3k Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 3k swim time?

A good 3k time is 01:01:35. This is the average 3k time across all ages and genders.

A good 3k time for a man is 59:31. This is the average 3k time across men of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:53:15	01:30:16	01:11:11	56:08	44:44
15	01:38:01	01:18:08	01:01:36	48:34	38:43
20	01:34:42	01:15:29	59:31	46:56	37:25
25	01:34:42	01:15:29	59:31	46:56	37:25
30	01:34:46	01:15:33	59:34	46:58	37:26
35	01:36:19	01:16:46	01:00:32	47:44	38:03
40	01:39:39	01:19:26	01:02:38	49:23	39:22
45	01:43:24	01:22:26	01:05:00	51:15	40:51
50	01:47:27	01:25:39	01:07:32	53:15	42:27
55	01:51:50	01:29:08	01:10:17	55:25	44:11
60	01:56:35	01:32:56	01:13:16	57:47	46:03
65	02:01:45	01:37:03	01:16:31	01:00:20	48:06
70	02:07:52	01:41:55	01:20:22	01:03:22	50:31
75	02:17:23	01:49:31	01:26:21	01:08:05	54:16
80	02:32:03	02:01:12	01:35:34	01:15:21	01:00:04
85	02:55:03	02:19:32	01:50:01	01:26:45	01:09:09
90	03:33:17	02:50:01	02:14:03	01:45:42	01:24:15

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:46.5	03:00.5	02:22.4	01:52.3	01:29.5
15	03:16.0	02:36.3	02:03.2	01:37.1	01:17.4
20	03:09.4	02:31.0	01:59.0	01:33.9	01:14.8
25	03:09.4	02:31.0	01:59.0	01:33.9	01:14.8
30	03:09.5	02:31.1	01:59.1	01:33.9	01:14.9
35	03:12.6	02:33.5	02:01.1	01:35.5	01:16.1
40	03:19.3	02:38.9	02:05.3	01:38.8	01:18.7
45	03:26.8	02:44.9	02:10.0	01:42.5	01:21.7
50	03:34.9	02:51.3	02:15.1	01:46.5	01:24.9
55	03:43.7	02:58.3	02:20.6	01:50.8	01:28.4
60	03:53.2	03:05.9	02:26.5	01:55.6	01:32.1
65	04:03.5	03:14.1	02:33.0	02:00.7	01:36.2
70	04:15.7	03:23.8	02:40.7	02:06.7	01:41.0
75	04:34.8	03:39.0	02:52.7	02:16.2	01:48.5
80	05:04.1	04:02.4	03:11.1	02:30.7	02:00.1
85	05:50.1	04:39.1	03:40.0	02:53.5	02:18.3
90	07:06.6	05:40.0	04:28.1	03:31.4	02:48.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:27.1	02:45.1	02:10.2	01:42.6	01:21.8
15	02:59.2	02:22.9	01:52.7	01:28.8	01:10.8
20	02:53.2	02:18.0	01:48.9	01:25.8	01:08.4
25	02:53.2	02:18.0	01:48.9	01:25.8	01:08.4
30	02:53.3	02:18.2	01:48.9	01:25.9	01:08.5
35	02:56.1	02:20.4	01:50.7	01:27.3	01:09.6
40	03:02.2	02:25.3	01:54.5	01:30.3	01:12.0
45	03:09.1	02:30.7	01:58.9	01:33.7	01:14.7
50	03:16.5	02:36.6	02:03.5	01:37.4	01:17.6
55	03:24.5	02:43.0	02:08.5	01:41.4	01:20.8
60	03:33.2	02:49.9	02:14.0	01:45.7	01:24.2
65	03:42.7	02:57.5	02:19.9	01:50.3	01:28.0
70	03:53.8	03:06.4	02:27.0	01:55.9	01:32.4
75	04:11.2	03:20.3	02:37.9	02:04.5	01:39.3
80	04:38.1	03:41.7	02:54.8	02:17.8	01:49.9
85	05:20.1	04:15.2	03:21.2	02:38.7	02:06.5
90	06:30.1	05:10.9	04:05.2	03:13.3	02:34.1

