20 Minutes Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good distance for 20 minutes?

A good distance for 20 minutes is 5047 m. This is the average distance for 20 minutes across all ages and genders. The furthest distance for 20 minutes is 6434 m.

Male 20 Minutes Rowing Distances

A good distance for a man rowing for 20 minutes is 5168 m. This is the average distance for 20 minutes across men of all ages. The furthest distance rowed by a man for 20 minutes is 6434 m.

Average distance rowed for 20 minutes by age and ability

Distance
500m Split
Power (Watts)
Calories (per hour)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	3653	3884	4139	4409	4686	5152
15	4159	4422	4713	5021	5336	5867
20	4461	4743	5055	5385	5724	6293
25	4532	4819	5135	5471	5815	6393
30	4549	4837	5155	5492	5837	6417
35	4511	4797	5112	5446	5788	6364
40	4462	4744	5056	5386	5725	6294
45	4335	4610	4912	5234	5562	6115
50	4198	4463	4756	5068	5386	5921
55	4095	4355	4640	4944	5255	5777
60	3998	4251	4530	4826	5129	5639
65	3897	4143	4415	4704	5000	5497
70	3801	4041	4306	4588	4876	5361
75	3596	3824	4075	4341	4614	5072
80	3412	3628	3866	4119	4378	4813
85	3139	3338	3557	3789	4027	4428
90	2906	3090	3293	3508	3729	4099

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:44.3	02:34.5	02:25.0	02:16.1	02:08.0	01:56.5
15	02:24.3	02:15.7	02:07.3	01:59.5	01:52.4	01:42.3
20	02:14.5	02:06.5	01:58.7	01:51.4	01:44.8	01:35.4
25	02:12.4	02:04.5	01:56.8	01:49.7	01:43.2	01:33.9
30	02:11.9	02:04.0	01:56.4	01:49.2	01:42.8	01:33.5
35	02:13.0	02:05.1	01:57.4	01:50.2	01:43.7	01:34.3
40	02:14.5	02:06.5	01:58.7	01:51.4	01:44.8	01:35.3
45	02:18.4	02:10.2	02:02.1	01:54.6	01:47.9	01:38.1
50	02:22.9	02:14.4	02:06.1	01:58.4	01:51.4	01:41.3
55	02:26.5	02:17.8	02:09.3	02:01.4	01:54.2	01:43.9
60	02:30.1	02:21.1	02:12.5	02:04.3	01:57.0	01:46.4
65	02:34.0	02:24.8	02:15.9	02:07.5	02:00.0	01:49.2
70	02:37.9	02:28.5	02:19.3	02:10.8	02:03.0	01:51.9
75	02:46.9	02:36.9	02:27.3	02:18.2	02:10.0	01:58.3
80	02:55.8	02:45.4	02:35.2	02:25.6	02:17.0	02:04.7
85	03:11.1	02:59.8	02:48.7	02:38.3	02:29.0	02:15.5
90	03:26.5	03:14.2	03:02.2	02:51.0	02:40.9	02:26.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	79	95	115	139	167	222
15	117	140	170	205	246	327
20	144	173	209	253	304	404
25	151	181	219	265	319	423
30	153	183	222	268	322	428
35	149	179	216	262	314	418
40	144	173	209	253	304	404
45	132	159	192	232	279	371
50	120	144	174	211	253	336
55	111	134	162	196	235	312
60	104	124	151	182	219	291
65	96	115	139	169	203	269
70	89	107	129	156	188	250
75	75	91	110	133	159	211
80	64	77	94	113	136	181
85	50	60	73	88	106	141
90	40	48	58	70	84	112

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	433	493	569	659	764	971
15	575	664	775	908	1063	1368
20	678	787	924	1089	1280	1656
25	704	819	962	1135	1336	1730
30	711	827	972	1147	1350	1749
35	696	810	951	1122	1319	1709
40	678	788	924	1090	1281	1657
45	633	734	859	1011	1186	1531
50	587	679	793	930	1089	1403
55	555	640	746	873	1021	1312
60	526	605	703	822	960	1230
65	497	570	661	771	899	1149
70	471	539	623	725	844	1076
75	420	477	549	635	735	932
80	379	428	489	563	648	817
85	325	363	411	468	535	666
90	286	316	354	400	452	556

Female 20 Minutes Rowing Distances

A good distance for a woman rowing for 20 minutes is 4551 m. This is the average distance for 20 minutes across women of all ages. The furthest distance rowed by a woman for 20 minutes is 5913 m.

