5 Minutes Standards By Age And Ability

What is a good distance for 5 minutes?

A good distance for 5 minutes is 1378 m. This is the average distance for 5 minutes across all ages and genders. The furthest distance for 5 minutes is 1787 m.

Male 5 Minutes Rowing Distances

A good distance for a man rowing for 5 minutes is 1440 m. This is the average distance for 5 minutes across men of all ages. The furthest distance rowed by a man for 5 minutes is 1787 m.

Average distance rowed for 5 minutes by age and ability

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	1031	1101	1178	1238	1320	1436
15	1188	1268	1357	1417	1511	1644
20	1252	1336	1430	1506	1605	1746
25	1259	1344	1439	1527	1628	1771
30	1260	1345	1439	1539	1640	1785
35	1253	1338	1432	1518	1618	1761
40	1237	1320	1413	1487	1586	1725
45	1212	1293	1384	1458	1555	1691
50	1188	1268	1357	1430	1525	1659
55	1152	1230	1317	1388	1480	1610
60	1119	1194	1278	1359	1449	1576
65	1077	1150	1231	1315	1402	1525
70	1038	1108	1186	1255	1338	1456
75	988	1055	1129	1216	1297	1411
80	943	1007	1077	1158	1235	1344
85	873	931	997	1091	1163	1265
90	812	867	928	990	1056	1149

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:25.5	02:16.3	02:07.3	02:01.2	01:53.6	01:44.4
15	02:06.3	01:58.3	01:50.5	01:45.8	01:39.3	01:31.2
20	01:59.8	01:52.3	01:44.9	01:39.6	01:33.4	01:25.9
25	01:59.1	01:51.6	01:44.3	01:38.2	01:32.1	01:24.7
30	01:59.1	01:51.6	01:44.2	01:37.5	01:31.4	01:24.0
35	01:59.7	01:52.1	01:44.8	01:38.8	01:32.7	01:25.2
40	02:01.3	01:53.6	01:46.2	01:40.9	01:34.6	01:26.9
45	02:03.8	01:56.0	01:48.3	01:42.9	01:36.5	01:28.7
50	02:06.3	01:58.3	01:50.5	01:44.9	01:38.4	01:30.4
55	02:10.2	02:02.0	01:53.9	01:48.1	01:41.3	01:33.1
60	02:14.1	02:05.6	01:57.3	01:50.4	01:43.5	01:35.2
65	02:19.3	02:10.5	02:01.9	01:54.1	01:47.0	01:38.4
70	02:24.5	02:15.4	02:06.5	01:59.5	01:52.1	01:43.0
75	02:31.8	02:22.2	02:12.8	02:03.3	01:55.7	01:46.3
80	02:39.1	02:29.0	02:19.2	02:09.5	02:01.5	01:51.6
85	02:51.9	02:41.1	02:30.5	02:17.5	02:09.0	01:58.5
90	03:04.8	02:53.1	02:41.7	02:31.5	02:22.1	02:10.6

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	114	138	170	197	239	307
15	174	211	259	295	358	461
20	203	247	303	354	429	552
25	207	252	309	369	448	576
30	207	252	309	378	458	589
35	204	248	304	363	440	566
40	196	239	293	341	414	532
45	184	224	275	321	390	502
50	174	211	259	303	368	473
55	159	193	237	277	336	433
60	145	177	217	260	315	406
65	130	158	193	236	286	368
70	116	141	173	205	249	320
75	100	122	149	187	226	291
80	87	106	130	161	195	251
85	69	84	103	135	163	210
90	55	67	83	101	122	157

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	564	657	775	877	1034	1293
15	790	932	1112	1248	1484	1871
20	902	1068	1279	1469	1752	2216
25	916	1084	1299	1527	1822	2307
30	917	1085	1300	1558	1860	2356
35	905	1071	1282	1501	1791	2267
40	875	1034	1238	1421	1693	2141
45	831	981	1172	1347	1603	2025
50	790	932	1112	1278	1521	1919
55	734	863	1027	1181	1403	1767
60	683	801	952	1116	1323	1665
65	624	729	864	1023	1211	1520
70	573	667	788	908	1072	1341
75	513	594	698	839	988	1233
80	464	534	625	743	872	1083
85	395	451	523	643	750	927
90	345	390	448	515	596	728

Female 5 Minutes Rowing Distances

A good distance for a woman rowing for 5 minutes is 1219 m. This is the average distance for 5 minutes across women of all ages. The furthest distance rowed by a woman for 5 minutes is 1574 m.

