2.4 Mile Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 2.4 mile swim time?

A good 2.4 mile time is 01:19:55. This is the average 2.4 mile time across all ages and genders.

A good 2.4 mile time for a man is 01:17:13. This is the average 2.4 mile time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:26:54	01:57:06	01:32:20	01:12:48	58:02
15	02:07:08	01:41:21	01:19:55	01:03:01	50:14
20	02:02:51	01:37:55	01:17:13	01:00:53	48:32
25	02:02:51	01:37:55	01:17:13	01:00:53	48:32
30	02:02:51	01:37:56	01:17:13	01:00:53	48:32
35	02:04:50	01:39:30	01:18:27	01:01:52	49:19
40	02:09:22	01:43:07	01:21:18	01:04:07	51:06
45	02:14:19	01:47:04	01:24:25	01:06:34	53:04
50	02:19:40	01:51:19	01:27:47	01:09:13	55:10
55	02:25:27	01:55:56	01:31:25	01:12:05	57:27
60	02:31:44	02:00:57	01:35:22	01:15:12	59:56
65	02:38:35	02:06:25	01:39:41	01:18:36	01:02:39
70	02:46:42	02:12:53	01:44:47	01:22:37	01:05:51
75	02:59:11	02:22:49	01:52:37	01:28:48	01:10:47
80	03:18:20	02:38:05	02:04:39	01:38:17	01:18:21
85	03:48:10	03:01:52	02:23:24	01:53:05	01:30:08
90	04:37:37	03:41:17	02:54:29	02:17:35	01:49:40

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:48.2	03:01.9	02:23.4	01:53.1	01:30.2
15	03:17.5	02:37.4	02:04.1	01:37.9	01:18.0
20	03:10.8	02:32.1	01:59.9	01:34.6	01:15.4
25	03:10.8	02:32.1	01:59.9	01:34.6	01:15.4
30	03:10.8	02:32.1	02:00.0	01:34.6	01:15.4
35	03:13.9	02:34.6	02:01.9	01:36.1	01:16.6
40	03:21.0	02:40.2	02:06.3	01:39.6	01:19.4
45	03:28.6	02:46.3	02:11.1	01:43.4	01:22.4
50	03:36.9	02:52.9	02:16.4	01:47.5	01:25.7
55	03:45.9	03:00.1	02:22.0	01:52.0	01:29.3
60	03:55.7	03:07.9	02:28.1	01:56.8	01:33.1
65	04:06.4	03:16.4	02:34.8	02:02.1	01:37.3
70	04:19.0	03:26.4	02:42.8	02:08.3	01:42.3
75	04:38.3	03:41.9	02:54.9	02:17.9	01:50.0
80	05:08.1	04:05.6	03:13.6	02:32.7	02:01.7
85	05:54.4	04:42.5	03:42.8	02:55.7	02:20.0
90	07:11.3	05:43.8	04:31.1	03:33.7	02:50.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:28.7	02:46.3	02:11.2	01:43.4	01:22.4
15	03:00.6	02:24.0	01:53.5	01:29.5	01:11.3
20	02:54.5	02:19.1	01:49.7	01:26.5	01:08.9
25	02:54.5	02:19.1	01:49.7	01:26.5	01:08.9
30	02:54.5	02:19.1	01:49.7	01:26.5	01:08.9
35	02:57.3	02:21.3	01:51.4	01:27.9	01:10.0
40	03:03.8	02:26.5	01:55.5	01:31.1	01:12.6
45	03:10.8	02:32.1	01:59.9	01:34.6	01:15.4
50	03:18.4	02:38.1	02:04.7	01:38.3	01:18.4
55	03:26.6	02:44.7	02:09.9	01:42.4	01:21.6
60	03:35.5	02:51.8	02:15.5	01:46.8	01:25.1
65	03:45.3	02:59.6	02:21.6	01:51.6	01:29.0
70	03:56.8	03:08.7	02:28.8	01:57.4	01:33.5
75	04:14.5	03:22.9	02:40.0	02:06.1	01:40.5
80	04:41.7	03:44.6	02:57.1	02:19.6	01:51.3
85	05:24.1	04:18.3	03:23.7	02:40.6	02:08.0
90	06:34.3	05:14.3	04:07.8	03:15.4	02:35.8

