10 Mile Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 10 mile cycle time?

A good 10 mile time is 31:22 for men and 36:13 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 10 mile time by age and ability below.

Our 10 mile cycle time standards are based on 11,955 cycling results by Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026. More...

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	46:40	53:32
Novice	37:49	44:05
Intermediate	31:22	36:13
Advanced	26:40	29:59
Elite	23:16	25:11
NR	17:24.000	20:24.000

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

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	20.7	18.0
Novice	25.5	21.9
Intermediate	30.8	26.7
Advanced	36.2	32.2
Elite	41.5	38.3
NR	55.5	47.3

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	12.9	11.2
Novice	15.9	13.6
Intermediate	19.1	16.6
Advanced	22.5	20.0
Elite	25.8	23.8
NR	34.5	29.4

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	55	36
Novice	90	57
Intermediate	145	94
Advanced	222	156
Elite	323	251

Watts: Average power output.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	334	230
Novice	468	310
Intermediate	674	449
Advanced	966	681
Elite	1345	1041

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Male
Female

Finish Time · 10 Mile

Male 10 Mile Cycling Times

A good 10 mile time is 31:22 for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 10 mile cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Record
10	01:00:34	49:04	40:42	34:36	30:11	-
15	49:07	39:48	33:00	28:04	24:29	-
20	48:29	39:17	32:35	27:42	24:10	-
25	48:11	39:03	32:23	27:32	24:01	-
30	47:54	38:49	32:11	27:22	23:52	-
35	47:37	38:35	32:00	27:12	23:44	-
40	47:20	38:21	31:48	27:03	23:35	21:39.110
45	47:03	38:07	31:37	26:53	23:27	22:14.780
50	46:46	37:54	31:26	26:44	23:19	17:24.000
55	46:46	37:54	31:26	26:44	23:19	-
60	47:25	38:25	31:52	27:06	23:38	18:07.000
65	48:42	39:27	32:43	27:50	24:16	19:51.000
70	50:43	41:05	34:05	28:59	25:16	20:21.000
75	53:39	43:28	36:03	30:39	26:44	21:45.000
80	57:49	46:51	38:51	33:03	28:49	22:56.000
85	01:03:45	51:39	42:50	36:26	31:46	23:46.000
90	01:12:23	58:39	48:38	41:22	36:04	27:49.000

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Record
10	15.9	19.7	23.7	27.9	32.0	-
15	19.7	24.3	29.3	34.4	39.4	-
20	19.9	24.6	29.6	34.9	40.0	-
25	20.0	24.7	29.8	35.1	40.2	-
30	20.2	24.9	30.0	35.3	40.4	-
35	20.3	25.0	30.2	35.5	40.7	-
40	20.4	25.2	30.4	35.7	40.9	44.6
45	20.5	25.3	30.5	35.9	41.2	43.4
50	20.6	25.5	30.7	36.1	41.4	55.5
55	20.6	25.5	30.7	36.1	41.4	-
60	20.4	25.1	30.3	35.6	40.9	53.3
65	19.8	24.5	29.5	34.7	39.8	48.6
70	19.0	23.5	28.3	33.3	38.2	47.4
75	18.0	22.2	26.8	31.5	36.1	44.4
80	16.7	20.6	24.9	29.2	33.5	42.1
85	15.1	18.7	22.5	26.5	30.4	40.6
90	13.3	16.5	19.9	23.3	26.8	34.7

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Record
10	9.9	12.2	14.7	17.3	19.9	-
15	12.2	15.1	18.2	21.4	24.5	-
20	12.4	15.3	18.4	21.7	24.8	-
25	12.5	15.4	18.5	21.8	25.0	-
30	12.5	15.5	18.6	21.9	25.1	-
35	12.6	15.6	18.8	22.1	25.3	-
40	12.7	15.6	18.9	22.2	25.4	27.7
45	12.8	15.7	19.0	22.3	25.6	27.0
50	12.8	15.8	19.1	22.4	25.7	34.5
55	12.8	15.8	19.1	22.4	25.7	-
60	12.7	15.6	18.8	22.1	25.4	33.1
65	12.3	15.2	18.3	21.6	24.7	30.2
70	11.8	14.6	17.6	20.7	23.7	29.5
75	11.2	13.8	16.6	19.6	22.4	27.6
80	10.4	12.8	15.4	18.2	20.8	26.2
85	9.4	11.6	14.0	16.5	18.9	25.2
90	8.3	10.2	12.3	14.5	16.6	21.6

