8k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 8k cycle time?

A good 8k time is 16:18. This is the average 8k time across all ages and genders.

Male 8k Cycling Times

A good 8k time for a man is 15:35. This is the average 8k time across men of all ages.

Average 8k 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	24:09	20:53	18:39	17:03	15:54
15	20:54	18:04	16:08	14:46	13:46
20	20:11	17:27	15:35	14:15	13:17
25	20:11	17:27	15:35	14:15	13:17
30	20:11	17:27	15:35	14:15	13:17
35	20:24	17:38	15:45	14:24	13:26
40	21:03	18:12	16:15	14:52	13:52
45	21:53	18:55	16:54	15:27	14:25
50	22:47	19:42	17:36	16:06	15:01
55	23:46	20:33	18:21	16:48	15:39
60	24:51	21:29	19:11	17:33	16:22
65	26:01	22:30	20:06	18:23	17:08
70	27:20	23:38	21:06	19:18	18:00
75	29:13	25:16	22:34	20:39	19:15
80	32:12	27:51	24:52	22:45	21:13
85	36:56	31:56	28:31	26:05	24:20
90	44:50	38:46	34:37	31:40	29:32

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	19.9	23.0	25.7	28.1	30.2
15	23.0	26.6	29.7	32.5	34.9
20	23.8	27.5	30.8	33.7	36.1
25	23.8	27.5	30.8	33.7	36.1
30	23.8	27.5	30.8	33.7	36.1
35	23.5	27.2	30.5	33.3	35.7
40	22.8	26.4	29.5	32.3	34.6
45	21.9	25.4	28.4	31.1	33.3
50	21.1	24.4	27.3	29.8	32.0
55	20.2	23.4	26.2	28.6	30.7
60	19.3	22.3	25.0	27.3	29.3
65	18.4	21.3	23.9	26.1	28.0
70	17.6	20.3	22.7	24.9	26.7
75	16.4	19.0	21.3	23.3	24.9
80	14.9	17.2	19.3	21.1	22.6
85	13.0	15.0	16.8	18.4	19.7
90	10.7	12.4	13.9	15.2	16.3

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	12.4	14.3	16.0	17.5	18.8
15	14.3	16.5	18.5	20.2	21.7
20	14.8	17.1	19.1	20.9	22.4
25	14.8	17.1	19.1	20.9	22.4
30	14.8	17.1	19.1	20.9	22.4
35	14.6	16.9	18.9	20.7	22.2
40	14.2	16.4	18.4	20.1	21.5
45	13.6	15.8	17.7	19.3	20.7
50	13.1	15.1	17.0	18.5	19.9
55	12.5	14.5	16.2	17.8	19.0
60	12.0	13.9	15.5	17.0	18.2
65	11.5	13.3	14.8	16.2	17.4
70	10.9	12.6	14.1	15.5	16.6
75	10.2	11.8	13.2	14.4	15.5
80	9.3	10.7	12.0	13.1	14.1
85	8.1	9.3	10.5	11.4	12.3
90	6.7	7.7	8.6	9.4	10.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	98	126	155	183	211
15	126	164	205	246	286
20	134	176	220	265	309
25	134	176	220	265	309
30	134	176	220	265	309
35	131	172	215	259	302
40	124	162	202	243	282
45	116	150	187	224	259
50	108	140	173	206	238
55	101	129	159	189	218
60	94	120	147	173	199
65	87	111	135	159	182
70	81	102	123	145	165
75	73	91	110	128	146
80	63	78	94	108	122
85	53	64	76	87	97
90	41	49	57	65	72

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	498	602	711	819	923
15	602	746	900	1056	1206
20	632	789	957	1128	1292
25	632	789	957	1128	1292
30	632	789	957	1128	1292
35	622	776	939	1105	1265
40	596	738	889	1042	1190
45	565	695	832	971	1104
50	536	654	779	904	1024
55	508	616	728	841	949
60	482	579	681	782	879
65	457	545	636	727	813
70	433	512	594	674	751
75	403	472	543	612	677
80	367	424	481	537	589
85	326	370	414	455	494
90	283	314	344	373	399

