1 Mile Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1 mile cycle time?

A good 1 mile time is 02:41 for men and 03:09 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 1 mile time by age and ability below.

Our 1 mile cycle time standards are based on 10,885 cycling results by Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026. More...

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	04:22	05:02
Novice	03:21	03:54
Intermediate	02:41	03:09
Advanced	02:14	02:37
Elite	01:55	02:14

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	22.2	19.2
Novice	28.8	24.7
Intermediate	35.9	30.7
Advanced	43.2	37.0
Elite	50.3	43.2

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	13.8	11.9
Novice	17.9	15.4
Intermediate	22.3	19.1
Advanced	26.8	23.0
Elite	31.3	26.8

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	64	42
Novice	121	78
Intermediate	217	137
Advanced	360	227
Elite	553	350

Watts: Average power output.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	369	251
Novice	586	387
Intermediate	946	611
Advanced	1485	949
Elite	2211	1413

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Male
Female

Finish Time · 1 Mile

Male 1 Mile Cycling Times

A good 1 mile time is 02:41 for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 1 mile cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

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

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	17.1	22.2	27.7	33.3	38.8
15	21.0	27.3	34.1	41.0	47.8
20	21.4	27.8	34.7	41.8	48.7
25	21.7	28.1	35.1	42.3	49.2
30	21.6	28.0	35.0	42.1	49.1
35	21.5	27.9	34.8	41.9	48.9
40	21.4	27.8	34.7	41.8	48.6
45	21.3	27.7	34.5	41.6	48.4
50	21.2	27.5	34.4	41.3	48.2
55	20.9	27.1	33.9	40.8	47.5
60	20.4	26.4	33.0	39.7	46.3
65	19.6	25.4	31.7	38.1	44.4
70	18.5	24.0	30.0	36.1	42.0
75	17.3	22.4	28.0	33.7	39.2
80	16.0	20.8	25.9	31.2	36.3
85	14.7	19.0	23.7	28.6	33.3
90	13.2	17.2	21.4	25.8	30.1

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	10.6	13.8	17.2	20.7	24.1
15	13.1	17.0	21.2	25.5	29.7
20	13.3	17.3	21.6	26.0	30.2
25	13.5	17.5	21.8	26.3	30.6
30	13.4	17.4	21.7	26.2	30.5
35	13.4	17.4	21.6	26.1	30.4
40	13.3	17.3	21.6	25.9	30.2
45	13.2	17.2	21.5	25.8	30.1
50	13.2	17.1	21.3	25.7	29.9
55	13.0	16.9	21.0	25.3	29.5
60	12.7	16.4	20.5	24.7	28.7
65	12.2	15.8	19.7	23.7	27.6
70	11.5	14.9	18.6	22.4	26.1
75	10.7	13.9	17.4	20.9	24.4
80	9.9	12.9	16.1	19.4	22.6
85	9.1	11.8	14.8	17.8	20.7
90	8.2	10.7	13.3	16.0	18.7

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	36	64	110	178	268
15	57	107	189	313	479
20	59	112	199	329	503
25	61	115	205	339	520
30	60	114	203	336	515
35	60	113	201	332	509
40	59	111	198	328	503
45	58	110	196	324	496
50	58	109	193	320	489
55	56	105	186	307	470
60	53	98	173	286	436
65	48	89	156	256	390
70	42	77	135	220	334
75	37	66	113	183	277
80	31	55	93	150	225
85	26	45	75	119	178
90	22	36	59	92	136

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	263	370	542	798	1138
15	342	530	841	1306	1931
20	351	548	876	1366	2024
25	357	561	900	1407	2088
30	355	557	892	1394	2068
35	353	553	884	1380	2045
40	351	548	875	1365	2022
45	349	543	866	1349	1997
50	346	538	856	1332	1971
55	339	523	829	1285	1898
60	327	498	782	1205	1772
65	309	463	716	1092	1597
70	288	420	636	957	1385
75	267	377	555	819	1171
80	246	336	481	693	975
85	227	299	412	578	798
90	210	265	351	476	641

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Female 1 Mile Cycling Times

A good 1 mile time is 03:09 for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 1 mile cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

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

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	13.9	17.9	22.3	26.8	31.3
15	17.2	22.2	27.6	33.2	38.7
20	19.0	24.5	30.4	36.6	42.7
25	19.2	24.7	30.7	37.0	43.2
30	19.0	24.6	30.5	36.7	42.9
35	18.9	24.4	30.3	36.4	42.6
40	18.8	24.2	30.1	36.2	42.2
45	18.6	24.0	29.9	35.9	41.9
50	18.4	23.7	29.5	35.5	41.4
55	18.0	23.3	28.9	34.8	40.6
60	17.5	22.6	28.1	33.7	39.4
65	16.8	21.7	27.0	32.5	37.9
70	16.1	20.8	25.8	31.1	36.3
75	15.4	19.9	24.7	29.7	34.7
80	14.7	19.0	23.5	28.3	33.1
85	14.0	18.0	22.4	26.9	31.4
90	13.2	17.1	21.2	25.5	29.8

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	8.6	11.1	13.8	16.6	19.4
15	10.7	13.8	17.1	20.6	24.1
20	11.8	15.2	18.9	22.7	26.6
25	11.9	15.4	19.1	23.0	26.8
30	11.8	15.3	19.0	22.8	26.6
35	11.8	15.2	18.8	22.6	26.4
40	11.7	15.0	18.7	22.5	26.2
45	11.6	14.9	18.6	22.3	26.1
50	11.4	14.8	18.3	22.0	25.7
55	11.2	14.5	18.0	21.6	25.2
60	10.9	14.0	17.4	21.0	24.5
65	10.5	13.5	16.8	20.2	23.5
70	10.0	12.9	16.1	19.3	22.6
75	9.6	12.4	15.3	18.5	21.6
80	9.1	11.8	14.6	17.6	20.5
85	8.7	11.2	13.9	16.7	19.5
90	8.2	10.6	13.2	15.9	18.5

