	13.6
80	8.1	9.4	10.5	11.5	12.3
85	7.0	8.2	9.1	10.0	10.7
90	5.8	6.7	7.4	8.1	8.7

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	80	101	122	144	164
15	101	130	159	189	218
20	107	138	170	203	235
25	107	138	170	203	235
30	107	138	170	203	235
35	106	137	169	201	232
40	102	130	161	191	220
45	95	121	149	176	203
50	89	113	138	162	186
55	83	105	127	149	171
60	77	97	117	137	156
65	72	90	108	126	142
70	67	83	99	115	130
75	61	75	89	103	116
80	53	65	76	88	98
85	44	53	62	71	78
90	34	41	47	53	58

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	431	509	590	670	745
15	509	616	729	842	950
20	531	648	770	894	1012
25	531	648	770	894	1012
30	531	648	770	894	1012
35	528	643	764	885	1002
40	511	620	734	848	957
45	487	586	689	793	891
50	463	553	647	740	829
55	440	523	607	691	771
60	419	493	570	645	716
65	399	466	534	602	665
70	379	440	501	561	617
75	357	410	463	515	564
80	328	372	416	458	497
85	294	329	363	394	424
90	258	283	307	329	349

Female 50k Cycling Times

A good 50k time for a woman is 02:13:48. This is the average 50k time across women of all ages.

Average 50k 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	03:38:01	03:04:04	02:42:07	02:27:03	02:16:21
15	03:13:53	02:43:42	02:24:11	02:10:46	02:01:15
20	03:01:05	02:32:53	02:14:39	02:02:08	01:53:15
25	02:59:56	02:31:55	02:13:48	02:01:21	01:52:32
30	02:59:56	02:31:55	02:13:48	02:01:21	01:52:32
35	03:00:38	02:32:30	02:14:19	02:01:50	01:52:58
40	03:04:19	02:35:37	02:17:03	02:04:19	01:55:16
45	03:11:31	02:41:42	02:22:25	02:09:10	01:59:46
50	03:22:48	02:51:13	02:30:48	02:16:47	02:06:50
55	03:36:17	03:02:36	02:40:50	02:25:53	02:15:16
60	03:51:41	03:15:37	02:52:17	02:36:16	02:24:54
65	04:09:27	03:30:36	03:05:29	02:48:15	02:36:00
70	04:30:10	03:48:06	03:20:54	03:02:13	02:48:57
75	04:54:49	04:08:55	03:39:14	03:18:51	03:04:23
80	05:32:35	04:40:48	04:07:19	03:44:19	03:28:00
85	06:38:20	05:36:18	04:56:12	04:28:40	04:09:07
90	08:45:29	07:23:40	06:30:45	05:54:26	05:28:38

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	13.8	16.3	18.5	20.4	22.0
15	15.5	18.3	20.8	22.9	24.7
20	16.6	19.6	22.3	24.6	26.5
25	16.7	19.7	22.4	24.7	26.7
30	16.7	19.7	22.4	24.7	26.7
35	16.6	19.7	22.3	24.6	26.6
40	16.3	19.3	21.9	24.1	26.0
45	15.7	18.6	21.1	23.2	25.0
50	14.8	17.5	19.9	21.9	23.7
55	13.9	16.4	18.7	20.6	22.2
60	12.9	15.3	17.4	19.2	20.7
65	12.0	14.2	16.2	17.8	19.2
70	11.1	13.2	14.9	16.5	17.8
75	10.2	12.1	13.7	15.1	16.3
80	9.0	10.7	12.1	13.4	14.4
85	7.5	8.9	10.1	11.2	12.0
90	5.7	6.8	7.7	8.5	9.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	8.6	10.1	11.5	12.7	13.7
15	9.6	11.4	12.9	14.3	15.4
20	10.3	12.2	13.8	15.3	16.5
25	10.4	12.3	13.9	15.4	16.6
30	10.4	12.3	13.9	15.4	16.6
35	10.3	12.2	13.9	15.3	16.5
40	10.1	12.0	13.6	15.0	16.2
45	9.7	11.5	13.1	14.4	15.6
50	9.2	10.9	12.4	13.6	14.7
55	8.6	10.2	11.6	12.8	13.8
60	8.0	9.5	10.8	11.9	12.9
65	7.5	8.9	10.0	11.1	11.9
70	6.9	8.2	9.3	10.2	11.0
75	6.3	7.5	8.5	9.4	10.1
80	5.6	6.6	7.5	8.3	9.0
85	4.7	5.5	6.3	6.9	7.5
90	3.5	4.2	4.8	5.3	5.7

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	46	59	73	86	99
15	54	72	89	107	124
20	61	80	101	122	142
25	61	81	102	123	144
30	61	81	102	123	144
35	61	81	102	123	143
40	59	78	98	118	137
45	55	73	91	109	127
50	51	66	82	98	113
55	46	60	74	87	100
60	42	54	66	77	88
65	38	48	58	68	78
70	34	43	52	60	68
75	30	38	45	52	59
80	26	32	38	44	49
85	21	26	30	34	38
90	15	19	22	24	26

