2k Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 2k swim time?

A good 2k time is 40:32. This is the average 2k time across all ages and genders.

A good 2k time for a man is 39:12. This is the average 2k time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:14:36	59:28	46:53	36:58	29:28
15	01:04:33	51:28	40:35	32:00	25:30
20	01:02:23	49:43	39:12	30:55	24:38
25	01:02:23	49:43	39:12	30:55	24:38
30	01:02:26	49:46	39:14	30:56	24:40
35	01:03:26	50:34	39:52	31:26	25:04
40	01:05:38	52:19	41:15	32:32	25:56
45	01:08:07	54:17	42:49	33:45	26:54
50	01:10:47	56:25	44:29	35:05	27:58
55	01:13:40	58:43	46:18	36:30	29:06
60	01:16:47	01:01:12	48:16	38:03	30:20
65	01:20:12	01:03:55	50:24	39:45	31:41
70	01:24:13	01:07:08	52:56	41:44	33:16
75	01:30:29	01:12:08	56:53	44:51	35:45
80	01:40:09	01:19:50	01:02:57	49:38	39:34
85	01:55:18	01:31:54	01:12:28	57:08	45:33
90	02:20:29	01:51:59	01:28:18	01:09:37	55:30

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:43.8	02:58.4	02:20.7	01:50.9	01:28.4
15	03:13.7	02:34.4	02:01.7	01:36.0	01:16.5
20	03:07.1	02:29.2	01:57.6	01:32.7	01:13.9
25	03:07.1	02:29.2	01:57.6	01:32.7	01:13.9
30	03:07.3	02:29.3	01:57.7	01:32.8	01:14.0
35	03:10.3	02:31.7	01:59.6	01:34.3	01:15.2
40	03:16.9	02:37.0	02:03.8	01:37.6	01:17.8
45	03:24.3	02:42.9	02:08.4	01:41.3	01:20.7
50	03:32.3	02:49.2	02:13.5	01:45.2	01:23.9
55	03:41.0	02:56.1	02:18.9	01:49.5	01:27.3
60	03:50.4	03:03.6	02:24.8	01:54.2	01:31.0
65	04:00.6	03:11.8	02:31.2	01:59.2	01:35.0
70	04:12.7	03:21.4	02:38.8	02:05.2	01:39.8
75	04:31.5	03:36.4	02:50.6	02:14.5	01:47.2
80	05:00.5	03:59.5	03:08.8	02:28.9	01:58.7
85	05:45.9	04:35.7	03:37.4	02:51.4	02:16.6
90	07:01.5	05:35.9	04:24.9	03:28.9	02:46.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:24.6	02:43.1	02:08.6	01:41.4	01:20.8
15	02:57.1	02:21.2	01:51.3	01:27.8	01:10.0
20	02:51.1	02:16.4	01:47.5	01:24.8	01:07.6
25	02:51.1	02:16.4	01:47.5	01:24.8	01:07.6
30	02:51.2	02:16.5	01:47.6	01:24.9	01:07.6
35	02:54.0	02:18.7	01:49.4	01:26.2	01:08.7
40	03:00.1	02:23.5	01:53.2	01:29.2	01:11.1
45	03:06.8	02:28.9	01:57.4	01:32.6	01:13.8
50	03:14.2	02:34.8	02:02.0	01:36.2	01:16.7
55	03:22.1	02:41.1	02:07.0	01:40.1	01:19.8
60	03:30.6	02:47.9	02:12.4	01:44.4	01:23.2
65	03:40.0	02:55.4	02:18.3	01:49.0	01:26.9
70	03:51.0	03:04.2	02:25.2	01:54.5	01:31.3
75	04:08.2	03:17.9	02:36.0	02:03.0	01:38.1
80	04:34.7	03:39.0	02:52.7	02:16.2	01:48.5
85	05:16.3	04:12.1	03:18.8	02:36.7	02:04.9
90	06:25.4	05:07.2	04:02.2	03:11.0	02:32.2

