v = d ÷ t

Speed, distance and time calculator

Leave exactly one field empty. The page computes it and reports the answer in m/s and km/h, with a pace figure when speed is known.

Short answer: 5,000 m in 1,500 s is 3.333 m/s, which is 12 km/h — a pace of 5 minutes per kilometre. Enter a speed of 10 m/s over 60 s for a distance of 600 m.

Keeping the units straight

The page works in SI units internally: metres and seconds. km/h and minutes per kilometre are then computed for reading, so a conversion is never a step you can skip by accident. That is the mistake behind most "my speed is wrong" complaints.

Worked example

A train covers 240 km in 3 hours: 80 km/h, which is 22.22 m/s. In the page, enter 240,000 m and 10,800 s — the same journey expressed in SI — and the derived km/h row confirms the 80 you expect.

Speed questions

What is the formula?

v = d ÷ t, and rearranged: distance = speed × time, time = distance ÷ speed. Units must match — metres with seconds, or kilometres with hours — which is the usual source of a wrong answer.

How is the pace calculated?

Pace is 60 ÷ speed in km/h, giving minutes per kilometre. A 5 km run in 25 minutes is 12 km/h, which is a pace of 5 minutes per kilometre — the figure runners actually train against.

Why does it insist on exactly two values?

One value cannot determine the other two: a distance of 5 km could take 15 minutes or an hour. Three values may also contradict each other, so the page asks for two rather than silently ignoring one.

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