6000m Row Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 6000m row time?

A good 6000m time is 23:59.4. This is the average 6000m time across all ages and genders. The fastest 6000m time is 18:13.2.

Male 6000m Rowing Times

A good 6000m time for a man is 23:26.8. This is the average 6000m time across men of all ages. The fastest 6000m time rowed by a man is 18:13.2.

Average 6000m row time by age and ability

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	33:25.7	31:20.0	29:16.7	27:21.5	25:38.6	22:45.1
15	29:21.4	27:31.0	25:42.7	24:01.6	22:31.2	19:58.9
20	27:22.2	25:39.3	23:58.3	22:24.0	20:59.7	18:37.7
25	26:56.5	25:15.1	23:35.8	22:02.9	20:40.0	18:20.2
30	26:50.3	25:09.3	23:30.4	21:57.9	20:35.2	18:16.0
35	27:03.8	25:22.0	23:42.2	22:09.0	20:45.7	18:25.2
40	27:21.9	25:39.0	23:58.0	22:23.7	20:59.5	18:37.5
45	28:09.8	26:23.9	24:40.0	23:02.9	21:36.2	19:10.1
50	29:05.2	27:15.8	25:28.5	23:48.3	22:18.7	19:47.8
55	29:48.8	27:56.7	26:06.7	24:24.0	22:52.2	20:17.5
60	30:32.4	28:37.6	26:44.9	24:59.7	23:25.7	20:47.2
65	31:20.0	29:22.2	27:26.6	25:38.6	24:02.2	21:19.6
70	32:07.6	30:06.8	28:08.3	26:17.6	24:38.7	21:52.0
75	33:57.2	31:49.5	29:44.3	27:47.3	26:02.8	23:06.6
80	35:46.8	33:32.3	31:20.3	29:17.0	27:26.8	24:21.2
85	38:53.9	36:27.6	34:04.1	31:50.0	29:50.3	26:28.5
90	42:00.9	39:22.8	36:47.9	34:23.1	32:13.8	28:35.8

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:47.1	02:36.7	02:26.4	02:16.8	02:08.2	01:53.8
15	02:26.8	02:17.6	02:08.6	02:00.1	01:52.6	01:39.9
20	02:16.9	02:08.3	01:59.9	01:52.0	01:45.0	01:33.1
25	02:14.7	02:06.3	01:58.0	01:50.2	01:43.3	01:31.7
30	02:14.2	02:05.8	01:57.5	01:49.8	01:42.9	01:31.3
35	02:15.3	02:06.8	01:58.5	01:50.7	01:43.8	01:32.1
40	02:16.8	02:08.2	01:59.8	01:52.0	01:45.0	01:33.1
45	02:20.8	02:12.0	02:03.3	01:55.2	01:48.0	01:35.8
50	02:25.4	02:16.3	02:07.4	01:59.0	01:51.6	01:39.0
55	02:29.1	02:19.7	02:10.6	02:02.0	01:54.3	01:41.5
60	02:32.7	02:23.1	02:13.7	02:05.0	01:57.1	01:43.9
65	02:36.7	02:26.8	02:17.2	02:08.2	02:00.2	01:46.6
70	02:40.6	02:30.6	02:20.7	02:11.5	02:03.2	01:49.3
75	02:49.8	02:39.1	02:28.7	02:18.9	02:10.2	01:55.5
80	02:58.9	02:47.7	02:36.7	02:26.4	02:17.2	02:01.8
85	03:14.5	03:02.3	02:50.3	02:39.2	02:29.2	02:12.4
90	03:30.1	03:16.9	03:04.0	02:51.9	02:41.1	02:23.0

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	75	91	112	137	166	238
15	111	134	165	202	245	351
20	137	166	203	249	303	433
25	143	174	213	261	317	454
30	145	176	216	264	321	459
35	141	172	210	258	313	448
40	137	166	203	249	303	433
45	125	152	187	229	278	398
50	114	138	169	208	252	361
55	106	128	157	193	234	335
60	98	119	146	179	218	312
65	91	111	135	166	202	289
70	84	103	126	154	187	268
75	72	87	106	130	158	227
80	61	74	91	112	135	194
85	48	58	71	87	105	151
90	38	46	56	69	84	120

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	418	479	556	651	761	1031
15	553	642	756	896	1059	1458
20	650	761	901	1074	1275	1767
25	675	791	939	1120	1331	1846
30	681	798	948	1131	1344	1866
35	668	782	928	1106	1314	1823
40	651	761	902	1075	1276	1768
45	608	709	839	997	1182	1633
50	565	656	774	918	1085	1495
55	534	619	728	862	1018	1398
60	506	586	687	811	956	1310
65	479	552	646	761	895	1223
70	454	522	609	716	840	1145
75	405	463	537	627	733	990
80	366	416	479	556	646	866
85	315	354	403	463	533	704
90	278	309	348	395	451	587

Female 6000m Rowing Times

A good 6000m time for a woman is 26:34.7. This is the average 6000m time across women of all ages. The fastest 6000m time rowed by a woman is 20:17.7.

