1k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1k cycle time?

A good 1k time is 01:35 for men and 01:50 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 1k time by age and ability below.

Our 1k cycle time standards are based on 6,478 cycling results by Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026. More...

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	02:40	03:03
Novice	02:01	02:18
Intermediate	01:35	01:50
Advanced	01:18	01:32
Elite	01:07	01:19
WR	55.433	01:02.857

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

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	22.5	19.7
Novice	29.8	26.0
Intermediate	37.7	32.6
Advanced	45.9	39.1
Elite	53.8	45.3
WR	64.9	57.3

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	14.0	12.2
Novice	18.5	16.2
Intermediate	23.5	20.3
Advanced	28.5	24.3
Elite	33.4	28.2
WR	40.4	35.6

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	66	44
Novice	133	88
Intermediate	249	161
Advanced	426	266
Elite	669	402

Watts: Average power output.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	378	261
Novice	630	427
Intermediate	1066	700
Advanced	1734	1095
Elite	2648	1607

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Male
Female

Finish Time · 1k

Male 1k Cycling Times

A good 1k time is 01:35 for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Record
10	03:28	02:37	02:04	01:42	01:27	-
15	02:48	02:07	01:40	01:23	01:10	59.875
20	02:44	02:04	01:38	01:20	01:09	-
25	02:40	02:01	01:35	01:18	01:07	-
30	02:44	02:04	01:38	01:21	01:09	01:03.271
35	02:49	02:07	01:41	01:23	01:11	01:02.950
40	02:54	02:11	01:43	01:25	01:13	01:01.905
45	02:59	02:15	01:46	01:28	01:15	01:04.217
50	03:04	02:19	01:50	01:30	01:17	01:06.095
55	03:10	02:23	01:53	01:33	01:19	01:05.636
60	03:17	02:28	01:57	01:36	01:22	01:09.141
65	03:27	02:36	02:03	01:41	01:26	01:12.414
70	03:40	02:46	02:11	01:48	01:32	01:35.570
75	03:58	02:59	02:22	01:57	01:39	01:37.420
80	04:22	03:18	02:36	02:09	01:50	01:30.797
85	04:56	03:43	02:57	02:25	02:04	01:58.130
90	05:46	04:21	03:26	02:50	02:25	02:05.950

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	17.3	23.0	29.1	35.4	41.5	-
15	21.4	28.3	35.9	43.6	51.1	60.1
20	22.0	29.1	36.9	44.8	52.6	-
25	22.5	29.8	37.7	45.9	53.8	-
30	21.9	29.1	36.8	44.7	52.4	56.9
35	21.3	28.3	35.8	43.5	51.0	57.2
40	20.7	27.5	34.8	42.3	49.6	58.2
45	20.2	26.7	33.8	41.1	48.2	56.1
50	19.6	26.0	32.9	39.9	46.8	54.5
55	19.0	25.2	31.9	38.7	45.4	54.8
60	18.3	24.2	30.7	37.3	43.8	52.1
65	17.4	23.1	29.2	35.5	41.7	49.7
70	16.4	21.7	27.5	33.4	39.1	37.7
75	15.1	20.1	25.4	30.9	36.2	37.0
80	13.7	18.2	23.0	28.0	32.8	39.6
85	12.2	16.1	20.4	24.8	29.1	30.5
90	10.4	13.8	17.5	21.2	24.9	28.6

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Record
10	10.8	14.3	18.1	22.0	25.8	-
15	13.3	17.6	22.3	27.1	31.8	37.4
20	13.6	18.1	22.9	27.8	32.7	-
25	14.0	18.5	23.5	28.5	33.4	-
30	13.6	18.1	22.9	27.8	32.6	35.4
35	13.3	17.6	22.2	27.0	31.7	35.5
40	12.9	17.1	21.6	26.3	30.8	36.1
45	12.5	16.6	21.0	25.6	30.0	34.8
50	12.2	16.1	20.4	24.8	29.1	33.8
55	11.8	15.6	19.8	24.1	28.2	34.1
60	11.4	15.1	19.1	23.2	27.2	32.4
65	10.8	14.3	18.2	22.1	25.9	30.9
70	10.2	13.5	17.1	20.7	24.3	23.4
75	9.4	12.5	15.8	19.2	22.5	23.0
80	8.5	11.3	14.3	17.4	20.4	24.6
85	7.6	10.0	12.7	15.4	18.1	18.9
90	6.5	8.6	10.8	13.2	15.5	17.8

