8k Cycle Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 8k cycle time?

A good 8k time is 15:17 for men and 17:59 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 8k time by age and ability below.

Our 8k cycle time standards are based on 2,240 cycling results by Cycling Level users from 2021 to 2026. More...

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	22:45	26:35
Novice	18:26	21:53
Intermediate	15:17	17:59
Advanced	13:00	14:53
Elite	11:20	12:30

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

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	21.1	18.1
Novice	26.0	21.9
Intermediate	31.4	26.7
Advanced	36.9	32.3
Elite	42.3	38.4

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	13.1	11.2
Novice	16.2	13.6
Intermediate	19.5	16.6
Advanced	22.9	20.0
Elite	26.3	23.9

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	57	36
Novice	94	58
Intermediate	152	95
Advanced	234	156
Elite	341	252

Watts: Average power output.

Cycling Level	Male	Female
Beginner	343	231
Novice	484	311
Intermediate	702	451
Advanced	1011	683
Elite	1412	1044

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Male
Female

Finish Time · 8k

Male 8k Cycling Times

A good 8k time is 15:17 for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	29:31	23:55	19:50	16:52	14:43
15	23:57	19:24	16:06	13:41	11:56
20	23:28	19:01	15:46	13:25	11:42
25	23:07	18:44	15:32	13:13	11:31
30	23:21	18:55	15:41	13:20	11:38
35	23:35	19:07	15:51	13:29	11:45
40	23:50	19:19	16:01	13:37	11:53
45	24:06	19:32	16:12	13:46	12:01
50	24:23	19:45	16:23	13:56	12:09
55	24:44	20:03	16:37	14:08	12:20
60	25:17	20:29	17:00	14:27	12:36
65	26:02	21:06	17:30	14:52	12:58
70	27:00	21:53	18:08	15:26	13:27
75	28:14	22:53	18:58	16:08	14:04
80	29:49	24:10	20:02	17:02	14:52
85	31:52	25:50	21:25	18:13	15:53
90	34:37	28:03	23:15	19:47	17:15

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	16.3	20.1	24.2	28.5	32.6
15	20.0	24.7	29.8	35.1	40.2
20	20.5	25.2	30.4	35.8	41.0
25	20.8	25.6	30.9	36.3	41.7
30	20.6	25.4	30.6	36.0	41.3
35	20.4	25.1	30.3	35.6	40.8
40	20.1	24.9	30.0	35.2	40.4
45	19.9	24.6	29.6	34.9	40.0
50	19.7	24.3	29.3	34.5	39.5
55	19.4	23.9	28.9	34.0	38.9
60	19.0	23.4	28.2	33.2	38.1
65	18.4	22.8	27.4	32.3	37.0
70	17.8	21.9	26.5	31.1	35.7
75	17.0	21.0	25.3	29.8	34.1
80	16.1	19.9	24.0	28.2	32.3
85	15.1	18.6	22.4	26.4	30.2
90	13.9	17.1	20.6	24.3	27.8

km/h: Average speed in kilometres per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	10.1	12.5	15.0	17.7	20.3
15	12.5	15.4	18.5	21.8	25.0
20	12.7	15.7	18.9	22.2	25.5
25	12.9	15.9	19.2	22.6	25.9
30	12.8	15.8	19.0	22.4	25.6
35	12.6	15.6	18.8	22.1	25.4
40	12.5	15.4	18.6	21.9	25.1
45	12.4	15.3	18.4	21.7	24.8
50	12.2	15.1	18.2	21.4	24.6
55	12.1	14.9	17.9	21.1	24.2
60	11.8	14.6	17.6	20.6	23.7
65	11.5	14.1	17.1	20.1	23.0
70	11.0	13.6	16.4	19.3	22.2
75	10.6	13.0	15.7	18.5	21.2
80	10.0	12.3	14.9	17.5	20.1
85	9.4	11.5	13.9	16.4	18.8
90	8.6	10.6	12.8	15.1	17.3

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	32	51	79	118	169
15	51	83	133	204	296
20	53	88	141	216	313
25	55	91	146	225	326
30	54	89	142	219	318
35	53	86	139	213	309
40	51	84	135	207	300
45	50	82	131	201	291
50	49	80	127	195	282
55	47	77	123	187	271
60	45	73	116	177	255
65	42	68	108	164	236
70	39	63	98	149	214
75	35	56	88	132	190
80	32	50	77	115	164
85	28	43	66	97	138
90	24	36	54	80	112

