Aft Calculator

Background.

The Army Fitness Test replaced the six-event ACFT in 2025 with five events: the three-repetition maximum deadlift, hand-release push-ups, the sprint-drag-carry, the plank and the two-mile run. Each is scored from 0 to 100 points against official tables, and a soldier's result rests on two separate rules: every event has to reach 60 points, and the five scores together have to reach a minimum total.

That total is where the two standards part ways. Under the general standard it is 300 points, which in practice adds nothing to the event rule, because five scores of 60 already sum to 300. Under the combat standard it is 350, an average of 70 per event, so a soldier who scrapes 60 on everything passes general but falls 50 points short for combat. The extra points can come from any event, so a strong deadlift can carry a middling run.

The event rule cannot be bought back. A soldier with 100 on four events and 59 on the plank totals 459, far above either line, and still falls short, because one event sits below 60. The scoring is also flat: no event counts more than another, and a point earned on the run is worth exactly what a point on push-ups is worth.

What happens here is the tally and the two checks. Weights lifted, repetitions and times are not converted into points; read those from the Army's published scoring scales, using the columns that apply to your age group, sex and the standard you are tested under. Medical profiles and the way a test was administered are outside the page too. The official record, scored by qualified graders, is what counts.

What is aft calculator?

The AFT total is the sum of a soldier's five event scores, each a whole number from 0 to 100, so it runs from 0 to 500. On its own it is not a pass mark. A set of scores meets the general standard when every event reaches at least 60 and the total reaches 300, and meets the combat standard when every event reaches at least 60 and the total reaches 350. The lowest event score is shown alongside because it alone decides the per-event rule.

How to use this calculator.

1. 01Look up each raw result on the official AFT scoring scales: the heaviest successful three-rep deadlift, the count of correct hand-release push-ups, the sprint-drag-carry and plank times, and the two-mile run time.
2. 02Enter the five point values as whole numbers from 0 to 100. Decimals are refused, since the official scales award whole points.
3. 03Choose the general standard or the combat specialty standard. If you are not sure which one your position is held to, ask your unit rather than guessing.
4. 04Read the total, the lowest event score and the result together. A fail with a high total always traces back to the lowest event.

The formula.

Total = deadlift + push-up + sprint-drag-carry + plank + two-mile run, each in points from 0 to 100. The scores meet the chosen standard only if two conditions hold at once: the smallest of the five is at least 60, and the total is at least 300 for the general standard or 350 for the combat standard. Both comparisons are inclusive, so exactly 60 on an event and exactly 350 in total both qualify. Nothing is weighted or rescaled, so every point carries the same value whichever event it comes from. The thresholds are those in the Army's scoring scales effective 1 June 2025. Which input matters most depends on where you stand: below 60 on any event, only that event matters; at 60 or above everywhere, only the total does, and under the combat standard every point above the minimums counts toward the extra 50 needed.

A worked example.

Frequently asked questions.

References& sources.

1. [1]U.S. Army. AFT scoring scales effective 2025-06-01. Official five-event scoring scales and standards. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
2. [2]U.S. National Library of Medicine. PubMed record current 2026-08-06. Indexed derivation and validation literature. Retrieved 2026-08-06.
3. [3]World Health Organization. Patient safety resources current 2026. Clinical decision-support safety context. Retrieved 2026-08-06.