15k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 15k cycle time?

A good 15k time is 29:10 for men and 33:45 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 15k time by age and ability below.

Our 15k cycle time standards are based on 4,372 cycling results by Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026. More...

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	43:25	49:54
Novice	35:11	41:05
Intermediate	29:10	33:45
Advanced	24:49	27:56
Elite	21:38	23:28

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	25.6	21.9
Intermediate	30.8	26.7
Advanced	36.3	32.2
Elite	41.6	38.4

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	12.9	11.2
Novice	15.9	13.6
Intermediate	19.2	16.6
Advanced	22.5	20.0
Elite	25.8	23.8

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	55	36
Novice	90	57
Intermediate	146	94
Advanced	224	156
Elite	325	251

Watts: Average power output.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	335	230
Novice	469	310
Intermediate	677	449
Advanced	971	681
Elite	1352	1041

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Male
Female

Finish Time · 15k

Male 15k Cycling Times

A good 15k time is 29:10 for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 15k cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

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

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	16.0	19.7	23.8	28.0	32.1
15	19.7	24.3	29.3	34.5	39.5
20	20.0	24.6	29.7	34.9	40.1
25	20.1	24.8	29.9	35.2	40.4
30	20.2	24.9	30.1	35.3	40.5
35	20.3	25.0	30.2	35.5	40.7
40	20.4	25.1	30.3	35.7	40.9
45	20.5	25.3	30.5	35.8	41.1
50	20.5	25.4	30.6	36.0	41.2
55	20.5	25.3	30.5	35.9	41.2
60	20.2	25.0	30.1	35.4	40.6
65	19.7	24.3	29.3	34.4	39.5
70	18.9	23.3	28.1	33.1	37.9
75	17.9	22.1	26.6	31.3	35.9
80	16.6	20.5	24.8	29.1	33.4
85	15.1	18.7	22.5	26.5	30.4
90	13.4	16.5	19.9	23.4	26.9

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	9.9	12.3	14.8	17.4	19.9
15	12.2	15.1	18.2	21.4	24.6
20	12.4	15.3	18.5	21.7	24.9
25	12.5	15.4	18.6	21.9	25.1
30	12.6	15.5	18.7	22.0	25.2
35	12.6	15.6	18.8	22.1	25.3
40	12.7	15.6	18.8	22.2	25.4
45	12.7	15.7	18.9	22.3	25.5
50	12.8	15.8	19.0	22.3	25.6
55	12.7	15.7	19.0	22.3	25.6
60	12.6	15.5	18.7	22.0	25.2
65	12.2	15.1	18.2	21.4	24.5
70	11.8	14.5	17.5	20.6	23.6
75	11.1	13.7	16.5	19.5	22.3
80	10.3	12.8	15.4	18.1	20.7
85	9.4	11.6	14.0	16.5	18.9
90	8.3	10.3	12.4	14.6	16.7

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	49	76	113	161
15	49	80	127	195	282
20	50	83	132	202	293
25	51	84	135	206	299
30	52	85	136	209	302
35	52	86	138	211	306
40	53	87	139	214	310
45	53	88	141	216	313
50	54	89	142	218	317
55	54	88	142	217	316
60	52	85	136	209	303
65	49	80	127	195	282
70	45	72	115	175	253
75	40	63	100	151	218
80	34	54	83	125	179
85	28	43	67	99	140
90	22	33	50	73	102

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	246	313	413	554	734
15	312	429	609	863	1191
20	318	439	626	890	1232
25	321	445	635	905	1254
30	323	448	641	914	1267
35	325	452	647	923	1281
40	327	455	653	933	1295
45	329	459	658	942	1309
50	331	462	664	951	1322
55	330	461	662	948	1317
60	324	449	642	916	1271
65	312	429	608	862	1190
70	296	401	561	787	1080
75	277	368	505	698	948
80	256	330	443	600	803
85	234	292	379	500	655
90	212	254	317	404	514

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Female 15k Cycling Times

A good 15k time is 33:45 for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 15k cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

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

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	13.2	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	31.7	37.8
25	18.0	21.9	26.7	32.2	38.4
30	18.0	21.9	26.6	32.1	38.3
35	18.0	21.8	26.5	32.1	38.2
40	17.9	21.7	26.5	32.0	38.1
45	17.9	21.7	26.4	31.9	38.0
50	17.8	21.6	26.3	31.8	37.9
55	17.7	21.6	26.2	31.7	37.7
60	17.7	21.5	26.1	31.6	37.6
65	17.1	20.8	25.3	30.6	36.4
70	16.0	19.4	23.6	28.6	34.0
75	14.9	18.1	22.0	26.6	31.6
80	13.7	16.7	20.3	24.6	29.2
85	12.6	15.3	18.7	22.5	26.8
90	11.5	14.0	17.0	20.5	24.4

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
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	16.5	20.0	23.8
35	11.2	13.5	16.5	19.9	23.7
40	11.1	13.5	16.4	19.9	23.7
45	11.1	13.5	16.4	19.8	23.6
50	11.1	13.4	16.4	19.8	23.5
55	11.0	13.4	16.3	19.7	23.4
60	11.0	13.4	16.2	19.6	23.4
65	10.6	12.9	15.7	19.0	22.6
70	9.9	12.1	14.7	17.8	21.1
75	9.2	11.2	13.7	16.5	19.6
80	8.5	10.4	12.6	15.3	18.2
85	7.8	9.5	11.6	14.0	16.7
90	7.1	8.7	10.6	12.8	15.2

