3 Mile Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 3 mile run time?

A good 3 mile time is 23:06. This is the average 3 mile time across all ages and genders. The fastest 3 mile time is 12:24.

Male 3 Mile Running Times

A good 3 mile time for a man is 21:43. This is the average 3 mile time across men of all ages. The fastest 3 mile time ran by a man is 12:24.

Average 3 mile run time by age and ability

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	36:17	30:20	25:58	22:44	20:21	14:50
15	31:24	26:16	22:28	19:40	17:37	12:51
20	30:21	25:22	21:43	19:01	17:01	12:24
25	30:21	25:22	21:43	19:01	17:01	12:24
30	30:21	25:22	21:43	19:01	17:01	12:25
35	30:50	25:47	22:04	19:19	17:18	12:37
40	31:57	26:43	22:52	20:01	17:55	13:04
45	33:11	27:44	23:44	20:47	18:36	13:34
50	34:30	28:51	24:41	21:37	19:21	14:06
55	35:56	30:02	25:42	22:30	20:09	14:41
60	37:29	31:20	26:49	23:29	21:01	15:20
65	39:11	32:45	28:02	24:32	21:58	16:01
70	41:11	34:26	29:28	25:48	23:06	16:50
75	44:16	37:00	31:40	27:44	24:49	18:06
80	48:59	40:58	35:03	30:41	27:29	20:02
85	56:22	47:07	40:19	35:18	31:37	23:03
90	01:08:35	57:20	49:04	42:58	38:28	28:02

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	07:31	06:17	05:23	04:43	04:13	03:04
15	06:30	05:26	04:39	04:05	03:39	02:40
20	06:17	05:15	04:30	03:56	03:32	02:34
25	06:17	05:15	04:30	03:56	03:32	02:34
30	06:17	05:15	04:30	03:56	03:32	02:34
35	06:23	05:20	04:34	04:00	03:35	02:37
40	06:37	05:32	04:44	04:09	03:43	02:42
45	06:52	05:45	04:55	04:18	03:51	02:49
50	07:09	05:58	05:07	04:29	04:00	02:55
55	07:26	06:13	05:19	04:40	04:10	03:03
60	07:46	06:29	05:33	04:52	04:21	03:10
65	08:07	06:47	05:48	05:05	04:33	03:19
70	08:32	07:08	06:06	05:21	04:47	03:29
75	09:10	07:40	06:34	05:45	05:08	03:45
80	10:09	08:29	07:16	06:21	05:41	04:09
85	11:40	09:46	08:21	07:19	06:33	04:46
90	14:12	11:53	10:10	08:54	07:58	05:48

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	12:06	10:07	08:39	07:35	06:47	04:57
15	10:28	08:45	07:29	06:33	05:52	04:17
20	10:07	08:27	07:14	06:20	05:40	04:08
25	10:07	08:27	07:14	06:20	05:40	04:08
30	10:07	08:27	07:14	06:20	05:40	04:08
35	10:17	08:36	07:21	06:26	05:46	04:12
40	10:39	08:54	07:37	06:40	05:58	04:21
45	11:04	09:15	07:55	06:56	06:12	04:31
50	11:30	09:37	08:14	07:12	06:27	04:42
55	11:59	10:01	08:34	07:30	06:43	04:54
60	12:30	10:27	08:56	07:50	07:00	05:07
65	13:04	10:55	09:21	08:11	07:19	05:20
70	13:44	11:29	09:49	08:36	07:42	05:37
75	14:45	12:20	10:33	09:15	08:16	06:02
80	16:20	13:39	11:41	10:14	09:10	06:41
85	18:47	15:42	13:26	11:46	10:32	07:41
90	22:52	19:07	16:21	14:19	12:49	09:21

Female 3 Mile Running Times

A good 3 mile time for a woman is 25:10. This is the average 3 mile time across women of all ages. The fastest 3 mile time ran by a woman is 14:14.

Average 3 mile run time by age and ability

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	39:59	34:00	29:27	26:01	23:27	16:39
15	35:53	30:31	26:26	23:21	21:03	14:57
20	34:10	29:03	25:10	22:14	20:02	14:14
25	34:10	29:03	25:10	22:14	20:02	14:14
30	34:10	29:03	25:10	22:14	20:02	14:14
35	34:23	29:15	25:20	22:23	20:10	14:19
40	35:06	29:51	25:51	22:51	20:35	14:37
45	36:21	30:55	26:47	23:40	21:19	15:08
50	38:14	32:30	28:10	24:53	22:25	15:55
55	40:26	34:23	29:47	26:19	23:43	16:50
60	42:53	36:28	31:36	27:55	25:09	17:52
65	45:40	38:50	33:39	29:44	26:47	19:01
70	48:50	41:32	35:59	31:47	28:39	20:20
75	52:29	44:38	38:40	34:10	30:47	21:51
80	56:49	48:19	41:51	36:59	33:19	23:40
85	01:03:59	54:24	47:08	41:38	37:31	26:38
90	01:17:06	01:05:34	56:48	50:11	45:13	32:06

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	08:17	07:03	06:06	05:23	04:51	03:27
15	07:26	06:19	05:29	04:50	04:22	03:06
20	07:05	06:01	05:13	04:36	04:09	02:57
25	07:05	06:01	05:13	04:36	04:09	02:57
30	07:05	06:01	05:13	04:36	04:09	02:57
35	07:07	06:03	05:15	04:38	04:11	02:58
40	07:16	06:11	05:21	04:44	04:16	03:02
45	07:32	06:24	05:33	04:54	04:25	03:08
50	07:55	06:44	05:50	05:09	04:39	03:18
55	08:22	07:07	06:10	05:27	04:55	03:29
60	08:53	07:33	06:33	05:47	05:13	03:42
65	09:28	08:03	06:58	06:09	05:33	03:56
70	10:07	08:36	07:27	06:35	05:56	04:13
75	10:52	09:15	08:01	07:05	06:23	04:32
80	11:46	10:00	08:40	07:40	06:54	04:54
85	13:15	11:16	09:46	08:37	07:46	05:31
90	15:58	13:35	11:46	10:24	09:22	06:39

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	13:20	11:20	09:49	08:40	07:49	05:33
15	11:58	10:10	08:49	07:47	07:01	04:59
20	11:23	09:41	08:23	07:25	06:41	04:45
25	11:23	09:41	08:23	07:25	06:41	04:45
30	11:23	09:41	08:23	07:25	06:41	04:45
35	11:28	09:45	08:27	07:28	06:43	04:46
40	11:42	09:57	08:37	07:37	06:52	04:52
45	12:07	10:18	08:56	07:53	07:06	05:03
50	12:45	10:50	09:23	08:18	07:28	05:18
55	13:29	11:28	09:56	08:46	07:54	05:37
60	14:18	12:09	10:32	09:18	08:23	05:57
65	15:13	12:57	11:13	09:55	08:56	06:20
70	16:17	13:51	12:00	10:36	09:33	06:47
75	17:30	14:53	12:53	11:23	10:16	07:17
80	18:56	16:06	13:57	12:20	11:06	07:53
85	21:20	18:08	15:43	13:53	12:30	08:53
90	25:42	21:51	18:56	16:44	15:04	10:42

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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What is a good 3 mile run time?

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Average 3 mile run time by age and ability

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Average 3 mile run time by age and ability

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