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	37	70	125	209	323
15	59	117	217	370	579
20	63	125	234	399	626
25	66	133	249	426	669
30	62	125	232	397	622
35	59	116	216	368	576
40	55	108	200	341	533
45	51	101	186	315	491
50	48	94	172	291	452
55	45	87	159	267	415
60	41	79	144	241	374
65	37	70	126	211	326
70	33	61	108	179	275
75	28	51	89	146	222
80	23	41	70	113	172
85	19	32	53	84	125
90	14	23	37	58	85

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	268	391	600	915	1343
15	350	569	945	1521	2307
20	365	601	1008	1632	2485
25	378	630	1066	1734	2648
30	363	598	1003	1623	2471
35	349	567	941	1515	2298
40	335	537	883	1412	2134
45	322	509	828	1315	1979
50	310	482	775	1223	1832
55	298	456	725	1135	1693
60	285	427	669	1037	1536
65	269	394	605	924	1357
70	252	358	535	802	1163
75	234	320	463	677	966
80	216	283	393	556	775
85	198	248	327	444	599
90	182	216	270	346	447

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Female 1k Cycling Times

A good 1k time is 01:50 for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 1k cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Record
10	04:13	03:11	02:32	02:07	01:50	-
15	03:29	02:38	02:06	01:45	01:30	01:06.893
20	03:09	02:23	01:54	01:35	01:22	-
25	03:03	02:18	01:50	01:32	01:19	-
30	03:07	02:21	01:53	01:34	01:21	01:06.207
35	03:12	02:25	01:56	01:36	01:23	01:08.078
40	03:16	02:28	01:58	01:39	01:25	01:11.888
45	03:21	02:32	02:01	01:41	01:27	01:11.961
50	03:26	02:36	02:04	01:43	01:29	01:15.568
55	03:31	02:40	02:07	01:46	01:32	01:17.281
60	03:37	02:44	02:11	01:49	01:34	01:14.382
65	03:43	02:48	02:14	01:52	01:37	01:20.811
70	03:49	02:53	02:18	01:55	01:39	-
75	03:55	02:58	02:22	01:58	01:42	-
80	04:02	03:03	02:26	02:02	01:45	-
85	04:10	03:09	02:31	02:06	01:49	-
90	04:19	03:15	02:36	02:10	01:52	-

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	14.2	18.8	23.6	28.3	32.8	-
15	17.3	22.8	28.6	34.3	39.8	53.8
20	19.1	25.2	31.6	37.9	43.9	-
25	19.7	26.0	32.6	39.1	45.3	-
30	19.2	25.4	31.9	38.3	44.3	54.4
35	18.8	24.9	31.2	37.4	43.3	52.9
40	18.4	24.3	30.4	36.5	42.3	50.1
45	17.9	23.7	29.7	35.7	41.3	50.0
50	17.5	23.1	29.0	34.8	40.3	47.6
55	17.1	22.6	28.3	33.9	39.3	46.6
60	16.6	22.0	27.5	33.1	38.3	48.4
65	16.2	21.4	26.8	32.2	37.3	44.5
70	15.7	20.8	26.1	31.3	36.3	-
75	15.3	20.2	25.4	30.4	35.3	-
80	14.9	19.6	24.6	29.6	34.2	-
85	14.4	19.0	23.9	28.6	33.2	-
90	13.9	18.4	23.1	27.7	32.1	-

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Record
10	8.9	11.7	14.7	17.6	20.4	-
15	10.7	14.2	17.8	21.3	24.7	33.4
20	11.8	15.7	19.6	23.6	27.3	-
25	12.2	16.2	20.3	24.3	28.2	-
30	12.0	15.8	19.8	23.8	27.5	33.8
35	11.7	15.5	19.4	23.2	26.9	32.9
40	11.4	15.1	18.9	22.7	26.3	31.1
45	11.1	14.7	18.5	22.2	25.7	31.1
50	10.9	14.4	18.0	21.6	25.0	29.6
55	10.6	14.0	17.6	21.1	24.4	28.9
60	10.3	13.7	17.1	20.5	23.8	30.1
65	10.1	13.3	16.7	20.0	23.2	27.7
70	9.8	12.9	16.2	19.5	22.5	-
75	9.5	12.6	15.8	18.9	21.9	-
80	9.2	12.2	15.3	18.4	21.3	-
85	8.9	11.8	14.8	17.8	20.6	-
90	8.7	11.4	14.3	17.2	19.9	-

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	22	40	69	111	164
15	33	64	113	185	278
20	41	82	148	244	368
25	44	88	161	266	402
30	42	84	151	250	378
35	40	79	142	235	354
40	38	74	134	220	331
45	36	70	125	206	309
50	34	66	117	192	289
55	32	62	110	179	269
60	30	58	103	167	250
65	28	54	96	155	232
70	27	51	89	144	215
75	25	47	83	134	199
80	24	44	77	124	184
85	22	41	71	114	169
90	21	38	65	104	154

