Acft Grading Calculator

If you searched for an ACFT grading calculator, here is the first thing you need to know: the Army replaced the six-event Army Combat Fitness Test with the five-event Army Fitness Test on 1 June 2025. The standing power throw is gone, the maximum score dropped from 600 to 500, and there are now two standards, a General standard (age- and gender-normed, 300 to pass) and a sex-neutral Combat standard for combat specialties (350 to pass). This calculator grades the test soldiers actually take today.

The ACFT Grading Calculator below scores all five AFT events: 3-rep max deadlift, hand-release push-ups, sprint-drag-carry, plank, and 2-mile run. For each event it checks your performance against the official 60-point minimum for your age and sex, shows exactly how far you are from passing, and estimates your 0-100 points. It then totals everything and judges both the General and Combat standards. Most “ACFT calculators” still floating around score the dead six-event test; this one follows the current Army directive.

Quick Answer

The ACFT is gone: what changed on 1 June 2025

Army Directive 2025-06 made the Army Fitness Test the fitness test of record, and the Army stopped running the ACFT after 31 May 2025. Three things changed. First, the standing power throw was removed, cutting the test from six events to five and the maximum from 600 to 500. The Army's stated reasons: the throw was not promoting fitness and readiness well enough, it carried an elevated risk of overuse injury, and it rewarded technique over power.

Second, the single scoring model split into two standards. The General standard keeps age- and gender-normed tables with 60 points per event and 300 total to pass, and it applies to soldiers outside combat specialties. The Combat standard is sex-neutral and age-normed, requires 60 per event and 350 total, and applies to 24 combat specialties including Infantry, Armor, and Special Forces. It phased in for the Regular Army on 1 January 2026 and reaches the remaining Reserve Components on 1 June 2026.

Third, the body-composition exemption ended: a score of 465+ briefly exempted soldiers from the tape test, but Army Directive 2026-13 rescinded that on 7 July 2026. Every soldier now needs a waist-to-height ratio below 0.55 regardless of score. If the calculator you used last year still scores six events out of 600, it is grading a test that no longer exists.

The five events and what they test

Each event is scored 0-100 from the official tables for your age group and sex (General) or age group on the sex-neutral scale (Combat). Heavier lifts, more reps, and longer planks score more; faster sprint-drag-carry and run times score more. The calculator estimates points by interpolating between the published 60-point minimums and 100-point maximums, which tracks the official tables within a few points.

Worked example, checked against this exact tool

Enter the pre-filled defaults (male, 17-21, General standard, 250-lb deadlift, 35 push-ups, 2:10 sprint-drag-carry, 2:30 plank, 17:00 run) and click Calculate. Here is what the tool returns, verified against the underlying code:

The verdict: PASS on General (all events above 60, total above 300) and PASS on Combat (total above 350). These estimates track the published official-table values for this performance (81/78/67/80/81 = 387) within a few points per event; the sprint-drag-carry interpolation runs a little high because the official table is front-loaded. Your scorecard is final.

60-point minimums by age and sex

The single most useful table for training is the 60-point floor: the slowest you can go, the fewest you can do, and the lightest you can lift while still passing. Hit every row and you cannot fail on points:

Two patterns stand out. The plank floor collapses fast: 1:30 at 17-21 becomes 1:10 by the late 30s for both sexes, which is why older soldiers should bank plank points early in training. And the combat standard erases the women's column entirely: a woman in a combat specialty is scored on the men's figures, which is the steepest change in the 2025 transition.

General vs Combat: which standard is yours

Your MOS decides. The 24 combat specialties (Infantry 11-series, Armor 19-series, Artillery 13-series, Engineers 12-series, Special Forces 18-series, and others including 89D/E) test on the sex-neutral Combat scale with a 350 total to pass. Everyone else uses the General scale at 300. For men the per-event tables are identical under both standards; only the total bar moves. For women the difference is dramatic, as the worked comparison in the research shows: the same performance can pass General at 384 while failing Combat at 309.

The calculator judges both standards on every run so you can see the gap. If you are considering reclassing into a combat MOS, run your numbers on the Combat standard first: the sprint-drag-carry and run minimums are where most soldiers discover the distance.

What competing calculators miss

We checked the top-ranking ACFT calculators before writing this page. The test changed in 2025; most of them did not.

Still scoring six events. The most common failure is a calculator that includes the standing power throw and scores out of 600. That test has not been administered since 31 May 2025. Any score it produces is fiction.

No Combat standard. Even updated calculators often score only the General tables. Soldiers in combat specialties need the sex-neutral scale and the 350 total, which this calculator applies.

Points without the floor. Several tools show estimated points but never check the 60-point per-event minimum, so a 59-point event looks like a near-miss instead of the automatic failure it is. The event table here leads with PASS/FAIL for exactly this reason.

No gap analysis. Knowing you scored 52 estimated points does not tell you what to train. The 60-point standard column shows the exact raw performance each event needs, turning the score into a training plan.

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