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	21	36	60	95	144
15	33	59	103	169	259
20	41	76	134	221	341
25	42	78	137	227	350
30	41	76	135	223	343
35	40	75	132	218	336
40	40	74	130	214	330
45	39	72	127	209	323
50	38	70	123	203	312
55	36	67	117	192	295
60	34	62	108	177	271
65	31	56	97	159	243
70	28	51	87	141	216
75	26	45	77	125	190
80	23	41	69	110	167
85	21	36	61	97	146
90	19	32	53	84	126

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	172	229	319	453	636
15	217	318	483	730	1069
20	248	380	598	926	1377
25	251	387	611	949	1413
30	249	382	602	933	1387
35	246	377	592	916	1361
40	244	372	582	900	1335
45	241	366	572	883	1309
50	237	358	558	858	1269
55	231	345	533	816	1204
60	222	327	500	760	1115
65	211	306	461	693	1010
70	200	285	422	627	907
75	190	265	386	566	812
80	181	247	353	510	724
85	173	230	322	458	643
90	165	215	294	411	570

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

What do the cycling standards mean?

Beginner	Faster than 5% of cyclists.
Novice	Faster than 20% of cyclists.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of cyclists.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of cyclists.
Elite	Faster than 95% of cyclists.

Strength Level introduced these exact Beginner-to-Elite percentile boundaries in 2015. See how the standards evolved.

Data behind the 1 mile cycle time standards

Our 1 mile cycle time standards are based on results submitted by Cycling Level users. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	10,885
Community users	3,594
Data start	6 December 2021
Data cutoff	3 March 2026
Model generated	9 October 2026

Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

The old average finish time for 1 mile was 02:56 across all ages and genders, 02:48 for men (now 4.1% faster) and 03:23 for women (now 7.7% faster).

Male
Female

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	03:38	04:22	+16.8%
Novice	03:08	03:21	+6.6%
Intermediate	02:48	02:41	-4.1%
Advanced	02:34	02:14	-14.6%
Elite	02:23	01:55	-24.5%

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	04:33	05:02	+9.6%
Novice	03:51	03:54	+1.5%
Intermediate	03:23	03:09	-7.7%
Advanced	03:04	02:37	-17.6%
Elite	02:51	02:14	-27.2%

We created these previous standards on 6 December 2021 and last updated them 28 September 2023.

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Average 1 mile cycle time by age and ability

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Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

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World Record

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	36	64	110	178	268
15	57	107	189	313	479
20	59	112	199	329	503
25	61	115	205	339	520
30	60	114	203	336	515
35	60	113	201	332	509
40	59	111	198	328	503
45	58	110	196	324	496
50	58	109	193	320	489
55	56	105	186	307	470
60	53	98	173	286	436
65	48	89	156	256	390
70	42	77	135	220	334
75	37	66	113	183	277
80	31	55	93	150	225
85	26	45	75	119	178
90	22	36	59	92	136

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	21	36	60	95	144
15	33	59	103	169	259
20	41	76	134	221	341
25	42	78	137	227	350
30	41	76	135	223	343
35	40	75	132	218	336
40	40	74	130	214	330
45	39	72	127	209	323
50	38	70	123	203	312
55	36	67	117	192	295
60	34	62	108	177	271
65	31	56	97	159	243
70	28	51	87	141	216
75	26	45	77	125	190
80	23	41	69	110	167
85	21	36	61	97	146
90	19	32	53	84	126

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	36	64	110	178	268
15	57	107	189	313	479
20	59	112	199	329	503
25	61	115	205	339	520
30	60	114	203	336	515
35	60	113	201	332	509
40	59	111	198	328	503
45	58	110	196	324	496
50	58	109	193	320	489
55	56	105	186	307	470
60	53	98	173	286	436
65	48	89	156	256	390
70	42	77	135	220	334
75	37	66	113	183	277
80	31	55	93	150	225
85	26	45	75	119	178
90	22	36	59	92	136

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	21	36	60	95	144
15	33	59	103	169	259
20	41	76	134	221	341
25	42	78	137	227	350
30	41	76	135	223	343
35	40	75	132	218	336
40	40	74	130	214	330
45	39	72	127	209	323
50	38	70	123	203	312
55	36	67	117	192	295
60	34	62	108	177	271
65	31	56	97	159	243
70	28	51	87	141	216
75	26	45	77	125	190
80	23	41	69	110	167
85	21	36	61	97	146
90	19	32	53	84	126

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	36	64	110	178	268
15	57	107	189	313	479
20	59	112	199	329	503
25	61	115	205	339	520
30	60	114	203	336	515
35	60	113	201	332	509
40	59	111	198	328	503
45	58	110	196	324	496
50	58	109	193	320	489
55	56	105	186	307	470
60	53	98	173	286	436
65	48	89	156	256	390
70	42	77	135	220	334
75	37	66	113	183	277
80	31	55	93	150	225
85	26	45	75	119	178
90	22	36	59	92	136

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	21	36	60	95	144
15	33	59	103	169	259
20	41	76	134	221	341
25	42	78	137	227	350
30	41	76	135	223	343
35	40	75	132	218	336
40	40	74	130	214	330
45	39	72	127	209	323
50	38	70	123	203	312
55	36	67	117	192	295
60	34	62	108	177	271
65	31	56	97	159	243
70	28	51	87	141	216
75	26	45	77	125	190
80	23	41	69	110	167
85	21	36	61	97	146
90	19	32	53	84	126