A good 2k time for a woman is 42:20. This is the average 2k time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:14:56	01:01:13	49:32	40:05	32:44
15	01:07:16	54:57	44:28	35:58	29:23
20	01:04:02	52:19	42:20	34:15	27:59
25	01:04:02	52:19	42:20	34:15	27:59
30	01:04:02	52:19	42:20	34:15	27:59
35	01:04:27	52:39	42:36	34:28	28:10
40	01:05:47	53:45	43:29	35:11	28:45
45	01:08:08	55:40	45:02	36:26	29:46
50	01:11:39	58:32	47:22	38:19	31:18
55	01:15:46	01:01:54	50:05	40:31	33:06
60	01:20:23	01:05:40	53:08	42:59	35:07
65	01:25:37	01:09:56	56:35	45:47	37:24
70	01:31:33	01:14:47	01:00:31	48:57	40:00
75	01:38:23	01:20:22	01:05:02	52:37	42:59
80	01:46:30	01:27:00	01:10:23	56:57	46:32
85	01:59:55	01:37:58	01:19:16	01:04:08	52:24
90	02:24:31	01:58:04	01:35:31	01:17:17	01:03:08

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:44.8	03:03.7	02:28.6	02:00.2	01:38.2
15	03:21.8	02:44.9	02:13.4	01:47.9	01:28.2
20	03:12.1	02:36.9	02:07.0	01:42.7	01:23.9
25	03:12.1	02:36.9	02:07.0	01:42.7	01:23.9
30	03:12.1	02:36.9	02:07.0	01:42.7	01:23.9
35	03:13.4	02:38.0	02:07.8	01:43.4	01:24.5
40	03:17.4	02:41.2	02:10.4	01:45.5	01:26.2
45	03:24.4	02:47.0	02:15.1	01:49.3	01:29.3
50	03:35.0	02:55.6	02:22.1	01:55.0	01:33.9
55	03:47.3	03:05.7	02:30.3	02:01.6	01:39.3
60	04:01.2	03:17.0	02:39.4	02:09.0	01:45.4
65	04:16.8	03:29.8	02:49.8	02:17.4	01:52.2
70	04:34.6	03:44.4	03:01.5	02:26.9	02:00.0
75	04:55.1	04:01.1	03:15.1	02:37.8	02:08.9
80	05:19.5	04:21.0	03:31.2	02:50.9	02:19.6
85	05:59.7	04:53.9	03:57.8	03:12.4	02:37.2
90	07:13.5	05:54.2	04:46.6	03:51.9	03:09.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:25.6	02:47.9	02:15.9	01:49.9	01:29.8
15	03:04.5	02:30.7	02:02.0	01:38.7	01:20.6
20	02:55.7	02:23.5	01:56.1	01:33.9	01:16.7
25	02:55.7	02:23.5	01:56.1	01:33.9	01:16.7
30	02:55.7	02:23.5	01:56.1	01:33.9	01:16.7
35	02:56.8	02:24.4	01:56.9	01:34.6	01:17.2
40	03:00.5	02:27.4	01:59.3	01:36.5	01:18.8
45	03:06.9	02:32.7	02:03.5	01:40.0	01:21.7
50	03:16.6	02:40.6	02:09.9	01:45.1	01:25.9
55	03:27.9	02:49.8	02:17.4	01:51.2	01:30.8
60	03:40.5	03:00.1	02:25.8	01:57.9	01:36.3
65	03:54.8	03:11.9	02:35.2	02:05.6	01:42.6
70	04:11.1	03:25.2	02:46.0	02:14.3	01:49.7
75	04:29.9	03:40.5	02:58.4	02:24.3	01:57.9
80	04:52.1	03:58.7	03:13.1	02:36.2	02:07.6
85	05:29.0	04:28.7	03:37.4	02:55.9	02:23.7
90	06:36.4	05:23.9	04:22.0	03:32.0	02:53.2

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.