1.5-mile run percentile
Your 1.5-mile run ranked against all adults of your age and sex — and against NCAA Division I athletes. All-out 1.5 miles (2,414 m — six laps of a 400 m track plus 14 m) on a flat surface. Use your measured time for this distance; keep the 400 m as a separate speed-endurance assessment.
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EnduranceAerobic fitness and speed endurance
All-out 1.5 miles (2,414 m — six laps of a 400 m track plus 14 m) on a flat surface. Use your measured time for this distance; keep the 400 m as a separate speed-endurance assessment.
This is one test of the full battery. Get your overall athleticism rank across strength, power, agility and endurance.
1.5-mile run standards by age — men
Result needed to beat the given share of all men in each age group.
| Age | 10th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 90th | 95th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-29 | 21:26 | 17:23 | 13:44 | 11:51 | 10:41 | 9:52 | 8:38 |
| 30-39 | 22:18 | 20:46 | 16:21 | 13:12 | 11:20 | 10:39 | 9:34 |
| 40-49 | 23:00 | 21:31 | 18:40 | 14:57 | 12:28 | 11:36 | 10:16 |
| 50-59 | 23:57 | 22:41 | 21:17 | 18:05 | 14:49 | 13:07 | 10:48 |
| 60-69 | 24:55 | 23:40 | 22:22 | 21:02 | 17:39 | 16:19 | 14:17 |
Derived — converted from real data on a closely related measure. Derived from laboratory VO2max percentiles (FRIEND registry) converted to run time and calibrated to measured mile times of US Army recruits. Ages 30+ rest on the VO2max age gradient alone.
1.5-mile run standards by age — women
Result needed to beat the given share of all women in each age group.
| Age | 10th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 90th | 95th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-29 | 22:54 | 21:20 | 17:55 | 14:51 | 12:58 | 11:44 | 9:58 |
| 30-39 | 23:57 | 22:45 | 21:30 | 18:40 | 15:19 | 13:44 | 11:30 |
| 40-49 | 24:21 | 23:21 | 22:06 | 20:47 | 17:17 | 15:44 | 13:29 |
| 50-59 | 24:33 | 23:45 | 22:48 | 21:43 | 20:35 | 18:05 | 14:45 |
| 60-69 | 31:21 | 24:38 | 23:40 | 22:41 | 21:43 | 21:11 | 19:21 |
Derived — converted from real data on a closely related measure. Derived from laboratory VO2max percentiles (FRIEND registry) converted to run time and calibrated to measured mile times of US Army recruits. Ages 30+ rest on the VO2max age gradient alone.
1.5-mile run — NCAA Division I athletes
Pooled across sports with published testing data, weighted by the number of D1 athletes in each sport.
| 10th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 90th | 95th | 99th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 12:52 | 10:52 | 9:40 | 8:41 | 7:45 | 7:05 | 6:13 |
| Women | 12:18 | 11:22 | 10:24 | 9:25 | 8:22 | 7:53 | 7:13 |
Men: Modeled — estimated from indirect evidence; treat as an informed estimate. Distance runners come from the complete 2024 D1 1500 m performance lists. Every other sport is converted from published D1 VO2max testing — college teams almost never publish timed-mile results. Mile times are scaled to 1.5 miles with the Riegel endurance formula.
Women: Modeled — estimated from indirect evidence; treat as an informed estimate. Distance runners come from the complete 2024 D1 1500 m performance lists. Every other sport is converted from published D1 VO2max testing — college teams almost never publish timed-mile results. Mile times are scaled to 1.5 miles with the Riegel endurance formula.
1.5-mile run questions
What is a good 1.5-mile run for a 30-year-old man?
For a 30-year-old man of median US size (179 lb), 15:19 beats half of them, 12:35 reaches the 75th percentile, and 11:03 reaches the 90th of all men that age. The calculator adjusts these for your own bodyweight where the evidence supports it.
What is a good 1.5-mile run for a 30-year-old woman?
For a 30-year-old woman of median US size (153 lb), 20:08 beats half of them, 16:51 reaches the 75th percentile, and 14:07 reaches the 90th of all women that age. The calculator adjusts these for your own bodyweight where the evidence supports it.
How does that compare with D1 athletes?
Division I is a different population: our estimated median NCAA Division I man is at 9:40, which would be the 96th percentile among all men aged 18-29; and our estimated median NCAA Division I woman is at 10:24, which would be the 98th percentile among all women aged 18-29. The D1 comparison is raw — no age or size adjustment — so it is you against the athletes as they are.
How accurate are these 1.5-mile run percentiles?
Derived — converted from real data on a closely related measure. Derived from laboratory VO2max percentiles (FRIEND registry) converted to run time and calibrated to measured mile times of US Army recruits. Ages 30+ rest on the VO2max age gradient alone. Modeled percentiles have no validated error margin. Results past the 99th percentile are shown as 99+ because the data cannot support more precision.
Related
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- TFRRS. NCAA Division I outdoor track & field performance lists, 2024.