5K age-grade standards for men

Every row is one age. Every column is the 5K finish time a man of that age needs to score that percentage against the world best, graded with AJ 2025. National class (80%) is 18:15 at 50 and 21:47 at 70. Same quality of run, different clock.

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5K finish times by age and age-grade tier, men
Age	50%Recreational	60%Local class	70%Regional class	80%National class	90%World class
18	25:39	21:22	18:19	16:02	14:15
19	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:14
20	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:14
21	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:14
22	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:14
23	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:14
24	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:14
25	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:14
26	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:14
27	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:14
28	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:14
29	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:14
30	25:38	21:22	18:19	16:01	14:15
31	25:40	21:23	18:20	16:02	14:15
32	25:43	21:26	18:22	16:05	14:17
33	25:49	21:31	18:26	16:08	14:20
34	25:56	21:37	18:32	16:13	14:25
35	26:06	21:45	18:38	16:18	14:30
36	26:17	21:54	18:46	16:25	14:36
37	26:28	22:03	18:54	16:33	14:42
38	26:40	22:13	19:03	16:40	14:49
39	26:51	22:23	19:11	16:47	14:55
40	27:03	22:33	19:19	16:55	15:02
41	27:15	22:43	19:28	17:02	15:09
42	27:28	22:53	19:37	17:10	15:15
43	27:40	23:03	19:46	17:18	15:22
44	27:53	23:14	19:55	17:25	15:29
45	28:05	23:25	20:04	17:33	15:36
46	28:19	23:35	20:13	17:42	15:44
47	28:32	23:46	20:23	17:50	15:51
48	28:45	23:58	20:32	17:58	15:58
49	28:59	24:09	20:42	18:07	16:06
50	29:13	24:21	20:52	18:15	16:14
51	29:27	24:32	21:02	18:24	16:22
52	29:41	24:44	21:12	18:33	16:30
53	29:56	24:56	21:23	18:42	16:38
54	30:10	25:09	21:33	18:52	16:46
55	30:26	25:21	21:44	19:01	16:54
56	30:41	25:34	21:55	19:11	17:03
57	30:56	25:47	22:06	19:20	17:11
58	31:12	26:00	22:17	19:30	17:20
59	31:28	26:14	22:29	19:40	17:29
60	31:45	26:27	22:40	19:50	17:38
61	32:01	26:41	22:52	20:01	17:47
62	32:18	26:55	23:04	20:11	17:57
63	32:35	27:10	23:17	20:22	18:06
64	32:53	27:24	23:29	20:33	18:16
65	33:11	27:39	23:42	20:44	18:26
66	33:29	27:54	23:55	20:56	18:36
67	33:48	28:10	24:08	21:07	18:46
68	34:07	28:26	24:22	21:19	18:57
69	34:28	28:44	24:37	21:33	19:09
70	34:52	29:03	24:54	21:47	19:22
71	35:17	29:24	25:12	22:03	19:36
72	35:45	29:48	25:32	22:21	19:52
73	36:16	30:13	25:54	22:40	20:09
74	36:50	30:41	26:18	23:01	20:28
75	37:26	31:12	26:44	23:24	20:48
76	38:06	31:45	27:13	23:49	21:10
77	38:49	32:21	27:44	24:16	21:34
78	39:36	33:00	28:17	24:45	22:00
79	40:28	33:43	28:54	25:18	22:29
80	41:24	34:30	29:34	25:53	23:00
81	42:26	35:21	30:18	26:31	23:34
82	43:33	36:17	31:06	27:13	24:11
83	44:46	37:18	31:59	27:59	24:52
84	46:07	38:26	32:57	28:49	25:37
85	47:36	39:40	34:00	29:45	26:27
86	49:14	41:02	35:10	30:46	27:21
87	51:03	42:33	36:28	31:54	28:22
88	53:04	44:14	37:54	33:10	29:29
89	55:20	46:07	39:32	34:35	30:45
90	57:53	48:14	41:20	36:10	32:09
91	1:00:45	50:37	43:23	37:58	33:45
92	1:04:00	53:20	45:43	40:00	35:33
93	1:07:44	56:27	48:23	42:20	37:38
94	1:12:05	1:00:04	51:29	45:03	40:03
95	1:17:08	1:04:17	55:06	48:13	42:51
96	1:23:07	1:09:16	59:22	51:57	46:11
97	1:30:17	1:15:15	1:04:30	56:26	50:10
98	1:39:03	1:22:32	1:10:45	1:01:54	55:02
99	1:50:01	1:31:41	1:18:35	1:08:46	1:01:07

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.