8k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 8k cycle time?

A good 8k time is 15:21 for men and 18:03 for women. This is the average 8k time across all ages. Compare your 8k time by age and ability below.

Our 8k cycle time standards are based on 2,434 cycling results by Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026. More...

How long does it take to cycle 8k?

For an intermediate cyclist, the average time to cycle 8k is 15:21 for men and 18:03 for women.

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	22:55	27:25
Novice	18:32	22:12
Intermediate	15:21	18:03
Advanced	13:03	14:52
Elite	11:22	12:29

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	20.9	17.5
Novice	25.9	21.6
Intermediate	31.3	26.6
Advanced	36.8	32.3
Elite	42.2	38.4

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	13.0	10.9
Novice	16.1	13.4
Intermediate	19.4	16.5
Advanced	22.9	20.1
Elite	26.2	23.9

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	56	34
Novice	93	56
Intermediate	151	94
Advanced	233	157
Elite	338	253

Watts: Average power output.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	340	222
Novice	480	304
Intermediate	697	447
Advanced	1004	685
Elite	1402	1048

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Male
Female

Male 8k Cycling Times

A good 8k time is 15:21 for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	29:44	24:02	19:55	16:55	14:45
15	24:07	19:30	16:09	13:44	11:58
20	23:38	19:06	15:50	13:27	11:44
25	23:17	18:50	15:36	13:15	11:33
30	23:31	19:00	15:45	13:23	11:40
35	23:45	19:12	15:54	13:31	11:47
40	24:00	19:24	16:05	13:40	11:55
45	24:16	19:37	16:15	13:49	12:03
50	24:33	19:51	16:26	13:58	12:11
55	24:55	20:09	16:41	14:11	12:22
60	25:28	20:35	17:03	14:30	12:38
65	26:13	21:12	17:33	14:55	13:00
70	27:11	21:59	18:12	15:28	13:29
75	28:26	22:59	19:02	16:11	14:07
80	30:02	24:17	20:07	17:05	14:54
85	32:06	25:57	21:30	18:16	15:56
90	34:51	28:11	23:20	19:50	17:18

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	16.1	20.0	24.1	28.4	32.5
15	19.9	24.6	29.7	35.0	40.1
20	20.3	25.1	30.3	35.7	40.9
25	20.6	25.5	30.8	36.2	41.5
30	20.4	25.3	30.5	35.9	41.1
35	20.2	25.0	30.2	35.5	40.7
40	20.0	24.7	29.9	35.1	40.3
45	19.8	24.5	29.5	34.8	39.9
50	19.6	24.2	29.2	34.4	39.4
55	19.3	23.8	28.8	33.9	38.8
60	18.8	23.3	28.1	33.1	38.0
65	18.3	22.6	27.3	32.2	36.9
70	17.7	21.8	26.4	31.0	35.6
75	16.9	20.9	25.2	29.7	34.0
80	16.0	19.8	23.9	28.1	32.2
85	15.0	18.5	22.3	26.3	30.1
90	13.8	17.0	20.6	24.2	27.8

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	10.0	12.4	15.0	17.6	20.2
15	12.4	15.3	18.5	21.7	24.9
20	12.6	15.6	18.8	22.2	25.4
25	12.8	15.8	19.1	22.5	25.8
30	12.7	15.7	18.9	22.3	25.6
35	12.6	15.5	18.8	22.1	25.3
40	12.4	15.4	18.6	21.8	25.0
45	12.3	15.2	18.4	21.6	24.8
50	12.2	15.0	18.1	21.4	24.5
55	12.0	14.8	17.9	21.0	24.1
60	11.7	14.5	17.5	20.6	23.6
65	11.4	14.1	17.0	20.0	22.9
70	11.0	13.6	16.4	19.3	22.1
75	10.5	13.0	15.7	18.4	21.1
80	9.9	12.3	14.8	17.5	20.0
85	9.3	11.5	13.9	16.3	18.7
90	8.6	10.6	12.8	15.0	17.2

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	32	50	78	117	167
15	50	82	132	203	294
20	52	87	139	214	311
25	54	90	145	223	324
30	53	88	141	217	315
35	52	85	137	211	307
40	50	83	134	205	298
45	49	81	130	199	289
50	48	79	126	193	280
55	46	76	122	186	269
60	44	72	115	175	253
65	42	67	107	162	234
70	38	62	97	148	212
75	35	56	87	131	188
80	31	49	76	114	163
85	27	42	65	97	137
90	23	36	54	79	111