Average 6000m row time by age and ability

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	37:15.0	34:26.5	31:43.5	29:13.4	27:01.2	24:13.5
15	34:27.8	31:51.9	29:21.1	27:02.2	24:59.9	22:24.8
20	32:00.6	29:35.8	27:15.8	25:06.8	23:13.2	20:49.1
25	31:20.4	28:58.6	26:41.5	24:35.2	22:44.0	20:22.9
30	31:32.1	29:09.4	26:51.5	24:44.4	22:52.4	20:30.5
35	31:56.7	29:32.2	27:12.4	25:03.7	23:10.3	20:46.5
40	34:06.3	31:32.0	29:02.8	26:45.4	24:44.3	22:10.8
45	34:18.7	31:43.5	29:13.4	26:55.1	24:53.3	22:18.9
50	34:31.1	31:55.0	29:24.0	27:04.8	25:02.3	22:27.0
55	35:11.4	32:32.2	29:58.3	27:36.4	25:31.5	22:53.2
60	35:58.7	33:15.9	30:38.5	28:13.5	26:05.8	23:23.9
65	37:22.3	34:33.2	31:49.7	29:19.1	27:06.5	24:18.3
70	39:10.2	36:13.0	33:21.6	30:43.8	28:24.7	25:28.4
75	41:21.4	38:14.3	35:13.3	32:26.7	29:59.9	26:53.7
80	43:32.5	40:15.5	37:05.0	34:09.6	31:35.0	28:19.0
85	58:37.2	54:12.0	49:55.5	45:59.3	42:31.2	38:07.4
90	01:13:42	01:08:09	01:02:46	57:49.1	53:27.5	47:55.8

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	03:06.2	02:52.2	02:38.6	02:26.1	02:15.1	02:01.1
15	02:52.3	02:39.3	02:26.8	02:15.2	02:05.0	01:52.1
20	02:40.1	02:28.0	02:16.3	02:05.6	01:56.1	01:44.1
25	02:36.7	02:24.9	02:13.5	02:02.9	01:53.7	01:41.9
30	02:37.7	02:25.8	02:14.3	02:03.7	01:54.4	01:42.5
35	02:39.7	02:27.7	02:16.0	02:05.3	01:55.9	01:43.9
40	02:50.5	02:37.7	02:25.2	02:13.8	02:03.7	01:50.9
45	02:51.6	02:38.6	02:26.1	02:14.6	02:04.4	01:51.6
50	02:52.6	02:39.6	02:27.0	02:15.4	02:05.2	01:52.2
55	02:56.0	02:42.7	02:29.9	02:18.0	02:07.6	01:54.4
60	02:59.9	02:46.3	02:33.2	02:21.1	02:10.5	01:57.0
65	03:06.9	02:52.8	02:39.1	02:26.6	02:15.5	02:01.5
70	03:15.8	03:01.1	02:46.8	02:33.6	02:22.1	02:07.4
75	03:26.8	03:11.2	02:56.1	02:42.2	02:30.0	02:14.5
80	03:37.7	03:21.3	03:05.4	02:50.8	02:37.9	02:21.6
85	04:53.1	04:31.0	04:09.6	03:49.9	03:32.6	03:10.6
90	06:08.5	05:40.7	05:13.8	04:49.1	04:27.3	03:59.6

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	88	112	142	197
15	68	87	111	142	179	249
20	85	108	138	177	224	310
25	91	115	147	188	238	331
30	89	113	145	185	234	325
35	86	109	139	178	225	312
40	71	89	114	146	185	257
45	69	88	112	144	182	252
50	68	86	110	141	178	247
55	64	81	104	133	168	234
60	60	76	97	125	158	219
65	54	68	87	111	141	195
70	47	59	75	96	122	169
75	40	50	64	82	104	144
80	34	43	55	70	89	123
85	14	18	23	29	36	51
90	7	9	11	14	18	25

