100m Row Times

Rowing Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 100m row time?

A good 100m time is 16.6s for men and 20.2s for women. This is the average 100m time across all ages. Compare your 100m time by age and ability below.

Our 100m row time standards are based on 20,372 rowing results by Rowing Level users from 2021 to 2026. More...

How long does it take to row 100m?

For an intermediate rower, the average time to row 100m is 16.6s for men and 20.2s for women.

Rowing LevelMaleFemale
Beginner21.526.1
Novice18.522.6
Intermediate16.620.2
Advanced15.218.3
Elite14.217.0
WR12.414.6

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

Rowing LevelMaleFemale
Beginner01:47.502:10.4
Novice01:32.501:53.2
Intermediate01:22.901:40.8
Advanced01:16.101:31.7
Elite01:11.201:25.0
WR01:02.001:13.0

500m: Average time per 500 metres, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

Rowing LevelMaleFemale
Beginner282158
Novice442241
Intermediate615341
Advanced794453
Elite968570
WR1469900

Watts: Average power output.

Rowing LevelMaleFemale
Beginner1269750
Novice18171037
Intermediate24151381
Advanced30281766
Elite36262167
WR53473300

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

BeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedElite5%20%50%80%95%21.518.516.615.214.2Finish Time - 100m

Male 100m Rowing Times

A good 100m time is 16.6s for men. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 100m time is 12.4s for men.

Average 100m row time by age and ability

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1025.922.320.018.417.214.7
1523.820.518.316.815.813.5
2022.219.117.115.714.712.4
2521.518.516.615.214.312.4
3021.518.516.615.214.212.6
3521.518.516.615.214.212.6
4021.518.516.615.214.212.5
4521.618.616.615.314.312.5
5022.119.017.015.614.613.1
5522.919.717.616.215.213.4
6023.720.418.316.815.714.0
6524.621.219.017.416.314.4
7025.622.019.718.117.015.4
7526.622.920.518.917.715.5
8027.924.021.519.818.516.3
8530.226.023.321.420.017.4
9034.029.326.224.122.619.7

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1002:09.701:51.701:40.001:31.901:26.001:13.5
1501:59.001:42.401:31.701:24.201:18.801:07.5
2001:50.901:35.501:25.501:18.601:13.501:02.0
2501:47.701:32.701:23.001:16.201:11.401:02.0
3001:47.501:32.501:22.901:16.101:11.201:03.0
3501:47.501:32.501:22.901:16.101:11.201:03.0
4001:47.501:32.501:22.901:16.101:11.201:02.5
4501:47.901:32.901:23.201:16.401:11.501:02.5
5001:50.401:35.101:25.101:18.201:13.201:05.5
5501:54.301:38.501:28.101:21.001:15.801:07.0
6001:58.601:42.101:31.401:23.901:18.601:10.0
6502:03.101:46.001:34.901:27.201:21.601:12.0
7002:08.001:50.201:38.601:30.601:24.801:17.0
7502:13.201:54.701:42.701:34.301:28.301:17.5
8002:19.602:00.201:47.601:38.801:32.501:21.5
8502:30.802:09.901:56.301:46.801:40.001:27.0
9002:50.202:26.602:11.202:00.501:52.801:38.5

500m: Average time per 500 metres, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
10160251350452551881
152083264545867141138
202564015607228801469
252804396127909631469
302824426157949681400
352824426157949681400
402824426157949681434
452784366087849561434
502604075677328921246
552343675116598041164
602103294595927211020
65188294410529645938
70167262365471574767
75148232323417508752
80129202281363442647
85102160223287350532
9071111155200244366

Watts: Average power output.

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1085111631503185221923329
15101514191860231327544211
20118116802223278133245347
25126418102405301536105347
30126918172415302836265110
35126918172415302836265110
40126918172415302836265227
45125717992389299535855227
50119316992249281533664580
55110415602056256630634299
60102214311876233327783807
6594513111708211725153523
7087411991553191722712935
7580810971410173220462884
807429931266154718202522
856518491066128815042127
9054468283298711371559

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

Female 100m Rowing Times

A good 100m time is 20.2s for women. This is the average time across all ages. The fastest 100m time is 14.6s for women.

Average 100m row time by age and ability

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1032.628.325.223.021.317.5
1529.325.522.720.619.116.1
2026.723.220.618.817.414.6
2526.122.620.218.317.014.6
3026.122.620.218.317.015.1
3526.122.620.218.317.015.1
4026.122.620.218.317.015.3
4526.222.820.318.417.115.3
5026.823.320.718.917.515.5
5528.024.321.619.718.216.6
6029.525.622.820.819.217.2
6531.227.124.122.020.318.6
7033.228.825.623.321.619.0
7535.330.727.324.923.020.6
8038.033.029.426.724.821.7
8542.336.832.729.827.623.7
9049.743.138.434.932.431.4

Time: Finish time for the full distance (seconds below a minute, otherwise mm:ss or hh:mm:ss).