Average distance rowed for 20 minutes by age and ability

Distance
500m Split
Power (Watts)
Calories (per hour)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	3219	3499	3813	4148	4481	4954
15	3479	3782	4121	4483	4843	5354
20	3745	4072	4437	4827	5214	5764
25	3825	4159	4532	4930	5326	5887
30	3802	4133	4504	4899	5293	5851
35	3753	4080	4446	4837	5225	5776
40	3515	3822	4165	4530	4894	5410
45	3494	3798	4139	4503	4864	5378
50	3473	3776	4115	4476	4835	5345
55	3407	3704	4036	4391	4743	5243
60	3332	3623	3948	4294	4639	5129
65	3208	3487	3801	4134	4466	4937
70	3061	3327	3626	3944	4261	4711
75	2899	3152	3434	3736	4036	4462
80	2753	2993	3262	3548	3833	4238
85	2045	2223	2423	2636	2847	3148
90	1627	1768	1927	2096	2265	2504

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	03:06.4	02:51.5	02:37.4	02:24.7	02:13.9	02:01.1
15	02:52.5	02:38.7	02:25.6	02:13.8	02:03.9	01:52.1
20	02:40.2	02:27.4	02:15.2	02:04.3	01:55.1	01:44.1
25	02:36.8	02:24.3	02:12.4	02:01.7	01:52.7	01:41.9
30	02:37.8	02:25.2	02:13.2	02:02.5	01:53.4	01:42.5
35	02:39.9	02:27.1	02:14.9	02:04.1	01:54.8	01:43.9
40	02:50.7	02:37.0	02:24.1	02:12.4	02:02.6	01:50.9
45	02:51.7	02:38.0	02:24.9	02:13.2	02:03.3	01:51.6
50	02:52.8	02:38.9	02:25.8	02:14.1	02:04.1	01:52.2
55	02:56.1	02:42.0	02:28.7	02:16.7	02:06.5	01:54.4
60	03:00.1	02:45.6	02:32.0	02:19.7	02:09.3	01:57.0
65	03:07.0	02:52.0	02:37.9	02:25.1	02:14.3	02:01.5
70	03:16.0	03:00.3	02:45.5	02:32.1	02:20.8	02:07.4
75	03:27.0	03:10.4	02:54.7	02:40.6	02:28.7	02:14.5
80	03:37.9	03:20.4	03:03.9	02:49.1	02:36.5	02:21.6
85	04:53.4	04:29.9	04:07.6	03:47.6	03:30.7	03:10.6
90	06:08.8	05:39.3	05:11.3	04:46.2	04:24.9	03:59.6

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	90	116	146	197
15	68	88	113	146	184	249
20	85	109	142	182	230	310
25	91	117	151	194	245	331
30	89	114	148	191	240	325
35	86	110	142	183	231	312
40	70	90	117	151	190	257
45	69	89	115	148	187	252
50	68	87	113	145	183	247
55	64	82	107	137	173	234
60	60	77	100	128	162	219
65	53	69	89	114	144	195
70	46	60	77	99	125	169
75	39	51	66	84	107	144
80	34	43	56	72	91	123
85	14	18	23	30	37	51
90	7	9	12	15	19	25

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	298	356	433	530	643	836
15	351	424	521	644	787	1031
20	415	506	627	780	959	1263
25	436	533	662	825	1016	1339
30	430	525	652	812	999	1317
35	417	509	631	785	965	1270
40	359	435	535	662	809	1061
45	355	429	527	651	797	1043
50	350	423	519	641	784	1026
55	336	404	495	611	745	974
60	320	384	470	578	703	917
65	296	353	429	525	638	829
70	269	319	385	469	566	732
75	243	285	341	412	495	636
80	222	258	306	367	438	559
85	146	161	181	206	235	285
90	121	128	138	150	165	190

What do the rowing abilities mean?

