5k Run Times

Running Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 5k run time?

A good 5k time is 23:58. This is the average 5k time across all ages and genders. The fastest 5k time is 12:51.

Male 5k Running Times

A good 5k time for a man is 22:31. This is the average 5k time across men of all ages. The fastest 5k time ran by a man is 12:51.

Average 5k run time by age and ability

Age Beginner Novice Intermediate Advanced Elite WR
10 37:39 31:29 26:56 23:35 21:07 15:22
15 32:35 27:14 23:19 20:25 18:17 13:18
20 31:29 26:19 22:31 19:44 17:40 12:51
25 31:29 26:19 22:31 19:44 17:40 12:51
30 31:29 26:19 22:32 19:44 17:40 12:51
35 31:59 26:45 22:53 20:03 17:57 13:03
40 33:09 27:43 23:43 20:46 18:36 13:32
45 34:25 28:47 24:38 21:34 19:19 14:03
50 35:47 29:55 25:36 22:26 20:05 14:37
55 37:16 31:10 26:40 23:21 20:55 15:13
60 38:53 32:31 27:49 24:22 21:49 15:52
65 40:38 33:59 29:05 25:28 22:48 16:35
70 42:43 35:43 30:34 26:46 23:58 17:26
75 45:55 38:23 32:51 28:46 25:46 18:45
80 50:49 42:30 36:22 31:51 28:31 20:45
85 58:28 48:53 41:50 36:38 32:48 23:52
90 01:11:08 59:29 50:54 44:35 39:55 29:02
Age Beginner Novice Intermediate Advanced Elite WR
10 07:32 06:18 05:23 04:43 04:13 03:04
15 06:31 05:27 04:40 04:05 03:39 02:40
20 06:18 05:16 04:30 03:57 03:32 02:34
25 06:18 05:16 04:30 03:57 03:32 02:34
30 06:18 05:16 04:30 03:57 03:32 02:34
35 06:24 05:21 04:35 04:01 03:35 02:37
40 06:38 05:33 04:45 04:09 03:43 02:42
45 06:53 05:45 04:56 04:19 03:52 02:49
50 07:09 05:59 05:07 04:29 04:01 02:55
55 07:27 06:14 05:20 04:40 04:11 03:03
60 07:47 06:30 05:34 04:52 04:22 03:10
65 08:08 06:48 05:49 05:06 04:34 03:19
70 08:33 07:09 06:07 05:21 04:48 03:29
75 09:11 07:41 06:34 05:45 05:09 03:45
80 10:10 08:30 07:16 06:22 05:42 04:09
85 11:42 09:47 08:22 07:20 06:34 04:46
90 14:14 11:54 10:11 08:55 07:59 05:48
Age Beginner Novice Intermediate Advanced Elite WR
10 12:07 10:08 08:40 07:36 06:48 04:57
15 10:29 08:46 07:30 06:34 05:53 04:17
20 10:08 08:28 07:15 06:21 05:41 04:08
25 10:08 08:28 07:15 06:21 05:41 04:08
30 10:08 08:28 07:15 06:21 05:41 04:08
35 10:18 08:37 07:22 06:27 05:47 04:12
40 10:40 08:55 07:38 06:41 05:59 04:21
45 11:05 09:16 07:56 06:57 06:13 04:31
50 11:31 09:38 08:15 07:13 06:28 04:42
55 12:00 10:02 08:35 07:31 06:44 04:54
60 12:31 10:28 08:57 07:51 07:01 05:07
65 13:05 10:56 09:22 08:12 07:20 05:20
70 13:45 11:30 09:50 08:37 07:43 05:37
75 14:47 12:21 10:34 09:16 08:18 06:02
80 16:22 13:41 11:42 10:15 09:11 06:41
85 18:49 15:44 13:28 11:48 10:34 07:41
90 22:54 19:09 16:23 14:21 12:51 09:21

Female 5k Running Times

A good 5k time for a woman is 26:07. This is the average 5k time across women of all ages. The fastest 5k time ran by a woman is 14:44.

Average 5k run time by age and ability

Age Beginner Novice Intermediate Advanced Elite WR
10 41:29 35:16 30:33 27:00 24:20 17:15
15 37:14 31:40 27:26 24:14 21:50 15:29
20 35:27 30:08 26:07 23:04 20:47 14:44
25 35:27 30:08 26:07 23:04 20:47 14:44
30 35:27 30:08 26:07 23:04 20:47 14:44
35 35:40 30:20 26:17 23:13 20:56 14:50
40 36:25 30:58 26:49 23:42 21:22 15:08
45 37:43 32:04 27:47 24:33 22:07 15:41
50 39:39 33:43 29:13 25:49 23:16 16:29
55 41:56 35:40 30:54 27:18 24:36 17:26
60 44:29 37:50 32:47 28:58 26:06 18:30
65 47:23 40:18 34:54 30:51 27:48 19:42
70 50:40 43:05 37:20 32:59 29:43 21:04
75 54:27 46:18 40:07 35:27 31:56 22:38
80 58:57 50:07 43:25 38:22 34:35 24:30
85 01:06:22 56:26 48:54 43:12 38:56 27:35
90 01:19:59 01:08:01 58:55 52:04 46:55 33:15
Age Beginner Novice Intermediate Advanced Elite WR
10 08:18 07:03 06:07 05:24 04:52 03:27
15 07:27 06:20 05:29 04:51 04:22 03:06
20 07:05 06:02 05:13 04:37 04:09 02:57
25 07:05 06:02 05:13 04:37 04:09 02:57
30 07:05 06:02 05:13 04:37 04:09 02:57
35 07:08 06:04 05:15 04:39 04:11 02:58
40 07:17 06:12 05:22 04:44 04:16 03:02
45 07:33 06:25 05:33 04:55 04:25 03:08
50 07:56 06:45 05:51 05:10 04:39 03:18
55 08:23 07:08 06:11 05:28 04:55 03:29
60 08:54 07:34 06:33 05:48 05:13 03:42
65 09:29 08:04 06:59 06:10 05:34 03:56
70 10:08 08:37 07:28 06:36 05:57 04:13
75 10:53 09:16 08:01 07:05 06:23 04:32
80 11:47 10:01 08:41 07:40 06:55 04:54
85 13:16 11:17 09:47 08:38 07:47 05:31
90 16:00 13:36 11:47 10:25 09:23 06:39
Age Beginner Novice Intermediate Advanced Elite WR
10 13:21 11:21 09:50 08:41 07:50 05:33
15 11:59 10:11 08:50 07:48 07:02 04:59
20 11:24 09:42 08:24 07:26 06:42 04:45
25 11:24 09:42 08:24 07:26 06:42 04:45
30 11:24 09:42 08:24 07:26 06:42 04:45
35 11:29 09:46 08:28 07:28 06:44 04:46
40 11:43 09:58 08:38 07:38 06:52 04:52
45 12:08 10:19 08:57 07:54 07:07 05:03
50 12:46 10:51 09:24 08:19 07:29 05:18
55 13:30 11:29 09:57 08:47 07:55 05:37
60 14:19 12:11 10:33 09:19 08:24 05:57
65 15:15 12:58 11:14 09:56 08:57 06:20
70 16:18 13:52 12:01 10:37 09:34 06:47
75 17:32 14:54 12:55 11:24 10:17 07:17
80 18:58 16:08 13:59 12:21 11:08 07:53
85 21:22 18:10 15:44 13:54 12:32 08:53
90 25:45 21:54 18:58 16:45 15:06 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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