Female 8k Cycling Times

A good 8k time for a woman is 18:50. This is the average 8k time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	30:10	25:28	22:26	20:21	18:52
15	26:49	22:39	19:57	18:06	16:47
20	25:19	21:23	18:50	17:05	15:50
25	25:19	21:23	18:50	17:05	15:50
30	25:21	21:24	18:51	17:06	15:51
35	25:37	21:38	19:03	17:17	16:01
40	26:13	22:08	19:30	17:41	16:24
45	27:11	22:57	20:13	18:20	17:00
50	28:35	24:08	21:15	19:17	17:53
55	30:16	25:33	22:30	20:25	18:56
60	32:10	27:09	23:55	21:42	20:07
65	34:19	28:58	25:31	23:09	21:28
70	36:46	31:03	27:21	24:48	23:00
75	39:37	33:27	29:27	26:43	24:46
80	43:22	36:37	32:15	29:15	27:08
85	49:48	42:03	37:02	33:36	31:09
90	01:01:22	51:49	45:38	41:24	38:23

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	15.9	18.8	21.4	23.6	25.4
15	17.9	21.2	24.1	26.5	28.6
20	19.0	22.5	25.5	28.1	30.3
25	19.0	22.5	25.5	28.1	30.3
30	18.9	22.4	25.5	28.1	30.3
35	18.7	22.2	25.2	27.8	30.0
40	18.3	21.7	24.6	27.1	29.3
45	17.7	20.9	23.8	26.2	28.2
50	16.8	19.9	22.6	24.9	26.9
55	15.9	18.8	21.3	23.5	25.4
60	14.9	17.7	20.1	22.1	23.9
65	14.0	16.6	18.8	20.7	22.4
70	13.1	15.5	17.6	19.4	20.9
75	12.1	14.4	16.3	18.0	19.4
80	11.1	13.1	14.9	16.4	17.7
85	9.6	11.4	13.0	14.3	15.4
90	7.8	9.3	10.5	11.6	12.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	9.9	11.7	13.3	14.7	15.8
15	11.1	13.2	15.0	16.5	17.8
20	11.8	14.0	15.8	17.5	18.8
25	11.8	14.0	15.8	17.5	18.8
30	11.8	13.9	15.8	17.4	18.8
35	11.6	13.8	15.7	17.3	18.6
40	11.4	13.5	15.3	16.9	18.2
45	11.0	13.0	14.8	16.3	17.5
50	10.4	12.4	14.0	15.5	16.7
55	9.9	11.7	13.3	14.6	15.8
60	9.3	11.0	12.5	13.7	14.8
65	8.7	10.3	11.7	12.9	13.9
70	8.1	9.6	10.9	12.0	13.0
75	7.5	8.9	10.1	11.2	12.0
80	6.9	8.1	9.2	10.2	11.0
85	6.0	7.1	8.1	8.9	9.6
90	4.9	5.8	6.5	7.2	7.8

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	57	75	94	113	131
15	69	92	117	142	167
20	76	103	131	160	188
25	76	103	131	160	188
30	76	102	131	160	188
35	74	100	128	156	184
40	71	96	123	149	175
45	67	90	114	139	162
50	62	82	104	125	146
55	57	75	93	112	130
60	52	67	84	100	115
65	47	61	75	89	102
70	42	54	67	78	90
75	38	49	59	69	79
80	34	43	51	60	67
85	28	35	42	48	54
90	22	27	32	36	40

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	308	377	448	519	586
15	353	442	535	630	721
20	379	481	589	698	804
25	379	481	589	698	804
30	379	480	588	697	802
35	374	472	577	683	786
40	363	457	556	656	753
45	347	433	524	616	704
50	327	404	485	566	643
55	307	375	446	516	583
60	288	348	409	470	528
65	270	323	376	428	478
70	254	299	345	390	432
75	238	277	317	355	390
80	222	255	287	319	348
85	201	227	252	276	298
90	177	196	213	230	244

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	98	126	155	183	211
15	126	164	205	246	286
20	134	176	220	265	309
25	134	176	220	265	309
30	134	176	220	265	309
35	131	172	215	259	302
40	124	162	202	243	282
45	116	150	187	224	259
50	108	140	173	206	238
55	101	129	159	189	218
60	94	120	147	173	199
65	87	111	135	159	182
70	81	102	123	145	165
75	73	91	110	128	146
80	63	78	94	108	122
85	53	64	76	87	97
90	41	49	57	65	72

