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	23:34	19:03	15:47	13:25	11:42
25	23:34	19:03	15:47	13:25	11:42
30	23:34	19:03	15:47	13:25	11:42
35	23:34	19:03	15:47	13:25	11:42
40	23:34	19:03	15:47	13:25	11:42
45	23:34	19:03	15:47	13:25	11:42
50	23:37	19:06	15:49	13:27	11:43
55	24:07	19:30	16:09	13:44	11:58
60	24:57	20:10	16:42	14:12	12:23
65	25:32	20:39	17:06	14:32	12:40
70	25:58	21:00	17:24	14:47	12:53
75	26:56	21:46	18:02	15:20	13:22
80	29:35	23:55	19:49	16:50	14:41
85	31:25	25:24	21:02	17:53	15:35
90	35:44	28:53	23:56	20:20	17:44

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	20.4	25.2	30.4	35.8	41.1
25	20.4	25.2	30.4	35.8	41.1
30	20.4	25.2	30.4	35.8	41.1
35	20.4	25.2	30.4	35.8	41.1
40	20.4	25.2	30.4	35.8	41.1
45	20.4	25.2	30.4	35.8	41.1
50	20.3	25.1	30.3	35.7	40.9
55	19.9	24.6	29.7	35.0	40.1
60	19.2	23.8	28.7	33.8	38.8
65	18.8	23.2	28.1	33.0	37.9
70	18.5	22.9	27.6	32.5	37.2
75	17.8	22.0	26.6	31.3	35.9
80	16.2	20.1	24.2	28.5	32.7
85	15.3	18.9	22.8	26.8	30.8
90	13.4	16.6	20.1	23.6	27.1

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	12.7	15.7	18.9	22.2	25.5
25	12.7	15.7	18.9	22.2	25.5
30	12.7	15.7	18.9	22.2	25.5
35	12.7	15.7	18.9	22.2	25.5
40	12.7	15.7	18.9	22.2	25.5
45	12.7	15.7	18.9	22.2	25.5
50	12.6	15.6	18.9	22.2	25.4
55	12.4	15.3	18.5	21.7	24.9
60	12.0	14.8	17.9	21.0	24.1
65	11.7	14.4	17.4	20.5	23.5
70	11.5	14.2	17.1	20.2	23.1
75	11.1	13.7	16.5	19.5	22.3
80	10.1	12.5	15.1	17.7	20.3
85	9.5	11.7	14.2	16.7	19.1
90	8.3	10.3	12.5	14.7	16.8

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	53	87	140	216	313
25	53	87	140	216	313
30	53	87	140	216	313
35	53	87	140	216	313
40	53	87	140	216	313
45	53	87	140	216	313
50	52	87	139	214	311
55	50	82	132	203	294
60	46	76	121	185	268
65	44	72	114	174	251
70	42	69	109	166	240
75	39	63	100	151	218
80	32	51	79	119	170
85	28	45	69	102	145
90	22	34	51	74	104

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	248	318	423	570	759
15	317	438	626	891	1235
20	327	457	657	941	1308
25	327	457	657	941	1308
30	327	457	657	941	1308
35	327	457	657	941	1308
40	327	457	657	941	1308
45	327	457	657	941	1308
50	326	455	653	935	1300
55	317	438	626	891	1235
60	303	414	585	826	1138
65	294	398	558	784	1075
70	288	388	540	755	1033
75	276	367	505	699	949
80	250	320	427	576	767
85	236	296	387	513	674
90	212	256	320	409	521

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

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	23.4	27.8
15	15.4	19.0	23.3	28.3	33.7
20	17.3	21.4	26.3	32.0	38.1
25	17.5	21.6	26.6	32.3	38.4
30	16.9	20.9	25.7	31.2	37.2
35	16.9	20.9	25.7	31.2	37.2
40	16.7	20.6	25.3	30.8	36.6
45	16.7	20.6	25.3	30.8	36.6
50	16.3	20.2	24.8	30.2	35.9
55	16.1	19.9	24.4	29.6	35.3
60	16.1	19.9	24.4	29.6	35.3
65	15.9	19.7	24.2	29.4	35.0
70	15.0	18.6	22.8	27.7	33.0
75	13.8	17.0	20.9	25.4	30.2
80	13.2	16.3	20.1	24.4	29.0
85	12.1	14.9	18.4	22.3	26.6
90	10.0	12.3	15.2	18.4	22.0