Average distance rowed for 5 minutes by age and ability

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	933	1014	1108	1211	1318	1348
15	941	1023	1117	1221	1329	1442
20	1007	1095	1196	1307	1423	1554
25	1018	1107	1209	1321	1439	1574
30	993	1080	1179	1289	1403	1559
35	993	1080	1179	1289	1403	1517
40	994	1080	1180	1289	1404	1470
45	980	1065	1163	1271	1384	1454
50	946	1028	1123	1227	1336	1439
55	914	994	1086	1186	1292	1395
60	885	962	1051	1149	1251	1348
65	854	928	1014	1108	1206	1303
70	824	896	979	1069	1164	1248
75	777	845	923	1008	1098	1211
80	736	800	873	954	1039	1137
85	617	671	733	801	872	1045
90	532	578	632	690	752	896

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:40.7	02:27.9	02:15.4	02:03.9	01:53.8	01:51.3
15	02:39.4	02:26.7	02:14.3	02:02.9	01:52.9	01:44.0
20	02:28.9	02:17.0	02:05.4	01:54.8	01:45.4	01:36.5
25	02:27.3	02:15.5	02:04.1	01:53.5	01:44.3	01:35.3
30	02:31.0	02:18.9	02:07.2	01:56.4	01:46.9	01:36.2
35	02:31.0	02:18.9	02:07.2	01:56.4	01:46.9	01:38.9
40	02:31.0	02:18.9	02:07.2	01:56.4	01:46.9	01:42.0
45	02:33.1	02:20.9	02:09.0	01:58.0	01:48.4	01:43.2
50	02:38.6	02:25.9	02:13.6	02:02.3	01:52.3	01:44.3
55	02:44.0	02:30.9	02:18.2	02:06.4	01:56.1	01:47.5
60	02:49.4	02:35.9	02:22.7	02:10.6	01:59.9	01:51.3
65	02:55.7	02:41.6	02:28.0	02:15.4	02:04.4	01:55.1
70	03:02.0	02:47.4	02:33.3	02:20.3	02:08.8	02:00.2
75	03:13.0	02:57.5	02:42.5	02:28.7	02:16.6	02:03.9
80	03:23.9	03:07.6	02:51.8	02:37.2	02:24.4	02:11.9
85	04:02.9	03:43.5	03:24.6	03:07.2	02:51.9	02:23.6
90	04:41.9	04:19.3	03:57.4	03:37.3	03:19.5	02:47.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	84	108	141	184	238	254
15	86	111	145	189	244	311
20	106	136	177	232	299	389
25	110	141	183	239	309	405
30	102	131	170	222	287	393
35	102	131	170	222	287	362
40	102	131	170	222	287	329
45	97	125	163	213	275	319
50	88	113	147	191	247	309
55	79	102	133	173	224	282
60	72	92	120	157	203	254
65	65	83	108	141	182	229
70	58	75	97	127	164	202
75	49	63	82	106	137	184
80	41	53	69	90	116	153
85	24	31	41	53	69	118
90	16	20	26	34	44	75

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	412	502	625	787	989	1050
15	420	512	638	804	1011	1265
20	494	607	762	966	1220	1559
25	507	624	784	995	1257	1618
30	477	586	735	930	1173	1574
35	477	586	735	930	1174	1456
40	477	586	735	931	1174	1334
45	461	566	708	896	1129	1295
50	425	518	647	815	1025	1257
55	393	478	594	746	936	1154
60	365	442	548	686	858	1051
65	337	406	501	625	779	958
70	313	375	460	572	711	853
75	278	330	401	495	612	788
80	250	294	354	434	532	669
85	186	212	248	295	354	540
90	153	170	193	223	260	375

