Navy PRT Calculator

points = the score for your result in the table for that event, your sex, your age group and the test altitude; total = push-up points + plank points + cardio points; average = total ÷ 3; category = the band your lowest of the three points falls in

age group

One of eleven groups from 17–19 to 65 and over — two more than the Army's ten, and not the same boundaries. It picks the column of the scoring table, and the standards move with it in both directions: older groups are asked for fewer push-ups and longer runs, and the swim and row times drift with them

altitude

Whether the test was taken below or above 5,000 feet. It changes the standard for the four cardio events only, and it is not a rounding adjustment — the same 500-yard swim can be worth a category more at altitude. Push-ups and the plank are altitude-independent and are listed once

sex

Male or female, which selects one of the two tables. Unlike the Army's combat standard, there is no sex-neutral column here — every score on this page is normed on the table for your sex, and the two tables differ in every event

raw result

What you did in each event: a number of push-ups, a plank hold written as minutes and seconds, and a time for whichever cardio event you chose. Only one cardio result is entered, because a test has one cardio event — the other three are not scored and do not count as zero (pt)

points

The score a result earns, from 45 to 100 for a passing performance in twelve five-point steps. A result below the 45-point row scores nothing rather than a lower number, and forty-five is the floor at which an event is passed at all (pt)

category

The band your lowest event score falls in, from outstanding at 90 and above down through excellent, good and satisfactory to probationary at 45. The average is printed for completeness but does not decide anything — two events at 100 and one at 45 is a probationary scorecard

Use it after a mock or a record test to see which category you landed in and which of the three events is holding you there, because the weakest event is the one that sets the verdict. Use the tables below before a test in the same way: they list the 45-point minimum for every event, age group and altitude, which is the number you have to beat rather than the score you want. Do not read the average as a grade. It is arithmetic on three numbers, and a page that reported only the average would turn a probationary scorecard into a comfortable one. Do not use the page for a test taken at an altitude you are unsure of either, since the cardio standards differ between the two bands and the wrong choice moves your category without moving your performance.

1. The page's own defaults: male, 25–29, sea level, 1.5-mile run

   1. 60 push-ups in the 25–29 male column is 70 points
   2. A 2:00 plank is 65 points
   3. A 12:00 run over 1.5 miles at sea level is 65 points
   4. 70 + 65 + 65 = 200, and 200 ÷ 3 = 66.7
   5. The lowest of the three is 65, which falls in the good band

   A solidly passing scorecard, and the example that shows why the lowest event decides. The average of 66.7 would look like a barely-satisfactory result on its own, but the category is read from the weakest single event, and 65 is good. Note also where the points do not line up with the effort: the push-ups carry the score while the run and the plank sit level, which is the usual shape for someone who trains in a gym rather than on a track.

2. Near the top: female, 17–19, sea level

   1. 50 push-ups in the youngest female group is 95 points
   2. A 3:40 plank is the top of the scale — 100 points
   3. A 9:30 run is 95 points
   4. 95 + 100 + 95 = 290, and 290 ÷ 3 = 96.7
   5. The lowest of the three is 95, so the category is outstanding

   The ceiling of the scale, and a useful reminder that the maximum total is 300 rather than 100 — the three events add up, and the average brings it back to a single figure. Everything here is in the top band, so the category is outstanding for the same reason the previous example was good: it is set by the weakest event, which happens to be two events tied at 95. A person scoring 100, 100 and 45 would be probationary.

3. Male, 50–54, 450-metre swim

   1. 30 push-ups in the 50–54 male column is 60 points
   2. A 1:20 plank is 55 points
   3. An 11:00 swim over 450 metres is 65 points
   4. 60 + 55 + 65 = 180, and 180 ÷ 3 = 60
   5. The lowest of the three is 55, which is satisfactory

   The case where the cardio event is not the run, and the case where the average and the category come closest to agreeing — for once they do. The plank at 55 is what holds the scorecard at satisfactory rather than good, and it is a good illustration of how narrow the middle bands are: five more seconds on the hold would move the category without moving either of the other two events at all.

4. Exactly at the pass line: male, 45–49, sea level

   1. The 45-point row of the 45–49 male table: 21 push-ups, a 1:03 plank, and a 16:08 run
   2. Each of the three earns exactly 45 points
   3. 45 + 45 + 45 = 135, and 135 ÷ 3 = 45
   4. The lowest event is 45, which is the probationary line — the last passing category

   The narrowest pass the Navy's tables allow, one point above failure in every event at once. It is the row the tables below are drawn from, so the three figures here read straight off them. Change any one of them by a single repetition or a second and that event scores nothing, which puts the whole scorecard below the line — a reminder that the scale has no partial credit underneath it.

