5K age-grade standards for women

Every row is one age. Every column is the 5K finish time a woman of that age needs to score that percentage against the world best, graded with AJ 2025. National class (80%) is 20:13 at 50 and 26:08 at 70. Same quality of run, different clock.

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5K finish times by age and age-grade tier, women
Age	50%Recreational	60%Local class	70%Regional class	80%National class	90%World class
18	27:56	23:17	19:57	17:27	15:31
19	27:48	23:10	19:51	17:23	15:27
20	27:48	23:10	19:51	17:23	15:27
21	27:48	23:10	19:51	17:23	15:27
22	27:48	23:10	19:51	17:23	15:27
23	27:48	23:10	19:51	17:23	15:27
24	27:48	23:10	19:51	17:23	15:27
25	27:48	23:10	19:51	17:23	15:27
26	27:48	23:10	19:51	17:23	15:27
27	27:49	23:10	19:52	17:23	15:27
28	27:50	23:11	19:53	17:24	15:28
29	27:52	23:13	19:54	17:25	15:29
30	27:55	23:16	19:56	17:27	15:30
31	27:59	23:19	19:59	17:29	15:33
32	28:03	23:23	20:02	17:32	15:35
33	28:09	23:28	20:07	17:36	15:38
34	28:16	23:33	20:11	17:40	15:42
35	28:23	23:39	20:17	17:45	15:46
36	28:32	23:47	20:23	17:50	15:51
37	28:41	23:54	20:29	17:56	15:56
38	28:52	24:03	20:37	18:02	16:02
39	29:03	24:13	20:45	18:10	16:09
40	29:16	24:23	20:54	18:17	16:16
41	29:30	24:35	21:04	18:26	16:23
42	29:45	24:47	21:15	18:35	16:32
43	30:01	25:01	21:26	18:46	16:41
44	30:19	25:15	21:39	18:57	16:50
45	30:37	25:31	21:52	19:08	17:01
46	30:57	25:48	22:07	19:21	17:12
47	31:18	26:05	22:21	19:34	17:23
48	31:38	26:22	22:36	19:47	17:35
49	32:00	26:40	22:51	20:00	17:46
50	32:21	26:58	23:07	20:13	17:59
51	32:44	27:16	23:23	20:27	18:11
52	33:06	27:35	23:39	20:41	18:23
53	33:29	27:54	23:55	20:56	18:36
54	33:53	28:14	24:12	21:11	18:50
55	34:17	28:35	24:30	21:26	19:03
56	34:43	28:56	24:48	21:42	19:17
57	35:08	29:17	25:06	21:58	19:31
58	35:34	29:39	25:25	22:14	19:46
59	36:01	30:01	25:44	22:31	20:01
60	36:29	30:24	26:03	22:48	20:16
61	36:57	30:47	26:24	23:06	20:32
62	37:26	31:12	26:44	23:24	20:48
63	37:56	31:36	27:05	23:42	21:04
64	38:26	32:02	27:27	24:01	21:21
65	38:57	32:28	27:50	24:21	21:39
66	39:30	32:55	28:13	24:41	21:57
67	40:03	33:23	28:37	25:02	22:15
68	40:37	33:51	29:01	25:23	22:34
69	41:12	34:20	29:26	25:45	22:53
70	41:48	34:50	29:52	26:08	23:13
71	42:25	35:21	30:18	26:31	23:34
72	43:04	35:53	30:45	26:55	23:55
73	43:43	36:26	31:14	27:19	24:17
74	44:24	37:00	31:43	27:45	24:40
75	45:06	37:35	32:13	28:11	25:03
76	45:49	38:11	32:44	28:38	25:27
77	46:34	38:48	33:16	29:06	25:52
78	47:23	39:29	33:50	29:37	26:19
79	48:17	40:14	34:29	30:11	26:49
80	49:17	41:05	35:12	30:48	27:23
81	50:24	42:00	36:00	31:30	28:00
82	51:39	43:03	36:54	32:17	28:42
83	53:02	44:12	37:53	33:09	29:28
84	54:34	45:29	38:59	34:07	30:19
85	56:18	46:55	40:13	35:11	31:17
86	58:13	48:31	41:35	36:23	32:21
87	1:00:23	50:19	43:08	37:44	33:33
88	1:02:49	52:21	44:52	39:15	34:54
89	1:05:34	54:38	46:50	40:59	36:26
90	1:08:43	57:15	49:05	42:57	38:10
91	1:12:18	1:00:15	51:39	45:11	40:10
92	1:16:27	1:03:43	54:37	47:47	42:29
93	1:21:19	1:07:46	58:05	50:49	45:10
94	1:27:01	1:12:31	1:02:09	54:23	48:20
95	1:33:48	1:18:10	1:07:00	58:37	52:06
96	1:42:01	1:25:01	1:12:52	1:03:46	56:41
97	1:52:11	1:33:29	1:20:08	1:10:07	1:02:20
98	2:05:03	1:44:13	1:29:20	1:18:10	1:09:29
99	2:21:46	1:58:08	1:41:16	1:28:36	1:18:45

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.