100m Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 100m run time?

A good 100m time is 12.6 for men and 14.9 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 100m time by age and ability below.

Updated for 2026. Our 100m run time standards are based on 76,750 running results submitted by 39,940 Running Level users from 2020 to 2026. Data and sources

Time
min/km
min/mile

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	17.7	21.8
Novice	14.5	17.5
Intermediate	12.6	14.9
Advanced	11.5	13.3
Elite	10.9	12.4
Best	9.6	10.5

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	02:57	03:38
Novice	02:25	02:55
Intermediate	02:06	02:29
Advanced	01:55	02:13
Elite	01:49	02:04
Best	01:36	01:45

min/km: Average pace per kilometre, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	04:45	05:52
Novice	03:53	04:42
Intermediate	03:23	04:00
Advanced	03:06	03:35
Elite	02:55	03:19
Best	02:34	02:49

min/mile: Average pace per mile, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Best = listed best performance; WR = listed world record. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Male 100m Running Times

A good 100m time is 12.6 for men. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 100m time is 10 for men.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	21.6	17.7	15.4	14.1	13.3	-
15	18.7	15.2	13.3	12.2	11.5	9.8
20	17.7	14.5	12.6	11.5	10.9	9.6
25	17.7	14.5	12.6	11.5	10.9	9.6
30	17.8	14.5	12.6	11.6	10.9	9.7
35	18.4	15.0	13.1	12.0	11.3	9.9
40	19.1	15.6	13.6	12.4	11.7	9.9
45	19.8	16.2	14.1	12.9	12.2	10.7
50	20.6	16.8	14.7	13.4	12.7	10.9
55	21.5	17.5	15.3	14.0	13.2	11.3
60	22.4	18.3	16.0	14.6	13.8	11.7
65	23.5	19.1	16.7	15.3	14.4	12.0
70	24.6	20.1	17.5	16.0	15.1	12.6
75	26.5	21.6	18.8	17.2	16.3	13.3
80	29.4	24.0	20.9	19.2	18.1	14.2
85	34.2	27.9	24.3	22.3	21.0	15.1
90	42.5	34.7	30.2	27.7	26.1	16.7

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	03:36	02:57	02:34	02:21	02:13	-
15	03:07	02:32	02:13	02:02	01:55	01:38
20	02:57	02:25	02:06	01:55	01:49	01:36
25	02:57	02:25	02:06	01:55	01:49	01:36
30	02:58	02:25	02:06	01:56	01:49	01:37
35	03:04	02:30	02:11	02:00	01:53	01:39
40	03:11	02:36	02:16	02:04	01:57	01:39
45	03:18	02:42	02:21	02:09	02:02	01:47
50	03:26	02:48	02:27	02:14	02:07	01:49
55	03:35	02:55	02:33	02:20	02:12	01:53
60	03:44	03:03	02:40	02:26	02:18	01:57
65	03:55	03:11	02:47	02:33	02:24	02:00
70	04:06	03:21	02:55	02:40	02:31	02:06
75	04:25	03:36	03:08	02:52	02:43	02:13
80	04:54	04:00	03:29	03:12	03:01	02:22
85	05:42	04:39	04:03	03:43	03:30	02:31
90	07:05	05:47	05:02	04:37	04:21	02:47

min/km: Average pace per kilometre, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	05:48	04:44	04:08	03:47	03:34	-
15	05:01	04:05	03:34	03:16	03:05	02:38
20	04:45	03:53	03:23	03:06	02:55	02:34
25	04:45	03:53	03:23	03:06	02:55	02:35
30	04:46	03:53	03:23	03:06	02:56	02:37
35	04:56	04:01	03:31	03:13	03:02	02:39
40	05:07	04:11	03:38	03:20	03:09	02:40
45	05:19	04:20	03:47	03:28	03:16	02:53
50	05:32	04:31	03:56	03:36	03:24	02:55
55	05:46	04:42	04:06	03:45	03:33	03:02
60	06:01	04:55	04:17	03:55	03:42	03:08
65	06:18	05:08	04:29	04:06	03:52	03:14
70	06:36	05:23	04:42	04:18	04:04	03:23
75	07:06	05:47	05:03	04:37	04:22	03:33
80	07:53	06:26	05:36	05:08	04:51	03:48
85	09:10	07:29	06:31	05:58	05:38	04:03
90	11:24	09:18	08:07	07:26	07:01	04:29

min/mile: Average pace per mile, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Best = listed best performance; WR = listed world record. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Female 100m Running Times

A good 100m time is 14.9 for women. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 100m time is 10 for women.

