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breaking2 Equivalent Performances

Here are the equivalent performances for men and women between the ages of 35 and 100.

  • Hi David, the AG table (and AG calculator in the spreadsheet) on this site uses the same WMA age-grading factors that are used on Howard Grubb’s site. The chart above provides age-graded equivalents to a 2:00.00 performance for a 40-year-old male. So a 2:21.27 at age 59 is the age-graded equivalent of a 2:00.00 at age 40, while a 2:28.61 at age 59 is the age-graded equivalent of a 2:00.00 between the ages of 22 and 34 (the factors in the table are set at 1.00 in that age range).

    Working in the table on HG’s site – Enter ‘800m’ in the ‘Distance’ field, enter ’40’ in the ‘Age’ field, enter 2:00.00 in the ‘Time/Distance/Height’ field, and press the ‘Age-Grade’ button. You will see that the ‘Age-Performance %’ is 88.65 and the ‘Age-Graded Result’ is 1:54.06. Now change the ‘Age’ field to ’59’ and press the ‘Result’ button. You will see that the ‘Age-Graded Result’ and ‘Age-Performance %’ stay the same, but the ‘Time/Distance/Height’ field is now 2:21.26.

    Target 2:28 if you think that’s more realistic, but don’t give up on 2:21 because you never know … either of those times are great for age 59!

    Please feel free to reach out with any additional questions or feedback.

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