two mile pace and finish time calculator

The two mile is 3218.688 metres — 3.219 km, or 2.000 miles. Enter a pace and this gives the finish time, or work backwards from a target.

Pace, minutes per km

Plus seconds

Or a target time, hours

Target minutes

Finish time

0:15:27

= Exact two mile pace

Show the working

Pace, minutes per km = 4.8
Plus seconds = 0
Or a target time, hours = 0
Target minutes = 0
distance_m = 3218.688 = 3218.69
distance_km = 3218.69 / 1000 = 3.218 69
Pace per kilometre = 4.8 * 60 + 0 = 288
Finish time = 288 * 3.218 69 = 926.982
Speed = 288 > 0 ? 3600 / 288 : 0 = 12.5
Speed in metres per second = 12.5 / 3.6 = 3.472 22
Pace per mile = 288 * 1.609344 = 463.491
target_seconds = 0 * 3600 + 0 * 60 = 0
Pace needed for the target time = 3.218 69 > 0 && 0 > 0 ? 0 / 3.218 69 : 0 = 0
Halfway split = 926.982 / 2 = 463.491
Quarter split = 926.982 / 4 = 231.746
Pace per 400 m lap = 288 * 0.4 = 115.2
Track laps = 3218.69 / 400 = 8.046 72

Values are shown to six significant figures here; the arithmetic itself runs on exact fractions and is only rounded where a number is printed.

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The formula

Splits assume an even pace. Most runners are better served by starting slightly slower than target and finishing faster.

The mile is exactly 1609.344 m, so the pace conversion here is exact rather than rounded.

3218.688 metres, which is 3.219 km or 2.000 miles.

Divide the target time by the distance in kilometres. The calculator does it in the "pace needed" row.