5000m Row Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 5000m row time?

A good 5000m time is 19:48.3. This is the average 5000m time across all ages and genders. The fastest 5000m time is 14:54.5.

Male 5000m Rowing Times

A good 5000m time for a man is 19:18.3. This is the average 5000m time across men of all ages. The fastest 5000m time rowed by a man is 14:54.5.

Average 5000m row time by age and ability

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	27:30.5	25:47.4	24:06.4	22:31.9	21:07.5	18:37.0
15	24:09.4	22:39.0	21:10.2	19:47.2	18:33.1	16:21.0
20	22:31.4	21:07.0	19:44.2	18:26.9	17:17.8	15:14.6
25	22:10.2	20:47.1	19:25.7	18:09.5	17:01.5	15:00.2
30	22:05.1	20:42.3	19:21.2	18:05.4	16:57.6	14:56.8
35	22:16.2	20:52.8	19:31.0	18:14.5	17:06.2	15:04.3
40	22:31.1	21:06.7	19:44.0	18:26.7	17:17.6	15:14.4
45	23:10.5	21:43.7	20:18.6	18:59.0	17:47.9	15:41.1
50	23:56.1	22:26.4	20:58.5	19:36.3	18:22.8	16:11.9
55	24:32.0	23:00.1	21:29.9	20:05.7	18:50.4	16:36.2
60	25:07.9	23:33.7	22:01.4	20:35.1	19:18.0	17:00.5
65	25:47.0	24:10.5	22:35.7	21:07.2	19:48.1	17:27.0
70	26:26.2	24:47.2	23:10.0	21:39.2	20:18.1	17:53.5
75	27:56.4	26:11.7	24:29.1	22:53.1	21:27.4	18:54.6
80	29:26.6	27:36.3	25:48.1	24:07.0	22:36.7	19:55.6
85	32:00.5	30:00.6	28:03.0	26:13.1	24:34.9	21:39.8
90	34:34.4	32:24.9	30:17.9	28:19.1	26:33.1	23:23.9

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:45.0	02:34.7	02:24.6	02:15.2	02:06.7	01:51.7
15	02:24.9	02:15.9	02:07.0	01:58.7	01:51.3	01:38.1
20	02:15.1	02:06.7	01:58.4	01:50.7	01:43.8	01:31.5
25	02:13.0	02:04.7	01:56.6	01:49.0	01:42.2	01:30.0
30	02:12.5	02:04.2	01:56.1	01:48.5	01:41.8	01:29.7
35	02:13.6	02:05.3	01:57.1	01:49.5	01:42.6	01:30.4
40	02:15.1	02:06.7	01:58.4	01:50.7	01:43.8	01:31.4
45	02:19.1	02:10.4	02:01.9	01:53.9	01:46.8	01:34.1
50	02:23.6	02:14.6	02:05.8	01:57.6	01:50.3	01:37.2
55	02:27.2	02:18.0	02:09.0	02:00.6	01:53.0	01:39.6
60	02:30.8	02:21.4	02:12.1	02:03.5	01:55.8	01:42.1
65	02:34.7	02:25.0	02:15.6	02:06.7	01:58.8	01:44.7
70	02:38.6	02:28.7	02:19.0	02:09.9	02:01.8	01:47.3
75	02:47.6	02:37.2	02:26.9	02:17.3	02:08.7	01:53.5
80	02:56.7	02:45.6	02:34.8	02:24.7	02:15.7	01:59.6
85	03:12.0	03:00.1	02:48.3	02:37.3	02:27.5	02:10.0
90	03:27.4	03:14.5	03:01.8	02:49.9	02:39.3	02:20.4

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	78	94	116	142	172	251
15	115	139	171	209	254	371
20	142	172	211	258	313	458
25	149	180	221	271	328	480
30	150	183	224	274	332	485
35	147	178	218	267	324	473
40	142	172	211	258	313	458
45	130	158	193	237	287	420
50	118	143	176	215	261	381
55	110	133	163	200	242	354
60	102	124	152	186	225	329
65	95	115	140	172	209	305
70	88	106	130	160	194	283
75	74	90	110	135	164	240
80	63	77	94	116	140	205
85	49	60	73	90	109	159
90	39	48	58	71	87	126

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	429	492	572	669	783	1082
15	569	661	779	924	1092	1532
20	670	784	930	1108	1315	1859
25	696	816	968	1155	1372	1943
30	703	823	978	1167	1387	1964
35	688	806	957	1141	1356	1918
40	670	784	930	1108	1316	1860
45	626	731	864	1028	1218	1717
50	581	676	797	946	1119	1572
55	549	637	750	888	1048	1469
60	520	602	707	836	985	1376
65	492	568	665	784	922	1284
70	466	537	627	737	865	1201
75	416	475	552	645	754	1039
80	375	426	491	571	664	907
85	322	362	413	475	547	736
90	284	315	355	405	462	612

Female 5000m Rowing Times

A good 5000m time for a woman is 22:02.1. This is the average 5000m time across women of all ages. The fastest 5000m time rowed by a woman is 16:54.2.