Beginner	Faster than 5% of rowers. A beginner rower has started rowing and has rowed for at least a month.
Novice	Faster than 20% of rowers. A novice rower has rowed regularly for at least six months.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of rowers. An intermediate rower has rowed regularly for at least two years.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of rowers. An advanced rower has rowed for over five years.
Elite	Faster than 95% of rowers. An elite rower has dedicated over five years to become competitive at rowing.

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	79	95	115	139	167	222
15	117	140	170	205	246	327
20	144	173	209	253	304	404
25	151	181	219	265	319	423
30	153	183	222	268	322	428
35	149	179	216	262	314	418
40	144	173	209	253	304	404
45	132	159	192	232	279	371
50	120	144	174	211	253	336
55	111	134	162	196	235	312
60	104	124	151	182	219	291
65	96	115	139	169	203	269
70	89	107	129	156	188	250
75	75	91	110	133	159	211
80	64	77	94	113	136	181
85	50	60	73	88	106	141
90	40	48	58	70	84	112

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	90	116	146	197
15	68	88	113	146	184	249
20	85	109	142	182	230	310
25	91	117	151	194	245	331
30	89	114	148	191	240	325
35	86	110	142	183	231	312
40	70	90	117	151	190	257
45	69	89	115	148	187	252
50	68	87	113	145	183	247
55	64	82	107	137	173	234
60	60	77	100	128	162	219
65	53	69	89	114	144	195
70	46	60	77	99	125	169
75	39	51	66	84	107	144
80	34	43	56	72	91	123
85	14	18	23	30	37	51
90	7	9	12	15	19	25

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	79	95	115	139	167	222
15	117	140	170	205	246	327
20	144	173	209	253	304	404
25	151	181	219	265	319	423
30	153	183	222	268	322	428
35	149	179	216	262	314	418
40	144	173	209	253	304	404
45	132	159	192	232	279	371
50	120	144	174	211	253	336
55	111	134	162	196	235	312
60	104	124	151	182	219	291
65	96	115	139	169	203	269
70	89	107	129	156	188	250
75	75	91	110	133	159	211
80	64	77	94	113	136	181
85	50	60	73	88	106	141
90	40	48	58	70	84	112

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	90	116	146	197
15	68	88	113	146	184	249
20	85	109	142	182	230	310
25	91	117	151	194	245	331
30	89	114	148	191	240	325
35	86	110	142	183	231	312
40	70	90	117	151	190	257
45	69	89	115	148	187	252
50	68	87	113	145	183	247
55	64	82	107	137	173	234
60	60	77	100	128	162	219
65	53	69	89	114	144	195
70	46	60	77	99	125	169
75	39	51	66	84	107	144
80	34	43	56	72	91	123
85	14	18	23	30	37	51
90	7	9	12	15	19	25

20 Minutes Standards

Rowing Standards By Age And Ability

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Male 20 Minutes Rowing Distances

Average distance rowed for 20 minutes by age and ability

Female 20 Minutes Rowing Distances

Average distance rowed for 20 minutes by age and ability

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	79	95	115	139	167	222
15	117	140	170	205	246	327
20	144	173	209	253	304	404
25	151	181	219	265	319	423
30	153	183	222	268	322	428
35	149	179	216	262	314	418
40	144	173	209	253	304	404
45	132	159	192	232	279	371
50	120	144	174	211	253	336
55	111	134	162	196	235	312
60	104	124	151	182	219	291
65	96	115	139	169	203	269
70	89	107	129	156	188	250
75	75	91	110	133	159	211
80	64	77	94	113	136	181
85	50	60	73	88	106	141
90	40	48	58	70	84	112

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	90	116	146	197
15	68	88	113	146	184	249
20	85	109	142	182	230	310
25	91	117	151	194	245	331
30	89	114	148	191	240	325
35	86	110	142	183	231	312
40	70	90	117	151	190	257
45	69	89	115	148	187	252
50	68	87	113	145	183	247
55	64	82	107	137	173	234
60	60	77	100	128	162	219
65	53	69	89	114	144	195
70	46	60	77	99	125	169
75	39	51	66	84	107	144
80	34	43	56	72	91	123
85	14	18	23	30	37	51
90	7	9	12	15	19	25