2500 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 2500 yd swim time?

A good 2500 yd time is 46:32. This is the average 2500 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 2500 yd time for a man is 44:59. This is the average 2500 yd time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:25:36	01:08:14	53:48	42:25	33:49
15	01:14:05	59:03	46:34	36:43	29:16
20	01:11:35	57:03	44:59	35:28	28:17
25	01:11:35	57:03	44:59	35:28	28:17
30	01:11:38	57:06	45:02	35:30	28:18
35	01:12:48	58:02	45:45	36:05	28:46
40	01:15:19	01:00:02	47:21	37:20	29:45
45	01:18:10	01:02:18	49:08	38:44	30:53
50	01:21:13	01:04:44	51:03	40:15	32:05
55	01:24:32	01:07:23	53:08	41:54	33:24
60	01:28:07	01:10:14	55:23	43:40	34:49
65	01:32:02	01:13:21	57:50	45:37	36:21
70	01:36:39	01:17:02	01:00:45	47:54	38:11
75	01:43:51	01:22:46	01:05:16	51:28	41:01
80	01:54:56	01:31:37	01:12:14	56:58	45:24
85	02:12:19	01:45:28	01:23:10	01:05:34	52:16
90	02:41:13	02:08:30	01:41:20	01:19:54	01:03:41

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:44.7	02:59.1	02:21.2	01:51.3	01:28.8
15	03:14.4	02:35.0	02:02.2	01:36.4	01:16.8
20	03:07.9	02:29.8	01:58.1	01:33.1	01:14.2
25	03:07.9	02:29.8	01:58.1	01:33.1	01:14.2
30	03:08.0	02:29.9	01:58.2	01:33.2	01:14.3
35	03:11.1	02:32.3	02:00.1	01:34.7	01:15.5
40	03:17.7	02:37.6	02:04.3	01:38.0	01:18.1
45	03:25.1	02:43.5	02:08.9	01:41.7	01:21.0
50	03:33.2	02:49.9	02:14.0	01:45.6	01:24.2
55	03:41.9	02:56.8	02:19.4	01:50.0	01:27.6
60	03:51.3	03:04.4	02:25.4	01:54.6	01:31.4
65	04:01.5	03:12.5	02:31.8	01:59.7	01:35.4
70	04:13.7	03:22.2	02:39.4	02:05.7	01:40.2
75	04:32.6	03:37.3	02:51.3	02:15.1	01:47.7
80	05:01.7	04:00.5	03:09.6	02:29.5	01:59.2
85	05:47.3	04:36.8	03:38.3	02:52.1	02:17.2
90	07:03.1	05:37.3	04:25.9	03:29.7	02:47.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:25.4	02:43.8	02:09.1	01:41.8	01:21.2
15	02:57.8	02:21.7	01:51.8	01:28.1	01:10.2
20	02:51.8	02:16.9	01:48.0	01:25.1	01:07.9
25	02:51.8	02:16.9	01:48.0	01:25.1	01:07.9
30	02:51.9	02:17.0	01:48.1	01:25.2	01:07.9
35	02:54.7	02:19.3	01:49.8	01:26.6	01:09.0
40	03:00.8	02:24.1	01:53.6	01:29.6	01:11.4
45	03:07.6	02:29.5	01:57.9	01:33.0	01:14.1
50	03:14.9	02:35.4	02:02.5	01:36.6	01:17.0
55	03:22.9	02:41.7	02:07.5	01:40.5	01:20.1
60	03:31.5	02:48.6	02:12.9	01:44.8	01:23.5
65	03:40.9	02:56.1	02:18.8	01:49.5	01:27.3
70	03:52.0	03:04.9	02:25.8	01:55.0	01:31.6
75	04:09.2	03:18.7	02:36.6	02:03.5	01:38.5
80	04:35.8	03:39.9	02:53.4	02:16.7	01:49.0
85	05:17.5	04:13.1	03:19.6	02:37.4	02:05.4
90	06:26.9	05:08.4	04:03.2	03:11.8	02:32.8

A good 2500 yd time for a woman is 48:35. This is the average 2500 yd time across women of all ages.

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:45.8	03:04.5	02:29.2	02:00.8	01:38.7
15	03:22.7	02:45.6	02:14.0	01:48.4	01:28.5
20	03:12.9	02:37.6	02:07.5	01:43.2	01:24.3
25	03:12.9	02:37.6	02:07.5	01:43.2	01:24.3
30	03:12.9	02:37.6	02:07.5	01:43.2	01:24.3
35	03:14.2	02:38.7	02:08.4	01:43.9	01:24.8
40	03:18.2	02:41.9	02:11.0	01:46.0	01:26.6
45	03:25.3	02:47.7	02:15.7	01:49.8	01:29.7
50	03:35.9	02:56.4	02:22.7	01:55.5	01:34.3
55	03:48.3	03:06.5	02:30.9	02:02.1	01:39.7
60	04:02.2	03:17.9	02:40.1	02:09.5	01:45.8
65	04:17.9	03:30.7	02:50.5	02:17.9	01:52.7
70	04:35.8	03:45.3	03:02.3	02:27.5	02:00.5
75	04:56.4	04:02.2	03:15.9	02:38.5	02:09.5
80	05:20.9	04:22.1	03:32.1	02:51.6	02:20.2
85	06:01.3	04:55.2	03:58.8	03:13.2	02:37.9
90	07:15.4	05:55.7	04:47.8	03:52.9	03:10.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:26.5	02:48.7	02:16.5	01:50.4	01:30.2
15	03:05.3	02:31.4	02:02.5	01:39.1	01:21.0
20	02:56.4	02:24.1	01:56.6	01:34.4	01:17.1
25	02:56.4	02:24.1	01:56.6	01:34.4	01:17.1
30	02:56.4	02:24.1	01:56.6	01:34.4	01:17.1
35	02:57.6	02:25.1	01:57.4	01:35.0	01:17.6
40	03:01.2	02:28.1	01:59.8	01:36.9	01:19.2
45	03:07.7	02:33.4	02:04.1	01:40.4	01:22.0
50	03:17.4	02:41.3	02:10.5	01:45.6	01:26.3
55	03:28.8	02:50.6	02:18.0	01:51.6	01:31.2
60	03:41.5	03:00.9	02:26.4	01:58.4	01:36.8
65	03:55.9	03:12.7	02:35.9	02:06.1	01:43.1
70	04:12.2	03:26.1	02:46.7	02:14.9	01:50.2
75	04:31.1	03:41.4	02:59.2	02:25.0	01:58.4
80	04:53.4	03:59.7	03:13.9	02:36.9	02:08.2
85	05:30.4	04:29.9	03:38.4	02:56.7	02:24.3
90	06:38.2	05:25.3	04:23.2	03:32.9	02:54.0

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.