5k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 5k cycle time?

A good 5k time is 09:51. This is the average 5k time across all ages and genders.

Male 5k Cycling Times

A good 5k time for a man is 09:25. This is the average 5k time across men of all ages.

Average 5k 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	14:36	12:37	11:16	10:19	09:37
15	12:38	10:55	09:45	08:55	08:19
20	12:12	10:33	09:25	08:37	08:02
25	12:12	10:33	09:25	08:37	08:02
30	12:12	10:33	09:25	08:37	08:02
35	12:24	10:43	09:35	08:46	08:10
40	12:51	11:07	09:55	09:05	08:28
45	13:21	11:32	10:18	09:25	08:47
50	13:52	12:00	10:43	09:48	09:08
55	14:27	12:30	11:09	10:12	09:31
60	15:04	13:02	11:38	10:39	09:56
65	15:45	13:37	12:10	11:08	10:23
70	16:34	14:19	12:47	11:42	10:54
75	17:48	15:23	13:45	12:34	11:43
80	19:42	17:02	15:13	13:55	12:59
85	22:40	19:36	17:30	16:01	14:56
90	27:35	23:51	21:18	19:29	18:10

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	20.6	23.8	26.6	29.1	31.2
15	23.8	27.5	30.8	33.6	36.1
20	24.6	28.4	31.8	34.8	37.3
25	24.6	28.4	31.8	34.8	37.3
30	24.6	28.4	31.8	34.8	37.3
35	24.2	28.0	31.3	34.2	36.7
40	23.3	27.0	30.2	33.0	35.4
45	22.5	26.0	29.1	31.8	34.1
50	21.6	25.0	28.0	30.6	32.8
55	20.8	24.0	26.9	29.4	31.5
60	19.9	23.0	25.8	28.2	30.2
65	19.0	22.0	24.7	27.0	28.9
70	18.1	21.0	23.5	25.6	27.5
75	16.9	19.5	21.8	23.9	25.6
80	15.2	17.6	19.7	21.6	23.1
85	13.2	15.3	17.1	18.7	20.1
90	10.9	12.6	14.1	15.4	16.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	12.8	14.8	16.5	18.1	19.4
15	14.8	17.1	19.1	20.9	22.4
20	15.3	17.7	19.8	21.6	23.2
25	15.3	17.7	19.8	21.6	23.2
30	15.3	17.7	19.8	21.6	23.2
35	15.0	17.4	19.5	21.3	22.8
40	14.5	16.8	18.8	20.5	22.0
45	14.0	16.2	18.1	19.8	21.2
50	13.4	15.5	17.4	19.0	20.4
55	12.9	14.9	16.7	18.3	19.6
60	12.4	14.3	16.0	17.5	18.8
65	11.8	13.7	15.3	16.8	18.0
70	11.3	13.0	14.6	15.9	17.1
75	10.5	12.1	13.6	14.8	15.9
80	9.5	10.9	12.3	13.4	14.4
85	8.2	9.5	10.7	11.6	12.5
90	6.8	7.8	8.8	9.6	10.3

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	104	134	165	196	226
15	133	175	219	264	308
20	142	187	236	285	332
25	142	187	236	285	332
30	142	187	235	285	332
35	138	181	228	275	321
40	129	169	212	255	296
45	121	158	196	235	273
50	113	146	182	217	251
55	106	136	168	200	231
60	98	126	155	184	211
65	92	117	143	169	193
70	85	107	130	154	175
75	76	95	115	134	153
80	65	81	97	112	127
85	54	66	78	89	100
90	42	50	59	66	74

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	520	631	749	867	980
15	631	788	955	1124	1288
20	663	833	1016	1201	1380
25	663	833	1016	1201	1380
30	663	833	1015	1201	1380
35	648	812	986	1164	1336
40	615	766	926	1088	1244
45	584	722	868	1015	1157
50	554	680	813	946	1075
55	526	641	761	882	997
60	499	603	712	821	925
65	474	568	666	764	857
70	448	532	620	707	789
75	414	487	561	635	704
80	375	434	494	552	607
85	331	377	422	465	505
90	286	318	349	379	406

