25k Run Times

Running Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 25k run time?

A good 25k time is 02:12:03. This is the average 25k time across all ages and genders. The fastest 25k time is 01:10:05.

Male 25k Running Times

A good 25k time for a man is 02:04:05. This is the average 25k time across men of all ages. The fastest 25k time ran by a man is 01:10:05.

Average 25k run time by age and ability

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1003:27:1902:53:3602:28:3002:09:5501:56:1301:23:52
1502:59:2402:30:1302:08:3001:52:2601:40:3401:12:35
2002:53:1402:25:0302:04:0501:48:3401:37:0701:10:05
2502:53:1402:25:0302:04:0501:48:3401:37:0701:10:05
3002:53:1402:25:0302:04:0501:48:3401:37:0701:10:05
3502:54:1102:25:5102:04:4601:49:1001:37:3901:10:28
4002:58:3902:29:3602:07:5801:51:5801:40:1001:12:17
4503:06:0302:35:4702:13:1601:56:3501:44:1801:15:16
5003:14:0902:42:3502:19:0402:01:4001:48:5101:18:33
5503:23:0002:49:5902:25:2502:07:1301:53:4901:22:08
6003:32:4202:58:0702:32:2102:13:1801:59:1501:26:03
6503:43:2203:07:0302:40:0002:19:5902:05:1401:30:22
7003:55:1003:16:5502:48:2702:27:2302:11:5001:35:09
7504:11:2103:30:2803:00:0202:37:3102:20:5501:41:41
8004:37:1803:52:1203:18:3702:53:4702:35:2701:52:11
8505:18:5404:27:0203:48:2503:19:5102:58:4702:09:01
9006:29:3705:26:1504:39:0504:04:1003:38:2602:37:38
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1008:1806:5705:5605:1204:3903:21
1507:1106:0105:0804:3004:0102:54
2006:5605:4804:5804:2103:5302:48
2506:5605:4804:5804:2103:5302:48
3006:5605:4804:5804:2103:5302:48
3506:5805:5004:5904:2203:5402:49
4007:0905:5905:0704:2904:0002:53
4507:2706:1405:2004:4004:1003:01
5007:4606:3005:3404:5204:2103:09
5508:0706:4805:4905:0504:3303:17
6008:3007:0706:0605:2004:4603:27
6508:5607:2906:2405:3605:0103:37
7009:2407:5306:4405:5405:1603:48
7510:0308:2507:1206:1805:3804:04
8011:0609:1707:5706:5706:1304:29
8512:4510:4109:0808:0007:0905:10
9015:3513:0311:1009:4608:4406:18
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1013:2111:1009:3408:2207:2905:24
1511:3309:4008:1607:1406:2804:40
2011:0909:2007:5906:5906:1504:31
2511:0909:2007:5906:5906:1504:31
3011:0909:2007:5906:5906:1504:31
3511:1309:2308:0207:0206:1704:32
4011:3009:3808:1407:1206:2704:39
4511:5910:0208:3507:3006:4304:51
5012:3010:2808:5707:5007:0005:03
5513:0410:5709:2208:1107:2005:17
6013:4211:2809:4808:3507:4105:32
6514:2312:0210:1809:0108:0405:49
7015:0812:4110:5109:2908:2906:07
7516:1113:3311:3510:0809:0406:33
8017:5114:5712:4711:1110:0007:13
8520:3217:1114:4212:5211:3108:18
9025:0521:0017:5815:4314:0410:09

Female 25k Running Times

A good 25k time for a woman is 02:23:53. This is the average 25k time across women of all ages. The fastest 25k time ran by a woman is 01:17:20.

Average 25k run time by age and ability

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1004:04:0903:28:1603:00:3502:39:3102:23:4001:37:03
1503:32:4403:01:2802:37:2102:18:5902:05:1001:24:34
2003:16:0202:47:1302:24:5902:08:0501:55:2101:17:56
2503:14:3302:45:5702:23:5302:07:0601:54:2801:17:20
3003:14:3302:45:5702:23:5302:07:0601:54:2801:17:20
3503:16:0802:47:1802:25:0402:08:0901:55:2401:17:58
4003:20:3502:51:0602:28:2102:11:0301:58:0101:19:44
4503:28:2002:57:4302:34:0502:16:0702:02:3501:22:49
5003:40:0003:07:4002:42:4302:23:4402:09:2701:27:27
5503:53:5803:19:3502:53:0302:32:5202:17:4001:33:00
6004:09:5003:33:0603:04:4702:43:1402:27:0001:39:19
6504:28:0003:48:3703:18:1302:55:0602:37:4201:46:32
7004:49:0204:06:3303:33:4603:08:5002:50:0401:54:53
7505:13:3804:27:3203:51:5803:24:5503:04:3202:04:40
8005:47:5804:56:4904:17:2203:47:2003:24:4402:18:19
8506:46:5505:47:0605:00:5804:25:5103:59:2502:41:45
9008:35:5407:20:0406:21:3405:37:0405:03:3303:25:04
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1009:4608:2007:1306:2305:4503:53
1508:3107:1606:1805:3405:0003:23
2007:5006:4105:4805:0704:3703:07
2507:4706:3805:4505:0504:3503:06
3007:4706:3805:4505:0504:3503:06
3507:5106:4205:4805:0804:3703:07
4008:0106:5105:5605:1504:4303:11
4508:2007:0706:1005:2704:5403:19
5008:4807:3006:3105:4505:1103:30
5509:2207:5906:5506:0705:3003:43
6010:0008:3107:2306:3205:5303:58
6510:4309:0907:5607:0006:1804:16
7011:3409:5208:3307:3306:4804:36
7512:3310:4209:1708:1207:2304:59
8013:5511:5210:1809:0608:1105:32
8516:1713:5312:0210:3809:3506:28
9020:3817:3615:1613:2912:0908:12
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1015:4313:2411:3710:1609:1506:15
1513:4211:4110:0808:5708:0305:27
2012:3710:4609:2008:1507:2605:01
2512:3110:4109:1608:1107:2204:59
3012:3110:4109:1608:1107:2204:59
3512:3810:4609:2008:1507:2605:01
4012:5511:0109:3308:2607:3605:08
4513:2511:2609:5508:4607:5305:20
5014:1012:0510:2809:1508:2005:38
5515:0412:5111:0809:5008:5205:59
6016:0513:4311:5410:3009:2806:24
6517:1514:4312:4611:1610:0906:51
7018:3615:5213:4612:0910:5707:24
7520:1117:1314:5613:1111:5308:02
8022:2419:0616:3414:3813:1108:54
8526:1222:2119:2217:0715:2510:25
9033:1328:2024:3421:4219:3213:12

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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