3000 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 3000 yd swim time?

A good 3000 yd time is 56:09. This is the average 3000 yd time across all ages and genders.

A good 3000 yd time for a man is 54:17. This is the average 3000 yd time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:43:17	01:22:19	01:04:55	51:11	40:48
15	01:29:23	01:11:15	56:11	44:18	35:19
20	01:26:22	01:08:50	54:17	42:48	34:07
25	01:26:22	01:08:50	54:17	42:48	34:07
30	01:26:26	01:08:54	54:19	42:50	34:09
35	01:27:50	01:10:01	55:12	43:32	34:42
40	01:30:53	01:12:26	57:07	45:02	35:54
45	01:34:18	01:15:10	59:16	46:44	37:15
50	01:38:00	01:18:07	01:01:36	48:34	38:43
55	01:41:59	01:21:18	01:04:06	50:33	40:17
60	01:46:19	01:24:45	01:06:49	52:41	42:00
65	01:51:02	01:28:30	01:09:47	55:02	43:52
70	01:56:37	01:32:57	01:13:18	57:48	46:04
75	02:05:17	01:39:52	01:18:45	01:02:06	49:30
80	02:18:40	01:50:32	01:27:09	01:08:43	54:47
85	02:39:38	02:07:15	01:40:20	01:19:07	01:03:04
90	03:14:31	02:35:03	02:02:15	01:36:24	01:16:50

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:45.9	03:00.1	02:22.0	01:52.0	01:29.2
15	03:15.5	02:35.8	02:02.9	01:36.9	01:17.2
20	03:08.9	02:30.6	01:58.7	01:33.6	01:14.6
25	03:08.9	02:30.6	01:58.7	01:33.6	01:14.6
30	03:09.0	02:30.7	01:58.8	01:33.7	01:14.7
35	03:12.1	02:33.1	02:00.8	01:35.2	01:15.9
40	03:18.8	02:38.4	02:04.9	01:38.5	01:18.5
45	03:26.3	02:44.4	02:09.6	01:42.2	01:21.5
50	03:34.3	02:50.8	02:14.7	01:46.2	01:24.7
55	03:43.1	02:57.8	02:20.2	01:50.6	01:28.1
60	03:52.5	03:05.4	02:26.2	01:55.2	01:31.9
65	04:02.9	03:13.6	02:32.6	02:00.4	01:35.9
70	04:15.1	03:23.3	02:40.3	02:06.4	01:40.8
75	04:34.0	03:38.4	02:52.2	02:15.8	01:48.3
80	05:03.3	04:01.8	03:10.6	02:30.3	01:59.8
85	05:49.2	04:38.3	03:39.5	02:53.0	02:17.9
90	07:05.4	05:39.1	04:27.4	03:30.8	02:48.1

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:26.6	02:44.6	02:09.8	01:42.4	01:21.6
15	02:58.8	02:22.5	01:52.4	01:28.6	01:10.6
20	02:52.7	02:17.7	01:48.6	01:25.6	01:08.2
25	02:52.7	02:17.7	01:48.6	01:25.6	01:08.2
30	02:52.9	02:17.8	01:48.6	01:25.7	01:08.3
35	02:55.7	02:20.0	01:50.4	01:27.1	01:09.4
40	03:01.8	02:24.9	01:54.2	01:30.1	01:11.8
45	03:08.6	02:30.3	01:58.5	01:33.5	01:14.5
50	03:16.0	02:36.2	02:03.2	01:37.1	01:17.4
55	03:24.0	02:42.6	02:08.2	01:41.1	01:20.6
60	03:32.6	02:49.5	02:13.6	01:45.4	01:24.0
65	03:42.1	02:57.0	02:19.6	01:50.1	01:27.7
70	03:53.2	03:05.9	02:26.6	01:55.6	01:32.1
75	04:10.6	03:19.7	02:37.5	02:04.2	01:39.0
80	04:37.3	03:41.1	02:54.3	02:17.4	01:49.6
85	05:19.3	04:14.5	03:20.7	02:38.2	02:06.1
90	06:29.0	05:10.1	04:04.5	03:12.8	02:33.7

