250m Row Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 250m row time?

A good 250m time is 48.8. This is the average 250m time across all ages and genders. The fastest 250m time is 35.3.

Male 250m Rowing Times

A good 250m time for a man is 45.3. This is the average 250m time across men of all ages. The fastest 250m time rowed by a man is 35.3.

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	01:06.3	01:01.4	56.7	52.4	48.6	44.2
15	58.9	54.6	50.5	46.6	43.2	39.3
20	55.0	51.0	47.1	43.5	40.3	36.7
25	54.1	50.1	46.3	42.8	39.6	36.1
30	53.3	49.4	45.7	42.2	39.1	35.6
35	53.0	49.1	45.4	41.9	38.8	35.3
40	53.6	49.7	45.9	42.4	39.3	35.8
45	54.2	50.2	46.4	42.9	39.7	36.1
50	54.6	50.6	46.8	43.2	40.0	36.4
55	55.4	51.4	47.4	43.8	40.6	37.0
60	57.8	53.5	49.4	45.7	42.3	38.5
65	01:00.1	55.7	51.5	47.5	44.1	40.1
70	01:02.6	58.0	53.6	49.5	45.9	41.7
75	01:05.0	01:00.3	55.7	51.4	47.7	43.4
80	01:08.4	01:03.4	58.5	54.1	50.1	45.6
85	01:16.0	01:10.5	01:05.1	01:00.1	55.7	50.7
90	01:23.6	01:17.5	01:11.6	01:06.1	01:01.3	55.8

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:12.6	02:02.9	01:53.5	01:44.8	01:37.2	01:28.4
15	01:57.9	01:49.3	01:40.9	01:33.2	01:26.4	01:18.6
20	01:50.0	01:42.0	01:34.2	01:27.0	01:20.6	01:13.4
25	01:48.1	01:40.2	01:32.6	01:25.5	01:19.3	01:12.1
30	01:46.7	01:38.9	01:31.3	01:24.3	01:18.2	01:11.1
35	01:46.0	01:38.2	01:30.7	01:23.8	01:17.7	01:10.7
40	01:47.2	01:39.4	01:31.8	01:24.8	01:18.6	01:11.5
45	01:48.4	01:40.5	01:32.8	01:25.7	01:19.4	01:12.3
50	01:49.2	01:41.3	01:33.5	01:26.4	01:20.1	01:12.8
55	01:50.8	01:42.7	01:34.9	01:27.6	01:21.2	01:13.9
60	01:55.5	01:47.1	01:38.9	01:31.3	01:24.6	01:17.0
65	02:00.3	01:51.5	01:43.0	01:35.1	01:28.1	01:20.2
70	02:05.2	01:56.0	01:47.1	01:39.0	01:31.7	01:23.5
75	02:10.1	02:00.5	01:51.3	01:42.8	01:35.3	01:26.7
80	02:16.8	02:06.8	01:57.1	01:48.1	01:40.2	01:31.2
85	02:32.0	02:20.9	02:10.1	02:00.2	01:51.4	01:41.4
90	02:47.3	02:35.1	02:23.2	02:12.3	02:02.6	01:51.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	150	189	239	304	382	507
15	214	268	341	432	543	720
20	263	330	419	532	668	887
25	277	347	441	560	703	933
30	288	362	460	583	733	972
35	294	369	469	595	747	992
40	284	356	452	574	721	957
45	275	345	438	556	698	926
50	268	337	428	543	682	905
55	257	323	410	520	653	867
60	227	285	362	460	577	766
65	201	253	321	407	511	679
70	179	224	285	361	454	602
75	159	200	254	322	404	537
80	137	172	218	277	348	461
85	100	125	159	202	253	336
90	75	94	119	151	190	252

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	702	846	1038	1281	1573	2044
15	941	1146	1418	1764	2180	2849
20	1126	1379	1714	2139	2652	3474
25	1178	1445	1797	2245	2784	3650
30	1222	1499	1866	2333	2894	3797
35	1243	1527	1901	2377	2950	3871
40	1205	1478	1840	2299	2852	3741
45	1171	1435	1785	2229	2765	3625
50	1147	1405	1747	2182	2705	3545
55	1104	1351	1679	2094	2595	3399
60	991	1210	1499	1867	2309	3020
65	894	1087	1344	1669	2061	2691
70	808	980	1208	1496	1844	2403
75	735	888	1091	1348	1659	2157
80	651	783	957	1179	1445	1873
85	511	607	734	895	1089	1401
90	418	490	585	706	852	1086

Female 250m Rowing Times

A good 250m time for a woman is 57.4. This is the average 250m time across women of all ages. The fastest 250m time rowed by a woman is 42.3.

