What's a good mile time for a fit 20-something male who's not a runner?

6:30

I would say around 6:00

"Fit" doesn't mean anything without context. What activities do you engage in that make you fit? There are different kinds of fitness and many levels within each.

really depends on your body type, height and weight, but as a general rule sub-6:00 is actually "running" whereas slower than that trends towards "jogging"

if you can run anywhere near 6:00 without any real training it's very impressive, though many on this board are so delusional they think like half the male population is capable of 4:30 or faster if they trained for it, which is absurd

If ur a swimmer, cyclist, or other endurance athlete then probably like 5:00-5:30. If you're a soccer player or something, then 5:20-5:40. American football or other similar sport 6:00-6:30ish. General fit, then ig 6:30

Lifting and sprinting. I was a sub-11 100m guy in HS but I think my mile time would be pretty trash

Probably 5:45-5:20 would be good if you're fit and used to run sub 11 and do some sprinting still

7-8 minutes depending on what type of “fit” you are.

5:50

6 minutes probably.

Elite decathletes are probably the absolute peak of 'sprinter/lifter who also trains to run a fast mile' and depending on body type those guys would mostly be somewhere around a 5 minute mile (4:40 1500). If you're not 100% dedicated to training you'd be doing well to get within a minute of that.

It depends on what level he is at. Somebody saying 'fit' could be a guy who works out at the gym 3 times a week and occasionally bikes, or a pro soccer player. The former is undeniably 'fit' compared to even the average 20 year old American.

A professional soccer player could probably run a mile between 5:00 and 5:30, but a guy who plays soccer as a hobby might not be able to break 7 minutes.

Look at most Parkrun results. Nearly all the guys breaking 20 minutes belong to running clubs. I do often read of a boxer or such jumping into a Parkrun and running 18 minutes, but they are usually professionals or top amateurs, not just some 'fit' guy who takes boxing classes once or twice a week.

"Good" is in the eye of the beholder.

If you're a male in your 20s, then anything outside 5:00 isn't good to me. Others will disagree, however.

If you were really a sub 11 FAT 100 meter runner you have no business running or training for the mile. If you want to work on your aerobic conditioning, get a road bike or indoor smart trainer. Sprinters/ fast twitch guys do way better and get more fitness out of cycling than they do running. Good luck-

Looking at my city's corporate challenge results for the mile run. I would assume that somewhere around finishing 2/3 of the way to last place represents "fit 20-somethings" who are not runners, but wanted to jump into the race. That mile time range is roughly 6:20-6:45.

There's also a lot of guys running around 7:30, and I don't recall seeing anyone looking particularly out of shape, so I think an untrained mile is mainly going to be a test of your running genetics. I would say with 90% confidence that you would run between 6:00-8:00.

I thought Parkruns stopped keeping times.

"Jogging" is a biomechanical motion, not a pace. Jogging is when the body is moving as much up & down as it is moving forward.

Pace and jogging only relate the way amplitude and frequency relate.

This means a person could be jogging 6:30 pace or hammering 6:30 pace flat out. It depends on how they are running.

4:30

What if LeBron busted out a 5:05? That wouldn't impress you? What about watching Victor Wembanyama do it?

It is all about body-type. If a NFL linebacker ran a 5:30 mile it would look awesome. If a running nerd ran 4:59, it would look a lot less awesome.

A greyhound running a 4 flat mile isn't impressive. But if a gorilla did it, then we'd be losing our minds. It depends on the body you are working with.

somewhere between 6:00 and 6:30.