2500m Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 2500m swim time?

A good 2500m time is 51:02. This is the average 2500m time across all ages and genders.

A good 2500m time for a man is 49:20. This is the average 2500m time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:33:52	01:14:49	59:00	46:31	37:05
15	01:21:14	01:04:45	51:03	40:16	32:05
20	01:18:29	01:02:34	49:20	38:54	31:00
25	01:18:29	01:02:34	49:20	38:54	31:00
30	01:18:33	01:02:37	49:22	38:56	31:02
35	01:19:50	01:03:38	50:10	39:34	31:32
40	01:22:36	01:05:50	51:55	40:56	32:38
45	01:25:42	01:08:19	53:52	42:29	33:51
50	01:29:04	01:10:59	55:59	44:08	35:11
55	01:32:41	01:13:53	58:15	45:56	36:37
60	01:36:38	01:17:01	01:00:44	47:53	38:10
65	01:40:55	01:20:26	01:03:26	50:01	39:52
70	01:45:59	01:24:29	01:06:37	52:31	41:52
75	01:53:52	01:30:46	01:11:34	56:26	44:59
80	02:06:02	01:40:27	01:19:13	01:02:27	49:47
85	02:25:05	01:55:39	01:31:11	01:11:54	57:19
90	02:56:47	02:20:55	01:51:06	01:27:37	01:09:50

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:45.3	02:59.6	02:21.6	01:51.6	01:29.0
15	03:15.0	02:35.4	02:02.5	01:36.6	01:17.0
20	03:08.4	02:30.2	01:58.4	01:33.4	01:14.4
25	03:08.4	02:30.2	01:58.4	01:33.4	01:14.4
30	03:08.5	02:30.3	01:58.5	01:33.4	01:14.5
35	03:11.6	02:32.7	02:00.4	01:35.0	01:15.7
40	03:18.2	02:38.0	02:04.6	01:38.2	01:18.3
45	03:25.7	02:44.0	02:09.3	01:41.9	01:21.3
50	03:33.7	02:50.4	02:14.3	01:45.9	01:24.4
55	03:42.5	02:57.3	02:19.8	01:50.2	01:27.9
60	03:51.9	03:04.8	02:25.8	01:54.9	01:31.6
65	04:02.2	03:13.0	02:32.2	02:00.0	01:35.7
70	04:14.4	03:22.7	02:39.9	02:06.1	01:40.5
75	04:33.3	03:37.8	02:51.8	02:15.4	01:48.0
80	05:02.5	04:01.1	03:10.1	02:29.9	01:59.5
85	05:48.2	04:37.5	03:38.8	02:52.6	02:17.6
90	07:04.3	05:38.2	04:26.7	03:30.3	02:47.6

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:26.0	02:44.2	02:09.5	01:42.1	01:21.4
15	02:58.3	02:22.1	01:52.0	01:28.4	01:10.4
20	02:52.2	02:17.3	01:48.3	01:25.4	01:08.0
25	02:52.2	02:17.3	01:48.3	01:25.4	01:08.0
30	02:52.4	02:17.4	01:48.3	01:25.4	01:08.1
35	02:55.2	02:19.6	01:50.1	01:26.8	01:09.2
40	03:01.3	02:24.5	01:53.9	01:29.8	01:11.6
45	03:08.1	02:29.9	01:58.2	01:33.2	01:14.3
50	03:15.4	02:35.8	02:02.8	01:36.9	01:17.2
55	03:23.4	02:42.1	02:07.8	01:40.8	01:20.4
60	03:32.1	02:49.0	02:13.3	01:45.1	01:23.8
65	03:41.5	02:56.5	02:19.2	01:49.8	01:27.5
70	03:52.6	03:05.4	02:26.2	01:55.3	01:31.9
75	04:09.9	03:19.2	02:37.1	02:03.8	01:38.7
80	04:36.6	03:40.5	02:53.8	02:17.1	01:49.3
85	05:18.4	04:13.8	03:20.1	02:37.8	02:05.8
90	06:27.9	05:09.2	04:03.8	03:12.3	02:33.3