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	248	318	423	570	759
15	317	438	626	891	1235
20	326	454	653	934	1299
25	332	466	673	967	1348
30	328	459	660	946	1316
35	323	450	646	924	1283
40	319	442	632	901	1250
45	314	434	618	879	1216
50	309	425	604	857	1183
55	303	415	586	828	1141
60	295	400	561	789	1082
65	285	382	531	740	1010
70	273	361	496	685	928
75	260	338	457	624	838
80	246	314	416	559	742
85	231	288	374	493	644
90	216	263	331	426	546

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Female 8k Cycling Times

A good 8k time is 18:03 for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 8k cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	37:43	30:32	24:49	20:27	17:10
15	31:13	25:16	20:33	16:55	14:13
20	28:03	22:42	18:28	15:12	12:46
25	27:25	22:12	18:03	14:52	12:29
30	28:04	22:43	18:28	15:13	12:47
35	28:46	23:17	18:56	15:36	13:06
40	29:31	23:54	19:26	16:00	13:26
45	30:20	24:34	19:58	16:27	13:49
50	31:14	25:17	20:33	16:56	14:13
55	32:13	26:05	21:12	17:28	14:40
60	33:17	26:57	21:54	18:03	15:09
65	35:00	28:20	23:02	18:59	15:56
70	37:36	30:26	24:45	20:23	17:07
75	40:36	32:52	26:44	22:01	18:29
80	44:09	35:45	29:04	23:56	20:06
85	48:25	39:12	31:52	26:15	22:03
90	53:39	43:26	35:18	29:05	24:25

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	12.7	15.7	19.3	23.5	28.0
15	15.4	19.0	23.4	28.4	33.8
20	17.1	21.1	26.0	31.6	37.6
25	17.5	21.6	26.6	32.3	38.4
30	17.1	21.1	26.0	31.6	37.6
35	16.7	20.6	25.4	30.8	36.7
40	16.3	20.1	24.7	30.0	35.7
45	15.8	19.5	24.0	29.2	34.8
50	15.4	19.0	23.3	28.3	33.8
55	14.9	18.4	22.6	27.5	32.7
60	14.4	17.8	21.9	26.6	31.7
65	13.7	16.9	20.8	25.3	30.1
70	12.8	15.8	19.4	23.6	28.0
75	11.8	14.6	18.0	21.8	26.0
80	10.9	13.4	16.5	20.1	23.9
85	9.9	12.2	15.1	18.3	21.8
90	8.9	11.1	13.6	16.5	19.7

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	7.9	9.8	12.0	14.6	17.4
15	9.6	11.8	14.5	17.6	21.0
20	10.6	13.1	16.2	19.6	23.4
25	10.9	13.4	16.5	20.1	23.9
30	10.6	13.1	16.1	19.6	23.3
35	10.4	12.8	15.8	19.1	22.8
40	10.1	12.5	15.4	18.6	22.2
45	9.8	12.1	14.9	18.1	21.6
50	9.5	11.8	14.5	17.6	21.0
55	9.3	11.4	14.1	17.1	20.3
60	9.0	11.1	13.6	16.5	19.7
65	8.5	10.5	12.9	15.7	18.7
70	7.9	9.8	12.1	14.6	17.4
75	7.3	9.1	11.2	13.6	16.1
80	6.8	8.3	10.3	12.5	14.8
85	6.2	7.6	9.4	11.4	13.5
90	5.6	6.9	8.4	10.3	12.2

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	27	43	68	107
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	32	53	88	148	238
25	34	56	94	157	253
30	32	53	88	147	238
35	30	49	83	138	222
40	29	47	78	129	206
45	27	44	72	120	191
50	25	41	67	111	177
55	24	38	62	102	163
60	22	35	57	94	149
65	20	31	51	82	130
70	17	27	43	69	108
75	15	23	36	57	88
80	13	19	30	46	71
85	11	16	24	37	57
90	9	13	20	30	44

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	159	195	254	351	496
15	190	248	348	512	761
20	215	292	427	650	990
25	222	304	447	685	1048
30	215	292	427	649	989
35	209	281	406	613	929
40	202	269	386	579	872
45	196	258	367	544	815
50	190	248	347	511	760
55	184	237	329	479	707
60	178	227	310	447	655
65	170	212	285	404	584
70	160	195	256	353	500
75	151	180	229	308	426
80	143	167	206	269	362
85	135	155	186	235	307
90	129	144	168	206	261

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

What do the cycling standards mean?

