MARATHON · 42.195 KM · 26.2188 MI

Marathon pace chart

A marathon is 42.195 km (26.2188 miles), so your pace is the goal time divided by that distance. A 4:00:00 marathon needs an average of 9:09 per mile (5:41 per km), a 3:30:00 is 8:01 per mile (4:59 per km) and a 5:00:00 is 11:27 per mile (7:07 per km). The chart covers every 5 minutes from 2:00:00 to 6:30:00, and each row opens exact splits for that goal.

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By Rai Ansar · Updated 24 September 2026 · Tables generated by this site's calculator and verified by independent automated calculation checks. How pages are made

What most marathon pace charts leave out

We read the top 5 US and UK results for “marathon pace chart” on 24 September 2026. None shows the last 0.2188 miles as its own split, none gives 5 km timing-mat splits for the whole race, and one lists 9:10 per mile for a sub-4 marathon, which finishes in 4:00:20. For a 4:00:00 goal, the final stretch after mile 26 takes 2:00. Leave it out and your mile-26 target is two minutes off.

Paces that actually finish under the goal

Rounded paces can land a few seconds over a round-number goal. These are the slowest whole-second paces that still get under it.

Slowest whole-second pace that still finishes under each goal
Under	/mi	Finish	/km	Finish
3:00:00	6:51	2:59:35	4:15	2:59:19
3:30:00	8:00	3:29:45	4:58	3:29:34
4:00:00	9:09	3:59:54	5:41	3:59:48
4:30:00	10:17	4:29:36	6:23	4:29:20
5:00:00	11:26	4:59:46	7:06	4:59:35

Marathon pace chart, 2:00:00 to 6:30:00

Paces are rounded to the nearest second. The halfway split is exactly half the goal time at even pace. Select a goal time for its splits every mile, every km or every 5 km.

Marathon pace chart: goal time, pace per mile, pace per km and halfway time (42.195 km). Select a goal for its full splits.
Goal	Pace /mi	Pace /km	Halfway
2:00:00	4:35	2:51	1:00:00
2:05:00	4:46	2:58	1:02:30
2:10:00	4:57	3:05	1:05:00
2:15:00	5:09	3:12	1:07:30
2:20:00	5:20	3:19	1:10:00
2:25:00	5:32	3:26	1:12:30
2:30:00	5:43	3:33	1:15:00
2:35:00	5:55	3:40	1:17:30
2:40:00	6:06	3:48	1:20:00
2:45:00	6:18	3:55	1:22:30
2:50:00	6:29	4:02	1:25:00
2:55:00	6:40	4:09	1:27:30
3:00:00	6:52	4:16	1:30:00
3:05:00	7:03	4:23	1:32:30
3:10:00	7:15	4:30	1:35:00
3:15:00	7:26	4:37	1:37:30
3:20:00	7:38	4:44	1:40:00
3:25:00	7:49	4:52	1:42:30
3:30:00	8:01	4:59	1:45:00
3:35:00	8:12	5:06	1:47:30
3:40:00	8:23	5:13	1:50:00
3:45:00	8:35	5:20	1:52:30
3:50:00	8:46	5:27	1:55:00
3:55:00	8:58	5:34	1:57:30
4:00:00	9:09	5:41	2:00:00
4:05:00	9:21	5:48	2:02:30
4:10:00	9:32	5:55	2:05:00
4:15:00	9:44	6:03	2:07:30
4:20:00	9:55	6:10	2:10:00
4:25:00	10:06	6:17	2:12:30
4:30:00	10:18	6:24	2:15:00
4:35:00	10:29	6:31	2:17:30
4:40:00	10:41	6:38	2:20:00
4:45:00	10:52	6:45	2:22:30
4:50:00	11:04	6:52	2:25:00
4:55:00	11:15	6:59	2:27:30
5:00:00	11:27	7:07	2:30:00
5:05:00	11:38	7:14	2:32:30
5:10:00	11:49	7:21	2:35:00
5:15:00	12:01	7:28	2:37:30
5:20:00	12:12	7:35	2:40:00
5:25:00	12:24	7:42	2:42:30
5:30:00	12:35	7:49	2:45:00
5:35:00	12:47	7:56	2:47:30
5:40:00	12:58	8:03	2:50:00
5:45:00	13:10	8:11	2:52:30
5:50:00	13:21	8:18	2:55:00
5:55:00	13:32	8:25	2:57:30
6:00:00	13:44	8:32	3:00:00
6:05:00	13:55	8:39	3:02:30
6:10:00	14:07	8:46	3:05:00
6:15:00	14:18	8:53	3:07:30
6:20:00	14:30	9:00	3:10:00
6:25:00	14:41	9:07	3:12:30
6:30:00	14:52	9:15	3:15:00

