1k Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1k swim time?

A good 1k time is 19:50. This is the average 1k time across all ages and genders.

A good 1k time for a man is 19:12. This is the average 1k time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	36:32	29:07	22:58	18:06	14:26
15	31:37	25:12	19:52	15:40	12:29
20	30:33	24:21	19:12	15:08	12:04
25	30:33	24:21	19:12	15:08	12:04
30	30:35	24:22	19:13	15:09	12:05
35	31:04	24:46	19:32	15:24	12:16
40	32:09	25:38	20:12	15:56	12:42
45	33:22	26:35	20:58	16:32	13:11
50	34:40	27:38	21:47	17:11	13:42
55	36:05	28:45	22:41	17:53	14:15
60	37:37	29:59	23:38	18:38	14:51
65	39:17	31:19	24:41	19:28	15:31
70	41:15	32:53	25:56	20:27	16:18
75	44:19	35:20	27:51	21:58	17:31
80	49:03	39:06	30:50	24:19	19:23
85	56:28	45:01	35:30	27:59	22:18
90	01:08:48	54:51	43:15	34:06	27:11

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:39.2	02:54.7	02:17.8	01:48.6	01:26.6
15	03:09.7	02:31.2	01:59.2	01:34.0	01:14.9
20	03:03.3	02:26.1	01:55.2	01:30.8	01:12.4
25	03:03.3	02:26.1	01:55.2	01:30.8	01:12.4
30	03:03.5	02:26.2	01:55.3	01:30.9	01:12.5
35	03:06.4	02:28.6	01:57.2	01:32.4	01:13.6
40	03:12.9	02:33.8	02:01.2	01:35.6	01:16.2
45	03:20.2	02:39.5	02:05.8	01:39.2	01:19.1
50	03:28.0	02:45.8	02:10.7	01:43.1	01:22.2
55	03:36.5	02:52.5	02:16.1	01:47.3	01:25.5
60	03:45.7	02:59.9	02:21.8	01:51.8	01:29.1
65	03:55.7	03:07.9	02:28.1	01:56.8	01:33.1
70	04:07.5	03:17.3	02:35.6	02:02.7	01:37.8
75	04:25.9	03:32.0	02:47.1	02:11.8	01:45.1
80	04:54.3	03:54.6	03:05.0	02:25.9	01:56.3
85	05:38.8	04:30.1	03:33.0	02:47.9	02:13.8
90	06:52.8	05:29.1	04:19.5	03:24.6	02:43.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:20.4	02:39.8	02:06.0	01:39.3	01:19.2
15	02:53.5	02:18.3	01:49.0	01:26.0	01:08.5
20	02:47.6	02:13.6	01:45.3	01:23.1	01:06.2
25	02:47.6	02:13.6	01:45.3	01:23.1	01:06.2
30	02:47.7	02:13.7	01:45.4	01:23.1	01:06.3
35	02:50.5	02:15.9	01:47.1	01:24.5	01:07.3
40	02:56.4	02:20.6	01:50.9	01:27.4	01:09.7
45	03:03.0	02:25.9	01:55.0	01:30.7	01:12.3
50	03:10.2	02:31.6	01:59.5	01:34.3	01:15.1
55	03:17.9	02:37.8	02:04.4	01:38.1	01:18.2
60	03:26.3	02:44.5	02:09.7	01:42.3	01:21.5
65	03:35.5	02:51.8	02:15.4	01:46.8	01:25.1
70	03:46.3	03:00.4	02:22.2	01:52.2	01:29.4
75	04:03.2	03:13.8	02:32.8	02:00.5	01:36.1
80	04:29.1	03:34.5	02:49.2	02:13.4	01:46.3
85	05:09.8	04:07.0	03:14.7	02:33.5	02:02.4
90	06:17.5	05:00.9	03:57.3	03:07.1	02:29.1

A good 1k time for a woman is 20:41. This is the average 1k time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	36:38	29:56	24:13	19:35	16:00
15	32:53	26:52	21:44	17:35	14:22
20	31:18	25:34	20:41	16:44	13:41
25	31:18	25:34	20:41	16:44	13:41
30	31:18	25:34	20:41	16:44	13:41
35	31:30	25:44	20:50	16:51	13:46
40	32:10	26:16	21:15	17:12	14:03
45	33:18	27:13	22:01	17:49	14:33
50	35:02	28:37	23:09	18:44	15:18
55	37:02	30:16	24:29	19:49	16:11
60	39:18	32:06	25:58	21:01	17:10
65	41:51	34:11	27:40	22:23	18:17
70	44:45	36:34	29:35	23:56	19:33
75	48:06	39:17	31:47	25:43	21:01
80	52:04	42:32	34:25	27:50	22:45
85	58:37	47:53	38:45	31:21	25:37
90	01:10:39	57:43	46:42	37:47	30:52

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:39.8	02:59.6	02:25.3	01:57.5	01:36.0
15	03:17.3	02:41.2	02:10.4	01:45.5	01:26.2
20	03:07.8	02:33.4	02:04.1	01:40.4	01:22.1
25	03:07.8	02:33.4	02:04.1	01:40.4	01:22.1
30	03:07.8	02:33.4	02:04.1	01:40.4	01:22.1
35	03:09.0	02:34.4	02:05.0	01:41.1	01:22.6
40	03:13.0	02:37.6	02:07.5	01:43.2	01:24.3
45	03:19.8	02:43.3	02:12.1	01:46.9	01:27.3
50	03:30.2	02:51.7	02:18.9	01:52.4	01:31.8
55	03:42.2	03:01.6	02:26.9	01:58.9	01:37.1
60	03:55.8	03:12.6	02:35.8	02:06.1	01:43.0
65	04:11.1	03:25.1	02:46.0	02:14.3	01:49.7
70	04:28.5	03:39.4	02:57.5	02:23.6	01:57.3
75	04:48.6	03:55.7	03:10.7	02:34.3	02:06.1
80	05:12.4	04:15.2	03:26.5	02:47.0	02:16.5
85	05:51.7	04:47.3	03:52.5	03:08.1	02:33.7
90	07:03.9	05:46.3	04:40.2	03:46.7	03:05.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:21.0	02:44.2	02:12.8	01:47.5	01:27.8
15	03:00.4	02:27.4	01:59.2	01:36.5	01:18.8
20	02:51.7	02:20.3	01:53.5	01:31.8	01:15.0
25	02:51.7	02:20.3	01:53.5	01:31.8	01:15.0
30	02:51.7	02:20.3	01:53.5	01:31.8	01:15.0
35	02:52.9	02:21.2	01:54.3	01:32.4	01:15.5
40	02:56.4	02:24.1	01:56.6	01:34.4	01:17.1
45	03:02.7	02:29.3	02:00.8	01:37.7	01:19.8
50	03:12.2	02:37.0	02:07.0	01:42.8	01:24.0
55	03:23.2	02:46.0	02:14.3	01:48.7	01:28.8
60	03:35.6	02:56.1	02:22.5	01:55.3	01:34.2
65	03:49.6	03:07.6	02:31.8	02:02.8	01:40.3
70	04:05.5	03:20.6	02:42.3	02:11.3	01:47.3
75	04:23.9	03:35.6	02:54.4	02:21.1	01:55.3
80	04:45.6	03:53.3	03:08.8	02:32.7	02:04.8
85	05:21.6	04:22.7	03:32.6	02:52.0	02:20.5
90	06:27.6	05:16.6	04:16.2	03:27.3	02:49.3

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.