Average 250m row time by age and ability

Finish Time
500m Split
Power (Watts)
Calories (per hour)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	01:22.8	01:14.4	01:06.5	59.5	53.4	49.0
15	01:18.3	01:10.4	01:02.9	56.2	50.5	46.3
20	01:15.5	01:07.9	01:00.7	54.2	48.7	44.7
25	01:14.5	01:06.9	59.8	53.5	48.1	44.1
30	01:12.9	01:05.5	58.5	52.3	47.0	43.1
35	01:12.1	01:04.8	57.9	51.8	46.5	42.6
40	01:15.2	01:07.6	01:00.4	54.0	48.5	44.5
45	01:14.6	01:07.0	59.9	53.5	48.1	44.1
50	01:13.9	01:06.4	59.3	53.0	47.7	43.7
55	01:15.2	01:07.5	01:00.4	54.0	48.5	44.4
60	01:24.3	01:15.7	01:07.7	01:00.5	54.4	49.8
65	01:28.4	01:19.4	01:11.0	01:03.5	57.0	52.3
70	01:31.2	01:22.0	01:13.3	01:05.5	58.9	53.9
75	01:36.6	01:26.8	01:17.6	01:09.4	01:02.3	57.1
80	01:42.7	01:32.3	01:22.5	01:13.7	01:06.2	01:00.7
85	02:12.0	01:58.6	01:46.1	01:34.8	01:25.2	01:18.1
90	02:41.4	02:25.0	02:09.7	01:55.9	01:44.1	01:35.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:45.6	02:28.8	02:13.0	01:58.9	01:46.8	01:37.9
15	02:36.6	02:20.7	02:05.8	01:52.4	01:41.0	01:32.6
20	02:31.1	02:15.8	02:01.4	01:48.5	01:37.5	01:29.3
25	02:29.0	02:13.9	01:59.7	01:47.0	01:36.1	01:28.1
30	02:25.7	02:10.9	01:57.0	01:44.6	01:34.0	01:26.2
35	02:24.1	02:09.5	01:55.8	01:43.5	01:33.0	01:25.2
40	02:30.5	02:15.2	02:00.8	01:48.0	01:37.1	01:29.0
45	02:29.1	02:14.0	01:59.8	01:47.1	01:36.2	01:28.2
50	02:27.8	02:12.8	01:58.7	01:46.1	01:35.3	01:27.4
55	02:30.3	02:15.1	02:00.7	01:47.9	01:37.0	01:28.9
60	02:48.6	02:31.5	02:15.4	02:01.0	01:48.8	01:39.7
65	02:56.8	02:38.8	02:22.0	02:06.9	01:54.0	01:44.5
70	03:02.4	02:43.9	02:26.5	02:11.0	01:57.7	01:47.9
75	03:13.2	02:53.6	02:35.2	02:18.8	02:04.7	01:54.3
80	03:25.3	03:04.5	02:44.9	02:27.4	02:12.5	02:01.4
85	04:24.1	03:57.3	03:32.1	03:09.6	02:50.4	02:36.2
90	05:22.8	04:50.1	04:19.3	03:51.8	03:28.3	03:10.9

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	77	106	149	208	287	373
15	91	126	176	246	339	441
20	101	140	196	274	378	491
25	106	146	204	286	394	512
30	113	156	218	306	421	547
35	117	161	225	316	435	565
40	103	142	198	278	383	497
45	106	146	204	285	393	511
50	109	150	209	293	404	525
55	103	142	199	278	384	498
60	73	101	141	197	272	353
65	63	87	122	171	236	306
70	58	79	111	156	215	279
75	48	67	94	131	181	234
80	40	56	78	109	151	195
85	19	26	37	51	71	92
90	10	14	20	28	39	50