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	266	317	368	419	466
15	299	364	430	497	560
20	322	397	475	553	628
25	325	400	480	559	636
30	325	400	480	559	636
35	323	398	477	556	631
40	316	388	463	538	610
45	303	369	438	506	572
50	286	344	404	464	521
55	268	319	372	423	472
60	252	297	342	386	427
65	237	275	314	351	387
70	222	255	288	320	350
75	208	237	265	292	316
80	192	216	238	259	279
85	173	191	208	223	237
90	152	164	175	185	194

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	80	101	122	144	164
15	101	130	159	189	218
20	107	138	170	203	235
25	107	138	170	203	235
30	107	138	170	203	235
35	106	137	169	201	232
40	102	130	161	191	220
45	95	121	149	176	203
50	89	113	138	162	186
55	83	105	127	149	171
60	77	97	117	137	156
65	72	90	108	126	142
70	67	83	99	115	130
75	61	75	89	103	116
80	53	65	76	88	98
85	44	53	62	71	78
90	34	41	47	53	58

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	46	59	73	86	99
15	54	72	89	107	124
20	61	80	101	122	142
25	61	81	102	123	144
30	61	81	102	123	144
35	61	81	102	123	143
40	59	78	98	118	137
45	55	73	91	109	127
50	51	66	82	98	113
55	46	60	74	87	100
60	42	54	66	77	88
65	38	48	58	68	78
70	34	43	52	60	68
75	30	38	45	52	59
80	26	32	38	44	49
85	21	26	30	34	38
90	15	19	22	24	26

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	266	317	368	419	466
15	299	364	430	497	560
20	322	397	475	553	628
25	325	400	480	559	636
30	325	400	480	559	636
35	323	398	477	556	631
40	316	388	463	538	610
45	303	369	438	506	572
50	286	344	404	464	521
55	268	319	372	423	472
60	252	297	342	386	427
65	237	275	314	351	387
70	222	255	288	320	350
75	208	237	265	292	316
80	192	216	238	259	279
85	173	191	208	223	237
90	152	164	175	185	194

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	80	101	122	144	164
15	101	130	159	189	218
20	107	138	170	203	235
25	107	138	170	203	235
30	107	138	170	203	235
35	106	137	169	201	232
40	102	130	161	191	220
45	95	121	149	176	203
50	89	113	138	162	186
55	83	105	127	149	171
60	77	97	117	137	156
65	72	90	108	126	142
70	67	83	99	115	130
75	61	75	89	103	116
80	53	65	76	88	98
85	44	53	62	71	78
90	34	41	47	53	58

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	46	59	73	86	99
15	54	72	89	107	124
20	61	80	101	122	142
25	61	81	102	123	144
30	61	81	102	123	144
35	61	81	102	123	143
40	59	78	98	118	137
45	55	73	91	109	127
50	51	66	82	98	113
55	46	60	74	87	100
60	42	54	66	77	88
65	38	48	58	68	78
70	34	43	52	60	68
75	30	38	45	52	59
80	26	32	38	44	49
85	21	26	30	34	38
90	15	19	22	24	26

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	266	317	368	419	466
15	299	364	430	497	560
20	322	397	475	553	628
25	325	400	480	559	636
30	325	400	480	559	636
35	323	398	477	556	631
40	316	388	463	538	610
45	303	369	438	506	572
50	286	344	404	464	521
55	268	319	372	423	472
60	252	297	342	386	427
65	237	275	314	351	387
70	222	255	288	320	350
75	208	237	265	292	316
80	192	216	238	259	279
85	173	191	208	223	237
90	152	164	175	185	194

50k Cycle Times

Cycling Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 50k cycle time?

Male 50k Cycling Times

Average 50k cycle time by age and ability

Female 50k Cycling Times

Average 50k cycle time by age and ability

What do the cycling abilities mean?

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	80	101	122	144	164
15	101	130	159	189	218
20	107	138	170	203	235
25	107	138	170	203	235
30	107	138	170	203	235
35	106	137	169	201	232
40	102	130	161	191	220
45	95	121	149	176	203
50	89	113	138	162	186
55	83	105	127	149	171
60	77	97	117	137	156
65	72	90	108	126	142
70	67	83	99	115	130
75	61	75	89	103	116
80	53	65	76	88	98
85	44	53	62	71	78
90	34	41	47	53	58

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	46	59	73	86	99
15	54	72	89	107	124
20	61	80	101	122	142
25	61	81	102	123	144
30	61	81	102	123	144
35	61	81	102	123	143
40	59	78	98	118	137
45	55	73	91	109	127
50	51	66	82	98	113
55	46	60	74	87	100
60	42	54	66	77	88
65	38	48	58	68	78
70	34	43	52	60	68
75	30	38	45	52	59
80	26	32	38	44	49
85	21	26	30	34	38
90	15	19	22	24	26

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	266	317	368	419	466
15	299	364	430	497	560
20	322	397	475	553	628
25	325	400	480	559	636
30	325	400	480	559	636
35	323	398	477	556	631
40	316	388	463	538	610
45	303	369	438	506	572
50	286	344	404	464	521
55	268	319	372	423	472
60	252	297	342	386	427
65	237	275	314	351	387
70	222	255	288	320	350
75	208	237	265	292	316
80	192	216	238	259	279
85	173	191	208	223	237
90	152	164	175	185	194