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Half of Open men finish the 1,000 m row in under 4:53, half of Open women in under 5:30. The fastest 10% are under 4:25 and 4:58.

1,000 m station 5 of 8 between Run 5 and Run 6 1,338,606 finishes · all seasons

How long it takes, by division · all seasons

Some standards changed over the years, so older times aren’t always comparable.

Singles

Top 10%MedianFinishes

Open · Men

4:25 4:53 353,794

Open · Women

4:58 5:30 193,751

Pro · Men

4:11 4:34 68,809

Pro · Women

4:40 5:05 30,812

Doubles

Top 10%MedianFinishes

Doubles · Men

4:06 4:31 204,682

Doubles · Women

4:44 5:12 208,109

Doubles · Mixed

4:18 4:47 217,022

Pro Doubles · Men

3:55 4:16 38,728

Pro Doubles · Women

4:28 4:53 22,564

Pro Doubles · Mixed

4:05 4:21 335

Middle half Middle 80% Median

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Season by season · median row, lower is faster

4:30 5:00 5:30 6:00 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9* Open · Men · season 1: median 4:55 Open · Men · season 2: median 4:59 Open · Men · season 3: median 5:05 Open · Men · season 4: median 4:49 Open · Men · season 5: median 4:48 Open · Men · season 6: median 4:51 Open · Men · season 7: median 4:48 Open · Men · season 8: median 4:54 Open · Men · season 9 (in progress): median 5:01 Men 5:01 Open · Women · season 1: median 5:27 Open · Women · season 2: median 5:35 Open · Women · season 3: median 5:49 Open · Women · season 4: median 5:21 Open · Women · season 5: median 5:23 Open · Women · season 6: median 5:26 Open · Women · season 7: median 5:24 Open · Women · season 8: median 5:32 Open · Women · season 9 (in progress): median 5:38 Women 5:38

Men Women * season in progress

The field grew from 4,819 finishes in season 1 to 744,286 at its peak, so a shift in the median says as much about who races as about how fast.

Where your row time puts you

Percentile

Open Men Women
Top 1% 4:09 4:40
Top 5% 4:19 4:52
Top 10% 4:25 4:58
Top 25% 4:37 5:12
Median 4:53 5:30
Bottom 25% 5:14 5:53
Bottom 10% 5:38 6:21

Share of the field under

3:00 0% 0%
4:00 0% 0%
5:00 59% 11%
6:00 96% 80%
7:00 99% 97%

By finish time · Open · Men

Athletes finishing in 3:20–3:30 spend 2:30 longer on the row than those finishing in 0:50–1:00.

FinishRowOf race
0:50–1:00
4:12 7.6%
1:00–1:10
4:22 6.7%
1:10–1:20
4:37 6.2%
1:20–1:30
4:47 5.6%
1:30–1:40
5:02 5.3%
1:40–1:50
5:12 5%
1:50–2:00
5:27 4.7%
2:00–2:10
5:37 4.5%
2:10–2:20
5:47 4.3%
2:20–2:30
5:57 4.1%
2:30–2:40
6:02 3.9%
2:40–2:50
6:12 3.8%
2:50–3:00
6:17 3.6%
3:00–3:10
6:27 3.5%
3:10–3:20
6:32 3.4%
3:20–3:30
6:42 3.3%

By age · Open median

16-24
4:52 5:27
25-29
4:52 5:27
30-34
4:52 5:27
35-39
4:52 5:32
40-44
4:57 5:32
45-49
4:57 5:37
50-54
5:02 5:42
55-59
5:07 5:47
60-64
5:12 5:47
65-69
5:22 6:07
70-74
5:32 6:17

Men Women

Against the other stations · Open men median

1 SkiErg
4:33 2 Sled push
3:03 3 Sled pull
4:57 4 Burpee broad jump
5:35 5 Row
4:53 6 Farmers carry
2:11 7 Sandbag lunges
5:18 8 Wall balls
6:58

Which races ran it slow · Open · Men · season 9

Based on athletes who also raced elsewhere that season, so a strong or weak field doesn’t skew it. It describes that race, not the venue in general.

Slower than their other races

Geneva
+11 s 823 raced elsewhere
Tenerife
+9 s 386 raced elsewhere
Rome
+7 s 1,488 raced elsewhere
Salt Lake City
+5 s 381 raced elsewhere
Oslo
+4 s 484 raced elsewhere

Quicker than their other races

Istanbul
−9 s 320 raced elsewhere
Cape Town
−8 s 214 raced elsewhere
Beijing
−7 s 541 raced elsewhere
Valencia
−6 s 667 raced elsewhere
Sydney
−5 s 1,006 raced elsewhere

The fastest 1%

1 in 100 Open men finishes in under 4:09.

Open

Men
under 4:09 3,537 of 353,794
Women
under 4:40 1,937 of 193,751

Pro

Men
under 3:56 688 of 68,809
Women
under 4:24 308 of 30,812

Doubles

Men
under 3:51 2,046 of 204,682
Women
under 4:25 2,081 of 208,109
Mixed
under 4:00 2,170 of 217,022

Pro Doubles

Men
under 3:40 387 of 38,728
Women
under 4:12 225 of 22,564
Mixed
under 3:53 3 of 335

Timed mat to mat. Walking in and out counts as roxzone. Splits under 2:30 are timing errors and left out.

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