1650 yd Swim Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 1650 yd swim time?

A good 1650 yd time is 27:37 for men and 30:43 for women. These are average times across all ages. Compare your 1650 yd time by age and ability below.

Updated for 2026. These standards are calculated between fitted distances; this release has no separate result counts for this displayed distance. Data and sources

Time
100m
100yd

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	43:28	48:38
Novice	34:52	38:55
Intermediate	27:37	30:43
Advanced	21:51	24:10
Elite	17:27	19:09

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

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	02:52.9	03:13.4
Novice	02:18.6	02:34.8
Intermediate	01:49.8	02:02.2
Advanced	01:26.9	01:36.1
Elite	01:09.4	01:16.2

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

Swimming Level	Male	Female
Beginner	02:38.1	02:56.8
Novice	02:06.8	02:21.5
Intermediate	01:40.4	01:51.7
Advanced	01:19.5	01:27.9
Elite	01:03.4	01:09.7

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

Male 1650 yd Swimming Times

A good 1650 yd time is 27:37 for men. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 1650 yd swim time by age and ability

Time
100m
100yd

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	43:28	34:52	27:37	21:51	17:27
15	43:28	34:52	27:37	21:51	17:27
20	43:59	35:16	27:57	22:07	17:39
25	46:34	37:20	29:35	23:24	18:41
30	46:53	37:36	29:48	23:34	18:49
35	47:27	38:03	30:09	23:51	19:03
40	48:53	39:12	31:04	24:35	19:37
45	49:48	39:57	31:39	25:02	19:59
50	50:58	40:53	32:24	25:38	20:28
55	52:00	41:42	33:03	26:08	20:52
60	53:17	42:44	33:52	26:47	21:23
65	55:23	44:25	35:12	27:51	22:14
70	59:10	47:27	37:36	29:44	23:45
75	01:02:25	50:03	39:40	31:23	25:03
80	01:05:33	52:34	41:39	32:57	26:19
85	01:14:18	59:35	47:13	37:21	29:50
90	01:26:46	01:09:35	55:08	43:37	34:50

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:52.9	02:18.6	01:49.8	01:26.9	01:09.4
15	02:52.9	02:18.6	01:49.8	01:26.9	01:09.4
20	02:54.9	02:20.3	01:51.1	01:27.9	01:10.2
25	03:05.2	02:28.5	01:57.7	01:33.1	01:14.3
30	03:06.5	02:29.5	01:58.5	01:33.7	01:14.8
35	03:08.7	02:31.3	01:59.9	01:34.9	01:15.7
40	03:14.4	02:35.9	02:03.5	01:37.7	01:18.0
45	03:18.1	02:38.8	02:05.9	01:39.6	01:19.5
50	03:22.7	02:42.6	02:08.8	01:41.9	01:21.4
55	03:26.8	02:45.8	02:11.4	01:44.0	01:23.0
60	03:31.9	02:49.9	02:14.7	01:46.5	01:25.1
65	03:40.3	02:56.6	02:20.0	01:50.7	01:28.4
70	03:55.3	03:08.7	02:29.5	01:58.3	01:34.4
75	04:08.2	03:19.0	02:37.7	02:04.8	01:39.6
80	04:20.7	03:29.1	02:45.7	02:11.1	01:44.6
85	04:55.5	03:57.0	03:07.8	02:28.6	01:58.6
90	05:45.1	04:36.7	03:39.3	02:53.5	02:18.5

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:38.1	02:06.8	01:40.4	01:19.5	01:03.4
15	02:38.1	02:06.8	01:40.4	01:19.5	01:03.4
20	02:39.9	02:08.3	01:41.6	01:20.4	01:04.2
25	02:49.3	02:15.8	01:47.6	01:25.1	01:08.0
30	02:50.5	02:16.7	01:48.4	01:25.7	01:08.4
35	02:52.6	02:18.4	01:49.7	01:26.8	01:09.3
40	02:57.8	02:22.6	01:53.0	01:29.4	01:11.4
45	03:01.1	02:25.2	01:55.1	01:31.0	01:12.7
50	03:05.4	02:28.7	01:57.8	01:33.2	01:14.4
55	03:09.1	02:31.6	02:00.2	01:35.1	01:15.9
60	03:13.8	02:35.4	02:03.1	01:37.4	01:17.8
65	03:21.4	02:41.5	02:08.0	01:41.2	01:20.8
70	03:35.1	02:52.5	02:16.7	01:48.1	01:26.3
75	03:46.9	03:02.0	02:24.2	01:54.1	01:31.1
80	03:58.4	03:11.2	02:31.5	01:59.8	01:35.7
85	04:30.2	03:36.7	02:51.7	02:15.8	01:48.5
90	05:15.5	04:13.0	03:20.5	02:38.6	02:06.6

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

Female 1650 yd Swimming Times

A good 1650 yd time is 30:43 for women. This is the average time across all ages.