Average 5000m row time by age and ability

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	31:09.4	28:41.0	26:18.2	24:07.2	22:12.3	20:10.6
15	28:49.6	26:32.3	24:20.1	22:18.9	20:32.7	18:40.1
20	26:46.5	24:39.0	22:36.2	20:43.6	19:04.9	17:20.3
25	26:12.9	24:08.0	22:07.8	20:17.6	18:41.0	16:58.6
30	26:22.6	24:17.0	22:16.1	20:25.2	18:47.9	17:04.9
35	26:43.2	24:35.9	22:33.4	20:41.1	19:02.6	17:18.2
40	28:31.6	26:15.7	24:05.0	22:05.0	20:19.8	18:28.4
45	28:42.0	26:25.3	24:13.7	22:13.1	20:27.3	18:35.1
50	28:52.4	26:34.9	24:22.5	22:21.1	20:34.7	18:41.9
55	29:26.1	27:05.9	24:50.9	22:47.2	20:58.7	19:03.7
60	30:05.6	27:42.3	25:24.3	23:17.8	21:26.8	19:29.3
65	31:15.5	28:46.7	26:23.3	24:11.9	22:16.7	20:14.6
70	32:45.8	30:09.7	27:39.5	25:21.8	23:21.0	21:13.0
75	34:35.5	31:50.8	29:12.2	26:46.7	24:39.2	22:24.1
80	36:25.2	33:31.8	30:44.8	28:11.7	25:57.4	23:35.1
85	49:01.9	45:08.4	41:23.6	37:57.5	34:56.7	31:45.1
90	01:01:39	56:45.1	52:02.4	47:43.3	43:56.0	39:55.2

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	03:06.9	02:52.1	02:37.8	02:24.7	02:13.2	02:01.1
15	02:53.0	02:39.2	02:26.0	02:13.9	02:03.3	01:52.0
20	02:40.6	02:27.9	02:15.6	02:04.4	01:54.5	01:44.0
25	02:37.3	02:24.8	02:12.8	02:01.8	01:52.1	01:41.9
30	02:38.3	02:25.7	02:13.6	02:02.5	01:52.8	01:42.5
35	02:40.3	02:27.6	02:15.3	02:04.1	01:54.3	01:43.8
40	02:51.2	02:37.6	02:24.5	02:12.5	02:02.0	01:50.8
45	02:52.2	02:38.5	02:25.4	02:13.3	02:02.7	01:51.5
50	02:53.2	02:39.5	02:26.2	02:14.1	02:03.5	01:52.2
55	02:56.6	02:42.6	02:29.1	02:16.7	02:05.9	01:54.4
60	03:00.6	02:46.2	02:32.4	02:19.8	02:08.7	01:56.9
65	03:07.6	02:52.7	02:38.3	02:25.2	02:13.7	02:01.5
70	03:16.6	03:01.0	02:46.0	02:32.2	02:20.1	02:07.3
75	03:27.5	03:11.1	02:55.2	02:40.7	02:27.9	02:14.4
80	03:38.5	03:21.2	03:04.5	02:49.2	02:35.7	02:21.5
85	04:54.2	04:30.8	04:08.4	03:47.7	03:29.7	03:10.5
90	06:09.9	05:40.5	05:12.2	04:46.3	04:23.6	03:59.5

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	89	115	148	197
15	68	87	112	146	187	249
20	84	108	140	182	233	311
25	90	115	150	194	248	331
30	88	113	147	190	244	325
35	85	109	141	183	235	313
40	70	89	116	150	193	257
45	69	88	114	148	189	252
50	67	86	112	145	186	248
55	64	81	106	137	176	234
60	59	76	99	128	164	219
65	53	68	88	114	147	195
70	46	59	77	99	127	170
75	39	50	65	84	108	144
80	34	43	56	72	93	124
85	14	18	23	30	38	51
90	7	9	11	15	19	25

