10000m Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 10000m swim time?

A good 10000m time is 03:07:18 for men and 03:28:47 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 10000m time by age and ability below.

Updated for 2026. Our 10000m swim time standards are based on 2,788 swimming results submitted by 1,499 Swimming Level users from 2021 to 2026. Data and sources

Time
100m
100yd

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	04:56:26	05:32:09
Novice	03:55:59	04:23:56
Intermediate	03:07:18	03:28:47
Advanced	02:29:47	02:46:12
Elite	02:01:49	02:14:27
NR	02:00:37	02:11:17

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	02:57.9	03:19.3
Novice	02:21.6	02:38.4
Intermediate	01:52.4	02:05.3
Advanced	01:29.9	01:39.7
Elite	01:13.1	01:20.7
NR	01:12.4	01:18.8

100m: Average pace per 100 metres, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	02:42.6	03:02.2
Novice	02:09.5	02:24.8
Intermediate	01:42.8	01:54.5
Advanced	01:22.2	01:31.2
Elite	01:06.8	01:13.8
NR	01:06.2	01:12.0

100yd: Average pace per 100 yards, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

NRs are USMS postal national records in 50m pools. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Male 10000m Swimming Times

A good 10000m time is 03:07:18 for men. This is the average time across all ages. The USMS 10000m national record in a 50m pool is 02:00:37 for men.

Average 10000m swim time by age and ability

Time
100m
100yd

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	NR
10	05:24:19	04:18:11	03:24:55	02:43:53	02:13:17	-
15	05:24:19	04:18:11	03:24:55	02:43:53	02:13:17	-
20	05:24:19	04:18:11	03:24:55	02:43:53	02:13:17	-
25	05:09:42	04:06:33	03:15:41	02:36:30	02:07:17	02:03:03
30	04:58:49	03:57:53	03:08:48	02:31:00	02:02:48	02:00:37
35	04:56:29	03:56:01	03:07:20	02:29:49	02:01:51	02:00:40
40	05:00:08	03:58:56	03:09:38	02:31:40	02:03:21	02:03:06
45	05:13:25	04:09:30	03:18:02	02:38:23	02:08:48	02:10:29
50	05:13:57	04:09:56	03:18:22	02:38:38	02:09:01	02:05:55
55	05:16:39	04:12:05	03:20:05	02:40:01	02:10:08	02:10:48
60	05:23:56	04:17:52	03:24:40	02:43:41	02:13:08	02:12:29
65	05:43:40	04:33:35	03:37:09	02:53:40	02:21:14	02:24:45
70	06:05:02	04:50:36	03:50:39	03:04:28	02:30:01	02:31:04
75	06:21:08	05:03:25	04:00:49	03:12:35	02:36:38	02:37:46
80	06:45:24	05:22:44	04:16:09	03:24:51	02:46:36	02:49:46
85	08:03:49	06:25:09	05:05:42	04:04:29	03:18:50	03:34:57
90	08:48:14	07:00:30	05:33:45	04:26:55	03:37:05	-

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	NR
10	03:14.6	02:34.9	02:02.9	01:38.3	01:20.0	-
15	03:14.6	02:34.9	02:02.9	01:38.3	01:20.0	-
20	03:14.6	02:34.9	02:02.9	01:38.3	01:20.0	-
25	03:05.8	02:27.9	01:57.4	01:33.9	01:16.4	01:13.8
30	02:59.3	02:22.7	01:53.3	01:30.6	01:13.7	01:12.4
35	02:57.9	02:21.6	01:52.4	01:29.9	01:13.1	01:12.4
40	03:00.1	02:23.4	01:53.8	01:31.0	01:14.0	01:13.9
45	03:08.1	02:29.7	01:58.8	01:35.0	01:17.3	01:18.3
50	03:08.4	02:30.0	01:59.0	01:35.2	01:17.4	01:15.6
55	03:10.0	02:31.2	02:00.0	01:36.0	01:18.1	01:18.5
60	03:14.4	02:34.7	02:02.8	01:38.2	01:19.9	01:19.5
65	03:26.2	02:44.2	02:10.3	01:44.2	01:24.7	01:26.8
70	03:39.0	02:54.4	02:18.4	01:50.7	01:30.0	01:30.6
75	03:48.7	03:02.0	02:24.5	01:55.6	01:34.0	01:34.7
80	04:03.2	03:13.6	02:33.7	02:02.9	01:40.0	01:41.9
85	04:50.3	03:51.1	03:03.4	02:26.7	01:59.3	02:09.0
90	05:16.9	04:12.3	03:20.3	02:40.2	02:10.3	-

