Pace Converter

By Suraj GiriUpdated 24 September 2026

This page converts a pace from one unit into another. Every value passes through the second per metre, the SI unit pace is held in, and pace stays pace: a unit only converts inside its own dimension.

How do you convert a running pace between minutes per kilometre and minutes per mile?

Pick the unit you have, pick the unit you want, and type the value. The page multiplies by the factor between the two and prints the arithmetic under the result, so the answer and the working are the same object.

1. Choose the unit your value is in. This page opens on the minute per kilometre.
2. Choose the unit you want it in. This page opens on the minute per mile.
3. Type the value, or the value with its units, such as 6:00 min/km to min/mi. The result and the factor behind it appear together.
4. Read the working. It converts into the second per metre first and out again, which is the same two lines you would write by hand.

Pace is time per distance, the reciprocal of speed, so for km/h, mph or any other quantity, pick its page on the unit converter for every quantity.

Pace Conversion Table

One row per unit this page offers, each measured against the second per metre. The last column says whether the factor is a definition or a reading of one.

Worked Examples

The question the bank ranked highest for this page, answered with the working.

Where These Factors Come From

Every factor above is read from the knowledge base rather than typed for the page, and every result is worked from those factors. These are the statements it holds for pace.

• Pace is time per distance and speed is distance per time, so each is the reciprocal of the other. A pace of 5 min/km is a speed of 12 km/h, because 60 / 5 = 12.
• pace in minutes per kilometre, relation to speed speed in km/h = 60 / pace in min/km
• pace in minutes per mile, relation to speed speed in mph = 60 / pace in min/mi
• pace in minutes per kilometre, relation to minutes per mile pace in min/mi = pace in min/km x 1.609344
• How this page reports a result result as minutes and seconds per unit distance, mm:ss

Why Does Pace Divide Instead of Multiply?

Pace is time per distance and speed is distance per time, so the two are reciprocals rather than multiples. Turning one into the other divides instead of multiplying, which is why a faster runner shows a lower pace and a higher speed.

• A decimal pace is not minutes and seconds. The part after the point is a fraction of a minute, which is why this page writes pace as mm:ss.
• Pace and speed are reciprocals, so a faster runner has a smaller pace. Multiplying a pace by a speed factor gives a figure that means nothing.

The rule behind this factor is the same for every unit - which way round the factor goes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Related Conversions

• Speed sits in the same measurement group as pace - convert a speed between kilometres per hour and miles per hour.
• If you are measuring length rather than pace, convert a race distance between kilometres and miles instead.
• If you are measuring time rather than pace, convert a finish time between minutes and hours instead.
• If you are measuring energy rather than pace, convert energy between kilocalories and kilojoules instead.
• Mass sits in the same measurement group as pace - mass in kilograms, pounds, ounces and stone.
• If you are measuring temperature rather than pace, convert a temperature reading from Fahrenheit to Celsius instead.

The rest of the family sits on every measurement family in one place.