Compare freestyle swimming times by age and gender. Choose a distance to see standards from Beginner to Elite.
The Swimming Level Calculator can show your exact level of swimming performance at any age.
Swimming Level analysed 580,828 community swimming results submitted by 229,874 Swimming Level users from 2021 to 2026 to produce our swimming time standards. Initial quality checks retained 188,780 results for event selection and further filtering. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.
| Community results | 580,828 |
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| Community users | 229,874 |
| After initial quality checks | 188,780 |
| Users after initial quality checks | 150,435 |
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Each result is a distance and time entered in our calculator. The individual timing pages show the results at each distance.
Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.
Compare average male and female finish times across all ages at these swimming distances. Average is the Intermediate standard (50th percentile).
The previous standards were last updated on . The current standards were updated on .
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