Average 100m run time by age and ability

Time
min/km
min/mile

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	25.6	20.5	17.4	15.6	14.5	-
15	22.9	18.4	15.6	14.0	13.0	10.8
20	21.8	17.5	14.9	13.3	12.4	10.6
25	21.8	17.5	14.9	13.3	12.4	10.5
30	21.8	17.5	14.9	13.3	12.4	10.6
35	22.0	17.6	15.0	13.4	12.5	10.6
40	22.4	18.0	15.3	13.7	12.7	11.1
45	23.2	18.6	15.8	14.1	13.1	11.3
50	24.3	19.5	16.6	14.8	13.8	11.7
55	25.7	20.6	17.5	15.7	14.6	12.2
60	27.3	21.9	18.6	16.6	15.4	13.2
65	29.0	23.3	19.8	17.7	16.4	13.8
70	31.0	24.9	21.2	18.9	17.6	14.4
75	33.3	26.7	22.7	20.3	18.9	15.0
80	36.0	28.9	24.6	22.0	20.4	16.2
85	40.5	32.5	27.6	24.7	23.0	18.0
90	48.8	39.1	33.3	29.8	27.6	21.3

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	04:16	03:25	02:54	02:36	02:25	-
15	03:49	03:04	02:36	02:20	02:10	01:48
20	03:38	02:55	02:29	02:13	02:04	01:46
25	03:38	02:55	02:29	02:13	02:04	01:45
30	03:38	02:55	02:29	02:13	02:04	01:46
35	03:40	02:56	02:30	02:14	02:05	01:46
40	03:44	03:00	02:33	02:17	02:07	01:51
45	03:52	03:06	02:38	02:21	02:11	01:53
50	04:03	03:15	02:46	02:28	02:18	01:57
55	04:17	03:26	02:55	02:37	02:26	02:02
60	04:33	03:39	03:06	02:46	02:34	02:12
65	04:50	03:53	03:18	02:57	02:44	02:18
70	05:10	04:09	03:32	03:09	02:56	02:24
75	05:33	04:27	03:47	03:23	03:09	02:30
80	06:00	04:49	04:06	03:40	03:24	02:42
85	06:45	05:25	04:36	04:07	03:50	03:00
90	08:08	06:31	05:33	04:58	04:36	03:33

min/km: Average pace per kilometre, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	Best
10	06:51	05:30	04:41	04:11	03:53	-
15	06:09	04:56	04:12	03:45	03:29	02:53
20	05:52	04:42	04:00	03:35	03:19	02:51
25	05:52	04:42	04:00	03:35	03:19	02:49
30	05:52	04:42	04:00	03:35	03:19	02:51
35	05:54	04:44	04:01	03:36	03:20	02:51
40	06:01	04:49	04:06	03:40	03:24	02:58
45	06:13	04:59	04:14	03:48	03:31	03:02
50	06:31	05:14	04:27	03:59	03:42	03:08
55	06:54	05:32	04:42	04:12	03:54	03:17
60	07:19	05:52	04:59	04:28	04:09	03:32
65	07:47	06:14	05:18	04:45	04:25	03:42
70	08:19	06:40	05:40	05:05	04:43	03:51
75	08:56	07:10	06:06	05:27	05:04	04:02
80	09:40	07:45	06:35	05:54	05:29	04:21
85	10:52	08:43	07:25	06:38	06:10	04:49
90	13:05	10:29	08:55	07:59	07:25	05:42

min/mile: Average pace per mile, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss).

Best = listed best performance; WR = listed world record. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Levels compare performances in this model; Average is the Intermediate (50th-percentile) standard. What the levels mean.

Data behind the 100m run time standards

Running Level analysed 14,404 qualifying results from 76,750 community results submitted by 39,940 Running Level users from 2020 to 2026 to produce our 100m run time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	76,750
Community users	39,940
Qualifying results	14,404
Male results	13,360
Female results	1,044
Data start	11 November 2020
Data cutoff	5 March 2026
Model generated	2 October 2026

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