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	114	138	170	197	239	307
15	174	211	259	295	358	461
20	203	247	303	354	429	552
25	207	252	309	369	448	576
30	207	252	309	378	458	589
35	204	248	304	363	440	566
40	196	239	293	341	414	532
45	184	224	275	321	390	502
50	174	211	259	303	368	473
55	159	193	237	277	336	433
60	145	177	217	260	315	406
65	130	158	193	236	286	368
70	116	141	173	205	249	320
75	100	122	149	187	226	291
80	87	106	130	161	195	251
85	69	84	103	135	163	210
90	55	67	83	101	122	157

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	84	108	141	184	238	254
15	86	111	145	189	244	311
20	106	136	177	232	299	389
25	110	141	183	239	309	405
30	102	131	170	222	287	393
35	102	131	170	222	287	362
40	102	131	170	222	287	329
45	97	125	163	213	275	319
50	88	113	147	191	247	309
55	79	102	133	173	224	282
60	72	92	120	157	203	254
65	65	83	108	141	182	229
70	58	75	97	127	164	202
75	49	63	82	106	137	184
80	41	53	69	90	116	153
85	24	31	41	53	69	118
90	16	20	26	34	44	75

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	114	138	170	197	239	307
15	174	211	259	295	358	461
20	203	247	303	354	429	552
25	207	252	309	369	448	576
30	207	252	309	378	458	589
35	204	248	304	363	440	566
40	196	239	293	341	414	532
45	184	224	275	321	390	502
50	174	211	259	303	368	473
55	159	193	237	277	336	433
60	145	177	217	260	315	406
65	130	158	193	236	286	368
70	116	141	173	205	249	320
75	100	122	149	187	226	291
80	87	106	130	161	195	251
85	69	84	103	135	163	210
90	55	67	83	101	122	157

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	84	108	141	184	238	254
15	86	111	145	189	244	311
20	106	136	177	232	299	389
25	110	141	183	239	309	405
30	102	131	170	222	287	393
35	102	131	170	222	287	362
40	102	131	170	222	287	329
45	97	125	163	213	275	319
50	88	113	147	191	247	309
55	79	102	133	173	224	282
60	72	92	120	157	203	254
65	65	83	108	141	182	229
70	58	75	97	127	164	202
75	49	63	82	106	137	184
80	41	53	69	90	116	153
85	24	31	41	53	69	118
90	16	20	26	34	44	75

5 Minutes Standards

Rowing Standards By Age And Ability

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Male 5 Minutes Rowing Distances

Average distance rowed for 5 minutes by age and ability

Female 5 Minutes Rowing Distances

Average distance rowed for 5 minutes by age and ability

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	114	138	170	197	239	307
15	174	211	259	295	358	461
20	203	247	303	354	429	552
25	207	252	309	369	448	576
30	207	252	309	378	458	589
35	204	248	304	363	440	566
40	196	239	293	341	414	532
45	184	224	275	321	390	502
50	174	211	259	303	368	473
55	159	193	237	277	336	433
60	145	177	217	260	315	406
65	130	158	193	236	286	368
70	116	141	173	205	249	320
75	100	122	149	187	226	291
80	87	106	130	161	195	251
85	69	84	103	135	163	210
90	55	67	83	101	122	157

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	84	108	141	184	238	254
15	86	111	145	189	244	311
20	106	136	177	232	299	389
25	110	141	183	239	309	405
30	102	131	170	222	287	393
35	102	131	170	222	287	362
40	102	131	170	222	287	329
45	97	125	163	213	275	319
50	88	113	147	191	247	309
55	79	102	133	173	224	282
60	72	92	120	157	203	254
65	65	83	108	141	182	229
70	58	75	97	127	164	202
75	49	63	82	106	137	184
80	41	53	69	90	116	153
85	24	31	41	53	69	118
90	16	20	26	34	44	75