Half Marathon Run Times

Running Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good half marathon run time?

A good half marathon time is 01:50:15. This is the average half marathon time across all ages and genders. The fastest half marathon time is 58:01.

Male Half Marathon Running Times

A good half marathon time for a man is 01:43:33. This is the average half marathon time across men of all ages. The fastest half marathon time ran by a man is 58:01.

Average half marathon run time by age and ability

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1002:53:2802:25:0102:03:5601:48:2201:36:5601:09:26
1502:30:0702:05:3001:47:1501:33:4701:23:5301:00:05
2002:24:5702:01:1101:43:3301:30:3301:21:0058:01
2502:24:5702:01:1101:43:3301:30:3301:21:0058:01
3002:24:5702:01:1101:43:3301:30:3301:21:0058:01
3502:25:4502:01:5101:44:0801:31:0301:21:2658:20
4002:29:2902:04:5901:46:4801:33:2401:23:3259:50
4502:35:4002:10:0901:51:1301:37:1501:26:5901:02:19
5002:42:2802:15:4901:56:0401:41:3001:30:4701:05:02
5502:49:5202:22:0102:01:2201:46:0701:34:5501:07:59
6002:57:5902:28:4802:07:0901:51:1201:39:2701:11:14
6503:06:5402:36:1602:13:3201:56:4601:44:2601:14:49
7003:16:4702:44:3102:20:3502:02:5601:49:5701:18:46
7503:30:1902:55:5002:30:1502:11:2401:57:3101:24:11
8003:52:0203:13:5902:45:4602:24:5702:09:3901:32:52
8504:26:5003:43:0503:10:3902:46:4202:29:0601:46:48
9005:26:0104:32:3403:52:5503:23:4103:02:1002:10:30
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1008:1306:5205:5205:0804:3603:17
1507:0705:5705:0504:2703:5902:51
2006:5205:4504:5504:1803:5002:45
2506:5205:4504:5504:1803:5002:45
3006:5205:4504:5504:1803:5002:45
3506:5405:4704:5604:1903:5202:46
4007:0505:5505:0404:2603:5802:50
4507:2306:1005:1604:3704:0702:57
5007:4206:2605:3004:4904:1803:05
5508:0306:4405:4505:0204:3003:13
6008:2607:0306:0205:1604:4303:23
6508:5207:2406:2005:3204:5703:33
7009:2007:4806:4005:5005:1303:44
7509:5808:2007:0706:1405:3403:59
8011:0009:1207:5106:5206:0904:24
8512:3910:3409:0207:5407:0405:04
9015:2712:5511:0209:3908:3806:11
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1013:1411:0409:2708:1607:2405:18
1511:2709:3408:1107:0906:2404:35
2011:0309:1507:5406:5406:1104:26
2511:0309:1507:5406:5406:1104:26
3011:0309:1507:5406:5406:1104:26
3511:0709:1807:5706:5706:1304:27
4011:2409:3208:0907:0706:2204:34
4511:5209:5608:2907:2506:3804:45
5012:2410:2208:5107:4506:5504:58
5512:5710:5009:1508:0607:1405:11
6013:3511:2109:4208:2907:3505:26
6514:1511:5510:1108:5407:5805:42
7015:0112:3310:4309:2308:2306:00
7516:0313:2511:2810:0108:5806:25
8017:4214:4812:3911:0309:5307:05
8520:2117:0114:3312:4311:2208:09
9024:5220:4717:4615:3213:5409:57

Female Half Marathon Running Times

A good half marathon time for a woman is 02:00:12. This is the average half marathon time across women of all ages. The fastest half marathon time ran by a woman is 01:04:31.

Average half marathon run time by age and ability

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1003:24:3202:54:1202:30:5102:13:0901:59:5101:20:58
1502:58:1302:31:4602:11:2601:56:0101:44:2601:10:33
2002:44:1402:19:5202:01:0701:46:5401:36:1401:05:01
2502:42:5902:18:4802:00:1201:46:0601:35:3001:04:31
3002:43:0202:18:5002:00:1401:46:0801:35:3201:04:32
3502:44:3402:20:0902:01:2201:47:0701:36:2601:05:09
4002:48:2302:23:2402:04:1101:49:3701:38:4001:06:39
4502:54:5102:28:5502:08:5701:53:4901:42:2801:09:13
5003:04:2802:37:0602:16:0302:00:0501:48:0601:13:01
5503:16:0002:46:5502:24:3402:07:3601:54:5101:17:35
6003:29:0502:58:0402:34:1202:16:0602:02:3101:22:46
6503:44:0203:10:4702:45:1402:25:5002:11:1601:28:41
7004:01:1603:25:2802:57:5702:37:0402:21:2301:35:31
7504:21:2403:42:3703:12:4702:50:1002:33:1001:43:29
8004:48:3404:05:4503:32:4903:07:5102:49:0501:54:14
8505:35:0004:45:1804:07:0403:38:0503:16:1802:12:37
9006:59:5005:57:3205:09:3804:33:1804:06:0102:46:12
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1009:4208:1507:0906:1905:4103:50
1508:2707:1206:1405:3004:5703:21
2007:4706:3805:4405:0404:3403:05
2507:4406:3505:4205:0204:3203:03
3007:4406:3505:4205:0204:3203:04
3507:4806:3905:4505:0504:3403:05
4007:5906:4805:5305:1204:4103:10
4508:1707:0306:0705:2404:5103:17
5008:4507:2706:2705:4205:0703:28
5509:1707:5506:5106:0305:2703:41
6009:5508:2607:1906:2705:4803:55
6510:3709:0307:5006:5506:1304:12
7011:2609:4408:2607:2706:4204:32
7512:2310:3309:0808:0407:1604:54
8013:4111:3910:0508:5408:0105:25
8515:5313:3111:4310:2009:1806:17
9019:5416:5714:4112:5711:4007:53
AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1015:3613:1711:3010:0909:0906:11
1513:3611:3510:0208:5107:5805:23
2012:3210:4009:1408:0907:2004:58
2512:2610:3509:1008:0607:1704:55
3012:2610:3509:1008:0607:1704:55
3512:3310:4109:1508:1007:2104:58
4012:5110:5609:2808:2207:3205:05
4513:2011:2209:5008:4107:4905:17
5014:0411:5910:2309:1008:1505:34
5514:5712:4411:0209:4408:4605:55
6015:5713:3511:4610:2309:2106:19
6517:0514:3312:3611:0710:0106:46
7018:2415:4013:3411:5910:4707:17
7519:5616:5914:4212:5911:4107:54
8022:0118:4516:1414:2012:5408:43
8525:3321:4618:5116:3814:5810:07
9032:0227:1623:3720:5118:4612:41

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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