Average 1650 yd swim time by age and ability

Time
100m
100yd

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	48:38	38:55	30:43	24:10	19:09
15	48:38	38:55	30:43	24:10	19:09
20	48:38	38:55	30:43	24:10	19:09
25	51:15	41:01	32:22	25:28	20:11
30	54:01	43:13	34:07	26:50	21:16
35	54:52	43:55	34:39	27:16	21:37
40	55:11	44:10	34:51	27:25	21:44
45	55:22	44:19	34:58	27:31	21:49
50	56:52	45:30	35:55	28:15	22:24
55	58:33	46:51	36:59	29:05	23:04
60	01:00:04	48:04	37:56	29:51	23:39
65	01:03:40	50:57	40:13	31:38	25:05
70	01:06:16	53:02	41:51	32:56	26:06
75	01:11:17	57:03	45:02	35:25	28:05
80	01:24:08	01:07:20	53:08	41:48	33:08
85	01:29:52	01:11:55	56:46	44:39	35:24
90	01:39:39	01:19:45	01:02:56	49:31	39:15

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	03:13.4	02:34.8	02:02.2	01:36.1	01:16.2
15	03:13.4	02:34.8	02:02.2	01:36.1	01:16.2
20	03:13.4	02:34.8	02:02.2	01:36.1	01:16.2
25	03:23.8	02:43.1	02:08.7	01:41.3	01:20.3
30	03:34.8	02:51.9	02:15.7	01:46.7	01:24.6
35	03:38.2	02:54.6	02:17.8	01:48.4	01:25.9
40	03:39.5	02:55.6	02:18.6	01:49.0	01:26.4
45	03:40.2	02:56.2	02:19.1	01:49.4	01:26.7
50	03:46.1	03:01.0	02:22.8	01:52.4	01:29.1
55	03:52.8	03:06.3	02:27.1	01:55.7	01:31.7
60	03:58.9	03:11.2	02:30.9	01:58.7	01:34.1
65	04:13.2	03:22.6	02:39.9	02:05.8	01:39.7
70	04:23.5	03:30.9	02:46.5	02:10.9	01:43.8
75	04:43.5	03:46.9	02:59.1	02:20.9	01:51.7
80	05:34.6	04:27.7	03:31.3	02:46.2	02:11.8
85	05:57.4	04:46.0	03:45.7	02:57.6	02:20.8
90	06:36.3	05:17.1	04:10.3	03:16.9	02:36.1

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite
10	02:56.8	02:21.5	01:51.7	01:27.9	01:09.7
15	02:56.8	02:21.5	01:51.7	01:27.9	01:09.7
20	02:56.8	02:21.5	01:51.7	01:27.9	01:09.7
25	03:06.4	02:29.1	01:57.7	01:32.6	01:13.4
30	03:16.4	02:37.2	02:04.1	01:37.6	01:17.4
35	03:19.5	02:39.7	02:06.0	01:39.1	01:18.6
40	03:20.7	02:40.6	02:06.8	01:39.7	01:19.0
45	03:21.3	02:41.1	02:07.2	01:40.0	01:19.3
50	03:26.8	02:45.5	02:10.6	01:42.7	01:21.4
55	03:32.9	02:50.4	02:14.5	01:45.8	01:23.9
60	03:38.4	02:54.8	02:18.0	01:48.5	01:26.0
65	03:51.5	03:05.3	02:26.2	01:55.0	01:31.2
70	04:01.0	03:12.8	02:32.2	01:59.7	01:34.9
75	04:19.2	03:27.5	02:43.7	02:08.8	01:42.1
80	05:05.9	04:04.8	03:13.2	02:32.0	02:00.5
85	05:26.8	04:21.5	03:26.4	02:42.4	02:08.7
90	06:02.4	04:50.0	03:48.9	03:00.0	02:22.7

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

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Data behind the 1650 yd swim time standards

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Average 1650 yd swim time by age and ability

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Average 1650 yd swim time by age and ability

Data behind the 1650 yd swim time standards

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