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	296	353	430	529	652	837
15	349	421	518	643	798	1032
20	412	502	623	779	972	1265
25	433	528	657	824	1030	1342
30	427	520	647	811	1013	1319
35	414	504	626	784	978	1272
40	357	431	531	661	820	1062
45	352	425	523	651	807	1045
50	348	419	516	641	795	1028
55	334	401	492	610	755	975
60	318	381	466	577	713	919
65	294	350	426	525	646	830
70	268	317	383	468	574	733
75	242	283	339	412	501	637
80	221	256	304	367	443	559
85	146	161	180	206	237	285
90	120	128	138	150	166	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	78	94	116	142	172	251
15	115	139	171	209	254	371
20	142	172	211	258	313	458
25	149	180	221	271	328	480
30	150	183	224	274	332	485
35	147	178	218	267	324	473
40	142	172	211	258	313	458
45	130	158	193	237	287	420
50	118	143	176	215	261	381
55	110	133	163	200	242	354
60	102	124	152	186	225	329
65	95	115	140	172	209	305
70	88	106	130	160	194	283
75	74	90	110	135	164	240
80	63	77	94	116	140	205
85	49	60	73	90	109	159
90	39	48	58	71	87	126

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	89	115	148	197
15	68	87	112	146	187	249
20	84	108	140	182	233	311
25	90	115	150	194	248	331
30	88	113	147	190	244	325
35	85	109	141	183	235	313
40	70	89	116	150	193	257
45	69	88	114	148	189	252
50	67	86	112	145	186	248
55	64	81	106	137	176	234
60	59	76	99	128	164	219
65	53	68	88	114	147	195
70	46	59	77	99	127	170
75	39	50	65	84	108	144
80	34	43	56	72	93	124
85	14	18	23	30	38	51
90	7	9	11	15	19	25

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	78	94	116	142	172	251
15	115	139	171	209	254	371
20	142	172	211	258	313	458
25	149	180	221	271	328	480
30	150	183	224	274	332	485
35	147	178	218	267	324	473
40	142	172	211	258	313	458
45	130	158	193	237	287	420
50	118	143	176	215	261	381
55	110	133	163	200	242	354
60	102	124	152	186	225	329
65	95	115	140	172	209	305
70	88	106	130	160	194	283
75	74	90	110	135	164	240
80	63	77	94	116	140	205
85	49	60	73	90	109	159
90	39	48	58	71	87	126

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	89	115	148	197
15	68	87	112	146	187	249
20	84	108	140	182	233	311
25	90	115	150	194	248	331
30	88	113	147	190	244	325
35	85	109	141	183	235	313
40	70	89	116	150	193	257
45	69	88	114	148	189	252
50	67	86	112	145	186	248
55	64	81	106	137	176	234
60	59	76	99	128	164	219
65	53	68	88	114	147	195
70	46	59	77	99	127	170
75	39	50	65	84	108	144
80	34	43	56	72	93	124
85	14	18	23	30	38	51
90	7	9	11	15	19	25

5000m Row Times

Rowing Standards By Age And Ability

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Male 5000m Rowing Times

Average 5000m row time by age and ability

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Average 5000m row time by age and ability

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	78	94	116	142	172	251
15	115	139	171	209	254	371
20	142	172	211	258	313	458
25	149	180	221	271	328	480
30	150	183	224	274	332	485
35	147	178	218	267	324	473
40	142	172	211	258	313	458
45	130	158	193	237	287	420
50	118	143	176	215	261	381
55	110	133	163	200	242	354
60	102	124	152	186	225	329
65	95	115	140	172	209	305
70	88	106	130	160	194	283
75	74	90	110	135	164	240
80	63	77	94	116	140	205
85	49	60	73	90	109	159
90	39	48	58	71	87	126

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	89	115	148	197
15	68	87	112	146	187	249
20	84	108	140	182	233	311
25	90	115	150	194	248	331
30	88	113	147	190	244	325
35	85	109	141	183	235	313
40	70	89	116	150	193	257
45	69	88	114	148	189	252
50	67	86	112	145	186	248
55	64	81	106	137	176	234
60	59	76	99	128	164	219
65	53	68	88	114	147	195
70	46	59	77	99	127	170
75	39	50	65	84	108	144
80	34	43	56	72	93	124
85	14	18	23	30	38	51
90	7	9	11	15	19	25