Army Fitness Test (AFT) Calculator

The Army Fitness Test (AFT) replaced the Army Combat Fitness Test on June 1, 2025, and it's now the standard the U.S. Army uses to measure physical readiness. If you're getting ready for a record test, planning a PT cycle, or just curious where you stand, plug in your numbers for the five events and this calculator works out your total points and whether you pass.

What is the Army Fitness Test?

Five events make up the test, each scored from 0 to 100 points based on your sex and age group. Together they measure strength, muscular endurance, anaerobic power, and aerobic capacity:

Event	Abbreviation	Protocol / Description	Focus Area
3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift	MDL	The heaviest weight you can lift for three reps on a hex bar.	Strength
Hand Release Push-Up	HRP	As many hand-release push-ups as you can finish in two minutes.	Upper body endurance
Sprint-Drag-Carry	SDC	Five 50-meter shuttles run back to back: sprint, sled drag, lateral shuffle, kettlebell carry, sprint.	Anaerobic power
Plank	PLK	Hold a proper plank for as long as you can.	Core strength and endurance
Two-Mile Run	2MR	Two miles for time on a flat course. Soldiers with approved profiles can substitute a 2.5-mile walk, 12 km bike, 1 km swim, or 5 km row.	Aerobic endurance

Scoring tables run across ten age brackets, from 17 to 21 all the way up to 62 and over. For 21 designated combat MOSs the AFT uses a single sex-neutral standard requiring 350 total points with no event below 60. Everyone else (combat enabling specialties and general population) uses sex- and age-normed tables with a 300-point minimum.

How to use this calculator

Pick your sex and age. Those two values decide which scoring table the rest of your inputs run against.
Put in your MDL: the heaviest weight you finished three reps with.
Add your HRP rep count from the two-minute set.
Enter your SDC and plank times in minutes and seconds.
Choose your aerobic event and put in your finishing time.
Points for each event, your total, and the pass/fail show up as you type.

Understanding the scoring system

Each event runs on a 0 to 100 scale. Your age slots into one of ten brackets (17-21, 22-26, 27-31, 32-36, 37-41, 42-46, 47-51, 52-56, 57-61, 62 and over), and the table for that bracket and your sex produces the points for whatever you posted.

A worked example: a 25-year-old male who deadlifts 300 lbs picks up 91 MDL points. The same 300 lbs from a 25-year-old female maxes the table at 100 points. The exception is combat MOSs, where there's one sex-neutral table and 300 lbs is 300 lbs regardless of who lifted it.

The two-mile run is the only aerobic event scored on the full 0 to 100 scale. The alternates (walk, bike, swim, row) are pass/fail: hit the time standard for your bracket and you pick up 60 points; miss it and you get zero.

Add the five event scores and you have your total. General standard is 300 points. Combat MOSs need 350, with no single event below 60. The Army has held off on tying administrative consequences to AFT results until January 1, 2026.

The five events, in detail

MDL is the strength event. Working weights run from 60 lbs on the easy end up past 340 lbs for max points in the younger male brackets. You get two attempts at a working weight.

HRP isn't a standard push-up. After you press up at the top, your hands come off the deck and your arms extend out to a T position before they come back under your shoulders for the next rep. Body stays straight from head to heels the whole time.

SDC covers 250 meters total: a sprint, a 90-pound sled drag, a lateral shuffle, a carry with two 40-pound kettlebells, and a sprint home. Five 50-meter shuttles back to back, no rest in between.

Plank is forearm position only. Body in a straight line, forearms and toes the only contact with the ground. Graders give one verbal warning for form breaks before they call you off.

The two-mile run goes off on a flat, measured course. If a profile keeps you off the run, the alternate events fill in, but they top out at 60 points instead of 100.

Tips for a higher score

Train all five events, not just the two you're already good at. The total is what gets graded.
Practice the actual HRP movement. A T-position hand release feels nothing like a standard push-up on test day if you've never drilled it.
For the SDC, drill the transitions. Most of the seconds you lose are in the handoffs between sprint, drag, and carry, not in the legs themselves.
For the plank, train accessory core work: side bridges, dead bugs, hollow holds. Long-duration plank holds alone don't carry over as well as people think.
Run your real numbers through this calculator after every training block. It's the fastest way to find the event that's pulling your total down.

Disclaimer

These results are estimates based on the publicly available AFT scoring tables. Your official score comes from trained graders at an administered test, and there's no substitute for that. For authoritative guidance, talk to your unit's Master Fitness Trainer or check the Army's official AFT resources. And as with any new fitness program, run it past a healthcare professional first.

Frequently asked questions

What is the minimum passing score for the AFT?

Three hundred total points for the general standard. Combat MOSs need 350, with no individual event scoring under 60.

What happened to the Standing Power Throw?

It got cut. A RAND analysis flagged it as too technical and too easy to hurt yourself on, so the test dropped from six events to the current five.

Can I use an alternate aerobic event instead of the 2-Mile Run?

Only with an approved profile. The alternates are a 2.5-mile walk, 12 km bike, 1 km swim, or 5 km row, and all of them are pass/fail at 60 points instead of the 0 to 100 scale the run uses.

What does sex-neutral scoring mean for combat MOSs?

It means one scoring table for the 21 designated combat MOSs, applied the same way whether you're male or female. The tables still adjust for age bracket, but the performance numbers themselves are identical.

When does the AFT officially take effect?

June 1, 2025 was the cutover. Anything administered from that day forward is an AFT. The Army held off on tying administrative consequences to results until January 1, 2026, giving Soldiers time to train under the new standard.