Marine Corps PFT standards: USMC PT test chart by age and sex

The three events and the choices in each

The PFT has an upper-body event, a midsection event and an aerobic event. For the upper body a Marine picks pull-ups or push-ups and says which before the event starts. Pull-ups are not timed. Push-ups run for two minutes. Pull-ups can earn 100 points, push-ups stop at 70, and the two scores cannot be combined. A Marine who does push-ups can reach 270 at most.

The midsection event is the plank. The order added it as an alternative to the abdominal crunch in December 2019, and the crunch ended on 31 December 2022. The plank table is the same for men and women of every age: 3:45 for 100 points and 1:10 for 40.

The aerobic event is a 3 mile run, outdoors and not on a treadmill. A 5,000 meter row on a Concept 2 rower replaces it for Marines aged 46 and older who choose it. A younger Marine rows only on a health care provider's recommendation for an injury or medical condition, or after childbirth, with the commanding officer's approval.

PFT requirements: minimums, the 150 total and the three classes

Pull-ups, the plank and the run each earn up to 100 points, so the most a Marine can score on this PT test is 300. A Marine passes with 150 points and at least the minimum result in every event. Falling short in one event fails the whole test whatever the total says.

The minimum result earns 40 points in every event except women's pull-ups, where the minimum of 1 to 4 pull-ups earns 60. Minimums alone never reach 150, so a Marine has to earn extra points in at least one event.

The classes by total are 1st class at 235 to 300, 2nd class at 200 to 234 and 3rd class at 150 to 199. Below 150 there is no class.

When the PFT is held

Active duty Marines take the PFT once a year between 1 January and 30 June. All three events go into one session of two hours or less, and the commanding officer sets their order. Reserve Marines use the same window, and their scores stay valid for two years for promotion if operations prevent annual testing. A Marine may retake the test during the season to improve a score.

PFT altitude tables at 4,500 feet

Units testing at 4,500 feet or more above sea level use the altitude tables for the run and the row, and give Marines 30 days to acclimatize first. There is no altitude table for pull-ups, push-ups or the plank. Aged 17 to 20, a man earns 100 points on the run in 18:00 at sea level and in 19:30 at altitude. His minimum moves from 27:40 to 29:10. Whether elevation is taken at the test site or at the unit's station is not stated in the order.

The 2026 combat arms rule

MARADMIN 613/25, dated 18 December 2025, took effect on 1 January 2026. Marines whose primary job is one of 32 listed combat arms specialties are scored on the male, age-normed standard. A woman in one of those jobs therefore reads the men's column for her age group. These Marines also need 210 points, which the message calls 70 percent of the possible total.

A combat arms Marine who passes but ends the period under 210 goes into the remedial physical training program and may face reclassification or a promotion restriction. The message says no adverse or punitive action will be taken until further guidance is published. Units also work out these Marines' scores by hand on form NAVMC 11622.

The message leaves several points open. It does not print the event minimums for women in these jobs, and it does not say whether a Marine must reach 150 before the 210 test applies. It is silent on the CFT and on secondary specialties. It also does not say whether the male-normed or the sex-normed score controls classes and promotion.

Where each table comes from

The order prints every table. The Marine Corps fitness site also publishes each one as a separate file, dated 2019 except the plank table, which is dated 2022. Every value in the separate files matches the order. Their table numbers differ: the order numbers the run 2-5 and its altitude version 2-6, and the row 2-7 and 2-8, while the separate files print 2-4, 2-5, 2-6 and 2-7.

Results between two rows

Nothing in the order covers a result that falls between two printed rows. The Marine Corps PFT calculator gives the points of the highest row a result reaches, and zero for a result worse than the lowest printed row. It also totals your three events.