A good 3000 yd time for a woman is 58:39. This is the average 3000 yd time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:43:51	01:24:50	01:08:39	55:32	45:22
15	01:33:13	01:16:09	01:01:37	49:51	40:44
20	01:28:44	01:12:30	58:39	47:27	38:46
25	01:28:44	01:12:30	58:39	47:27	38:46
30	01:28:44	01:12:30	58:39	47:27	38:46
35	01:29:19	01:12:58	59:02	47:46	39:01
40	01:31:10	01:14:29	01:00:15	48:45	39:50
45	01:34:25	01:17:08	01:02:25	50:30	41:15
50	01:39:18	01:21:07	01:05:38	53:06	43:23
55	01:45:00	01:25:47	01:09:24	56:09	45:53
60	01:51:24	01:31:00	01:13:38	59:35	48:40
65	01:58:38	01:36:55	01:18:25	01:03:27	51:50
70	02:06:52	01:43:38	01:23:51	01:07:51	55:26
75	02:16:20	01:51:23	01:30:07	01:12:55	59:34
80	02:27:35	02:00:34	01:37:33	01:18:55	01:04:29
85	02:46:11	02:15:46	01:49:50	01:28:52	01:12:36
90	03:20:16	02:43:37	02:12:22	01:47:06	01:27:30

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:47.1	03:05.6	02:30.1	02:01.5	01:39.2
15	03:23.9	02:46.6	02:14.8	01:49.0	01:29.1
20	03:14.1	02:38.6	02:08.3	01:43.8	01:24.8
25	03:14.1	02:38.6	02:08.3	01:43.8	01:24.8
30	03:14.1	02:38.6	02:08.3	01:43.8	01:24.8
35	03:15.4	02:39.6	02:09.1	01:44.5	01:25.4
40	03:19.4	02:42.9	02:11.8	01:46.6	01:27.1
45	03:26.5	02:48.7	02:16.5	01:50.4	01:30.2
50	03:37.2	02:57.4	02:23.6	01:56.1	01:34.9
55	03:49.7	03:07.6	02:31.8	02:02.8	01:40.3
60	04:03.7	03:19.0	02:41.0	02:10.3	01:46.5
65	04:19.5	03:32.0	02:51.5	02:18.8	01:53.4
70	04:37.5	03:46.7	03:03.4	02:28.4	02:01.2
75	04:58.2	04:03.6	03:17.1	02:39.5	02:10.3
80	05:22.8	04:23.7	03:33.4	02:52.6	02:21.0
85	06:03.5	04:56.9	04:00.2	03:14.4	02:38.8
90	07:18.0	05:57.8	04:49.5	03:54.3	03:11.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:27.7	02:49.7	02:17.3	01:51.1	01:30.7
15	03:06.4	02:32.3	02:03.2	01:39.7	01:21.5
20	02:57.5	02:25.0	01:57.3	01:34.9	01:17.5
25	02:57.5	02:25.0	01:57.3	01:34.9	01:17.5
30	02:57.5	02:25.0	01:57.3	01:34.9	01:17.5
35	02:58.6	02:25.9	01:58.1	01:35.5	01:18.0
40	03:02.3	02:29.0	02:00.5	01:37.5	01:19.7
45	03:08.8	02:34.3	02:04.8	01:41.0	01:22.5
50	03:18.6	02:42.2	02:11.3	01:46.2	01:26.8
55	03:30.0	02:51.6	02:18.8	01:52.3	01:31.8
60	03:42.8	03:02.0	02:27.3	01:59.2	01:37.3
65	03:57.3	03:13.8	02:36.8	02:06.9	01:43.7
70	04:13.7	03:27.3	02:47.7	02:15.7	01:50.9
75	04:32.7	03:42.8	03:00.2	02:25.8	01:59.1
80	04:55.2	04:01.1	03:15.1	02:37.8	02:09.0
85	05:32.4	04:31.5	03:39.7	02:57.7	02:25.2
90	06:40.5	05:27.2	04:24.7	03:34.2	02:55.0

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.