5K pace chart and finish-time calculator

Choose a finish time you want to look up. The calculator shows the average pace required across the full distance and the elapsed time at each kilometer if you maintain that pace. You can enter seconds as well as minutes, including a target outside the chart’s range.

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Calculate your 5K pace

Goal finish time

Minutes Seconds Calculate pace

A 25:00 5K averages 5:00 per km and 8:03 per mile. Speed is 12.00 km/h or 7.46 mph.

Cumulative time at an even pace

Distance	Elapsed time
1 km	5:00
2 km	10:00
3 km	15:00
4 km	20:00
5 km	25:00

5K pace chart from 15 to 45 minutes

Average pace for exactly 5 km, rounded to the nearest second

5K time	Pace per km	Pace per mile
15:00	3:00	4:50
16:00	3:12	5:09
17:00	3:24	5:28
18:00	3:36	5:48
19:00	3:48	6:07
20:00	4:00	6:26
21:00	4:12	6:46
22:00	4:24	7:05
23:00	4:36	7:24
24:00	4:48	7:43
25:00	5:00	8:03
26:00	5:12	8:22
27:00	5:24	8:41
28:00	5:36	9:01
29:00	5:48	9:20
30:00	6:00	9:39
31:00	6:12	9:59
32:00	6:24	10:18
33:00	6:36	10:37
34:00	6:48	10:57
35:00	7:00	11:16
36:00	7:12	11:35
37:00	7:24	11:55
38:00	7:36	12:14
39:00	7:48	12:33
40:00	8:00	12:52
41:00	8:12	13:12
42:00	8:24	13:31
43:00	8:36	13:50
44:00	8:48	14:10
45:00	9:00	14:29

Read the kilometer splits as elapsed time

For a 25:00 finish at an even pace, you reach 1 km at 5:00 and 2 km at 10:00. The second kilometer takes five minutes. Its checkpoint reads ten minutes because the clock has been running since the start.

If your first kilometer takes 5:10, you have used ten seconds more than the even-pace target. The remaining four kilometers would need to total 19:50 for a 25:00 finish. That is a time budget you can calculate from the clock.

Convert a 20, 25 or 30-minute 5K to speed

The same finish time can be shown as pace or speed. Pace measures time per unit of distance. Speed measures distance per hour.

5K goal	Pace per km	Speed in km/h
20:00	4:00	15.00
25:00	5:00	12.00
30:00	6:00	10.00

For miles per hour, use the calculator’s speed result. A treadmill’s acceleration and any speed changes affect the time you actually spend covering the distance. Check its elapsed time and distance together when recording a result.

OpenContest’s published 5K contest rules specify a treadmill attempt and explain the console, incline and filming requirements. Read those requirements before setting up a take.

How the chart and calculator work

All values on this page are calculated from the entered finish time and a distance of 5,000 meters. We use 1.609344 kilometers per mile.

• Seconds per kilometer equal total seconds divided by 5.
• Seconds per mile equal total seconds multiplied by 1.609344, then divided by 5.
• Kilometers per hour equal 18,000 divided by total seconds.
• Elapsed time at kilometer 3 equals total seconds multiplied by 3, then divided by 5. The other checkpoints use their own kilometer number.

Each displayed pace and checkpoint is rounded independently to the nearest second. Speed is rounded to two decimal places. Calculations use the unrounded values throughout, so multiplying a displayed rounded pace can give a slightly different total.

A standard 400-meter split at an even 5K pace takes the total finish time divided by 12.5. For a 25:00 target, that works out to 120 seconds, or 2:00, per 400 meters. Twelve full laps cover 4,800 meters, leaving another 200 meters to reach 5 km.

The output describes the pace for a goal you choose. To compare actual attempts, retain the distance, conditions and recorded finish time. Our filming guide covers the evidence another person needs to check a take.