1 Mile Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1 mile swim time?

A good 1 mile time is 32:24. This is the average 1 mile time across all ages and genders.

A good 1 mile time for a man is 31:21. This is the average 1 mile time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	59:38	47:32	37:29	29:33	23:34
15	51:37	41:08	32:26	25:35	20:23
20	49:52	39:45	31:21	24:43	19:42
25	49:52	39:45	31:21	24:43	19:42
30	49:54	39:47	31:22	24:44	19:43
35	50:43	40:26	31:53	25:08	20:02
40	52:29	41:50	32:59	26:00	20:44
45	54:27	43:24	34:13	26:59	21:31
50	56:35	45:06	35:34	28:03	22:21
55	58:53	46:56	37:01	29:11	23:16
60	01:01:23	48:56	38:35	30:26	24:15
65	01:04:07	51:06	40:18	31:46	25:20
70	01:07:20	53:40	42:19	33:22	26:36
75	01:12:21	57:40	45:28	35:51	28:35
80	01:20:04	01:03:49	50:20	39:41	31:38
85	01:32:11	01:13:28	57:56	45:41	36:25
90	01:52:19	01:29:32	01:10:36	55:40	44:22

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:42.3	02:57.2	02:19.7	01:50.2	01:27.8
15	03:12.4	02:33.4	02:00.9	01:35.4	01:16.0
20	03:05.9	02:28.2	01:56.9	01:32.1	01:13.4
25	03:05.9	02:28.2	01:56.9	01:32.1	01:13.4
30	03:06.1	02:28.3	01:56.9	01:32.2	01:13.5
35	03:09.1	02:30.7	01:58.9	01:33.7	01:14.7
40	03:15.6	02:35.9	02:03.0	01:37.0	01:17.3
45	03:23.0	02:41.8	02:07.6	01:40.6	01:20.2
50	03:31.0	02:48.2	02:12.6	01:44.6	01:23.3
55	03:39.6	02:55.0	02:18.0	01:48.8	01:26.7
60	03:48.9	03:02.4	02:23.9	01:53.4	01:30.4
65	03:59.0	03:10.5	02:30.2	01:58.5	01:34.4
70	04:11.0	03:20.1	02:37.8	02:04.4	01:39.2
75	04:29.7	03:35.0	02:49.5	02:13.7	01:46.6
80	04:58.5	03:58.0	03:07.6	02:27.9	01:57.9
85	05:43.7	04:33.9	03:36.0	02:50.3	02:15.8
90	06:58.7	05:33.8	04:23.2	03:27.5	02:45.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:23.3	02:42.1	02:07.8	01:40.8	01:20.3
15	02:56.0	02:20.3	01:50.6	01:27.2	01:09.5
20	02:50.0	02:15.5	01:46.9	01:24.3	01:07.2
25	02:50.0	02:15.5	01:46.9	01:24.3	01:07.2
30	02:50.1	02:15.6	01:46.9	01:24.3	01:07.2
35	02:52.9	02:17.8	01:48.7	01:25.7	01:08.3
40	02:58.9	02:22.6	01:52.4	01:28.7	01:10.7
45	03:05.6	02:28.0	01:56.7	01:32.0	01:13.3
50	03:12.9	02:33.8	02:01.2	01:35.6	01:16.2
55	03:20.8	02:40.0	02:06.2	01:39.5	01:19.3
60	03:29.3	02:46.8	02:11.5	01:43.7	01:22.7
65	03:38.6	02:54.2	02:17.4	01:48.3	01:26.3
70	03:49.5	03:03.0	02:24.3	01:53.8	01:30.7
75	04:06.6	03:16.6	02:35.0	02:02.2	01:37.4
80	04:33.0	03:37.6	02:51.6	02:15.3	01:47.8
85	05:14.2	04:10.5	03:17.5	02:35.7	02:04.1
90	06:22.9	05:05.2	04:00.7	03:09.8	02:31.3

A good 1 mile time for a woman is 33:49. This is the average 1 mile time across women of all ages.

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:43.2	03:02.4	02:27.6	01:59.4	01:37.5
15	03:20.4	02:43.7	02:12.4	01:47.2	01:27.5
20	03:10.8	02:35.8	02:06.1	01:42.0	01:23.3
25	03:10.8	02:35.8	02:06.1	01:42.0	01:23.3
30	03:10.8	02:35.8	02:06.1	01:42.0	01:23.3
35	03:12.0	02:36.9	02:06.9	01:42.7	01:23.9
40	03:16.0	02:40.1	02:09.5	01:44.8	01:25.6
45	03:23.0	02:45.8	02:14.2	01:48.5	01:28.7
50	03:33.4	02:54.4	02:21.1	01:54.1	01:33.3
55	03:45.7	03:04.4	02:29.2	02:00.7	01:38.6
60	03:59.5	03:15.6	02:38.3	02:08.1	01:44.6
65	04:15.0	03:28.3	02:48.6	02:16.4	01:51.4
70	04:32.7	03:42.8	03:00.2	02:25.8	01:59.1
75	04:53.1	03:59.4	03:13.7	02:36.7	02:08.0
80	05:17.2	04:19.2	03:29.7	02:49.7	02:18.6
85	05:57.2	04:51.8	03:56.1	03:11.0	02:36.1
90	07:10.5	05:51.7	04:44.5	03:50.2	03:08.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:24.1	02:46.8	02:14.9	01:49.2	01:29.2
15	03:03.2	02:29.7	02:01.1	01:38.0	01:20.0
20	02:54.4	02:22.5	01:55.3	01:33.3	01:16.2
25	02:54.4	02:22.5	01:55.3	01:33.3	01:16.2
30	02:54.4	02:22.5	01:55.3	01:33.3	01:16.2
35	02:55.6	02:23.4	01:56.0	01:33.9	01:16.7
40	02:59.2	02:26.4	01:58.4	01:35.8	01:18.3
45	03:05.6	02:31.6	02:02.7	01:39.3	01:21.1
50	03:15.2	02:39.4	02:09.0	01:44.4	01:25.3
55	03:26.4	02:48.6	02:16.4	01:50.4	01:30.2
60	03:39.0	02:58.9	02:24.7	01:57.1	01:35.7
65	03:53.2	03:10.5	02:34.1	02:04.7	01:41.9
70	04:09.4	03:23.7	02:44.8	02:13.4	01:48.9
75	04:28.0	03:38.9	02:57.1	02:23.3	01:57.1
80	04:50.1	03:57.0	03:11.7	02:35.1	02:06.7
85	05:26.6	04:26.8	03:35.9	02:54.7	02:22.7
90	06:33.6	05:21.6	04:20.2	03:30.5	02:52.0

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.