Female 5k Cycling Times

A good 5k time for a woman is 11:23. This is the average 5k time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17:55	15:08	13:20	12:05	11:12
15	16:05	13:35	11:58	10:51	10:04
20	15:19	12:56	11:23	10:20	09:35
25	15:19	12:56	11:23	10:20	09:35
30	15:19	12:56	11:23	10:20	09:35
35	15:25	13:01	11:28	10:24	09:38
40	15:44	13:17	11:42	10:37	09:50
45	16:18	13:45	12:07	11:00	10:11
50	17:08	14:28	12:45	11:34	10:43
55	18:07	15:18	13:29	12:13	11:20
60	19:14	16:14	14:18	12:58	12:01
65	20:28	17:17	15:14	13:49	12:48
70	21:54	18:29	16:17	14:46	13:41
75	23:32	19:52	17:30	15:52	14:43
80	25:28	21:30	18:56	17:11	15:56
85	28:41	24:13	21:20	19:21	17:56
90	34:34	29:11	25:42	23:19	21:37

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	16.7	19.8	22.5	24.8	26.8
15	18.6	22.1	25.1	27.6	29.8
20	19.6	23.2	26.3	29.0	31.3
25	19.6	23.2	26.3	29.0	31.3
30	19.6	23.2	26.3	29.0	31.3
35	19.5	23.1	26.2	28.9	31.1
40	19.1	22.6	25.6	28.3	30.5
45	18.4	21.8	24.8	27.3	29.4
50	17.5	20.7	23.5	26.0	28.0
55	16.6	19.6	22.3	24.5	26.5
60	15.6	18.5	21.0	23.1	25.0
65	14.7	17.4	19.7	21.7	23.4
70	13.7	16.2	18.4	20.3	21.9
75	12.8	15.1	17.1	18.9	20.4
80	11.8	14.0	15.8	17.5	18.8
85	10.5	12.4	14.1	15.5	16.7
90	8.7	10.3	11.7	12.9	13.9

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	10.4	12.3	14.0	15.4	16.6
15	11.6	13.7	15.6	17.2	18.5
20	12.2	14.4	16.4	18.0	19.5
25	12.2	14.4	16.4	18.0	19.5
30	12.2	14.4	16.4	18.0	19.5
35	12.1	14.3	16.3	17.9	19.3
40	11.8	14.0	15.9	17.6	18.9
45	11.4	13.5	15.4	17.0	18.3
50	10.9	12.9	14.6	16.1	17.4
55	10.3	12.2	13.8	15.3	16.5
60	9.7	11.5	13.0	14.4	15.5
65	9.1	10.8	12.2	13.5	14.6
70	8.5	10.1	11.4	12.6	13.6
75	7.9	9.4	10.7	11.7	12.7
80	7.3	8.7	9.8	10.9	11.7
85	6.5	7.7	8.7	9.6	10.4
90	5.4	6.4	7.3	8.0	8.6

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	62	82	103	124	145
15	74	100	127	155	182
20	80	109	140	172	203
25	80	109	140	172	203
30	80	109	140	172	203
35	79	108	138	170	200
40	76	104	133	162	191
45	72	97	124	151	177
50	66	89	112	136	159
55	61	80	101	122	142
60	55	73	91	109	126
65	50	65	81	97	111
70	45	59	72	85	98
75	41	52	64	75	86
80	37	47	56	66	75
85	31	39	47	55	62
90	25	31	36	42	46

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	326	403	483	563	640
15	372	469	573	678	779
20	396	505	622	741	857
25	396	505	622	741	857
30	396	505	622	741	857
35	393	500	615	733	846
40	382	485	594	706	813
45	366	460	561	662	761
50	344	428	517	607	693
55	322	397	475	553	628
60	302	367	435	503	568
65	283	340	399	458	513
70	265	315	366	416	464
75	249	292	335	378	418
80	233	270	307	343	376
85	213	243	272	300	326
90	188	210	231	251	268

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	104	134	165	196	226
15	133	175	219	264	308
20	142	187	236	285	332
25	142	187	236	285	332
30	142	187	235	285	332
35	138	181	228	275	321
40	129	169	212	255	296
45	121	158	196	235	273
50	113	146	182	217	251
55	106	136	168	200	231
60	98	126	155	184	211
65	92	117	143	169	193
70	85	107	130	154	175
75	76	95	115	134	153
80	65	81	97	112	127
85	54	66	78	89	100
90	42	50	59	66	74

