The table below contains the average race pace for all ages by sex as calculated using 10,000 5k runners in the US in 2010.
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| Age | Men | Women |
| 9 | 11:08:37.3913 | 12:41:40.3448 |
| 10 | 11:03:54.7058 | 12:44:59.2105 |
| 11 | 11:13:29.3333 | 11:42:06.5217 |
| 12 | 10:20:18.9473 | 11:20:48.8000 |
| 13 | 10:22:13.4117 | 11:34:26.9662 |
| 14 | 09:28:23.5135 | 11:31:58.2857 |
| 15 | 09:10:25.3846 | 12:15:41.4705 |
| 16 | 08:47:21.8181 | 11:54:28.8888 |
| 17 | 09:32:06.9565 | 12:06:49.0909 |
| 18 | 09:38:12.9411 | 12:13:57.8571 |
| 19 | 09:59:08.3720 | 11:40:02.1052 |
| 20 | 09:03:13.4693 | 12:06:20.3389 |
| 21 | 09:28:57.4468 | 12:03:15.0000 |
| 22 | 09:53:10.8196 | 11:50:32.8571 |
| 23 | 09:09:15.7377 | 11:28:23.2258 |
| 24 | 09:49:54.8275 | 11:58:05.8208 |
| 25 | 10:08:24.4186 | 11:48:15.1079 |
| 26 | 09:54:06.1224 | 11:52:13.5483 |
| 27 | 09:59:15.8241 | 11:47:21.2903 |
| 28 | 10:16:33.4020 | 11:28:48.0745 |
| 29 | 09:54:15.3658 | 12:02:37.0909 |
| 30 | 09:55:31.4563 | 11:42:32.1290 |
| 31 | 09:48:03.6734 | 12:40:03.4782 |
| 32 | 10:16:41.2844 | 12:53:13.1250 |
| 33 | 10:23:06.1224 | 11:50:14.7761 |
| 34 | 10:13:33.3333 | 12:14:36.0000 |
| 35 | 10:08:45.8181 | 12:01:28.5106 |
| 36 | 11:14:55.2475 | 11:52:37.9746 |
| 37 | 10:31:19.7938 | 12:17:05.4545 |
| 38 | 10:54:04.8648 | 12:03:09.7590 |
| 39 | 10:26:42.5454 | 12:53:00.4000 |
| 40 | 10:44:11.3385 | 12:14:19.0909 |
| 41 | 11:05:43.2432 | 12:25:29.1176 |
| 42 | 10:29:43.9603 | 12:18:00.5128 |
| 43 | 09:44:23.5051 | 12:30:34.2148 |
| 44 | 10:50:40.2439 | 13:22:07.5728 |
| 45 | 10:21:57.6000 | 12:38:12.6315 |
| 46 | 10:54:09.1764 | 12:20:58.3177 |
| 47 | 10:49:29.6202 | 12:48:20.8988 |
| 48 | 10:27:58.6956 | 13:01:09.8823 |
| 49 | 10:58:20.5970 | 12:29:10.1298 |
| 50 | 10:34:34.4000 | 13:32:28.4536 |
| 51 | 11:02:23.0136 | 12:41:28.5000 |
| 52 | 11:00:06.2686 | 13:51:49.5652 |
| 53 | 11:21:49.1666 | 13:34:34.0540 |
| 54 | 10:44:01.8181 | 14:10:01.0169 |
| 55 | 11:34:09.6774 | 14:01:06.9230 |
| 56 | 11:20:12.3287 | 14:41:32.6086 |
| 57 | 12:25:46.7796 | 14:13:38.0769 |
| 58 | 12:58:43.7500 | 14:59:40.0000 |
| 59 | 12:41:12.2448 | 15:31:12.0000 |
| 60 | 11:25:24.2553 | 15:02:42.3529 |
| 61 | 13:01:15.4838 | 15:34:18.7500 |
| 62 | 13:23:12.2727 | 14:01:57.6923 |
| 63 | 12:47:22.9411 | 14:36:48.8888 |
| 64 | 13:23:09.0909 | 16:50:20.7692 |
| 65 | 13:07:21.1764 | 16:46:31.5789 |
| 66 | 11:47:56.0000 | 16:08:17.1428 |
| 67 | 12:30:21.1764 | 15:49:56.8421 |
| 68 | 12:41:50.4000 | 15:28:24.7058 |
| 69 | 12:53:44.2105 | 17:13:36.0000 |
| 70 | 13:52:30.0000 | 17:31:22.5000 |
| 71 | 15:17:20.0000 | 20:35:00.0000 |
| 72 | 18:06:50.0000 | 16:27:00.0000 |
| 73 | 16:15:17.1428 | 19:28:00.0000 |
| 74 | 16:30:13.3333 | 17:15:40.0000 |
| 75 | 13:59:06.6666 | 19:30:00.0000 |
| 76 | 13:06:15.0000 | |
| 77 | 15:35:40.0000 | 19:24:00.0000 |
| 78 | 16:46:12.0000 | 15:24:30.0000 |
| 79 | 10:08:00.0000 | 10:36:00.0000 |
| 80 | 15:44:00.0000 | |
| 81 | 12:17:00.0000 | |
| 82 | 14:38:00.0000 | 14:00:00.0000 |
| 83 | 14:06:00.0000 | |
| 84 | ||
| 85 | 18:38:30.0000 | 20:55:00.0000 |