A good 2.4 mile time for a woman is 01:23:31. This is the average 2.4 mile time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:27:51	02:00:48	01:37:44	01:19:04	01:04:36
15	02:12:43	01:48:25	01:27:43	01:10:59	57:59
20	02:06:21	01:43:13	01:23:31	01:07:34	55:12
25	02:06:21	01:43:13	01:23:31	01:07:34	55:12
30	02:06:21	01:43:13	01:23:31	01:07:34	55:12
35	02:07:10	01:43:54	01:24:04	01:08:01	55:34
40	02:09:48	01:46:02	01:25:48	01:09:25	56:43
45	02:14:26	01:49:50	01:28:52	01:11:54	58:44
50	02:21:22	01:55:30	01:33:27	01:15:36	01:01:46
55	02:29:30	02:02:08	01:38:49	01:19:57	01:05:19
60	02:38:36	02:09:34	01:44:50	01:24:49	01:09:18
65	02:48:55	02:17:59	01:51:39	01:30:20	01:13:48
70	03:00:37	02:27:33	01:59:23	01:36:36	01:18:55
75	03:14:06	02:38:35	02:08:18	01:43:49	01:24:48
80	03:30:07	02:51:39	02:18:53	01:52:22	01:31:48
85	03:56:36	03:13:17	02:36:23	02:06:32	01:43:22
90	04:45:08	03:52:57	03:08:28	02:32:29	02:04:35

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:49.7	03:07.6	02:31.8	02:02.8	01:40.4
15	03:26.2	02:48.4	02:16.3	01:50.3	01:30.1
20	03:16.3	02:40.3	02:09.7	01:45.0	01:25.7
25	03:16.3	02:40.3	02:09.7	01:45.0	01:25.7
30	03:16.3	02:40.3	02:09.7	01:45.0	01:25.7
35	03:17.6	02:41.4	02:10.6	01:45.7	01:26.3
40	03:21.6	02:44.7	02:13.3	01:47.8	01:28.1
45	03:28.8	02:50.6	02:18.0	01:51.7	01:31.2
50	03:39.6	02:59.4	02:25.2	01:57.4	01:35.9
55	03:52.2	03:09.7	02:33.5	02:04.2	01:41.5
60	04:06.4	03:21.3	02:42.9	02:11.8	01:47.6
65	04:22.4	03:34.4	02:53.4	02:20.3	01:54.6
70	04:40.6	03:49.2	03:05.5	02:30.1	02:02.6
75	05:01.5	04:06.3	03:19.3	02:41.3	02:11.7
80	05:26.4	04:26.7	03:35.7	02:54.6	02:22.6
85	06:07.5	05:00.3	04:02.9	03:16.6	02:40.6
90	07:22.9	06:01.9	04:52.8	03:56.9	03:13.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:30.0	02:51.6	02:18.8	01:52.3	01:31.8
15	03:08.5	02:34.0	02:04.6	01:40.8	01:22.4
20	02:59.5	02:26.6	01:58.6	01:36.0	01:18.4
25	02:59.5	02:26.6	01:58.6	01:36.0	01:18.4
30	02:59.5	02:26.6	01:58.6	01:36.0	01:18.4
35	03:00.6	02:27.6	01:59.4	01:36.6	01:18.9
40	03:04.4	02:30.6	02:01.9	01:38.6	01:20.6
45	03:11.0	02:36.0	02:06.2	01:42.1	01:23.4
50	03:20.8	02:44.1	02:12.7	01:47.4	01:27.7
55	03:32.4	02:53.5	02:20.4	01:53.6	01:32.8
60	03:45.3	03:04.1	02:28.9	02:00.5	01:38.4
65	03:59.9	03:16.0	02:38.6	02:08.3	01:44.8
70	04:16.6	03:29.6	02:49.6	02:17.2	01:52.1
75	04:35.7	03:45.2	03:02.2	02:27.5	02:00.5
80	04:58.5	04:03.8	03:17.3	02:39.6	02:10.4
85	05:36.1	04:34.6	03:42.1	02:59.7	02:26.8
90	06:45.0	05:30.9	04:27.7	03:36.6	02:57.0

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.