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	62	82	103	124	145
15	74	100	127	155	182
20	80	109	140	172	203
25	80	109	140	172	203
30	80	109	140	172	203
35	79	108	138	170	200
40	76	104	133	162	191
45	72	97	124	151	177
50	66	89	112	136	159
55	61	80	101	122	142
60	55	73	91	109	126
65	50	65	81	97	111
70	45	59	72	85	98
75	41	52	64	75	86
80	37	47	56	66	75
85	31	39	47	55	62
90	25	31	36	42	46

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	326	403	483	563	640
15	372	469	573	678	779
20	396	505	622	741	857
25	396	505	622	741	857
30	396	505	622	741	857
35	393	500	615	733	846
40	382	485	594	706	813
45	366	460	561	662	761
50	344	428	517	607	693
55	322	397	475	553	628
60	302	367	435	503	568
65	283	340	399	458	513
70	265	315	366	416	464
75	249	292	335	378	418
80	233	270	307	343	376
85	213	243	272	300	326
90	188	210	231	251	268

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	104	134	165	196	226
15	133	175	219	264	308
20	142	187	236	285	332
25	142	187	236	285	332
30	142	187	235	285	332
35	138	181	228	275	321
40	129	169	212	255	296
45	121	158	196	235	273
50	113	146	182	217	251
55	106	136	168	200	231
60	98	126	155	184	211
65	92	117	143	169	193
70	85	107	130	154	175
75	76	95	115	134	153
80	65	81	97	112	127
85	54	66	78	89	100
90	42	50	59	66	74

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	62	82	103	124	145
15	74	100	127	155	182
20	80	109	140	172	203
25	80	109	140	172	203
30	80	109	140	172	203
35	79	108	138	170	200
40	76	104	133	162	191
45	72	97	124	151	177
50	66	89	112	136	159
55	61	80	101	122	142
60	55	73	91	109	126
65	50	65	81	97	111
70	45	59	72	85	98
75	41	52	64	75	86
80	37	47	56	66	75
85	31	39	47	55	62
90	25	31	36	42	46

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	326	403	483	563	640
15	372	469	573	678	779
20	396	505	622	741	857
25	396	505	622	741	857
30	396	505	622	741	857
35	393	500	615	733	846
40	382	485	594	706	813
45	366	460	561	662	761
50	344	428	517	607	693
55	322	397	475	553	628
60	302	367	435	503	568
65	283	340	399	458	513
70	265	315	366	416	464
75	249	292	335	378	418
80	233	270	307	343	376
85	213	243	272	300	326
90	188	210	231	251	268

5k Cycle Times

Cycling Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 5k cycle time?

Male 5k Cycling Times

Average 5k cycle time by age and ability

Female 5k Cycling Times

Average 5k 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	104	134	165	196	226
15	133	175	219	264	308
20	142	187	236	285	332
25	142	187	236	285	332
30	142	187	235	285	332
35	138	181	228	275	321
40	129	169	212	255	296
45	121	158	196	235	273
50	113	146	182	217	251
55	106	136	168	200	231
60	98	126	155	184	211
65	92	117	143	169	193
70	85	107	130	154	175
75	76	95	115	134	153
80	65	81	97	112	127
85	54	66	78	89	100
90	42	50	59	66	74

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	62	82	103	124	145
15	74	100	127	155	182
20	80	109	140	172	203
25	80	109	140	172	203
30	80	109	140	172	203
35	79	108	138	170	200
40	76	104	133	162	191
45	72	97	124	151	177
50	66	89	112	136	159
55	61	80	101	122	142
60	55	73	91	109	126
65	50	65	81	97	111
70	45	59	72	85	98
75	41	52	64	75	86
80	37	47	56	66	75
85	31	39	47	55	62
90	25	31	36	42	46

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	326	403	483	563	640
15	372	469	573	678	779
20	396	505	622	741	857
25	396	505	622	741	857
30	396	505	622	741	857
35	393	500	615	733	846
40	382	485	594	706	813
45	366	460	561	662	761
50	344	428	517	607	693
55	322	397	475	553	628
60	302	367	435	503	568
65	283	340	399	458	513
70	265	315	366	416	464
75	249	292	335	378	418
80	233	270	307	343	376
85	213	243	272	300	326
90	188	210	231	251	268