3k Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 3k run time?

A good 3k time is 13:57. This is the average 3k time across all ages and genders. The fastest 3k time is 07:43.

A good 3k time for a man is 13:05. This is the average 3k time across men of all ages. The fastest 3k time ran by a man is 07:43.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	22:01	18:21	15:39	13:40	12:12	09:13
15	19:03	15:53	13:33	11:49	10:33	07:59
20	18:24	15:21	13:05	11:25	10:12	07:43
25	18:24	15:21	13:05	11:25	10:12	07:43
30	18:25	15:22	13:06	11:26	10:12	07:43
35	18:43	15:37	13:19	11:37	10:22	07:51
40	19:22	16:09	13:46	12:01	10:44	08:07
45	20:06	16:46	14:18	12:28	11:08	08:25
50	20:53	17:25	14:51	12:58	11:34	08:45
55	21:44	18:07	15:27	13:29	12:02	09:06
60	22:40	18:54	16:07	14:04	12:33	09:29
65	23:40	19:44	16:50	14:41	13:07	09:55
70	24:51	20:43	17:40	15:25	13:46	10:25
75	26:42	22:16	18:59	16:34	14:48	11:11
80	29:33	24:39	21:01	18:20	16:22	12:23
85	34:01	28:22	24:12	21:07	18:51	14:15
90	41:27	34:34	29:29	25:44	22:58	17:22

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	07:20	06:07	05:13	04:33	04:04	03:04
15	06:21	05:18	04:31	03:56	03:31	02:40
20	06:08	05:07	04:22	03:48	03:24	02:34
25	06:08	05:07	04:22	03:48	03:24	02:34
30	06:08	05:07	04:22	03:49	03:24	02:34
35	06:14	05:12	04:26	03:52	03:27	02:37
40	06:27	05:23	04:35	04:00	03:35	02:42
45	06:42	05:35	04:46	04:09	03:43	02:48
50	06:58	05:48	04:57	04:19	03:51	02:55
55	07:15	06:02	05:09	04:30	04:01	03:02
60	07:33	06:18	05:22	04:41	04:11	03:10
65	07:53	06:35	05:37	04:54	04:22	03:18
70	08:17	06:54	05:53	05:08	04:35	03:28
75	08:54	07:25	06:20	05:31	04:56	03:44
80	09:51	08:13	07:00	06:07	05:27	04:08
85	11:20	09:27	08:04	07:02	06:17	04:45
90	13:49	11:31	09:50	08:35	07:39	05:47

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	11:48	09:51	08:24	07:20	06:32	04:57
15	10:13	08:31	07:16	06:21	05:40	04:17
20	09:52	08:14	07:01	06:08	05:28	04:08
25	09:52	08:14	07:01	06:08	05:28	04:08
30	09:53	08:14	07:02	06:08	05:28	04:08
35	10:03	08:22	07:08	06:14	05:34	04:12
40	10:23	08:40	07:23	06:27	05:45	04:21
45	10:47	08:59	07:40	06:41	05:58	04:31
50	11:12	09:21	07:58	06:57	06:12	04:42
55	11:40	09:43	08:17	07:14	06:28	04:53
60	12:09	10:08	08:39	07:33	06:44	05:06
65	12:42	10:35	09:02	07:53	07:02	05:19
70	13:20	11:07	09:29	08:16	07:23	05:35
75	14:19	11:57	10:11	08:53	07:56	06:00
80	15:51	13:13	11:16	09:50	08:47	06:38
85	18:15	15:13	12:59	11:20	10:07	07:39
90	22:14	18:33	15:49	13:48	12:19	09:19

A good 3k time for a woman is 15:13. This is the average 3k time across women of all ages. The fastest 3k time ran by a woman is 08:50.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	24:16	20:37	17:49	15:42	14:07	10:21
15	21:47	18:30	15:59	14:05	12:40	09:17
20	20:44	17:37	15:13	13:25	12:03	08:50
25	20:44	17:37	15:13	13:25	12:03	08:50
30	20:44	17:37	15:13	13:25	12:03	08:50
35	20:53	17:44	15:19	13:30	12:08	08:54
40	21:18	18:06	15:38	13:47	12:23	09:05
45	22:04	18:44	16:12	14:16	12:50	09:24
50	23:12	19:42	17:02	15:01	13:29	09:53
55	24:33	20:50	18:01	15:52	14:16	10:28
60	26:02	22:07	19:07	16:50	15:08	11:06
65	27:44	23:33	20:21	17:56	16:07	11:49
70	29:39	25:11	21:46	19:11	17:14	12:38
75	31:52	27:04	23:23	20:37	18:31	13:35
80	34:30	29:17	25:19	22:18	20:03	14:42
85	38:50	32:59	28:30	25:07	22:35	16:33
90	46:49	39:45	34:21	30:16	27:13	19:57

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	08:05	06:52	05:56	05:14	04:42	03:27
15	07:16	06:10	05:20	04:42	04:13	03:06
20	06:55	05:52	05:04	04:28	04:01	02:57
25	06:55	05:52	05:04	04:28	04:01	02:57
30	06:55	05:52	05:04	04:28	04:01	02:57
35	06:58	05:55	05:06	04:30	04:03	02:58
40	07:06	06:02	05:13	04:36	04:08	03:02
45	07:21	06:15	05:24	04:45	04:17	03:08
50	07:44	06:34	05:41	05:00	04:30	03:18
55	08:11	06:57	06:00	05:17	04:45	03:29
60	08:41	07:22	06:22	05:37	05:03	03:42
65	09:15	07:51	06:47	05:59	05:22	03:56
70	09:53	08:24	07:15	06:24	05:45	04:13
75	10:37	09:01	07:48	06:52	06:10	04:32
80	11:30	09:46	08:26	07:26	06:41	04:54
85	12:57	11:00	09:30	08:22	07:32	05:31
90	15:36	13:15	11:27	10:05	09:04	06:39

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	13:01	11:03	09:33	08:25	07:34	05:33
15	11:41	09:55	08:35	07:34	06:48	04:59
20	11:08	09:27	08:10	07:12	06:28	04:45
25	11:08	09:27	08:10	07:12	06:28	04:45
30	11:08	09:27	08:10	07:12	06:28	04:45
35	11:12	09:31	08:13	07:15	06:31	04:46
40	11:26	09:42	08:23	07:24	06:39	04:52
45	11:50	10:03	08:41	07:39	06:53	05:03
50	12:27	10:34	09:08	08:03	07:14	05:18
55	13:10	11:11	09:40	08:31	07:39	05:37
60	13:58	11:52	10:15	09:02	08:07	05:57
65	14:53	12:38	10:55	09:37	08:39	06:20
70	15:54	13:30	11:40	10:17	09:15	06:47
75	17:06	14:31	12:33	11:03	09:56	07:17
80	18:30	15:43	13:35	11:58	10:45	07:53
85	20:50	17:42	15:18	13:29	12:07	08:53
90	25:07	21:19	18:26	16:14	14:36	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.