1k Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1k run time?

A good 1k time is 04:11. This is the average 1k time across all ages and genders. The fastest 1k time is 02:21.

A good 1k time for a man is 03:56. This is the average 1k time across men of all ages. The fastest 1k time ran by a man is 02:21.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	06:41	05:32	04:42	04:06	03:40	02:49
15	05:47	04:47	04:04	03:33	03:10	02:26
20	05:35	04:37	03:56	03:26	03:04	02:21
25	05:35	04:37	03:56	03:26	03:04	02:21
30	05:36	04:38	03:56	03:26	03:04	02:21
35	05:41	04:42	04:00	03:29	03:07	02:23
40	05:53	04:52	04:08	03:36	03:13	02:28
45	06:06	05:03	04:17	03:44	03:20	02:34
50	06:20	05:15	04:27	03:53	03:28	02:40
55	06:36	05:28	04:38	04:03	03:37	02:47
60	06:53	05:42	04:50	04:13	03:46	02:54
65	07:11	05:57	05:03	04:24	03:56	03:01
70	07:33	06:15	05:18	04:37	04:08	03:10
75	08:06	06:43	05:42	04:58	04:26	03:25
80	08:58	07:26	06:18	05:30	04:55	03:46
85	10:20	08:33	07:16	06:20	05:39	04:21
90	12:35	10:25	08:51	07:43	06:53	05:18

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	06:41	05:32	04:42	04:06	03:40	02:49
15	05:47	04:47	04:04	03:33	03:10	02:26
20	05:35	04:37	03:56	03:26	03:04	02:21
25	05:35	04:37	03:56	03:26	03:04	02:21
30	05:36	04:38	03:56	03:26	03:04	02:21
35	05:41	04:42	04:00	03:29	03:07	02:23
40	05:53	04:52	04:08	03:36	03:13	02:28
45	06:06	05:03	04:17	03:44	03:20	02:34
50	06:20	05:15	04:27	03:53	03:28	02:40
55	06:36	05:28	04:38	04:03	03:37	02:47
60	06:53	05:42	04:50	04:13	03:46	02:54
65	07:11	05:57	05:03	04:24	03:56	03:01
70	07:33	06:15	05:18	04:37	04:08	03:10
75	08:06	06:43	05:42	04:58	04:26	03:25
80	08:58	07:26	06:18	05:30	04:55	03:46
85	10:20	08:33	07:16	06:20	05:39	04:21
90	12:35	10:25	08:51	07:43	06:53	05:18

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	10:45	08:54	07:34	06:36	05:53	04:31
15	09:18	07:42	06:33	05:42	05:06	03:55
20	09:00	07:27	06:19	05:31	04:55	03:47
25	09:00	07:27	06:19	05:31	04:55	03:47
30	09:00	07:27	06:20	05:31	04:56	03:47
35	09:09	07:34	06:26	05:36	05:01	03:51
40	09:28	07:50	06:39	05:48	05:11	03:59
45	09:49	08:08	06:54	06:01	05:23	04:08
50	10:12	08:27	07:10	06:15	05:35	04:18
55	10:37	08:47	07:28	06:31	05:49	04:28
60	11:04	09:10	07:47	06:47	06:04	04:39
65	11:34	09:34	08:08	07:05	06:20	04:52
70	12:08	10:03	08:32	07:27	06:39	05:07
75	13:03	10:48	09:10	08:00	07:09	05:29
80	14:26	11:57	10:09	08:51	07:54	06:04
85	16:37	13:45	11:41	10:11	09:06	07:00
90	20:15	16:46	14:14	12:25	11:05	08:31

A good 1k time for a woman is 04:35. This is the average 1k time across women of all ages. The fastest 1k time ran by a woman is 02:37.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	07:25	06:15	05:22	04:43	04:14	03:04
15	06:39	05:36	04:49	04:14	03:48	02:45
20	06:20	05:20	04:35	04:02	03:37	02:37
25	06:20	05:20	04:35	04:02	03:37	02:37
30	06:20	05:20	04:35	04:02	03:37	02:37
35	06:23	05:22	04:37	04:03	03:38	02:38
40	06:31	05:29	04:43	04:08	03:43	02:42
45	06:45	05:41	04:53	04:17	03:51	02:47
50	07:05	05:58	05:08	04:30	04:03	02:56
55	07:30	06:19	05:26	04:46	04:17	03:06
60	07:57	06:42	05:45	05:03	04:32	03:17
65	08:28	07:08	06:08	05:23	04:50	03:30
70	09:04	07:38	06:33	05:45	05:10	03:45
75	09:44	08:12	07:03	06:11	05:33	04:02
80	10:32	08:52	07:38	06:42	06:01	04:21
85	11:52	10:00	08:35	07:33	06:46	04:54
90	14:18	12:02	10:21	09:05	08:10	05:55

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	07:25	06:15	05:22	04:43	04:14	03:04
15	06:39	05:36	04:49	04:14	03:48	02:45
20	06:20	05:20	04:35	04:02	03:37	02:37
25	06:20	05:20	04:35	04:02	03:37	02:37
30	06:20	05:20	04:35	04:02	03:37	02:37
35	06:23	05:22	04:37	04:03	03:38	02:38
40	06:31	05:29	04:43	04:08	03:43	02:42
45	06:45	05:41	04:53	04:17	03:51	02:47
50	07:05	05:58	05:08	04:30	04:03	02:56
55	07:30	06:19	05:26	04:46	04:17	03:06
60	07:57	06:42	05:45	05:03	04:32	03:17
65	08:28	07:08	06:08	05:23	04:50	03:30
70	09:04	07:38	06:33	05:45	05:10	03:45
75	09:44	08:12	07:03	06:11	05:33	04:02
80	10:32	08:52	07:38	06:42	06:01	04:21
85	11:52	10:00	08:35	07:33	06:46	04:54
90	14:18	12:02	10:21	09:05	08:10	05:55

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	11:56	10:03	08:38	07:35	06:49	04:56
15	10:43	09:01	07:45	06:49	06:07	04:26
20	10:12	08:35	07:23	06:29	05:49	04:13
25	10:12	08:35	07:23	06:29	05:49	04:13
30	10:12	08:35	07:23	06:29	05:49	04:13
35	10:16	08:39	07:26	06:31	05:51	04:15
40	10:29	08:49	07:35	06:40	05:59	04:20
45	10:51	09:08	07:51	06:54	06:12	04:29
50	11:25	09:36	08:15	07:15	06:31	04:43
55	12:04	10:10	08:44	07:40	06:53	04:59
60	12:48	10:47	09:16	08:08	07:18	05:18
65	13:38	11:29	09:52	08:40	07:47	05:38
70	14:35	12:17	10:33	09:16	08:19	06:02
75	15:40	13:12	11:20	09:58	08:56	06:29
80	16:58	14:17	12:16	10:47	09:41	07:01
85	19:06	16:05	13:49	12:08	10:54	07:54
90	23:01	19:23	16:39	14:38	13:08	09:31

Beginner	Faster than 5% of runners. A beginner runner has started running and has run for at least a month.
Novice	Faster than 20% of runners. A novice runner has run regularly for at least six months.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of runners. An intermediate runner has run regularly for at least two years.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of runners. An advanced runner has run for over five years.
Elite	Faster than 95% of runners. An elite runner has dedicated over five years to become competitive at running.