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	241
25	36	57	94	156	251
30	36	57	94	155	250
35	36	57	93	154	248
40	36	56	93	153	246
45	35	56	92	152	244
50	35	56	91	150	242
55	35	55	90	149	240
60	35	55	90	148	238
65	32	51	82	135	218
70	28	43	69	113	181
75	24	36	58	93	148
80	20	30	48	76	120
85	17	25	39	62	96
90	14	21	32	49	75

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	164	198	257	352	497
15	196	253	350	510	757
20	226	303	436	658	1002
25	230	310	449	681	1041
30	230	309	447	677	1035
35	229	308	445	673	1028
40	228	307	443	669	1022
45	227	305	440	665	1015
50	226	304	438	661	1007
55	226	302	435	656	999
60	225	300	432	651	991
65	215	285	405	604	913
70	198	256	356	520	774
75	183	231	312	446	652
80	170	209	274	382	546
85	158	189	242	326	455
90	148	172	213	279	378

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 15k cycle time standards

Cycling Level analysed 321 qualifying results from 4,372 community results submitted by 2,753 Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026 to produce our 15k cycle time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	4,372
Community users	2,753
Qualifying results	321
Male results	281
Female results	40
Data start	7 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 15k was 31:56 across all ages and genders, 30:32 for men (now 4.6% faster) and 36:54 for women (now 9.3% faster).

Male
Female

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	39:32	43:25	+8.9%
Novice	34:11	35:11	+2.8%
Intermediate	30:32	29:10	-4.6%
Advanced	27:56	24:49	-12.6%
Elite	26:02	21:38	-20.3%

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	49:37	49:54	+0.6%
Novice	41:53	41:05	-2.0%
Intermediate	36:54	33:45	-9.3%
Advanced	33:28	27:56	-19.8%
Elite	31:02	23:28	-32.2%

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

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What is a good 15k cycle time?

Male 15k Cycling Times

Average 15k cycle time by age and ability

Female 15k Cycling Times

Average 15k cycle time by age and ability

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Data behind the 15k cycle time standards

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

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World Record

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	49	76	113	161
15	49	80	127	195	282
20	50	83	132	202	293
25	51	84	135	206	299
30	52	85	136	209	302
35	52	86	138	211	306
40	53	87	139	214	310
45	53	88	141	216	313
50	54	89	142	218	317
55	54	88	142	217	316
60	52	85	136	209	303
65	49	80	127	195	282
70	45	72	115	175	253
75	40	63	100	151	218
80	34	54	83	125	179
85	28	43	67	99	140
90	22	33	50	73	102

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	107
15	27	42	68	110	176
20	35	55	91	150	241
25	36	57	94	156	251
30	36	57	94	155	250
35	36	57	93	154	248
40	36	56	93	153	246
45	35	56	92	152	244
50	35	56	91	150	242
55	35	55	90	149	240
60	35	55	90	148	238
65	32	51	82	135	218
70	28	43	69	113	181
75	24	36	58	93	148
80	20	30	48	76	120
85	17	25	39	62	96
90	14	21	32	49	75

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	49	76	113	161
15	49	80	127	195	282
20	50	83	132	202	293
25	51	84	135	206	299
30	52	85	136	209	302
35	52	86	138	211	306
40	53	87	139	214	310
45	53	88	141	216	313
50	54	89	142	218	317
55	54	88	142	217	316
60	52	85	136	209	303
65	49	80	127	195	282
70	45	72	115	175	253
75	40	63	100	151	218
80	34	54	83	125	179
85	28	43	67	99	140
90	22	33	50	73	102

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	107
15	27	42	68	110	176
20	35	55	91	150	241
25	36	57	94	156	251
30	36	57	94	155	250
35	36	57	93	154	248
40	36	56	93	153	246
45	35	56	92	152	244
50	35	56	91	150	242
55	35	55	90	149	240
60	35	55	90	148	238
65	32	51	82	135	218
70	28	43	69	113	181
75	24	36	58	93	148
80	20	30	48	76	120
85	17	25	39	62	96
90	14	21	32	49	75

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	31	49	76	113	161
15	49	80	127	195	282
20	50	83	132	202	293
25	51	84	135	206	299
30	52	85	136	209	302
35	52	86	138	211	306
40	53	87	139	214	310
45	53	88	141	216	313
50	54	89	142	218	317
55	54	88	142	217	316
60	52	85	136	209	303
65	49	80	127	195	282
70	45	72	115	175	253
75	40	63	100	151	218
80	34	54	83	125	179
85	28	43	67	99	140
90	22	33	50	73	102

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	107
15	27	42	68	110	176
20	35	55	91	150	241
25	36	57	94	156	251
30	36	57	94	155	250
35	36	57	93	154	248
40	36	56	93	153	246
45	35	56	92	152	244
50	35	56	91	150	242
55	35	55	90	149	240
60	35	55	90	148	238
65	32	51	82	135	218
70	28	43	69	113	181
75	24	36	58	93	148
80	20	30	48	76	120
85	17	25	39	62	96
90	14	21	32	49	75