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	384	494	654	878	1175	1498
15	437	567	756	1021	1372	1753
20	476	621	832	1127	1517	1942
25	493	644	863	1171	1578	2021
30	520	681	916	1245	1680	2153
35	534	701	943	1283	1733	2222
40	481	628	841	1140	1535	1965
45	492	642	861	1168	1575	2017
50	503	658	883	1198	1616	2070
55	482	629	843	1142	1539	1970
60	369	474	625	838	1119	1425
65	333	423	555	739	983	1248
70	311	393	513	681	902	1144
75	277	346	447	588	774	977
80	246	304	388	505	661	830
85	166	193	232	288	361	440
90	133	148	170	200	240	284

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	150	189	239	304	382	507
15	214	268	341	432	543	720
20	263	330	419	532	668	887
25	277	347	441	560	703	933
30	288	362	460	583	733	972
35	294	369	469	595	747	992
40	284	356	452	574	721	957
45	275	345	438	556	698	926
50	268	337	428	543	682	905
55	257	323	410	520	653	867
60	227	285	362	460	577	766
65	201	253	321	407	511	679
70	179	224	285	361	454	602
75	159	200	254	322	404	537
80	137	172	218	277	348	461
85	100	125	159	202	253	336
90	75	94	119	151	190	252

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	77	106	149	208	287	373
15	91	126	176	246	339	441
20	101	140	196	274	378	491
25	106	146	204	286	394	512
30	113	156	218	306	421	547
35	117	161	225	316	435	565
40	103	142	198	278	383	497
45	106	146	204	285	393	511
50	109	150	209	293	404	525
55	103	142	199	278	384	498
60	73	101	141	197	272	353
65	63	87	122	171	236	306
70	58	79	111	156	215	279
75	48	67	94	131	181	234
80	40	56	78	109	151	195
85	19	26	37	51	71	92
90	10	14	20	28	39	50

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	150	189	239	304	382	507
15	214	268	341	432	543	720
20	263	330	419	532	668	887
25	277	347	441	560	703	933
30	288	362	460	583	733	972
35	294	369	469	595	747	992
40	284	356	452	574	721	957
45	275	345	438	556	698	926
50	268	337	428	543	682	905
55	257	323	410	520	653	867
60	227	285	362	460	577	766
65	201	253	321	407	511	679
70	179	224	285	361	454	602
75	159	200	254	322	404	537
80	137	172	218	277	348	461
85	100	125	159	202	253	336
90	75	94	119	151	190	252

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	77	106	149	208	287	373
15	91	126	176	246	339	441
20	101	140	196	274	378	491
25	106	146	204	286	394	512
30	113	156	218	306	421	547
35	117	161	225	316	435	565
40	103	142	198	278	383	497
45	106	146	204	285	393	511
50	109	150	209	293	404	525
55	103	142	199	278	384	498
60	73	101	141	197	272	353
65	63	87	122	171	236	306
70	58	79	111	156	215	279
75	48	67	94	131	181	234
80	40	56	78	109	151	195
85	19	26	37	51	71	92
90	10	14	20	28	39	50

250m Row Times

Rowing Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good 250m row time?

Male 250m Rowing Times

Average 250m row time by age and ability

Female 250m Rowing Times

Average 250m row time by age and ability

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	150	189	239	304	382	507
15	214	268	341	432	543	720
20	263	330	419	532	668	887
25	277	347	441	560	703	933
30	288	362	460	583	733	972
35	294	369	469	595	747	992
40	284	356	452	574	721	957
45	275	345	438	556	698	926
50	268	337	428	543	682	905
55	257	323	410	520	653	867
60	227	285	362	460	577	766
65	201	253	321	407	511	679
70	179	224	285	361	454	602
75	159	200	254	322	404	537
80	137	172	218	277	348	461
85	100	125	159	202	253	336
90	75	94	119	151	190	252

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	77	106	149	208	287	373
15	91	126	176	246	339	441
20	101	140	196	274	378	491
25	106	146	204	286	394	512
30	113	156	218	306	421	547
35	117	161	225	316	435	565
40	103	142	198	278	383	497
45	106	146	204	285	393	511
50	109	150	209	293	404	525
55	103	142	199	278	384	498
60	73	101	141	197	272	353
65	63	87	122	171	236	306
70	58	79	111	156	215	279
75	48	67	94	131	181	234
80	40	56	78	109	151	195
85	19	26	37	51	71	92
90	10	14	20	28	39	50