A good 3k time for a woman is 01:04:20. This is the average 3k time across women of all ages.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	01:53:54	01:33:03	01:15:17	01:00:55	49:46
15	01:42:14	01:23:31	01:07:35	54:41	44:40
20	01:37:20	01:19:31	01:04:20	52:03	42:31
25	01:37:20	01:19:31	01:04:20	52:03	42:31
30	01:37:20	01:19:31	01:04:20	52:03	42:31
35	01:37:58	01:20:02	01:04:45	52:24	42:48
40	01:39:59	01:21:41	01:06:05	53:28	43:41
45	01:43:34	01:24:36	01:08:27	55:23	45:15
50	01:48:54	01:28:58	01:11:59	58:15	47:35
55	01:55:10	01:34:05	01:16:08	01:01:36	50:19
60	02:02:11	01:39:49	01:20:46	01:05:21	53:23
65	02:10:07	01:46:18	01:26:00	01:09:35	56:51
70	02:19:08	01:53:40	01:31:58	01:14:25	01:00:47
75	02:29:32	02:02:10	01:38:50	01:19:58	01:05:20
80	02:41:52	02:12:14	01:46:59	01:26:34	01:10:43
85	03:02:16	02:28:54	02:00:28	01:37:29	01:19:38
90	03:39:39	02:59:27	02:25:11	01:57:28	01:35:58

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:47.8	03:06.1	02:30.6	02:01.8	01:39.5
15	03:24.5	02:47.0	02:15.2	01:49.4	01:29.3
20	03:14.7	02:39.0	02:08.7	01:44.1	01:25.0
25	03:14.7	02:39.0	02:08.7	01:44.1	01:25.0
30	03:14.7	02:39.0	02:08.7	01:44.1	01:25.0
35	03:15.9	02:40.1	02:09.5	01:44.8	01:25.6
40	03:20.0	02:43.4	02:12.2	01:46.9	01:27.4
45	03:27.1	02:49.2	02:16.9	01:50.8	01:30.5
50	03:37.8	02:57.9	02:24.0	01:56.5	01:35.2
55	03:50.3	03:08.2	02:32.3	02:03.2	01:40.6
60	04:04.4	03:19.6	02:41.5	02:10.7	01:46.8
65	04:20.2	03:32.6	02:52.0	02:19.2	01:53.7
70	04:38.3	03:47.3	03:03.9	02:28.8	02:01.6
75	04:59.1	04:04.3	03:17.7	02:39.9	02:10.7
80	05:23.7	04:24.5	03:34.0	02:53.1	02:21.4
85	06:04.5	04:57.8	04:00.9	03:15.0	02:39.3
90	07:19.3	05:58.9	04:50.4	03:54.9	03:11.9

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:28.3	02:50.2	02:17.7	01:51.4	01:31.0
15	03:07.0	02:32.7	02:03.6	01:40.0	01:21.7
20	02:58.0	02:25.4	01:57.7	01:35.2	01:17.8
25	02:58.0	02:25.4	01:57.7	01:35.2	01:17.8
30	02:58.0	02:25.4	01:57.7	01:35.2	01:17.8
35	02:59.2	02:26.4	01:58.4	01:35.8	01:18.3
40	03:02.9	02:29.4	02:00.9	01:37.8	01:19.9
45	03:09.4	02:34.7	02:05.2	01:41.3	01:22.7
50	03:19.2	02:42.7	02:11.6	01:46.5	01:27.0
55	03:30.6	02:52.1	02:19.2	01:52.6	01:32.0
60	03:43.4	03:02.5	02:27.7	01:59.5	01:37.6
65	03:58.0	03:14.4	02:37.3	02:07.3	01:44.0
70	04:14.5	03:27.9	02:48.2	02:16.1	01:51.2
75	04:33.5	03:43.4	03:00.8	02:26.2	01:59.5
80	04:56.0	04:01.8	03:15.7	02:38.3	02:09.3
85	05:33.3	04:32.3	03:40.3	02:58.3	02:25.6
90	06:41.7	05:28.2	04:25.5	03:34.8	02:55.5

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.