000 — THE BENCHMARK
WHERE DO
YOU RANK?
five targets for every distance. running’s claimed barriers, not abstract bands.
put in the work, earn the reward.
Distance
Standard
Age band
MIDDLE OF THE PACK
31:28
TOP 25%
26:04
TOP 10%
23:26
TOP 1%
17:30
5K · MEN · ALL AGES
every finish time, ranked against the field · red lines mark the five targets
YOUR TURN
Put your time on the curve.
connect your training data to see where you're ranked
against the whole field.
The targets · 5K · MEN
TARGETTARGETWHO CLEARS THISSCARCITYCLASS
0130:00TOP 43.2%≈ 1 IN 2 FINISHERSTRAINED
0225:00TOP 18.9%≈ 1 IN 5 FINISHERSCOMPETITIVE
0320:00TOP 5.0%≈ 1 IN 20 FINISHERSRANKED
0418:00TOP 1.8%≈ 1 IN 56 FINISHERSADVANCED
0517:00TOP 0.20%≈ 1 IN 500 FINISHERSELITE
Common questions
- What’s a good 5K time?
- Men: median 31:28 · top 10% 23:26 · top 1% 17:30. Women: median 37:28 · top 10% 28:24 · top 1% 21:39. The chart above adjusts these by age band.
- What’s a good 10K time?
- Men: median 57:15 · top 10% 45:11 · top 1% 34:24. Women: median 1:06:54 · top 10% 53:35 · top 1% 41:12.
- What’s a good half marathon time?
- Men: median 1:59:48 · top 10% 1:40:35 · top 1% 1:18:37. Women: median 2:24:03 · top 10% 1:57:01 · top 1% 1:35:55.
- What’s a good marathon time?
- Men: median 4:14:29 · top 10% 3:22:40 · top 1% 2:44:18. Women: median 4:42:09 · top 10% 3:49:22 · top 1% 3:11:35.
- What does each Finisher target mean?
- Five timed targets per distance, per standard — and they’re running’s claimed barriers, not abstract bands. At 5K (men’s) they are Trained (sub-30:00), Competitive (sub-25:00), Ranked (sub-20:00), Advanced (sub-18:00) and Elite (sub-17:00). How rare each one is depends on the distance: breaking 20 at 5K is about the top 5%, while breaking 2:00 in the half is closer to the middle of the pack — the mark you wear is the barrier you cleared, not a percentile. Below the timed targets sits Finisher: any verified official race finish earns it, at any pace. Hit a target in a race and the matching garment is yours, marked with that time.
- Where do these percentiles come from?
- RunRepeat’s 35M race-result aggregate, BigDataRunning’s 1.28M US 5K finishers (by single year of age), Outside Online’s 2024 half marathon analysis (~1M US finishers), the State of US Marathons 2025 (~430k US finishers), and Running Level’s plus RunCalcs’ age curves. Numbers below the 1st percentile extrapolate beyond published data.
- Why ask which standard you race against, not your gender?
- The targets are set against two competitive standards — men’s and women’s. Finisher asks which one you race against rather than your gender identity, so any athlete can pick the standard they compete under without an uncalibrated third table. Your choice only sets which barrier times your targets use; Strava never shares it.
BUILT ON · RunRepeat (35M race results) · BigDataRunning (1.28M US 5K finishers, by single year of age) · Outside Online's 2024 half marathon analysis (~1M US finishers) · State of US Marathons 2025 (~430k US finishers) · Running Level + RunCalcs age curves.
The fastest targets sit beyond the 1st percentile, so those numbers extrapolate beyond published data. Signal, not science.
The fastest targets sit beyond the 1st percentile, so those numbers extrapolate beyond published data. Signal, not science.