7:46
/km · 7.73 km/h
7:46 per km — marathon in 5:27:43, 7.73 km/h
Running 7:46 per kilometre is 7.73 km/h. Hold it and the half comes in at 2:43:51, the marathon at 5:27:43.
Finish times
These assume you hold the pace from gun to tape. Most runners drift slower in the second half, so leave a margin when setting a target.
- 5K
- 38:50
- 10K
- 1:17:40
- Half
- 2:43:51
- Marathon
- 5:27:43
- Speed
- 7.73 km/h
- Metres per second
- 2.146 m/s
- Pace per mile
- 12:30
- One lap (400 m)
- 3:06
What this pace breaks
The cut-offs are tighter than they look: a sub-4 marathon needs 5:41 per kilometre, and one second slower puts you over four hours.
sub-20 min 5K · nosub-25 min 5K · nosub-30 min 5K · nosub-50 min 10K · nosub-60 min 10K · nosub-100 min Half · nosub-2h Half · nosub-3h Marathon · nosub-3:30h Marathon · nosub-4h Marathon · nosub-5h Marathon · no
Nearby paces
The half and the full are not round numbers
A marathon is 42.195 km and a half is 21.0975 km. Rounding to 42 km costs you about a minute at a 5:00 pace — small, but enough to miss a target.
How to read this
- Pace is the time for one kilometre, so a smaller number means faster.
- To get speed, divide 3600 by the pace in seconds: 300 s gives 12 km/h.
- A finish time is simply the pace multiplied by the distance.
- Mile pace is kilometre pace times 1.609344.
Frequently asked questions
Q. What marathon time does 7:46 per km give?
5:27:43. The half comes in at 2:43:51, the 10K at 1:17:40 and the 5K at 38:50.
Q. How fast is 7:46 per km in km/h?
7.73 km/h, or 2.146 metres per second.
Q. What is that per mile?
12:30, because a mile is 1.609344 km.
Q. And one lap of the track?
3:06 for 400 m.