20k Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 20k run time?

A good 20k time is 01:44:09. This is the average 20k time across all ages and genders. The fastest 20k time is 54:58.

Male 20k Running Times

A good 20k time for a man is 01:37:49. This is the average 20k time across men of all ages. The fastest 20k time ran by a man is 54:58.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:43:57	02:17:01	01:57:04	01:42:21	01:31:33	01:05:47
15	02:21:53	01:58:34	01:41:18	01:28:34	01:19:13	56:55
20	02:17:00	01:54:29	01:37:49	01:25:32	01:16:30	54:58
25	02:17:00	01:54:29	01:37:49	01:25:32	01:16:30	54:58
30	02:17:00	01:54:29	01:37:49	01:25:32	01:16:30	54:58
35	02:17:47	01:55:09	01:38:22	01:26:01	01:16:56	55:17
40	02:21:21	01:58:08	01:40:55	01:28:15	01:18:56	56:43
45	02:27:11	02:03:00	01:45:05	01:31:53	01:22:11	59:03
50	02:33:35	02:08:21	01:49:39	01:35:53	01:25:45	01:01:37
55	02:40:34	02:14:11	01:54:39	01:40:15	01:29:39	01:04:25
60	02:48:13	02:20:35	02:00:06	01:45:01	01:33:56	01:07:30
65	02:56:38	02:27:37	02:06:07	01:50:16	01:38:38	01:10:52
70	03:05:56	02:35:23	02:12:45	01:56:05	01:43:49	01:14:36
75	03:18:41	02:46:03	02:21:52	02:04:02	01:50:57	01:19:43
80	03:39:10	03:03:09	02:36:29	02:16:49	02:02:22	01:27:56
85	04:11:58	03:30:34	02:59:54	02:37:18	02:20:42	01:41:06
90	05:07:39	04:17:06	03:39:40	03:12:04	02:51:47	02:03:26

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	08:12	06:51	05:51	05:07	04:35	03:17
15	07:06	05:56	05:04	04:26	03:58	02:51
20	06:51	05:43	04:53	04:17	03:49	02:45
25	06:51	05:43	04:53	04:17	03:49	02:45
30	06:51	05:43	04:53	04:17	03:49	02:45
35	06:53	05:45	04:55	04:18	03:51	02:46
40	07:04	05:54	05:03	04:25	03:57	02:50
45	07:22	06:09	05:15	04:36	04:07	02:57
50	07:41	06:25	05:29	04:48	04:17	03:05
55	08:02	06:43	05:44	05:01	04:29	03:13
60	08:25	07:02	06:00	05:15	04:42	03:22
65	08:50	07:23	06:18	05:31	04:56	03:33
70	09:18	07:46	06:38	05:48	05:11	03:44
75	09:56	08:18	07:06	06:12	05:33	03:59
80	10:57	09:09	07:49	06:50	06:07	04:24
85	12:36	10:32	09:00	07:52	07:02	05:03
90	15:23	12:51	10:59	09:36	08:35	06:10

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	13:12	11:01	09:25	08:14	07:22	05:18
15	11:25	09:32	08:09	07:08	06:22	04:35
20	11:01	09:13	07:52	06:53	06:09	04:25
25	11:01	09:13	07:52	06:53	06:09	04:25
30	11:01	09:13	07:52	06:53	06:09	04:25
35	11:05	09:16	07:55	06:55	06:11	04:27
40	11:22	09:30	08:07	07:06	06:21	04:34
45	11:51	09:54	08:27	07:24	06:37	04:45
50	12:22	10:20	08:49	07:43	06:54	04:58
55	12:55	10:48	09:14	08:04	07:13	05:11
60	13:32	11:19	09:40	08:27	07:33	05:26
65	14:13	11:53	10:09	08:52	07:56	05:42
70	14:58	12:30	10:41	09:20	08:21	06:00
75	15:59	13:22	11:25	09:59	08:56	06:25
80	17:38	14:44	12:35	11:01	09:51	07:05
85	20:17	16:57	14:29	12:39	11:19	08:08
90	24:45	20:41	17:41	15:27	13:49	09:56

Female 20k Running Times

A good 20k time for a woman is 01:53:34. This is the average 20k time across women of all ages. The fastest 20k time ran by a woman is 01:01:30.