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	49	75	112	160
15	49	79	127	194	281
20	50	82	131	201	291
25	51	83	133	204	296
30	51	84	135	207	301
35	52	86	137	211	306
40	53	87	140	214	311
45	54	88	142	218	316
50	54	90	144	221	321
55	54	90	144	221	321
60	53	87	139	213	309
65	50	81	130	199	287
70	45	74	117	178	257
75	40	64	101	154	221
80	34	54	84	127	181
85	28	43	67	99	140
90	22	33	50	72	101

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	245	312	412	552	731
15	312	428	606	859	1186
20	317	437	623	885	1224
25	320	442	630	897	1243
30	322	447	638	910	1261
35	325	451	646	922	1280
40	328	456	654	935	1299
45	330	461	663	948	1319
50	333	466	671	961	1338
55	333	466	671	961	1338
60	327	455	652	931	1293
65	315	434	617	876	1211
70	299	406	569	800	1098
75	279	371	510	707	961
80	257	332	446	605	809
85	234	292	379	501	656
90	211	253	316	401	510

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Female 10 Mile Cycling Times

A good 10 mile time is 36:13 for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 10 mile cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Record
10	01:13:21	01:00:23	49:37	41:04	34:30	-
15	01:00:56	50:10	41:13	34:07	28:40	-
20	54:18	44:42	36:44	30:24	25:33	-
25	53:32	44:05	36:13	29:59	25:11	-
30	53:32	44:05	36:13	29:59	25:11	-
35	53:32	44:05	36:13	29:59	25:11	-
40	53:32	44:05	36:13	29:59	25:11	23:53.412
45	53:32	44:05	36:13	29:59	25:11	-
50	53:32	44:05	36:13	29:59	25:11	20:24.000
55	53:32	44:05	36:13	29:59	25:11	26:38.950
60	53:32	44:05	36:13	29:59	25:11	-
65	55:13	45:27	37:21	30:55	25:58	21:19.000
70	59:04	48:38	39:58	33:04	27:47	23:40.000
75	01:03:30	52:17	42:58	35:33	29:52	26:02.000
80	01:08:40	56:31	46:27	38:27	32:18	26:35.000
85	01:14:44	01:01:31	50:33	41:50	35:09	30:09.000
90	01:21:58	01:07:29	55:27	45:54	38:33	-

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Record
10	13.2	16.0	19.5	23.5	28.0	-
15	15.8	19.3	23.4	28.3	33.7	-
20	17.8	21.6	26.3	31.8	37.8	-
25	18.0	21.9	26.7	32.2	38.3	-
30	18.0	21.9	26.7	32.2	38.3	-
35	18.0	21.9	26.7	32.2	38.3	-
40	18.0	21.9	26.7	32.2	38.3	40.4
45	18.0	21.9	26.7	32.2	38.3	-
50	18.0	21.9	26.7	32.2	38.3	47.3
55	18.0	21.9	26.7	32.2	38.3	36.2
60	18.0	21.9	26.7	32.2	38.3	-
65	17.5	21.2	25.9	31.2	37.2	45.3
70	16.3	19.9	24.2	29.2	34.8	40.8
75	15.2	18.5	22.5	27.2	32.3	37.1
80	14.1	17.1	20.8	25.1	29.9	36.3
85	12.9	15.7	19.1	23.1	27.5	32.0
90	11.8	14.3	17.4	21.0	25.0	-

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Record
10	8.2	9.9	12.1	14.6	17.4	-
15	9.8	12.0	14.6	17.6	20.9	-
20	11.0	13.4	16.3	19.7	23.5	-
25	11.2	13.6	16.6	20.0	23.8	-
30	11.2	13.6	16.6	20.0	23.8	-
35	11.2	13.6	16.6	20.0	23.8	-
40	11.2	13.6	16.6	20.0	23.8	25.1
45	11.2	13.6	16.6	20.0	23.8	-
50	11.2	13.6	16.6	20.0	23.8	29.4
55	11.2	13.6	16.6	20.0	23.8	22.5
60	11.2	13.6	16.6	20.0	23.8	-
65	10.9	13.2	16.1	19.4	23.1	28.1
70	10.2	12.3	15.0	18.1	21.6	25.4
75	9.4	11.5	14.0	16.9	20.1	23.0
80	8.7	10.6	12.9	15.6	18.6	22.6
85	8.0	9.8	11.9	14.3	17.1	19.9
90	7.3	8.9	10.8	13.1	15.6	-

