What's a good 400m time for a 5 or 6 year old?

My six year old boy runs in a kids series every spring and fall and his current age group runs the 1/4 mile. The winning time (same kid, not my son) is right around 1:30. It is impressive and very cool to see kids that young running that fast for that distance.

You're not in Memphis by any chance are you? I ask because this group does Spring and Fall as well.

This particular kid I can tell is just going to utterly dominate every sport throughout elementary and middle schools. I'm just trying to imagine him on the field playing flag football or something and no one else could touch him. The coaches couldn't touch him.

I’m up in the Northeast (Delaware). I agree that the kids leading the pack are well on their way to succeeding in basically any sport they try. While my son is a ways off the front he is getting inspired to try harder watching the faster kids. He’s already way ahead of where I was at his age.

My youngest's PR in the 400 his 6U year was a 1:18. He started the year off in the 1:30 but his last 3 times were 1:18, 1:19, and 1:20. Today he's in 10U and runs a 1:01.02

Well, I hope you are not forcing it on him. But many kids love to run.

Full disclosure, I do to a degree. My youngest plays Tackle Football, Baseball, and Basketball; and he’s kind of tall for his age. When he first started at 5 he decided to do it along with his 2 older brothers. It helped a lot because it allowed him burn off excess energy, helped him focus through his attention deficit issues, and just kept him healthy. After a year or so we realized he was competitive and that it helped him consolidate after growth spurts, so he was never that awkward goofy tall kid that can’t handle his body. So now it’s mandatory as training for all his other sports. Beyond that it’s money for college since my boys are talented in it. (My 13 year old ran a 49.1 in the 400 in the 7th grade which is almost fast enough to go D1 in college track.)

So this is your son then?