Average 20k run time by age and ability

Finish Time
Pace (min/km)
Pace (min/mile)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	03:12:02	02:43:28	02:21:32	02:04:54	01:52:25	01:16:39
15	02:47:55	02:22:56	02:03:45	01:49:12	01:38:17	01:07:01
20	02:35:09	02:12:04	01:54:20	01:40:54	01:30:49	01:01:55
25	02:34:06	02:11:10	01:53:34	01:40:13	01:30:12	01:01:30
30	02:34:08	02:11:13	01:53:36	01:40:15	01:30:14	01:01:31
35	02:35:38	02:12:29	01:54:42	01:41:13	01:31:06	01:02:07
40	02:39:16	02:15:35	01:57:23	01:43:35	01:33:14	01:03:34
45	02:45:22	02:20:46	02:01:52	01:47:33	01:36:48	01:06:00
50	02:54:26	02:28:29	02:08:33	01:53:27	01:42:06	01:09:37
55	03:05:18	02:37:44	02:16:33	02:00:31	01:48:28	01:13:57
60	03:17:38	02:48:14	02:25:39	02:08:32	01:55:41	01:18:53
65	03:31:42	03:00:12	02:36:01	02:17:41	02:03:55	01:24:29
70	03:47:55	03:14:01	02:47:58	02:28:14	02:13:25	01:30:58
75	04:06:52	03:30:08	03:01:56	02:40:33	02:24:30	01:38:32
80	04:32:29	03:51:57	03:20:49	02:57:13	02:39:30	01:48:45
85	05:16:17	04:29:14	03:53:05	03:25:42	03:05:08	02:06:14
90	06:36:14	05:37:17	04:52:00	04:17:41	03:51:56	02:38:08

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	09:36	08:10	07:05	06:15	05:37	03:50
15	08:24	07:09	06:11	05:28	04:55	03:21
20	07:45	06:36	05:43	05:03	04:32	03:06
25	07:42	06:34	05:41	05:01	04:31	03:05
30	07:42	06:34	05:41	05:01	04:31	03:05
35	07:47	06:37	05:44	05:04	04:33	03:06
40	07:58	06:47	05:52	05:11	04:40	03:11
45	08:16	07:02	06:06	05:23	04:50	03:18
50	08:43	07:25	06:26	05:40	05:06	03:29
55	09:16	07:53	06:50	06:02	05:25	03:42
60	09:53	08:25	07:17	06:26	05:47	03:57
65	10:35	09:01	07:48	06:53	06:12	04:13
70	11:24	09:42	08:24	07:25	06:40	04:33
75	12:21	10:30	09:06	08:02	07:14	04:56
80	13:37	11:36	10:02	08:52	07:59	05:26
85	15:49	13:28	11:39	10:17	09:15	06:19
90	19:49	16:52	14:36	12:53	11:36	07:54

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	15:27	13:09	11:23	10:03	09:03	06:10
15	13:31	11:30	09:57	08:47	07:55	05:24
20	12:29	10:38	09:12	08:07	07:18	04:59
25	12:24	10:33	09:08	08:04	07:15	04:57
30	12:24	10:33	09:08	08:04	07:16	04:57
35	12:31	10:40	09:14	08:09	07:20	05:00
40	12:49	10:55	09:27	08:20	07:30	05:07
45	13:18	11:20	09:48	08:39	07:47	05:19
50	14:02	11:57	10:21	09:08	08:13	05:36
55	14:55	12:42	10:59	09:42	08:44	05:57
60	15:54	13:32	11:43	10:21	09:19	06:21
65	17:02	14:30	12:33	11:05	09:58	06:48
70	18:20	15:37	13:31	11:56	10:44	07:19
75	19:52	16:55	14:38	12:55	11:38	07:56
80	21:56	18:40	16:10	14:16	12:50	08:45
85	25:27	21:40	18:45	16:33	14:54	10:09
90	31:53	27:08	23:30	20:44	18:40	12:43

What do the running abilities mean?

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.

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Male 20k Running Times

Average 20k run time by age and ability

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Average 20k run time by age and ability

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