40 yd Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 40 yd run time?

A good 40 yd time is 5.1 for men and 6.0 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 40 yd time by age and ability below.

Updated for 2026. Our 40 yd run time standards are based on 12,025 running results submitted by 5,494 Running Level users from 2020 to 2026. Data and sources

Time
min/km
min/mile

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	6.5	8.0
Novice	5.6	6.8
Intermediate	5.1	6.0
Advanced	4.8	5.5
Elite	4.6	5.2

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

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	02:57	03:39
Novice	02:32	03:05
Intermediate	02:18	02:43
Advanced	02:10	02:30
Elite	02:05	02:22

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

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	04:46	05:52
Novice	04:05	04:57
Intermediate	03:43	04:23
Advanced	03:29	04:02
Elite	03:21	03:48

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

Male 40 yd Running Times

A good 40 yd time is 5.1 for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 40 yd run time by age and ability

Time
min/km
min/mile

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	7.9	6.8	6.2	5.8	5.6
15	6.8	5.9	5.3	5.0	4.8
20	6.5	5.6	5.1	4.8	4.6
25	6.5	5.6	5.1	4.8	4.6
30	6.5	5.6	5.1	4.8	4.6
35	6.7	5.8	5.3	4.9	4.7
40	7.0	6.0	5.4	5.1	4.9
45	7.3	6.2	5.7	5.3	5.1
50	7.6	6.5	5.9	5.5	5.3
55	7.9	6.8	6.1	5.8	5.5
60	8.2	7.1	6.4	6.0	5.8
65	8.6	7.4	6.7	6.3	6.1
70	9.0	7.7	7.0	6.6	6.4
75	9.7	8.3	7.6	7.1	6.8
80	10.8	9.2	8.4	7.9	7.6
85	12.5	10.7	9.8	9.2	8.8
90	15.6	13.4	12.1	11.4	11.0

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:37	03:06	02:49	02:39	02:33
15	03:07	02:41	02:26	02:17	02:12
20	02:57	02:32	02:18	02:10	02:05
25	02:57	02:32	02:18	02:10	02:05
30	02:58	02:33	02:19	02:10	02:05
35	03:04	02:38	02:24	02:15	02:10
40	03:11	02:44	02:29	02:20	02:15
45	03:18	02:50	02:35	02:26	02:20
50	03:26	02:57	02:41	02:31	02:25
55	03:35	03:05	02:48	02:38	02:32
60	03:45	03:13	02:55	02:45	02:38
65	03:55	03:22	03:03	02:52	02:45
70	04:07	03:32	03:12	03:01	02:54
75	04:25	03:47	03:26	03:14	03:06
80	04:54	04:13	03:49	03:36	03:27
85	05:42	04:54	04:27	04:11	04:01
90	07:06	06:06	05:32	05:12	05:00

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	05:49	04:59	04:32	04:16	04:06
15	05:01	04:18	03:55	03:41	03:32
20	04:46	04:05	03:43	03:29	03:21
25	04:46	04:05	03:43	03:29	03:21
30	04:46	04:06	03:43	03:30	03:22
35	04:56	04:14	03:51	03:37	03:29
40	05:07	04:24	04:00	03:46	03:36
45	05:19	04:34	04:09	03:54	03:45
50	05:32	04:45	04:19	04:04	03:54
55	05:46	04:57	04:30	04:14	04:04
60	06:01	05:10	04:42	04:25	04:15
65	06:18	05:25	04:55	04:37	04:26
70	06:37	05:41	05:09	04:51	04:39
75	07:06	06:06	05:32	05:13	05:00
80	07:53	06:47	06:09	05:47	05:33
85	09:11	07:53	07:09	06:44	06:28
90	11:25	09:48	08:54	08:23	08:03

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

Female 40 yd Running Times

A good 40 yd time is 6.0 for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 40 yd run time by age and ability

Time
min/km
min/mile

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	9.4	7.9	7.0	6.4	6.1
15	8.4	7.1	6.3	5.8	5.5
20	8.0	6.8	6.0	5.5	5.2
25	8.0	6.8	6.0	5.5	5.2
30	8.0	6.8	6.0	5.5	5.2
35	8.0	6.8	6.0	5.5	5.2
40	8.2	6.9	6.1	5.6	5.3
45	8.5	7.2	6.3	5.8	5.5
50	8.9	7.5	6.7	6.1	5.8
55	9.4	7.9	7.0	6.5	6.1
60	10.0	8.4	7.5	6.9	6.5
65	10.6	9.0	7.9	7.3	6.9
70	11.4	9.6	8.5	7.8	7.4
75	12.2	10.3	9.1	8.4	7.9
80	13.2	11.1	9.9	9.1	8.6
85	14.8	12.5	11.1	10.2	9.6
90	17.9	15.1	13.3	12.3	11.6

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	04:16	03:36	03:11	02:56	02:46
15	03:50	03:14	02:52	02:38	02:29
20	03:39	03:05	02:43	02:30	02:22
25	03:39	03:05	02:43	02:30	02:22
30	03:39	03:05	02:43	02:30	02:22
35	03:40	03:06	02:45	02:31	02:23
40	03:44	03:09	02:48	02:34	02:26
45	03:52	03:16	02:53	02:39	02:30
50	04:03	03:25	03:02	02:47	02:38
55	04:17	03:37	03:12	02:57	02:47
60	04:33	03:50	03:24	03:08	02:57
65	04:50	04:05	03:37	03:20	03:08
70	05:10	04:22	03:52	03:33	03:21
75	05:33	04:41	04:09	03:49	03:36
80	06:01	05:04	04:30	04:08	03:54
85	06:46	05:43	05:03	04:39	04:23
90	08:08	06:52	06:05	05:35	05:17

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	06:52	05:48	05:08	04:43	04:27
15	06:10	05:12	04:36	04:14	04:00
20	05:52	04:57	04:23	04:02	03:48
25	05:52	04:57	04:23	04:02	03:48
30	05:52	04:57	04:23	04:02	03:48
35	05:54	04:59	04:25	04:03	03:50
40	06:01	05:05	04:30	04:08	03:54
45	06:13	05:15	04:39	04:17	04:02
50	06:32	05:31	04:53	04:29	04:14
55	06:54	05:49	05:10	04:45	04:29
60	07:19	06:11	05:28	05:02	04:45
65	07:47	06:35	05:49	05:21	05:03
70	08:20	07:02	06:14	05:43	05:24
75	08:57	07:33	06:41	06:09	05:48
80	09:40	08:10	07:14	06:39	06:17
85	10:53	09:11	08:08	07:29	07:04
90	13:05	11:03	09:47	09:00	08:30

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

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

Data behind the 40 yd run time standards

Running Level analysed 1,971 qualifying results from 12,025 community results submitted by 5,494 Running Level users from 2020 to 2026 to produce our 40 yd run time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	12,025
Community users	5,494
Qualifying results	1,971
Male results	1,937
Female results	34
Data start	12 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.