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25K age-grade standards for men

Every row is one age. Every column is the 25K finish time a man of that age needs to score that percentage against the world best, graded with AJ 2025. National class (80%) is 1:36:22 at 50 and 1:57:09 at 70. Same quality of run, different clock.

25K finish times by age and age-grade tier, men
Age50%Recreational60%Local class70%Regional class80%National class90%World class
182:19:411:56:241:39:461:27:181:17:36
192:18:081:55:071:38:401:26:201:16:44
202:17:161:54:241:38:031:25:481:16:16
212:17:041:54:131:37:541:25:401:16:09
222:17:001:54:101:37:511:25:381:16:07
232:17:001:54:101:37:511:25:381:16:07
242:17:001:54:101:37:511:25:381:16:07
252:17:001:54:101:37:511:25:381:16:07
262:17:001:54:101:37:511:25:381:16:07
272:17:001:54:101:37:511:25:381:16:07
282:17:001:54:101:37:511:25:381:16:07
292:17:001:54:101:37:511:25:381:16:07
302:17:001:54:101:37:511:25:381:16:07
312:17:001:54:101:37:511:25:381:16:07
322:17:021:54:121:37:531:25:391:16:08
332:17:121:54:201:38:001:25:451:16:13
342:17:251:54:311:38:091:25:531:16:20
352:17:451:54:471:38:231:26:051:16:31
362:18:101:55:091:38:421:26:221:16:46
372:18:461:55:381:39:071:26:441:17:05
382:19:321:56:171:39:401:27:131:17:31
392:20:301:57:051:40:211:27:491:18:03
402:21:371:58:011:41:091:28:311:18:41
412:22:471:58:591:41:591:29:141:19:19
422:23:581:59:581:42:501:29:591:19:59
432:25:102:00:591:43:421:30:441:20:39
442:26:242:02:001:44:341:31:301:21:20
452:27:392:03:021:45:281:32:171:22:02
462:28:552:04:061:46:221:33:041:22:44
472:30:112:05:091:47:171:33:521:23:26
482:31:302:06:151:48:131:34:411:24:10
492:32:502:07:221:49:101:35:311:24:54
502:34:122:08:301:50:081:36:221:25:40
512:35:352:09:391:51:081:37:141:26:26
522:36:582:10:481:52:071:38:061:27:12
532:38:242:12:001:53:091:39:001:28:00
542:39:522:13:131:54:111:39:551:28:49
552:41:212:14:271:55:151:40:511:29:38
562:42:522:15:431:56:201:41:471:30:29
572:44:232:16:591:57:251:42:451:31:20
582:45:582:18:181:58:331:43:441:32:12
592:47:342:19:381:59:411:44:441:33:05
602:49:122:21:002:00:511:45:451:34:00
612:50:522:22:232:02:031:46:471:34:56
622:52:332:23:472:03:151:47:501:35:51
632:54:172:25:142:04:291:48:551:36:49
642:56:032:26:422:05:451:50:021:37:48
652:57:512:28:132:07:021:51:091:38:48
662:59:422:29:452:08:211:52:191:39:50
673:01:332:31:182:09:411:53:281:40:52
683:03:282:32:542:11:031:54:401:41:56
693:05:262:34:322:12:271:55:541:43:01
703:07:262:36:122:13:531:57:091:44:08
713:09:342:37:582:15:241:58:291:45:19
723:11:532:39:542:17:031:59:551:46:36
733:14:262:42:022:18:532:01:311:48:01
743:17:182:44:252:20:552:03:181:49:36
753:20:232:46:592:23:082:05:141:51:19
763:23:492:49:502:25:352:07:231:53:14
773:27:352:52:592:28:162:09:441:55:19
783:31:412:56:242:31:122:12:181:57:36
793:36:133:00:112:34:272:15:082:00:07
803:41:133:04:212:38:012:18:162:02:54
813:46:383:08:522:41:532:21:392:05:54
823:52:383:13:522:46:102:25:242:09:15
833:59:163:19:232:50:542:29:322:12:55
844:06:353:25:292:56:082:34:072:16:59
854:14:423:32:153:01:552:39:112:21:30
864:23:433:39:463:08:222:44:492:26:31
874:33:443:48:063:15:312:51:052:32:04
884:44:573:57:273:23:322:58:052:38:18
894:57:344:07:583:32:333:05:592:45:19
905:11:524:19:533:42:453:14:552:53:15
915:28:094:33:273:54:233:25:053:02:18
925:46:504:49:024:07:443:36:463:12:41
936:08:235:06:594:23:083:50:143:24:39
946:33:415:28:044:41:124:06:033:38:43
957:03:305:52:555:02:304:24:413:55:16
967:39:166:22:435:28:034:47:034:15:09
978:22:566:59:075:59:145:14:204:39:25
989:17:227:44:286:38:075:48:215:09:39
9910:27:008:42:307:27:526:31:535:48:20

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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