1.2 Mile Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1.2 mile swim time?

A good 1.2 mile time is 39:06. This is the average 1.2 mile time across all ages and genders.

A good 1.2 mile time for a man is 37:49. This is the average 1.2 mile time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:11:57	57:21	45:13	35:39	28:25
15	01:02:16	49:38	39:08	30:51	24:36
20	01:00:10	47:57	37:49	29:49	23:46
25	01:00:10	47:57	37:49	29:49	23:46
30	01:00:13	48:00	37:51	29:50	23:47
35	01:01:11	48:46	38:27	30:19	24:10
40	01:03:18	50:28	39:47	31:22	25:01
45	01:05:41	52:22	41:17	32:33	25:57
50	01:08:16	54:25	42:54	33:50	26:58
55	01:11:03	56:38	44:39	35:13	28:04
60	01:14:04	59:02	46:33	36:42	29:15
65	01:17:21	01:01:39	48:37	38:20	30:33
70	01:21:14	01:04:45	51:03	40:15	32:05
75	01:27:17	01:09:34	54:51	43:15	34:29
80	01:36:36	01:17:00	01:00:43	47:52	38:10
85	01:51:12	01:28:38	01:09:54	55:07	43:56
90	02:15:30	01:48:00	01:25:10	01:07:09	53:32

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:43.5	02:58.2	02:20.5	01:50.8	01:28.3
15	03:13.5	02:34.2	02:01.6	01:35.9	01:16.4
20	03:06.9	02:29.0	01:57.5	01:32.6	01:13.8
25	03:06.9	02:29.0	01:57.5	01:32.6	01:13.8
30	03:07.1	02:29.1	01:57.6	01:32.7	01:13.9
35	03:10.1	02:31.5	01:59.5	01:34.2	01:15.1
40	03:16.7	02:36.8	02:03.6	01:37.5	01:17.7
45	03:24.1	02:42.7	02:08.3	01:41.2	01:20.6
50	03:32.1	02:49.1	02:13.3	01:45.1	01:23.8
55	03:40.7	02:56.0	02:18.7	01:49.4	01:27.2
60	03:50.1	03:03.4	02:24.6	01:54.0	01:30.9
65	04:00.3	03:11.6	02:31.1	01:59.1	01:34.9
70	04:12.4	03:21.2	02:38.6	02:05.1	01:39.7
75	04:31.2	03:36.2	02:50.4	02:14.4	01:47.1
80	05:00.1	03:59.2	03:08.6	02:28.8	01:58.6
85	05:45.5	04:35.4	03:37.2	02:51.2	02:16.5
90	07:01.0	05:35.6	04:24.6	03:28.7	02:46.3

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:24.4	02:42.9	02:08.5	01:41.3	01:20.8
15	02:56.9	02:21.0	01:51.2	01:27.7	01:09.9
20	02:50.9	02:16.2	01:47.4	01:24.7	01:07.5
25	02:50.9	02:16.2	01:47.4	01:24.7	01:07.5
30	02:51.1	02:16.4	01:47.5	01:24.8	01:07.6
35	02:53.8	02:18.6	01:49.3	01:26.2	01:08.7
40	02:59.9	02:23.4	01:53.1	01:29.1	01:11.1
45	03:06.6	02:28.8	01:57.3	01:32.5	01:13.7
50	03:14.0	02:34.6	02:01.9	01:36.1	01:16.6
55	03:21.9	02:40.9	02:06.9	01:40.0	01:19.7
60	03:30.4	02:47.7	02:12.3	01:44.3	01:23.1
65	03:39.8	02:55.2	02:18.1	01:48.9	01:26.8
70	03:50.8	03:04.0	02:25.1	01:54.4	01:31.2
75	04:08.0	03:17.7	02:35.9	02:02.9	01:38.0
80	04:34.5	03:38.8	02:52.5	02:16.0	01:48.4
85	05:16.0	04:11.8	03:18.6	02:36.6	02:04.8
90	06:25.0	05:06.9	04:02.0	03:10.8	02:32.1

