600m Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 600m run time?

A good 600m time is 01:46 for men and 02:07 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 600m time by age and ability below.

Updated for 2026. These standards are calculated between fitted distances; this release has no separate result counts for this displayed distance. Data and sources

Time
min/km
min/mile

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	02:34	03:08
Novice	02:05	02:31
Intermediate	01:46	02:07
Advanced	01:33	01:50
Elite	01:23	01:38
Best	01:13	01:22

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

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	04:16	05:13
Novice	03:29	04:12
Intermediate	02:57	03:32
Advanced	02:35	03:04
Elite	02:19	02:44
Best	02:01	02:16

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

Running Level	Male	Female
Beginner	06:53	08:24
Novice	05:36	06:46
Intermediate	04:45	05:41
Advanced	04:09	04:55
Elite	03:44	04:23
Best	03:15	03:39

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 600m Running Times

A good 600m time is 01:46 for men. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 600m time is 01:13 for men.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:08	02:33	02:10	01:54	01:42
15	02:42	02:12	01:52	01:38	01:28
20	02:34	02:05	01:46	01:33	01:23
25	02:34	02:05	01:46	01:33	01:23
30	02:34	02:06	01:47	01:33	01:24
35	02:40	02:10	01:50	01:37	01:27
40	02:46	02:15	01:55	01:40	01:30
45	02:52	02:20	01:59	01:44	01:33
50	02:59	02:26	02:04	01:48	01:37
55	03:06	02:32	02:09	01:53	01:41
60	03:15	02:39	02:15	01:58	01:46
65	03:24	02:46	02:21	02:03	01:50
70	03:34	02:54	02:28	02:09	01:56
75	03:50	03:07	02:39	02:19	02:05
80	04:15	03:28	02:56	02:34	02:18
85	04:57	04:02	03:25	02:59	02:41
90	06:09	05:01	04:15	03:43	03:20

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	05:13	04:15	03:36	03:09	02:50
15	04:30	03:40	03:07	02:43	02:27
20	04:16	03:29	02:57	02:35	02:19
25	04:16	03:29	02:57	02:35	02:19
30	04:17	03:30	02:58	02:35	02:19
35	04:26	03:37	03:04	02:41	02:24
40	04:36	03:45	03:11	02:47	02:30
45	04:47	03:54	03:18	02:53	02:35
50	04:58	04:03	03:26	03:00	02:42
55	05:11	04:14	03:35	03:08	02:49
60	05:24	04:25	03:44	03:16	02:56
65	05:39	04:37	03:55	03:25	03:04
70	05:56	04:51	04:06	03:35	03:13
75	06:23	05:12	04:25	03:51	03:28
80	07:05	05:47	04:54	04:17	03:51
85	08:14	06:43	05:42	04:59	04:28
90	10:15	08:22	07:05	06:12	05:34

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	08:24	06:51	05:48	05:05	04:33
15	07:15	05:55	05:01	04:23	03:56
20	06:53	05:36	04:45	04:09	03:44
25	06:53	05:36	04:45	04:09	03:44
30	06:53	05:37	04:46	04:10	03:44
35	07:08	05:49	04:56	04:19	03:52
40	07:24	06:02	05:07	04:29	04:01
45	07:41	06:16	05:19	04:39	04:10
50	08:00	06:32	05:32	04:50	04:20
55	08:20	06:48	05:46	05:02	04:31
60	08:42	07:06	06:01	05:16	04:43
65	09:06	07:25	06:18	05:30	04:56
70	09:33	07:48	06:36	05:47	05:11
75	10:16	08:22	07:06	06:12	05:34
80	11:24	09:18	07:53	06:54	06:11
85	13:15	10:49	09:10	08:01	07:11
90	16:30	13:27	11:24	09:58	08:57

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

Female 600m Running Times

A good 600m time is 02:07 for women. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 600m time is 01:22 for women.

Average 600m run time by age and ability

Time
min/km
min/mile

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:40	02:57	02:29	02:09	01:55
15	03:17	02:39	02:13	01:56	01:43
20	03:08	02:31	02:07	01:50	01:38
25	03:08	02:31	02:07	01:50	01:38
30	03:08	02:31	02:07	01:50	01:38
35	03:09	02:32	02:08	01:51	01:39
40	03:13	02:35	02:10	01:53	01:41
45	03:19	02:41	02:15	01:57	01:44
50	03:29	02:48	02:21	02:03	01:49
55	03:41	02:58	02:29	02:10	01:55
60	03:54	03:09	02:39	02:17	02:02
65	04:09	03:21	02:49	02:26	02:10
70	04:27	03:35	03:00	02:36	02:19
75	04:46	03:51	03:14	02:48	02:30
80	05:10	04:10	03:30	03:02	02:42
85	05:48	04:41	03:56	03:24	03:02
90	06:59	05:38	04:44	04:06	03:39

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	06:06	04:55	04:08	03:35	03:11
15	05:29	04:25	03:42	03:13	02:52
20	05:13	04:12	03:32	03:04	02:44
25	05:13	04:12	03:32	03:04	02:44
30	05:13	04:12	03:32	03:04	02:44
35	05:15	04:14	03:33	03:05	02:45
40	05:21	04:19	03:37	03:08	02:48
45	05:32	04:28	03:45	03:15	02:53
50	05:48	04:41	03:56	03:24	03:02
55	06:08	04:57	04:09	03:36	03:12
60	06:30	05:15	04:24	03:49	03:24
65	06:56	05:35	04:41	04:04	03:37
70	07:24	05:58	05:01	04:21	03:52
75	07:57	06:25	05:23	04:40	04:09
80	08:36	06:56	05:49	05:03	04:30
85	09:41	07:48	06:33	05:41	05:04
90	11:38	09:23	07:53	06:50	06:05

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	09:49	07:55	06:39	05:46	05:08
15	08:49	07:06	05:58	05:10	04:37
20	08:24	06:46	05:41	04:55	04:23
25	08:24	06:46	05:41	04:55	04:23
30	08:24	06:46	05:41	04:55	04:23
35	08:27	06:49	05:43	04:57	04:25
40	08:37	06:57	05:50	05:03	04:30
45	08:54	07:11	06:01	05:13	04:39
50	09:20	07:32	06:19	05:29	04:53
55	09:52	07:58	06:41	05:48	05:10
60	10:28	08:27	07:05	06:09	05:28
65	11:09	08:59	07:33	06:32	05:50
70	11:55	09:36	08:04	06:59	06:14
75	12:48	10:19	08:40	07:30	06:41
80	13:51	11:10	09:22	08:07	07:14
85	15:35	12:34	10:32	09:08	08:09
90	18:44	15:06	12:41	10:59	09:48

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 600m run time standards

This distance is calculated between the release's fitted distances. No separate population was fitted here, and this frozen snapshot does not supply result counts for this exact displayed distance. See our standards timeline.

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