Pace reference

6:25 per km pace

6:25 min/km is a steady, conversational pace for a lot of runners — often exactly where easy runs should sit. Here’s what it does over every distance, in plain maths — then the harder question of when to run it.

6:25 per km 5.8mph
Speed
9.4 km/h
Per mile
10:20
Treadmill
5.8 / 9.4
Even splits at 6:25 /km
1 km6:25
2 kms12:50
3 kms19:15
4 kms25:40
5 kms32:05
6 kms38:30
7 kms44:55
8 kms51:20
9 kms57:45
10 kms1:04:10

Race times at 6:25 per km

Every finish below assumes you hold 6:25 /km evenly the whole way — a useful yardstick, not a prediction. Real races fade; the pace calculator does the Riegel-adjusted version from a race you’ve actually run.

DistanceFinish timePace /mi
Mile 10:20 10:20
5K 32:05 10:20
10K 1:04:10 10:20
15K 1:36:15 10:20
Half marathon 2:15:23 10:20
Marathon 4:30:45 10:20

Is 6:25 per km a good pace?

Honestly, the number matters less than the day it lands on. 6:25 /km is a steady, conversational pace for a lot of runners — often exactly where easy runs should sit. If it’s your goal-race pace, most of your training should happen slower than this — the fastest way to a faster race is a pile of easy kilometres and a handful of hard ones, run on the right days. If it already feels easy, it’s a fine cruising pace to build your base on.

A pace chart can tell you the maths. It can’t tell you whether today is a day to hit it — that depends on your sleep, your legs, and the runs already behind you. That gap is exactly what Liftrun was built to close.

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