Beginner	Faster than 5% of cyclists.
Novice	Faster than 20% of cyclists.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of cyclists.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of cyclists.
Elite	Faster than 95% of cyclists.

Strength Level introduced these exact Beginner-to-Elite percentile boundaries in 2015. See how the standards evolved.

Data behind the 8k cycle time standards

Our 8k cycle time standards are based on results submitted by Cycling Level users. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	2,434
Community users	1,519
Data start	7 December 2021
Data cutoff	13 October 2026
Model generated	14 October 2026

Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

The old average finish time for 8k was 16:18 across all ages and genders, 15:35 for men (now 1.5% faster) and 18:50 for women (now 4.3% faster).

Male
Female

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	20:11	22:55	+13.6%
Novice	17:27	18:32	+6.2%
Intermediate	15:35	15:21	-1.5%
Advanced	14:15	13:03	-8.5%
Elite	13:17	11:22	-14.4%

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	25:19	27:25	+8.3%
Novice	21:23	22:12	+3.8%
Intermediate	18:50	18:03	-4.1%
Advanced	17:05	14:52	-13.0%
Elite	15:50	12:29	-21.2%

We created these previous standards on 6 December 2021 and last updated them 28 September 2023 (see archive.org).

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Male 8k Cycling Times

Average 8k cycle time by age and ability

Female 8k Cycling Times

Average 8k cycle time by age and ability

What do the cycling standards mean?

Data behind the 8k cycle time standards

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	32	50	78	117	167
15	50	82	132	203	294
20	52	87	139	214	311
25	54	90	145	223	324
30	53	88	141	217	315
35	52	85	137	211	307
40	50	83	134	205	298
45	49	81	130	199	289
50	48	79	126	193	280
55	46	76	122	186	269
60	44	72	115	175	253
65	42	67	107	162	234
70	38	62	97	148	212
75	35	56	87	131	188
80	31	49	76	114	163
85	27	42	65	97	137
90	23	36	54	79	111

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	27	43	68	107
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	32	53	88	148	238
25	34	56	94	157	253
30	32	53	88	147	238
35	30	49	83	138	222
40	29	47	78	129	206
45	27	44	72	120	191
50	25	41	67	111	177
55	24	38	62	102	163
60	22	35	57	94	149
65	20	31	51	82	130
70	17	27	43	69	108
75	15	23	36	57	88
80	13	19	30	46	71
85	11	16	24	37	57
90	9	13	20	30	44

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	32	50	78	117	167
15	50	82	132	203	294
20	52	87	139	214	311
25	54	90	145	223	324
30	53	88	141	217	315
35	52	85	137	211	307
40	50	83	134	205	298
45	49	81	130	199	289
50	48	79	126	193	280
55	46	76	122	186	269
60	44	72	115	175	253
65	42	67	107	162	234
70	38	62	97	148	212
75	35	56	87	131	188
80	31	49	76	114	163
85	27	42	65	97	137
90	23	36	54	79	111

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	27	43	68	107
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	32	53	88	148	238
25	34	56	94	157	253
30	32	53	88	147	238
35	30	49	83	138	222
40	29	47	78	129	206
45	27	44	72	120	191
50	25	41	67	111	177
55	24	38	62	102	163
60	22	35	57	94	149
65	20	31	51	82	130
70	17	27	43	69	108
75	15	23	36	57	88
80	13	19	30	46	71
85	11	16	24	37	57
90	9	13	20	30	44

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	32	50	78	117	167
15	50	82	132	203	294
20	52	87	139	214	311
25	54	90	145	223	324
30	53	88	141	217	315
35	52	85	137	211	307
40	50	83	134	205	298
45	49	81	130	199	289
50	48	79	126	193	280
55	46	76	122	186	269
60	44	72	115	175	253
65	42	67	107	162	234
70	38	62	97	148	212
75	35	56	87	131	188
80	31	49	76	114	163
85	27	42	65	97	137
90	23	36	54	79	111

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	27	43	68	107
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	32	53	88	148	238
25	34	56	94	157	253
30	32	53	88	147	238
35	30	49	83	138	222
40	29	47	78	129	206
45	27	44	72	120	191
50	25	41	67	111	177
55	24	38	62	102	163
60	22	35	57	94	149
65	20	31	51	82	130
70	17	27	43	69	108
75	15	23	36	57	88
80	13	19	30	46	71
85	11	16	24	37	57
90	9	13	20	30	44