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15K age-grade standards for women

Every row is one age. Every column is the 15K finish time a woman of that age needs to score that percentage against the world best, graded with AJ 2025. National class (80%) is 1:02:21 at 50 and 1:21:07 at 70. Same quality of run, different clock.

15K finish times by age and age-grade tier, women
Age50%Recreational60%Local class70%Regional class80%National class90%World class
181:29:561:14:571:04:1456:1349:58
191:28:491:14:011:03:2755:3149:21
201:28:061:13:251:02:5655:0448:57
211:27:441:13:061:02:4054:5048:44
221:27:381:13:021:02:3654:4648:41
231:27:381:13:021:02:3654:4648:41
241:27:381:13:021:02:3654:4648:41
251:27:381:13:021:02:3654:4648:41
261:27:381:13:021:02:3654:4648:41
271:27:381:13:021:02:3654:4648:41
281:27:391:13:031:02:3654:4748:42
291:27:431:13:061:02:3954:4948:44
301:27:491:13:111:02:4454:5348:47
311:27:581:13:181:02:5054:5848:52
321:28:091:13:271:02:5855:0548:58
331:28:221:13:381:03:0755:1449:06
341:28:381:13:521:03:1955:2449:14
351:28:561:14:071:03:3255:3549:25
361:29:181:14:251:03:4755:4949:36
371:29:421:14:451:04:0456:0449:50
381:30:091:15:071:04:2456:2150:05
391:30:381:15:321:04:4456:3950:21
401:31:111:15:591:05:0856:5950:39
411:31:461:16:291:05:3357:2150:59
421:32:251:17:011:06:0157:4651:21
431:33:071:17:361:06:3158:1251:44
441:33:531:18:141:07:0358:4052:09
451:34:421:18:551:07:3859:1152:37
461:35:351:19:391:08:1659:4453:06
471:36:311:20:261:08:561:00:1953:37
481:37:321:21:171:09:401:00:5754:11
491:38:371:22:111:10:271:01:3854:47
501:39:451:23:081:11:151:02:2155:25
511:40:561:24:061:12:051:03:0556:04
521:42:071:25:061:12:571:03:5056:44
531:43:211:26:081:13:491:04:3657:25
541:44:361:27:101:14:431:05:2258:07
551:45:531:28:141:15:381:06:1158:50
561:47:121:29:201:16:341:07:0059:33
571:48:331:30:281:17:321:07:511:00:18
581:49:561:31:361:18:311:08:421:01:04
591:51:211:32:481:19:321:09:361:01:52
601:52:491:34:011:20:351:10:301:02:40
611:54:181:35:151:21:391:11:261:03:30
621:55:501:36:321:22:451:12:241:04:21
631:57:251:37:511:23:521:13:231:05:14
641:59:021:39:121:25:011:14:241:06:08
652:00:421:40:351:26:131:15:271:07:04
662:02:251:42:011:27:261:16:301:08:00
672:04:111:43:291:28:421:17:371:08:59
682:06:001:45:001:30:001:18:451:10:00
692:07:511:46:331:31:201:19:551:11:02
702:09:471:48:091:32:421:21:071:12:06
712:11:471:49:491:34:081:22:221:13:13
722:13:491:51:311:35:351:23:381:14:20
732:15:561:53:161:37:061:24:571:15:31
742:18:061:55:051:38:381:26:181:16:43
752:20:211:56:571:40:151:27:431:17:58
762:22:451:58:571:41:581:29:131:19:18
772:25:262:01:111:43:531:30:531:20:48
782:28:232:03:391:45:591:32:441:22:26
792:31:422:06:251:48:211:34:491:24:16
802:35:212:09:281:50:581:37:061:26:18
812:39:252:12:511:53:521:39:381:28:34
822:43:572:16:381:57:071:42:281:31:05
832:48:592:20:492:00:421:45:371:33:53
842:54:362:25:302:04:431:49:081:37:00
853:00:572:30:472:09:151:53:061:40:32
863:08:032:36:432:14:191:57:321:44:28
873:16:052:43:252:20:042:02:331:48:56
883:25:142:51:022:26:362:08:161:54:01
893:35:382:59:422:34:012:14:461:59:48
903:47:373:09:412:42:352:22:162:06:27
914:01:373:21:212:52:352:31:012:14:14
924:17:583:34:593:04:162:41:142:23:19
934:37:193:51:063:18:052:53:202:34:04
945:00:384:10:313:34:443:07:542:47:01
955:29:194:34:263:55:143:25:503:02:57
966:05:085:04:174:20:493:48:133:22:51
976:51:145:42:424:53:444:17:013:48:28
987:52:406:33:545:37:374:55:254:22:36
999:18:327:45:266:38:575:49:055:10:18

How to read this

The shorthand most people use is 60% local class, 70% regional, 80% national and 90% world class. 100% is the world best for the distance, adjusted for age. The tables are single-year, so the target moves a little every birthday rather than jumping every five years like a race age group does.

Age grading corrects for age and sex only. A downhill course or a tailwind still grades the same as a flat, calm day. The methodology page has the formula and the source tables.

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