A good 1.2 mile time for a woman is 40:49. This is the average 1.2 mile time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:12:16	59:02	47:46	38:39	31:35
15	01:04:52	53:00	42:53	34:42	28:20
20	01:01:45	50:27	40:49	33:02	26:59
25	01:01:45	50:27	40:49	33:02	26:59
30	01:01:45	50:27	40:49	33:02	26:59
35	01:02:10	50:47	41:05	33:15	27:09
40	01:03:27	51:50	41:56	33:56	27:43
45	01:05:43	53:41	43:26	35:09	28:43
50	01:09:06	56:27	45:40	36:57	30:11
55	01:13:04	59:42	48:18	39:05	31:56
60	01:17:31	01:03:20	51:15	41:28	33:52
65	01:22:34	01:07:27	54:34	44:09	36:04
70	01:28:17	01:12:07	58:21	47:13	38:34
75	01:34:53	01:17:31	01:02:43	50:44	41:27
80	01:42:42	01:23:54	01:07:53	54:56	44:52
85	01:55:39	01:34:29	01:16:26	01:01:51	50:32
90	02:19:22	01:53:52	01:32:07	01:14:32	01:00:54

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:44.6	03:03.5	02:28.4	02:00.1	01:38.1
15	03:21.6	02:44.7	02:13.2	01:47.8	01:28.1
20	03:11.9	02:36.8	02:06.8	01:42.6	01:23.8
25	03:11.9	02:36.8	02:06.8	01:42.6	01:23.8
30	03:11.9	02:36.8	02:06.8	01:42.6	01:23.8
35	03:13.1	02:37.8	02:07.7	01:43.3	01:24.4
40	03:17.1	02:41.0	02:10.3	01:45.4	01:26.1
45	03:24.2	02:46.8	02:15.0	01:49.2	01:29.2
50	03:34.7	02:55.4	02:21.9	01:54.8	01:33.8
55	03:47.1	03:05.5	02:30.1	02:01.4	01:39.2
60	04:00.9	03:16.8	02:39.2	02:08.8	01:45.2
65	04:16.5	03:29.6	02:49.6	02:17.2	01:52.1
70	04:34.3	03:44.1	03:01.3	02:26.7	01:59.9
75	04:54.8	04:00.8	03:14.9	02:37.7	02:08.8
80	05:19.1	04:20.7	03:30.9	02:50.7	02:19.4
85	05:59.3	04:53.6	03:57.5	03:12.2	02:37.0
90	07:13.1	05:53.8	04:46.2	03:51.6	03:09.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:25.3	02:47.7	02:15.7	01:49.8	01:29.7
15	03:04.3	02:30.6	02:01.8	01:38.6	01:20.5
20	02:55.5	02:23.3	01:56.0	01:33.8	01:16.7
25	02:55.5	02:23.3	01:56.0	01:33.8	01:16.7
30	02:55.5	02:23.3	01:56.0	01:33.8	01:16.7
35	02:56.6	02:24.3	01:56.7	01:34.5	01:17.2
40	03:00.3	02:27.3	01:59.1	01:36.4	01:18.8
45	03:06.7	02:32.5	02:03.4	01:39.8	01:21.6
50	03:16.3	02:40.4	02:09.8	01:45.0	01:25.8
55	03:27.6	02:49.6	02:17.2	01:51.0	01:30.7
60	03:40.3	02:59.9	02:25.6	01:57.8	01:36.2
65	03:54.6	03:11.6	02:35.0	02:05.4	01:42.5
70	04:10.8	03:24.9	02:45.8	02:14.1	01:49.6
75	04:29.6	03:40.2	02:58.2	02:24.2	01:57.8
80	04:51.8	03:58.4	03:12.9	02:36.1	02:07.5
85	05:28.6	04:28.4	03:37.2	02:55.7	02:23.6
90	06:36.0	05:23.5	04:21.7	03:31.8	02:53.0

Beginner	Faster than 5% of swimmers. A beginner swimmer has started swimming and has swum for at least a month.
Novice	Faster than 20% of swimmers. A novice swimmer has swum regularly for at least six months.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of swimmers. An intermediate swimmer has swum regularly for at least two years.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of swimmers. An advanced swimmer has swum for over five years.
Elite	Faster than 95% of swimmers. An elite swimmer has dedicated over five years to become competitive at swimming.