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	298	352	424	517	629	836
15	352	420	511	628	769	1031
20	416	501	615	760	937	1263
25	437	528	649	804	992	1339
30	430	520	639	791	975	1317
35	418	503	618	764	942	1270
40	360	431	525	645	791	1061
45	355	424	517	635	778	1043
50	351	419	509	625	766	1026
55	336	400	486	595	728	974
60	321	381	461	563	688	917
65	296	350	421	513	624	829
70	270	316	378	458	554	732
75	243	283	336	403	485	636
80	222	256	301	359	429	559
85	147	160	179	203	231	285
90	121	128	137	149	163	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	75	91	112	137	166	238
15	111	134	165	202	245	351
20	137	166	203	249	303	433
25	143	174	213	261	317	454
30	145	176	216	264	321	459
35	141	172	210	258	313	448
40	137	166	203	249	303	433
45	125	152	187	229	278	398
50	114	138	169	208	252	361
55	106	128	157	193	234	335
60	98	119	146	179	218	312
65	91	111	135	166	202	289
70	84	103	126	154	187	268
75	72	87	106	130	158	227
80	61	74	91	112	135	194
85	48	58	71	87	105	151
90	38	46	56	69	84	120

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	88	112	142	197
15	68	87	111	142	179	249
20	85	108	138	177	224	310
25	91	115	147	188	238	331
30	89	113	145	185	234	325
35	86	109	139	178	225	312
40	71	89	114	146	185	257
45	69	88	112	144	182	252
50	68	86	110	141	178	247
55	64	81	104	133	168	234
60	60	76	97	125	158	219
65	54	68	87	111	141	195
70	47	59	75	96	122	169
75	40	50	64	82	104	144
80	34	43	55	70	89	123
85	14	18	23	29	36	51
90	7	9	11	14	18	25

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	75	91	112	137	166	238
15	111	134	165	202	245	351
20	137	166	203	249	303	433
25	143	174	213	261	317	454
30	145	176	216	264	321	459
35	141	172	210	258	313	448
40	137	166	203	249	303	433
45	125	152	187	229	278	398
50	114	138	169	208	252	361
55	106	128	157	193	234	335
60	98	119	146	179	218	312
65	91	111	135	166	202	289
70	84	103	126	154	187	268
75	72	87	106	130	158	227
80	61	74	91	112	135	194
85	48	58	71	87	105	151
90	38	46	56	69	84	120

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	88	112	142	197
15	68	87	111	142	179	249
20	85	108	138	177	224	310
25	91	115	147	188	238	331
30	89	113	145	185	234	325
35	86	109	139	178	225	312
40	71	89	114	146	185	257
45	69	88	112	144	182	252
50	68	86	110	141	178	247
55	64	81	104	133	168	234
60	60	76	97	125	158	219
65	54	68	87	111	141	195
70	47	59	75	96	122	169
75	40	50	64	82	104	144
80	34	43	55	70	89	123
85	14	18	23	29	36	51
90	7	9	11	14	18	25

6000m Row Times

Rowing Standards By Age And Ability

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Male 6000m Rowing Times

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Average 6000m row time by age and ability

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Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	75	91	112	137	166	238
15	111	134	165	202	245	351
20	137	166	203	249	303	433
25	143	174	213	261	317	454
30	145	176	216	264	321	459
35	141	172	210	258	313	448
40	137	166	203	249	303	433
45	125	152	187	229	278	398
50	114	138	169	208	252	361
55	106	128	157	193	234	335
60	98	119	146	179	218	312
65	91	111	135	166	202	289
70	84	103	126	154	187	268
75	72	87	106	130	158	227
80	61	74	91	112	135	194
85	48	58	71	87	105	151
90	38	46	56	69	84	120

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	54	69	88	112	142	197
15	68	87	111	142	179	249
20	85	108	138	177	224	310
25	91	115	147	188	238	331
30	89	113	145	185	234	325
35	86	109	139	178	225	312
40	71	89	114	146	185	257
45	69	88	112	144	182	252
50	68	86	110	141	178	247
55	64	81	104	133	168	234
60	60	76	97	125	158	219
65	54	68	87	111	141	195
70	47	59	75	96	122	169
75	40	50	64	82	104	144
80	34	43	55	70	89	123
85	14	18	23	29	36	51
90	7	9	11	14	18	25