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1002:43.202:21.602:06.101:54.801:46.301:27.5
1502:26.702:07.401:53.401:43.201:35.601:20.5
2002:13.501:55.801:43.201:33.901:27.001:13.0
2502:10.401:53.201:40.801:31.701:25.001:13.0
3002:10.401:53.201:40.801:31.701:25.001:15.5
3502:10.401:53.201:40.801:31.701:25.001:15.5
4002:10.401:53.201:40.801:31.701:25.001:16.5
4502:11.101:53.801:41.401:32.201:25.401:16.5
5002:14.201:56.401:43.701:34.401:27.401:17.5
5502:19.802:01.401:48.101:38.401:31.101:23.0
6002:27.502:08.101:54.101:43.801:36.101:26.0
6502:36.102:15.502:00.701:49.801:41.701:33.0
7002:45.802:23.902:08.201:56.601:48.001:35.0
7502:56.702:33.402:16.602:04.301:55.101:43.0
8003:10.002:44.902:26.902:13.702:03.801:48.5
8503:31.703:03.802:43.702:28.902:17.901:58.5
9004:08.403:35.603:12.002:54.702:41.802:37.0

500m: Average time per 500 metres, shown in minutes and seconds (mm:ss.s).

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
1081123174232291522
15111169240318401671
20147225319423532900
25158241341453570900
30158241341453570813
35158241341453570813
40158241341453570782
45155237336446561782
50145222314417524752
55128196277368463612
60109167236313394550
6592141199264332435
7077117166221278408
756397137182229320
805178110147184274
85375680106133210
90233549668390

Watts: Average power output.

AgeBeginnerNoviceIntermediateAdvancedEliteWR
10485631807100412092003
155897901032130215852514
207149821303166220383300
2575010371381176621673300
3075010371381176621673003
3575010371381176621673003
4075010371381176621672895
4574110241362174121362895
507069701286164020092792
556488801160147217982312
605827811019128415622099
65524691892111613501703
7047261277996711621611
754265416808349961309
803834765877128421150
85335402482572666931
90286328378434492519

Cal/hr: Average calorie burn per hour.

What do the rowing standards mean?

Beginner Faster than 5% of rowers.
Novice Faster than 20% of rowers.
Intermediate Faster than 50% of rowers.
Advanced Faster than 80% of rowers.
Elite Faster than 95% of rowers.

Strength Level introduced these exact Beginner-to-Elite percentile boundaries in 2015. See how the standards evolved.

Data behind the 100m row time standards

Rowing Level analysed 3,114 qualifying results from 20,372 community results submitted by 8,313 Rowing Level users from 2021 to 2026 to produce our 100m row time standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community results 20,372
Community users 8,313
Qualifying results 3,114
Male results 2,430
Female results 684
Data start
Data cutoff
Model generated

Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.

Previous standards ()

The old average finish time for 100m was 17.8s across all ages and genders, 16.5s for men (now 0.4% slower) and 21.0s for women (now 4.1% faster).

LevelPreviousCurrentChange %
Beginner19.121.5+12.5%
Novice17.818.5+4.0%
Intermediate16.516.6+0.4%
Advanced15.315.2-0.5%
Elite14.214.20.0%
LevelPreviousCurrentChange %
Beginner26.426.1-1.1%
Novice23.622.6-4.0%
Intermediate21.020.2-4.0%
Advanced18.718.3-1.8%
Elite16.717.0+1.7%

We created these previous standards on and last updated them (see archive.org).

100m World Records

Male 100m World Records

RecordAge CategoryNameTimeDateAgeSource
WR12 and UnderMartin Greulich14.72 Aug 202211C2
WR15-16William Exley13.57 Mar 202316C2
WR19-29Loïc Schalbetter12.42 Apr 202628C2
WR30-39Loren Howard12.617 Jun 201834C2
WR40-49Matt Snare12.56 Nov 202541C2
WR50-54Paul Jeffrey13.14 Dec 201754C2
WR55-59Austin Barbisch13.417 May 202657C2
WR60-64Philip Lowery14.01 Mar 202562C2
WR65-69Jeff Kyser14.421 Aug 202665C2
WR70-74Jeremy Martin15.420 Jan 202372C2
WR75-79David Berry15.519 Sep 201976C2
WR80-84Ernest Tuff16.329 Nov 201880C2
WR85-89Jan Otto Kristiansen17.430 Jun 202585C2
WR90-94Bob McBride19.728 Aug 202590C2

Female 100m World Records

RecordAge CategoryNameTimeDateAgeSource
WR12 and UnderDanielle Kaschula17.54 Jun 202012C2
WR15-16Meiyi Liu16.13 May 202116C2
WR19-29Vár Guriardóttir Hansen14.622 Oct 202524C2
WR30-39Anastasia Ganina15.117 Dec 201934C2
WR40-49Ella Fox15.321 Jun 202648C2
WR50-54Deb Sarhan15.530 Aug 202054C2
WR55-59Joanne Blundell16.626 Feb 202057C2
WR60-64Patricia Hira-Creagh17.217 Jan 202660C2
WR65-69Päivi Törmä18.615 Oct 202467C2
WR70-74Adrienne Williamson19.027 Jun 202570C2
WR75-79Roberta Gordon20.67 Jun 202678C2
WR80-84Hilary Weeks21.76 Aug 201680C2
WR85-89Diana Kornbrot23.725 May 202585C2
WR90-94Karin Tetlow31.411 May 202690C2

References for WRs:

C2
Concept2. "Indoor rowing records." Accessed 14 Sep 2026. https://www.concept2.com/records.

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