A good 2500m time for a woman is 53:18. This is the average 2500m time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:34:21	01:17:05	01:02:22	50:28	41:13
15	01:24:42	01:09:11	55:59	45:18	37:00
20	01:20:38	01:05:52	53:18	43:07	35:14
25	01:20:38	01:05:52	53:18	43:07	35:14
30	01:20:38	01:05:52	53:18	43:07	35:14
35	01:21:09	01:06:18	53:39	43:24	35:27
40	01:22:50	01:07:40	54:45	44:18	36:11
45	01:25:48	01:10:05	56:42	45:53	37:29
50	01:30:13	01:13:42	59:38	48:15	39:25
55	01:35:24	01:17:57	01:03:04	51:01	41:41
60	01:41:13	01:22:41	01:06:54	54:08	44:13
65	01:47:47	01:28:04	01:11:15	57:39	47:06
70	01:55:16	01:34:10	01:16:11	01:01:39	50:22
75	02:03:52	01:41:12	01:21:53	01:06:15	54:07
80	02:14:05	01:49:33	01:28:38	01:11:43	58:35
85	02:30:59	02:03:21	01:39:48	01:20:45	01:05:58
90	03:01:58	02:28:39	02:00:16	01:37:19	01:19:30

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:46.5	03:05.0	02:29.7	02:01.1	01:38.9
15	03:23.3	02:46.1	02:14.4	01:48.7	01:28.8
20	03:13.5	02:38.1	02:07.9	01:43.5	01:24.5
25	03:13.5	02:38.1	02:07.9	01:43.5	01:24.5
30	03:13.5	02:38.1	02:07.9	01:43.5	01:24.5
35	03:14.8	02:39.1	02:08.7	01:44.2	01:25.1
40	03:18.8	02:42.4	02:11.4	01:46.3	01:26.9
45	03:25.9	02:48.2	02:16.1	01:50.1	01:30.0
50	03:36.5	02:56.9	02:23.1	01:55.8	01:34.6
55	03:49.0	03:07.1	02:31.3	02:02.5	01:40.0
60	04:02.9	03:18.4	02:40.6	02:09.9	01:46.1
65	04:18.7	03:31.3	02:51.0	02:18.4	01:53.0
70	04:36.6	03:46.0	03:02.9	02:27.9	02:00.9
75	04:57.3	04:02.9	03:16.5	02:39.0	02:09.9
80	05:21.8	04:22.9	03:32.7	02:52.1	02:20.6
85	06:02.4	04:56.0	03:59.5	03:13.8	02:38.3
90	07:16.7	05:56.8	04:48.7	03:53.6	03:10.8

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:27.1	02:49.2	02:16.9	01:50.7	01:30.5
15	03:05.9	02:31.8	02:02.9	01:39.4	01:21.2
20	02:56.9	02:24.6	01:57.0	01:34.6	01:17.3
25	02:56.9	02:24.6	01:57.0	01:34.6	01:17.3
30	02:56.9	02:24.6	01:57.0	01:34.6	01:17.3
35	02:58.1	02:25.5	01:57.7	01:35.2	01:17.8
40	03:01.8	02:28.5	02:00.2	01:37.2	01:19.4
45	03:08.3	02:33.8	02:04.4	01:40.7	01:22.3
50	03:18.0	02:41.7	02:10.9	01:45.9	01:26.5
55	03:29.4	02:51.0	02:18.4	01:52.0	01:31.5
60	03:42.1	03:01.5	02:26.8	01:58.8	01:37.0
65	03:56.6	03:13.3	02:36.4	02:06.5	01:43.4
70	04:13.0	03:26.7	02:47.2	02:15.3	01:50.5
75	04:31.8	03:42.1	02:59.7	02:25.4	01:58.8
80	04:54.3	04:00.4	03:14.5	02:37.4	02:08.6
85	05:31.4	04:30.7	03:39.0	02:57.2	02:24.8
90	06:39.3	05:26.2	04:24.0	03:33.6	02:54.5

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.