Real signee marks · 2025-26 signing class

Boys 400m: what colleges recruit your time?

Pick the time closest to yours. Each page lists the college programs whose typical 400m signee ran that mark, and shows where it sits against the D1, D2, D3 and NAIA signing classes.

n = 1,834 boys 400m marks across 183 programs with a printable median, 2025-26 signing class. trackbeast.com

400m time	Programs signing around it	At or ahead of the median signee at
48	17	176 of 183 programs
49	40	166 of 183 programs
50	54	136 of 183 programs
51	61	112 of 183 programs
52	67	75 of 183 programs
53	52	45 of 183 programs
54	28	24 of 183 programs
55	10	17 of 183 programs

The median 400m signee at each level

49.42

509 marks

51.32

455 marks

52.72

579 marks

NAIA

52.59

291 marks

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