MHMW

Sub-4:00 marathon is 5:41 per km

Pace needed for sub-4:00 marathon

5:41 / km

Per mile
9:09 / mi
Finish time
4:00:00
Distance
42.195 km (26.22 mi)

To run sub-4:00 marathon you need 5:41 per kilometre, or 9:09 per mile, held across the full 42.195 km. The split table below shows the clock time at each kilometre.

Split times for sub-4:00 marathon
DistanceElapsed time
1 km5:41
2 km11:23
3 km17:04
4 km22:45
5 km28:26
6 km34:08
7 km39:49
8 km45:30
9 km51:11
10 km56:53
11 km1:02:34
12 km1:08:15
13 km1:13:57
14 km1:19:38
15 km1:25:19
16 km1:31:00
17 km1:36:42
18 km1:42:23
19 km1:48:04
20 km1:53:45
21 km1:59:27
22 km2:05:08
23 km2:10:49
24 km2:16:31
25 km2:22:12
26 km2:27:53
27 km2:33:34
28 km2:39:16
29 km2:44:57
30 km2:50:38
31 km2:56:19
32 km3:02:01
33 km3:07:42
34 km3:13:23
35 km3:19:05
36 km3:24:46
37 km3:30:27
38 km3:36:08
39 km3:41:50
40 km3:47:31
41 km3:53:12
42 km3:58:53
42.195 km (finish)4:00:00
Even-pace splits. Most runners deliberately run the first kilometre a few seconds slower than target.

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