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	250	320	426	574	763
15	320	442	631	898	1243
20	329	458	658	941	1307
25	336	471	679	974	1357
30	331	463	665	952	1325
35	326	454	651	930	1291
40	322	446	637	908	1258
45	317	437	623	885	1225
50	312	429	608	862	1191
55	306	418	591	834	1149
60	298	403	565	794	1089
65	287	385	534	745	1017
70	275	364	499	689	934
75	262	341	460	627	843
80	248	316	419	562	747
85	233	290	376	495	648
90	217	264	333	428	549

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Female 8k Cycling Times

A good 8k time is 17:59 for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 8k cycle time by age and ability

Time
km/h
mph
Watts
Cal/hr

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	36:33	30:05	24:44	20:28	17:11
15	30:16	24:55	20:28	16:57	14:14
20	27:11	22:23	18:23	15:13	12:47
25	26:35	21:53	17:59	14:53	12:30
30	27:12	22:23	18:24	15:14	12:47
35	27:53	22:57	18:52	15:37	13:07
40	28:37	23:33	19:21	16:01	13:27
45	29:24	24:12	19:54	16:28	13:50
50	30:16	24:55	20:29	16:57	14:14
55	31:13	25:42	21:07	17:29	14:41
60	32:16	26:33	21:49	18:04	15:10
65	33:56	27:56	22:57	19:00	15:57
70	36:26	30:00	24:39	20:24	17:08
75	39:21	32:24	26:37	22:02	18:31
80	42:48	35:14	28:57	23:58	20:08
85	46:56	38:38	31:45	26:17	22:04
90	51:59	42:48	35:10	29:07	24:27

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	13.1	16.0	19.4	23.5	27.9
15	15.9	19.3	23.4	28.3	33.7
20	17.7	21.5	26.1	31.5	37.5
25	18.1	21.9	26.7	32.3	38.4
30	17.6	21.4	26.1	31.5	37.5
35	17.2	20.9	25.5	30.8	36.6
40	16.8	20.4	24.8	30.0	35.7
45	16.3	19.8	24.1	29.2	34.7
50	15.9	19.3	23.4	28.3	33.7
55	15.4	18.7	22.7	27.5	32.7
60	14.9	18.1	22.0	26.6	31.6
65	14.1	17.2	20.9	25.3	30.1
70	13.2	16.0	19.5	23.5	28.0
75	12.2	14.8	18.0	21.8	25.9
80	11.2	13.6	16.6	20.0	23.8
85	10.2	12.4	15.1	18.3	21.7
90	9.2	11.2	13.6	16.5	19.6

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	9.9	12.0	14.6	17.6	21.0
20	11.0	13.3	16.2	19.6	23.3
25	11.2	13.6	16.6	20.0	23.9
30	11.0	13.3	16.2	19.6	23.3
35	10.7	13.0	15.8	19.1	22.7
40	10.4	12.7	15.4	18.6	22.2
45	10.1	12.3	15.0	18.1	21.6
50	9.9	12.0	14.6	17.6	20.9
55	9.6	11.6	14.1	17.1	20.3
60	9.2	11.2	13.7	16.5	19.7
65	8.8	10.7	13.0	15.7	18.7
70	8.2	9.9	12.1	14.6	17.4
75	7.6	9.2	11.2	13.5	16.1
80	7.0	8.5	10.3	12.4	14.8
85	6.4	7.7	9.4	11.4	13.5
90	5.7	7.0	8.5	10.2	12.2

mph: Average speed in miles per hour.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	106
15	27	42	68	111	176
20	34	55	89	147	237
25	36	58	95	156	252
30	34	54	89	147	237
35	33	51	84	137	221
40	31	48	78	128	206
45	29	45	73	119	191
50	27	42	68	110	176
55	25	39	63	102	162
60	24	36	58	94	148
65	21	32	51	82	130
70	18	28	43	69	107
75	16	23	36	57	88
80	14	20	30	46	71
85	12	16	25	37	56
90	10	14	20	30	44

Watts: Average power output.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	163	198	256	350	495
15	197	253	350	511	759
20	224	300	430	648	987
25	231	311	451	683	1044
30	224	299	430	647	985
35	217	287	409	612	927
40	210	276	389	577	869
45	203	264	369	543	813
50	196	253	350	510	758
55	190	242	331	478	705
60	184	231	313	446	653
65	175	216	287	403	582
70	164	199	257	352	498
75	154	183	230	307	425
80	145	169	207	268	361
85	138	156	187	235	307
90	131	145	169	206	260

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 8k cycle time standards

Our 8k 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	2,240
Community users	1,384
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 8k was 16:18 across all ages and genders, 15:35 for men (now 1.9% faster) and 18:50 for women (now 4.7% faster).

