20k Run Times

Running Standards 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.

Average 20k run time by age and ability

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1002:43:5702:17:0101:57:0401:42:2101:31:3301:05:47
1502:21:5301:58:3401:41:1801:28:3401:19:1356:55
2002:17:0001:54:2901:37:4901:25:3201:16:3054:58
2502:17:0001:54:2901:37:4901:25:3201:16:3054:58
3002:17:0001:54:2901:37:4901:25:3201:16:3054:58
3502:17:4701:55:0901:38:2201:26:0101:16:5655:17
4002:21:2101:58:0801:40:5501:28:1501:18:5656:43
4502:27:1102:03:0001:45:0501:31:5301:22:1159:03
5002:33:3502:08:2101:49:3901:35:5301:25:4501:01:37
5502:40:3402:14:1101:54:3901:40:1501:29:3901:04:25
6002:48:1302:20:3502:00:0601:45:0101:33:5601:07:30
6502:56:3802:27:3702:06:0701:50:1601:38:3801:10:52
7003:05:5602:35:2302:12:4501:56:0501:43:4901:14:36
7503:18:4102:46:0302:21:5202:04:0201:50:5701:19:43
8003:39:1003:03:0902:36:2902:16:4902:02:2201:27:56
8504:11:5803:30:3402:59:5402:37:1802:20:4201:41:06
9005:07:3904:17:0603:39:4003:12:0402:51:4702:03:26
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1008:1206:5105:5105:0704:3503:17
1507:0605:5605:0404:2603:5802:51
2006:5105:4304:5304:1703:4902:45
2506:5105:4304:5304:1703:4902:45
3006:5105:4304:5304:1703:4902:45
3506:5305:4504:5504:1803:5102:46
4007:0405:5405:0304:2503:5702:50
4507:2206:0905:1504:3604:0702:57
5007:4106:2505:2904:4804:1703:05
5508:0206:4305:4405:0104:2903:13
6008:2507:0206:0005:1504:4203:22
6508:5007:2306:1805:3104:5603:33
7009:1807:4606:3805:4805:1103:44
7509:5608:1807:0606:1205:3303:59
8010:5709:0907:4906:5006:0704:24
8512:3610:3209:0007:5207:0205:03
9015:2312:5110:5909:3608:3506:10
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1013:1211:0109:2508:1407:2205:18
1511:2509:3208:0907:0806:2204:35
2011:0109:1307:5206:5306:0904:25
2511:0109:1307:5206:5306:0904:25
3011:0109:1307:5206:5306:0904:25
3511:0509:1607:5506:5506:1104:27
4011:2209:3008:0707:0606:2104:34
4511:5109:5408:2707:2406:3704:45
5012:2210:2008:4907:4306:5404:58
5512:5510:4809:1408:0407:1305:11
6013:3211:1909:4008:2707:3305:26
6514:1311:5310:0908:5207:5605:42
7014:5812:3010:4109:2008:2106:00
7515:5913:2211:2509:5908:5606:25
8017:3814:4412:3511:0109:5107:05
8520:1716:5714:2912:3911:1908:08
9024:4520:4117:4115:2713:4909:56

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

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1003:12:0202:43:2802:21:3202:04:5401:52:2501:16:39
1502:47:5502:22:5602:03:4501:49:1201:38:1701:07:01
2002:35:0902:12:0401:54:2001:40:5401:30:4901:01:55
2502:34:0602:11:1001:53:3401:40:1301:30:1201:01:30
3002:34:0802:11:1301:53:3601:40:1501:30:1401:01:31
3502:35:3802:12:2901:54:4201:41:1301:31:0601:02:07
4002:39:1602:15:3501:57:2301:43:3501:33:1401:03:34
4502:45:2202:20:4602:01:5201:47:3301:36:4801:06:00
5002:54:2602:28:2902:08:3301:53:2701:42:0601:09:37
5503:05:1802:37:4402:16:3302:00:3101:48:2801:13:57
6003:17:3802:48:1402:25:3902:08:3201:55:4101:18:53
6503:31:4203:00:1202:36:0102:17:4102:03:5501:24:29
7003:47:5503:14:0102:47:5802:28:1402:13:2501:30:58
7504:06:5203:30:0803:01:5602:40:3302:24:3001:38:32
8004:32:2903:51:5703:20:4902:57:1302:39:3001:48:45
8505:16:1704:29:1403:53:0503:25:4203:05:0802:06:14
9006:36:1405:37:1704:52:0004:17:4103:51:5602:38:08
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1009:3608:1007:0506:1505:3703:50
1508:2407:0906:1105:2804:5503:21
2007:4506:3605:4305:0304:3203:06
2507:4206:3405:4105:0104:3103:05
3007:4206:3405:4105:0104:3103:05
3507:4706:3705:4405:0404:3303:06
4007:5806:4705:5205:1104:4003:11
4508:1607:0206:0605:2304:5003:18
5008:4307:2506:2605:4005:0603:29
5509:1607:5306:5006:0205:2503:42
6009:5308:2507:1706:2605:4703:57
6510:3509:0107:4806:5306:1204:13
7011:2409:4208:2407:2506:4004:33
7512:2110:3009:0608:0207:1404:56
8013:3711:3610:0208:5207:5905:26
8515:4913:2811:3910:1709:1506:19
9019:4916:5214:3612:5311:3607:54
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1015:2713:0911:2310:0309:0306:10
1513:3111:3009:5708:4707:5505:24
2012:2910:3809:1208:0707:1804:59
2512:2410:3309:0808:0407:1504:57
3012:2410:3309:0808:0407:1604:57
3512:3110:4009:1408:0907:2005:00
4012:4910:5509:2708:2007:3005:07
4513:1811:2009:4808:3907:4705:19
5014:0211:5710:2109:0808:1305:36
5514:5512:4210:5909:4208:4405:57
6015:5413:3211:4310:2109:1906:21
6517:0214:3012:3311:0509:5806:48
7018:2015:3713:3111:5610:4407:19
7519:5216:5514:3812:5511:3807:56
8021:5618:4016:1014:1612:5008:45
8525:2721:4018:4516:3314:5410:09
9031:5327:0823:3020:4418:4012:43

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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