2k Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 2k run time?

A good 2k time is 08:59. This is the average 2k time across all ages and genders. The fastest 2k time is 05:08.

A good 2k time for a man is 08:25. This is the average 2k time across men of all ages. The fastest 2k time ran by a man is 05:08.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	14:16	11:51	10:04	08:46	07:49	06:09
15	12:21	10:15	08:43	07:35	06:46	05:19
20	11:56	09:54	08:25	07:20	06:32	05:08
25	11:56	09:54	08:25	07:20	06:32	05:08
30	11:57	09:55	08:25	07:20	06:32	05:09
35	12:08	10:05	08:34	07:27	06:39	05:14
40	12:34	10:25	08:51	07:43	06:52	05:25
45	13:02	10:49	09:11	08:00	07:08	05:37
50	13:33	11:14	09:33	08:19	07:25	05:50
55	14:06	11:42	09:56	08:39	07:43	06:04
60	14:42	12:12	10:22	09:01	08:02	06:20
65	15:21	12:44	10:49	09:25	08:24	06:37
70	16:07	13:23	11:22	09:54	08:49	06:56
75	17:19	14:22	12:13	10:38	09:29	07:27
80	19:10	15:54	13:31	11:46	10:29	08:15
85	22:04	18:19	15:33	13:33	12:04	09:30
90	26:53	22:19	18:57	16:30	14:43	11:35

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	07:08	05:55	05:02	04:23	03:54	03:04
15	06:11	05:08	04:21	03:48	03:23	02:40
20	05:58	04:57	04:13	03:40	03:16	02:34
25	05:58	04:57	04:13	03:40	03:16	02:34
30	05:58	04:57	04:13	03:40	03:16	02:34
35	06:04	05:02	04:17	03:44	03:19	02:37
40	06:17	05:13	04:26	03:51	03:26	02:42
45	06:31	05:25	04:36	04:00	03:34	02:48
50	06:46	05:37	04:47	04:09	03:42	02:55
55	07:03	05:51	04:58	04:20	03:51	03:02
60	07:21	06:06	05:11	04:31	04:01	03:10
65	07:40	06:22	05:25	04:43	04:12	03:18
70	08:03	06:41	05:41	04:57	04:25	03:28
75	08:39	07:11	06:06	05:19	04:44	03:44
80	09:35	07:57	06:45	05:53	05:15	04:08
85	11:02	09:09	07:47	06:46	06:02	04:45
90	13:26	11:09	09:29	08:15	07:21	05:47

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	11:29	09:32	08:06	07:03	06:17	04:57
15	09:56	08:15	07:01	06:06	05:26	04:17
20	09:36	07:58	06:46	05:54	05:15	04:08
25	09:36	07:58	06:46	05:54	05:15	04:08
30	09:37	07:59	06:47	05:54	05:16	04:08
35	09:46	08:06	06:53	06:00	05:21	04:12
40	10:06	08:23	07:08	06:12	05:32	04:21
45	10:29	08:42	07:24	06:26	05:44	04:31
50	10:54	09:03	07:41	06:41	05:58	04:42
55	11:20	09:25	08:00	06:58	06:12	04:53
60	11:49	09:49	08:20	07:16	06:28	05:06
65	12:21	10:15	08:42	07:35	06:45	05:19
70	12:58	10:46	09:09	07:58	07:06	05:35
75	13:56	11:34	09:50	08:33	07:37	06:00
80	15:25	12:48	10:52	09:28	08:26	06:38
85	17:45	14:44	12:31	10:54	09:43	07:39
90	21:38	17:57	15:15	13:17	11:50	09:19

A good 2k time for a woman is 09:49. This is the average 2k time across women of all ages. The fastest 2k time ran by a woman is 05:54.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	15:47	13:21	11:30	10:06	09:04	06:54
15	14:10	11:59	10:19	09:04	08:08	06:11
20	13:29	11:24	09:49	08:38	07:44	05:54
25	13:29	11:24	09:49	08:38	07:44	05:54
30	13:29	11:24	09:49	08:38	07:44	05:54
35	13:35	11:29	09:53	08:41	07:47	05:56
40	13:51	11:43	10:05	08:52	07:57	06:03
45	14:21	12:08	10:27	09:11	08:14	06:16
50	15:06	12:46	10:59	09:39	08:40	06:36
55	15:58	13:30	11:37	10:13	09:10	06:58
60	16:56	14:19	12:20	10:50	09:43	07:24
65	18:02	15:15	13:08	11:32	10:21	07:53
70	19:17	16:18	14:03	12:20	11:04	08:26
75	20:43	17:32	15:05	13:16	11:54	09:03
80	22:26	18:58	16:20	14:21	12:52	09:48
85	25:16	21:22	18:24	16:10	14:30	11:02
90	30:26	25:45	22:10	19:29	17:28	13:18

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	07:54	06:41	05:45	05:03	04:32	03:27
15	07:05	05:59	05:10	04:32	04:04	03:06
20	06:45	05:42	04:55	04:19	03:52	02:57
25	06:45	05:42	04:55	04:19	03:52	02:57
30	06:45	05:42	04:55	04:19	03:52	02:57
35	06:47	05:44	04:57	04:21	03:54	02:58
40	06:56	05:52	05:03	04:26	03:59	03:02
45	07:11	06:04	05:14	04:36	04:07	03:08
50	07:33	06:23	05:30	04:50	04:20	03:18
55	07:59	06:45	05:49	05:06	04:35	03:29
60	08:28	07:10	06:10	05:25	04:52	03:42
65	09:01	07:38	06:34	05:46	05:10	03:56
70	09:38	08:09	07:01	06:10	05:32	04:13
75	10:22	08:46	07:33	06:38	05:57	04:32
80	11:13	09:29	08:10	07:11	06:26	04:54
85	12:38	10:41	09:12	08:05	07:15	05:31
90	15:13	12:52	11:05	09:44	08:44	06:39

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	12:42	10:45	09:15	08:08	07:17	05:33
15	11:24	09:39	08:18	07:18	06:33	04:59
20	10:51	09:11	07:54	06:57	06:14	04:45
25	10:51	09:11	07:54	06:57	06:14	04:45
30	10:51	09:11	07:54	06:57	06:14	04:45
35	10:55	09:14	07:57	06:59	06:16	04:46
40	11:09	09:26	08:07	07:08	06:24	04:52
45	11:33	09:46	08:25	07:23	06:38	05:03
50	12:09	10:16	08:51	07:46	06:58	05:18
55	12:51	10:52	09:21	08:13	07:22	05:37
60	13:37	11:31	09:55	08:43	07:49	05:57
65	14:31	12:16	10:34	09:17	08:20	06:20
70	15:31	13:07	11:18	09:56	08:54	06:47
75	16:40	14:06	12:09	10:40	09:34	07:17
80	18:03	15:16	13:09	11:33	10:22	07:53
85	20:20	17:11	14:48	13:00	11:40	08:53
90	24:30	20:43	17:50	15:40	14:03	10:42

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.