100m: Average pace per 100 metres, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	NR
10	02:57.9	02:21.6	01:52.4	01:29.9	01:13.1	-
15	02:57.9	02:21.6	01:52.4	01:29.9	01:13.1	-
20	02:57.9	02:21.6	01:52.4	01:29.9	01:13.1	-
25	02:49.9	02:15.3	01:47.4	01:25.9	01:09.8	01:07.5
30	02:43.9	02:10.5	01:43.6	01:22.8	01:07.4	01:06.2
35	02:42.7	02:09.5	01:42.8	01:22.2	01:06.9	01:06.2
40	02:44.7	02:11.1	01:44.0	01:23.2	01:07.7	01:07.5
45	02:52.0	02:16.9	01:48.6	01:26.9	01:10.7	01:11.6
50	02:52.2	02:17.1	01:48.8	01:27.0	01:10.8	01:09.1
55	02:53.7	02:18.3	01:49.8	01:27.8	01:11.4	01:11.8
60	02:57.7	02:21.5	01:52.3	01:29.8	01:13.0	01:12.7
65	03:08.5	02:30.1	01:59.1	01:35.3	01:17.5	01:19.4
70	03:20.3	02:39.4	02:06.5	01:41.2	01:22.3	01:22.9
75	03:29.1	02:46.5	02:12.1	01:45.7	01:25.9	01:26.6
80	03:42.4	02:57.1	02:20.5	01:52.4	01:31.4	01:33.1
85	04:25.4	03:31.3	02:47.7	02:14.1	01:49.1	01:57.9
90	04:49.8	03:50.7	03:03.1	02:26.4	01:59.1	-

100yd: Average pace per 100 yards, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

NRs are USMS postal national records in 50m pools. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Female 10000m Swimming Times

A good 10000m time is 03:28:47 for women. This is the average time across all ages. The USMS 10000m national record in a 50m pool is 02:11:17 for women.

Average 10000m swim time by age and ability

Time
100m
100yd

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

Time: Finish time for the full distance (mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	NR
10	03:19.3	02:38.4	02:05.3	01:39.7	01:20.7	-
15	03:19.3	02:38.4	02:05.3	01:39.7	01:20.7	-
20	03:19.3	02:38.4	02:05.3	01:39.7	01:20.7	-
25	03:23.0	02:41.3	02:07.6	01:41.6	01:22.2	01:21.0
30	03:25.8	02:43.5	02:09.3	01:43.0	01:23.3	01:21.6
35	03:24.0	02:42.1	02:08.3	01:42.1	01:22.6	01:20.0
40	03:21.5	02:40.1	02:06.7	01:40.8	01:21.6	01:19.4
45	03:27.6	02:45.0	02:10.5	01:43.9	01:24.0	01:23.8
50	03:26.8	02:44.3	02:10.0	01:43.5	01:23.7	01:20.4
55	03:35.2	02:51.0	02:15.3	01:47.7	01:27.1	01:28.2
60	03:41.0	02:55.6	02:18.9	01:50.6	01:29.4	01:26.8
65	03:44.2	02:58.2	02:20.9	01:52.2	01:30.8	01:29.8
70	03:57.5	03:08.7	02:29.3	01:58.8	01:36.1	01:36.5
75	05:12.5	04:08.3	03:16.4	02:36.4	02:06.5	02:21.5
80	05:58.0	04:44.5	03:45.0	02:59.1	02:24.9	-
85	05:58.0	04:44.5	03:45.0	02:59.1	02:24.9	-
90	05:58.0	04:44.5	03:45.0	02:59.1	02:24.9	-

100m: Average pace per 100 metres, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	NR
10	03:02.2	02:24.8	01:54.5	01:31.2	01:13.8	-
15	03:02.2	02:24.8	01:54.5	01:31.2	01:13.8	-
20	03:02.2	02:24.8	01:54.5	01:31.2	01:13.8	-
25	03:05.7	02:27.5	01:56.7	01:32.9	01:15.1	01:14.1
30	03:08.2	02:29.5	01:58.3	01:34.2	01:16.2	01:14.6
35	03:06.6	02:28.3	01:57.3	01:33.4	01:15.5	01:13.2
40	03:04.3	02:26.4	01:55.8	01:32.2	01:14.6	01:12.6
45	03:09.8	02:30.8	01:59.3	01:35.0	01:16.8	01:16.6
50	03:09.1	02:30.3	01:58.9	01:34.6	01:16.6	01:13.5
55	03:16.8	02:36.4	02:03.7	01:38.5	01:19.7	01:20.6
60	03:22.1	02:40.6	02:07.0	01:41.1	01:21.8	01:19.3
65	03:25.0	02:42.9	02:08.9	01:42.6	01:23.0	01:22.2
70	03:37.1	02:52.5	02:16.5	01:48.7	01:27.9	01:28.3
75	04:45.7	03:47.1	02:59.6	02:23.0	01:55.7	02:09.4
80	05:27.3	04:20.1	03:25.8	02:43.8	02:12.5	-
85	05:27.3	04:20.1	03:25.8	02:43.8	02:12.5	-
90	05:27.3	04:20.1	03:25.8	02:43.8	02:12.5	-

100yd: Average pace per 100 yards, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

NRs are USMS postal national records in 50m pools. Select a record for its details. Record sources and categories.

Levels compare performances in this model; Average is the Intermediate (50th-percentile) standard. What the levels mean.

Data behind the 10000m swim time standards

Swimming Level analysed 139 qualifying results from 2,788 community results submitted by 1,499 Swimming Level users from 2021 to 2026 to produce our 10000m swim time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results	2,788
Community users	1,499
Qualifying results	139
Male results	109
Female results	30
Data start	30 December 2021
Data cutoff	5 March 2026
Model generated	2 October 2026

Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.