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	176	245	355	511	712
15	218	334	522	793	1143
20	249	402	651	1013	1481
25	261	427	700	1095	1607
30	252	409	665	1035	1516
35	244	391	631	977	1427
40	236	374	598	922	1341
45	229	357	566	869	1260
50	221	342	537	818	1182
55	214	327	508	770	1107
60	208	312	481	724	1037
65	201	298	455	680	969
70	195	285	430	638	906
75	189	273	407	598	845
80	183	260	384	560	786
85	178	249	362	523	729
90	172	237	340	487	675

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 1k cycle time standards

Cycling Level analysed 542 qualifying results from 6,478 community results submitted by 2,712 Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026 to produce our 1k cycle time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	6,478
Community users	2,712
Qualifying results	542
Male results	476
Female results	66
Data start	8 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 1k was 01:46 across all ages and genders, 01:41 for men (now 5.9% faster) and 02:02 for women (now 10.5% faster).

Male
Female

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	02:11	02:40	+18.3%
Novice	01:53	02:01	+6.3%
Intermediate	01:41	01:35	-5.9%
Advanced	01:32	01:18	-17.7%
Elite	01:26	01:07	-28.8%

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	02:44	03:03	+10.3%
Novice	02:19	02:18	-0.1%
Intermediate	02:02	01:50	-10.5%
Advanced	01:51	01:32	-20.3%
Elite	01:43	01:19	-29.3%

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

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Male 1k Cycling Times

Average 1k cycle time by age and ability

Records and reference values

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Average 1k cycle time by age and ability

Records and reference values

What do the cycling standards mean?

Data behind the 1k cycle time standards

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

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World Record

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	37	70	125	209	323
15	59	117	217	370	579
20	63	125	234	399	626
25	66	133	249	426	669
30	62	125	232	397	622
35	59	116	216	368	576
40	55	108	200	341	533
45	51	101	186	315	491
50	48	94	172	291	452
55	45	87	159	267	415
60	41	79	144	241	374
65	37	70	126	211	326
70	33	61	108	179	275
75	28	51	89	146	222
80	23	41	70	113	172
85	19	32	53	84	125
90	14	23	37	58	85

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	22	40	69	111	164
15	33	64	113	185	278
20	41	82	148	244	368
25	44	88	161	266	402
30	42	84	151	250	378
35	40	79	142	235	354
40	38	74	134	220	331
45	36	70	125	206	309
50	34	66	117	192	289
55	32	62	110	179	269
60	30	58	103	167	250
65	28	54	96	155	232
70	27	51	89	144	215
75	25	47	83	134	199
80	24	44	77	124	184
85	22	41	71	114	169
90	21	38	65	104	154

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	37	70	125	209	323
15	59	117	217	370	579
20	63	125	234	399	626
25	66	133	249	426	669
30	62	125	232	397	622
35	59	116	216	368	576
40	55	108	200	341	533
45	51	101	186	315	491
50	48	94	172	291	452
55	45	87	159	267	415
60	41	79	144	241	374
65	37	70	126	211	326
70	33	61	108	179	275
75	28	51	89	146	222
80	23	41	70	113	172
85	19	32	53	84	125
90	14	23	37	58	85

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	22	40	69	111	164
15	33	64	113	185	278
20	41	82	148	244	368
25	44	88	161	266	402
30	42	84	151	250	378
35	40	79	142	235	354
40	38	74	134	220	331
45	36	70	125	206	309
50	34	66	117	192	289
55	32	62	110	179	269
60	30	58	103	167	250
65	28	54	96	155	232
70	27	51	89	144	215
75	25	47	83	134	199
80	24	44	77	124	184
85	22	41	71	114	169
90	21	38	65	104	154

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	37	70	125	209	323
15	59	117	217	370	579
20	63	125	234	399	626
25	66	133	249	426	669
30	62	125	232	397	622
35	59	116	216	368	576
40	55	108	200	341	533
45	51	101	186	315	491
50	48	94	172	291	452
55	45	87	159	267	415
60	41	79	144	241	374
65	37	70	126	211	326
70	33	61	108	179	275
75	28	51	89	146	222
80	23	41	70	113	172
85	19	32	53	84	125
90	14	23	37	58	85

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	22	40	69	111	164
15	33	64	113	185	278
20	41	82	148	244	368
25	44	88	161	266	402
30	42	84	151	250	378
35	40	79	142	235	354
40	38	74	134	220	331
45	36	70	125	206	309
50	34	66	117	192	289
55	32	62	110	179	269
60	30	58	103	167	250
65	28	54	96	155	232
70	27	51	89	144	215
75	25	47	83	134	199
80	24	44	77	124	184
85	22	41	71	114	169
90	21	38	65	104	154