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	107
15	27	42	68	110	176
20	35	55	91	150	242
25	36	57	94	156	251
30	36	57	94	156	251
35	36	57	94	156	251
40	36	57	94	156	251
45	36	57	94	156	251
50	36	57	94	156	251
55	36	57	94	156	251
60	36	57	94	156	251
65	34	53	87	143	231
70	29	45	73	120	192
75	25	38	61	99	157
80	21	32	51	81	128
85	18	27	41	65	102
90	15	22	33	52	80

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	164	198	257	352	497
15	196	253	349	509	757
20	226	303	436	659	1004
25	230	310	449	681	1041
30	230	310	449	681	1041
35	230	310	449	681	1041
40	230	310	449	681	1041
45	230	310	449	681	1041
50	230	310	449	681	1041
55	230	310	449	681	1041
60	230	310	449	681	1041
65	221	295	422	634	963
70	204	265	370	545	816
75	188	238	324	467	687
80	174	215	285	399	574
85	161	194	250	340	478
90	150	177	220	290	397

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 10 mile cycle time standards

Our 10 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	11,955
Community users	5,945
Data start	6 December 2021
Data cutoff	4 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 10 mile was 34:26 across all ages and genders, 32:55 for men (now 5.0% faster) and 39:47 for women (now 9.8% faster).

Male
Female

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	42:38	46:40	+8.7%
Novice	36:51	37:49	+2.5%
Intermediate	32:55	31:22	-5.0%
Advanced	30:07	26:40	-12.9%
Elite	28:05	23:16	-20.7%

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	53:30	53:32	+0.1%
Novice	45:10	44:05	-2.5%
Intermediate	39:47	36:13	-9.8%
Advanced	36:05	29:59	-20.4%
Elite	33:27	25:11	-32.9%

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

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Male 10 Mile Cycling Times

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World Record

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	49	75	112	160
15	49	79	127	194	281
20	50	82	131	201	291
25	51	83	133	204	296
30	51	84	135	207	301
35	52	86	137	211	306
40	53	87	140	214	311
45	54	88	142	218	316
50	54	90	144	221	321
55	54	90	144	221	321
60	53	87	139	213	309
65	50	81	130	199	287
70	45	74	117	178	257
75	40	64	101	154	221
80	34	54	84	127	181
85	28	43	67	99	140
90	22	33	50	72	101

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	107
15	27	42	68	110	176
20	35	55	91	150	242
25	36	57	94	156	251
30	36	57	94	156	251
35	36	57	94	156	251
40	36	57	94	156	251
45	36	57	94	156	251
50	36	57	94	156	251
55	36	57	94	156	251
60	36	57	94	156	251
65	34	53	87	143	231
70	29	45	73	120	192
75	25	38	61	99	157
80	21	32	51	81	128
85	18	27	41	65	102
90	15	22	33	52	80

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	49	75	112	160
15	49	79	127	194	281
20	50	82	131	201	291
25	51	83	133	204	296
30	51	84	135	207	301
35	52	86	137	211	306
40	53	87	140	214	311
45	54	88	142	218	316
50	54	90	144	221	321
55	54	90	144	221	321
60	53	87	139	213	309
65	50	81	130	199	287
70	45	74	117	178	257
75	40	64	101	154	221
80	34	54	84	127	181
85	28	43	67	99	140
90	22	33	50	72	101

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	107
15	27	42	68	110	176
20	35	55	91	150	242
25	36	57	94	156	251
30	36	57	94	156	251
35	36	57	94	156	251
40	36	57	94	156	251
45	36	57	94	156	251
50	36	57	94	156	251
55	36	57	94	156	251
60	36	57	94	156	251
65	34	53	87	143	231
70	29	45	73	120	192
75	25	38	61	99	157
80	21	32	51	81	128
85	18	27	41	65	102
90	15	22	33	52	80

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	49	75	112	160
15	49	79	127	194	281
20	50	82	131	201	291
25	51	83	133	204	296
30	51	84	135	207	301
35	52	86	137	211	306
40	53	87	140	214	311
45	54	88	142	218	316
50	54	90	144	221	321
55	54	90	144	221	321
60	53	87	139	213	309
65	50	81	130	199	287
70	45	74	117	178	257
75	40	64	101	154	221
80	34	54	84	127	181
85	28	43	67	99	140
90	22	33	50	72	101

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	107
15	27	42	68	110	176
20	35	55	91	150	242
25	36	57	94	156	251
30	36	57	94	156	251
35	36	57	94	156	251
40	36	57	94	156	251
45	36	57	94	156	251
50	36	57	94	156	251
55	36	57	94	156	251
60	36	57	94	156	251
65	34	53	87	143	231
70	29	45	73	120	192
75	25	38	61	99	157
80	21	32	51	81	128
85	18	27	41	65	102
90	15	22	33	52	80