Exact splits for a 4:00:00 marathon

Every mile and every 5 km timing mat, with the finish as the last row. Each segment is a whole number of seconds and every checkpoint is within half a second of the exact even-pace time, so the list ends on 4:00:00, not a second either side. The last row covers 0.2188 mi.

4:00:00 Marathon, even pace, split every 5 km
Checkpoint	Segment	Pace /km	Elapsed
5 km	0:28:26	5:41	0:28:26
10 km	0:28:27	5:41	0:56:53
15 km	0:28:26	5:41	1:25:19
20 km	0:28:26	5:41	1:53:45
25 km	0:28:27	5:41	2:22:12
30 km	0:28:26	5:41	2:50:38
35 km	0:28:27	5:41	3:19:05
40 km	0:28:26	5:41	3:47:31
Marathon (42.195 km)	0:12:29	5:41	4:00:00

4:00:00 Marathon, even pace, split every mile
Checkpoint	Segment	Pace /mi	Elapsed
Mile 1	0:09:09	9:09	0:09:09
Mile 2	0:09:09	9:09	0:18:18
Mile 3	0:09:10	9:10	0:27:28
Mile 4	0:09:09	9:09	0:36:37
Mile 5	0:09:09	9:09	0:45:46
Mile 6	0:09:09	9:09	0:54:55
Mile 7	0:09:10	9:10	1:04:05
Mile 8	0:09:09	9:09	1:13:14
Mile 9	0:09:09	9:09	1:22:23
Mile 10	0:09:09	9:09	1:31:32
Mile 11	0:09:09	9:09	1:40:41
Mile 12	0:09:10	9:10	1:49:51
Mile 13	0:09:09	9:09	1:59:00
Mile 14	0:09:09	9:09	2:08:09
Mile 15	0:09:09	9:09	2:17:18
Mile 16	0:09:10	9:10	2:26:28
Mile 17	0:09:09	9:09	2:35:37
Mile 18	0:09:09	9:09	2:44:46
Mile 19	0:09:09	9:09	2:53:55
Mile 20	0:09:10	9:10	3:03:05
Mile 21	0:09:09	9:09	3:12:14
Mile 22	0:09:09	9:09	3:21:23
Mile 23	0:09:09	9:09	3:30:32
Mile 24	0:09:09	9:09	3:39:41
Mile 25	0:09:10	9:10	3:48:51
Mile 26	0:09:09	9:09	3:58:00
Marathon (26.22 mi)	0:02:00	9:09	4:00:00

Why 42.195 km, not 42 km or 26.2 miles

The marathon is 26 miles 385 yards. Rounding it to 26.2 miles drops 0.0188 mi (30 m), which is about 10 seconds at 4-hour pace; rounding to 42 km drops 195 m, which is over a minute. Courses are certified on the shortest possible route, so your watch will usually show a longer distance. Use the elapsed time at the mile or kilometre markers to pace yourself.

Print the chart or a pace band

Print this page with your browser (Ctrl+P or Cmd+P): menus drop out and the tables print. For a strip to wear on race day, the printable pace band puts your splits on a 40 × 240 mm band with a 50 mm ruler to check the print scale. Planning to use run/walk intervals or run a negative split? Use the marathon split calculator.

Sources

World Athletics: marathon: 26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km).
NIST: unit conversion factors: 1 mile = 1.609344 km exactly.
USATF: position on GPS used by runners: GPS usually reads longer than a certified course.

Last checked 24 September 2026.