Male
Female

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	20:11	22:45	+11.3%
Novice	17:27	18:26	+5.4%
Intermediate	15:35	15:17	-1.9%
Advanced	14:15	13:00	-9.6%
Elite	13:17	11:20	-17.2%

Level	Previous	Current	Change %
Beginner	25:19	26:35	+4.7%
Novice	21:23	21:53	+2.3%
Intermediate	18:50	17:59	-4.7%
Advanced	17:05	14:53	-14.8%
Elite	15:50	12:30	-26.7%

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

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What is a good 8k cycle time?

Male 8k Cycling Times

Average 8k cycle time by age and ability

Female 8k Cycling Times

Average 8k cycle time by age and ability

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Data behind the 8k cycle time standards

Previous standards (28 Sep 2023)

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World Record

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	32	51	79	118	169
15	51	83	133	204	296
20	53	88	141	216	313
25	55	91	146	225	326
30	54	89	142	219	318
35	53	86	139	213	309
40	51	84	135	207	300
45	50	82	131	201	291
50	49	80	127	195	282
55	47	77	123	187	271
60	45	73	116	177	255
65	42	68	108	164	236
70	39	63	98	149	214
75	35	56	88	132	190
80	32	50	77	115	164
85	28	43	66	97	138
90	24	36	54	80	112

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	106
15	27	42	68	111	176
20	34	55	89	147	237
25	36	58	95	156	252
30	34	54	89	147	237
35	33	51	84	137	221
40	31	48	78	128	206
45	29	45	73	119	191
50	27	42	68	110	176
55	25	39	63	102	162
60	24	36	58	94	148
65	21	32	51	82	130
70	18	28	43	69	107
75	16	23	36	57	88
80	14	20	30	46	71
85	12	16	25	37	56
90	10	14	20	30	44

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	32	51	79	118	169
15	51	83	133	204	296
20	53	88	141	216	313
25	55	91	146	225	326
30	54	89	142	219	318
35	53	86	139	213	309
40	51	84	135	207	300
45	50	82	131	201	291
50	49	80	127	195	282
55	47	77	123	187	271
60	45	73	116	177	255
65	42	68	108	164	236
70	39	63	98	149	214
75	35	56	88	132	190
80	32	50	77	115	164
85	28	43	66	97	138
90	24	36	54	80	112

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	106
15	27	42	68	111	176
20	34	55	89	147	237
25	36	58	95	156	252
30	34	54	89	147	237
35	33	51	84	137	221
40	31	48	78	128	206
45	29	45	73	119	191
50	27	42	68	110	176
55	25	39	63	102	162
60	24	36	58	94	148
65	21	32	51	82	130
70	18	28	43	69	107
75	16	23	36	57	88
80	14	20	30	46	71
85	12	16	25	37	56
90	10	14	20	30	44

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	32	51	79	118	169
15	51	83	133	204	296
20	53	88	141	216	313
25	55	91	146	225	326
30	54	89	142	219	318
35	53	86	139	213	309
40	51	84	135	207	300
45	50	82	131	201	291
50	49	80	127	195	282
55	47	77	123	187	271
60	45	73	116	177	255
65	42	68	108	164	236
70	39	63	98	149	214
75	35	56	88	132	190
80	32	50	77	115	164
85	28	43	66	97	138
90	24	36	54	80	112

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	18	28	43	68	106
15	27	42	68	111	176
20	34	55	89	147	237
25	36	58	95	156	252
30	34	54	89	147	237
35	33	51	84	137	221
40	31	48	78	128	206
45	29	45	73	119	191
50	27	42	68	110	176
55	25	39	63	102	162
60	24	36	58	94	148
65	21	32	51	82	130
70	18	28	43	69	107
75	16	23	36	57	88
80	14	20	30	46	71
85	12	16	25	37	56
90	10	14	20	30	44