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	57	75	94	113	131
15	69	92	117	142	167
20	76	103	131	160	188
25	76	103	131	160	188
30	76	102	131	160	188
35	74	100	128	156	184
40	71	96	123	149	175
45	67	90	114	139	162
50	62	82	104	125	146
55	57	75	93	112	130
60	52	67	84	100	115
65	47	61	75	89	102
70	42	54	67	78	90
75	38	49	59	69	79
80	34	43	51	60	67
85	28	35	42	48	54
90	22	27	32	36	40

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	308	377	448	519	586
15	353	442	535	630	721
20	379	481	589	698	804
25	379	481	589	698	804
30	379	480	588	697	802
35	374	472	577	683	786
40	363	457	556	656	753
45	347	433	524	616	704
50	327	404	485	566	643
55	307	375	446	516	583
60	288	348	409	470	528
65	270	323	376	428	478
70	254	299	345	390	432
75	238	277	317	355	390
80	222	255	287	319	348
85	201	227	252	276	298
90	177	196	213	230	244

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	98	126	155	183	211
15	126	164	205	246	286
20	134	176	220	265	309
25	134	176	220	265	309
30	134	176	220	265	309
35	131	172	215	259	302
40	124	162	202	243	282
45	116	150	187	224	259
50	108	140	173	206	238
55	101	129	159	189	218
60	94	120	147	173	199
65	87	111	135	159	182
70	81	102	123	145	165
75	73	91	110	128	146
80	63	78	94	108	122
85	53	64	76	87	97
90	41	49	57	65	72

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	57	75	94	113	131
15	69	92	117	142	167
20	76	103	131	160	188
25	76	103	131	160	188
30	76	102	131	160	188
35	74	100	128	156	184
40	71	96	123	149	175
45	67	90	114	139	162
50	62	82	104	125	146
55	57	75	93	112	130
60	52	67	84	100	115
65	47	61	75	89	102
70	42	54	67	78	90
75	38	49	59	69	79
80	34	43	51	60	67
85	28	35	42	48	54
90	22	27	32	36	40

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	308	377	448	519	586
15	353	442	535	630	721
20	379	481	589	698	804
25	379	481	589	698	804
30	379	480	588	697	802
35	374	472	577	683	786
40	363	457	556	656	753
45	347	433	524	616	704
50	327	404	485	566	643
55	307	375	446	516	583
60	288	348	409	470	528
65	270	323	376	428	478
70	254	299	345	390	432
75	238	277	317	355	390
80	222	255	287	319	348
85	201	227	252	276	298
90	177	196	213	230	244

8k Cycle Times

Cycling Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 8k cycle time?

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 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	98	126	155	183	211
15	126	164	205	246	286
20	134	176	220	265	309
25	134	176	220	265	309
30	134	176	220	265	309
35	131	172	215	259	302
40	124	162	202	243	282
45	116	150	187	224	259
50	108	140	173	206	238
55	101	129	159	189	218
60	94	120	147	173	199
65	87	111	135	159	182
70	81	102	123	145	165
75	73	91	110	128	146
80	63	78	94	108	122
85	53	64	76	87	97
90	41	49	57	65	72

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	57	75	94	113	131
15	69	92	117	142	167
20	76	103	131	160	188
25	76	103	131	160	188
30	76	102	131	160	188
35	74	100	128	156	184
40	71	96	123	149	175
45	67	90	114	139	162
50	62	82	104	125	146
55	57	75	93	112	130
60	52	67	84	100	115
65	47	61	75	89	102
70	42	54	67	78	90
75	38	49	59	69	79
80	34	43	51	60	67
85	28	35	42	48	54
90	22	27	32	36	40

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	308	377	448	519	586
15	353	442	535	630	721
20	379	481	589	698	804
25	379	481	589	698	804
30	379	480	588	697	802
35	374	472	577	683	786
40	363	457	556	656	753
45	347	433	524	616	704
50	327	404	485	566	643
55	307	375	446	516	583
60	288	348	409	470	528
65	270	323	376	428	478
70	254	299	345	390	432
75	238	277	317	355	390
80	222	255	287	319	348
85	201	227	252	276	298
90	177	196	213	230	244