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	7.9	9.7	12.0	14.5	17.3
15	9.5	11.8	14.5	17.6	21.0
20	10.8	13.3	16.4	19.9	23.7
25	10.9	13.4	16.5	20.0	23.9
30	10.5	13.0	16.0	19.4	23.1
35	10.5	13.0	16.0	19.4	23.1
40	10.4	12.8	15.7	19.1	22.8
45	10.4	12.8	15.7	19.1	22.8
50	10.2	12.5	15.4	18.7	22.3
55	10.0	12.3	15.2	18.4	21.9
60	10.0	12.3	15.2	18.4	21.9
65	9.9	12.2	15.0	18.2	21.7
70	9.3	11.5	14.2	17.2	20.5
75	8.6	10.6	13.0	15.8	18.8
80	8.2	10.1	12.5	15.1	18.0
85	7.5	9.3	11.4	13.9	16.5
90	6.2	7.7	9.4	11.5	13.6

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	26	42	67	106
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	33	54	91	153	247
25	34	55	93	156	253
30	31	51	86	143	231
35	31	51	86	143	231
40	30	49	83	138	221
45	30	49	83	138	221
50	29	47	79	130	209
55	28	45	75	125	200
60	28	45	75	125	200
65	27	44	73	122	195
70	24	39	64	104	166
75	20	32	51	83	131
80	19	29	46	75	118
85	16	24	38	60	93
90	11	16	25	38	58

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	159	194	253	348	492
15	190	247	347	511	760
20	219	299	438	669	1023
25	221	303	446	683	1045
30	212	287	418	635	965
35	212	287	418	635	965
40	208	280	405	612	927
45	208	280	405	612	927
50	204	272	390	585	883
55	200	265	378	564	847
60	200	265	378	564	847
65	197	261	371	552	827
70	185	240	334	487	721
75	170	213	287	407	589
80	164	203	269	376	538
85	153	184	236	320	446
90	136	156	187	238	311

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	24 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	53	87	140	216	313
25	53	87	140	216	313
30	53	87	140	216	313
35	53	87	140	216	313
40	53	87	140	216	313
45	53	87	140	216	313
50	52	87	139	214	311
55	50	82	132	203	294
60	46	76	121	185	268
65	44	72	114	174	251
70	42	69	109	166	240
75	39	63	100	151	218
80	32	51	79	119	170
85	28	45	69	102	145
90	22	34	51	74	104

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	26	42	67	106
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	33	54	91	153	247
25	34	55	93	156	253
30	31	51	86	143	231
35	31	51	86	143	231
40	30	49	83	138	221
45	30	49	83	138	221
50	29	47	79	130	209
55	28	45	75	125	200
60	28	45	75	125	200
65	27	44	73	122	195
70	24	39	64	104	166
75	20	32	51	83	131
80	19	29	46	75	118
85	16	24	38	60	93
90	11	16	25	38	58

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	32	50	78	117	167
15	50	82	132	203	294
20	53	87	140	216	313
25	53	87	140	216	313
30	53	87	140	216	313
35	53	87	140	216	313
40	53	87	140	216	313
45	53	87	140	216	313
50	52	87	139	214	311
55	50	82	132	203	294
60	46	76	121	185	268
65	44	72	114	174	251
70	42	69	109	166	240
75	39	63	100	151	218
80	32	51	79	119	170
85	28	45	69	102	145
90	22	34	51	74	104

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	26	42	67	106
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	33	54	91	153	247
25	34	55	93	156	253
30	31	51	86	143	231
35	31	51	86	143	231
40	30	49	83	138	221
45	30	49	83	138	221
50	29	47	79	130	209
55	28	45	75	125	200
60	28	45	75	125	200
65	27	44	73	122	195
70	24	39	64	104	166
75	20	32	51	83	131
80	19	29	46	75	118
85	16	24	38	60	93
90	11	16	25	38	58

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	32	50	78	117	167
15	50	82	132	203	294
20	53	87	140	216	313
25	53	87	140	216	313
30	53	87	140	216	313
35	53	87	140	216	313
40	53	87	140	216	313
45	53	87	140	216	313
50	52	87	139	214	311
55	50	82	132	203	294
60	46	76	121	185	268
65	44	72	114	174	251
70	42	69	109	166	240
75	39	63	100	151	218
80	32	51	79	119	170
85	28	45	69	102	145
90	22	34	51	74	104

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17	26	42	67	106
15	25	41	67	111	177
20	33	54	91	153	247
25	34	55	93	156	253
30	31	51	86	143	231
35	31	51	86	143	231
40	30	49	83	138	221
45	30	49	83	138	221
50	29	47	79	130	209
55	28	45	75	125	200
60	28	45	75	125	200
65	27	44	73	122	195
70	24	39	64	104	166
75	20	32	51	83	131
80	19	29	46	75	118
85	16	24	38	60	93
90	11	16	25	38	58