5. Below the line: female, 30–34, 2 km row

   1. 25 push-ups is 65 points — a good result
   2. A 1:10 plank is 50 points, still passing
   3. An 11:30 row over 2 km is slower than the 45-point row for this group, so it scores nothing at all
   4. 65 + 50 + 0 = 115, and the lowest event is 0, which is below probationary and therefore a failure

   The failure case, and it is the cardio event that produces it — which is where failures are most common, because the row and swim standards are the ones people under-train. The zero is not a rounding artefact: below the last row of the table there is no score to give, so a result short of the 45-point standard earns nothing rather than something small. Two passing events and one that never got started gives 115, and the category is read from the last of those three numbers.

6. The same effort at altitude: female, 35–39, 500-yard swim

   1. 40 push-ups is 90 points and a 1:45 plank is 65 points — neither depends on altitude
   2. A 10:00 swim over 500 yards, tested above 5,000 ft, is 90 points
   3. 90 + 65 + 90 = 245, and 245 ÷ 3 = 81.7
   4. The lowest event is 65, so the category is good

   Switch the altitude on this example to below 5,000 ft and the same 10:00 swim drops to 80 points, which brings the average to 78.3 and the category to satisfactory — one dropdown, no change in performance. That is the whole reason the cardio standards are published twice, and it is also why the page asks for the altitude rather than assuming sea level. The push-up and plank scores are untouched by the switch, which is the other half of the rule.

The page scores what you type and nothing else. The tables are the published ones, but a score here is not a record score: the official result is the one your command fitness leader enters, and a mock test scored on a phone is a planning tool rather than a verdict. The pass rule is the one people get wrong when reading any PRT calculator, so it is worth repeating — an event is passed at 45 points, there is no total to clear, and the category comes from your weakest of the three events, not from the average printed beside it. Two events at 100 and one at 45 is probationary. Second, altitude applies to the four cardio events only and the page asks for it once; if you tested at a site near the 5,000-foot line and are unsure which standard your command applies, the answer can move a category without anything about your performance changing. Third, one figure in the female table below is reproduced as published although it does not fit the pattern around it, and the note under that table says which one. Fourth, the cardio event is a single choice: entering a run time does not mean the row and swim standards were also considered, and the page scores only the event you selected. And finally, the standards themselves are revised from time to time, so a number memorised from an older calculator may not be the number your next test is scored against.

What are the three PRT events?

Push-ups, a forearm plank hold, and one cardio event of your choice from the 1.5-mile run, a 2 km row, a 500-yard swim or a 450-metre swim. The plank replaced curl-ups in the current standards, so an older scorecard showing sit-ups is from a previous version and is not comparable. Your command authorises which cardio options are available, and a test has exactly one of them — you do not get scored on more than one cardio event.

Is there a total score I have to reach to pass?

No, and this is the main way the Navy's test differs from the Army's. Each event is passed at 45 points — the probationary line — and passing all three passes the PRT. There is no sum to clear and no per-event sixty-point floor. The category you are placed in is read from your lowest of the three events, so the number that matters is the smallest one, not the total and not the average.

How does altitude change my score?

It changes the standard for the four cardio events and nothing else. Test sites above 5,000 feet use a separate published table for the run, row and both swims, on the grounds that performance falls with the oxygen available, and the difference is large enough to move a category. Push-ups and the plank use one table wherever you test. Enter the altitude of the site you are actually being tested at, not where you live.

Which event decides my category?

The lowest-scoring one. If your push-ups earn 90, your plank 100 and your run 55, the category is satisfactory — not outstanding — because satisfactory is the band that 55 falls into. The average is printed on the results panel because it is a convenient single figure, but nothing in the Navy's scoring uses it, and a page that graded on the average would report a comfortable pass for a scorecard with one failing event.

What happens if I miss a threshold by one repetition?

You drop to the band below, or in the worst case to nothing. The tables give a minimum for each five-point step, and the standard is the harder one — the tables list the minimum required to attain each category, so a result one repetition short of a row does not earn that row's points. Below the lowest row, at 45 points, there is no partial score: an event short of the passing minimum earns zero, and that is a failed event and a failed PRT.

Why is one number in the female table flagged?

Because one cell does not fit the pattern around it and it would be dishonest to present it as though it did. In the 500-yard swim row for tests above 5,000 feet, the 35–39 column reads 15:58 while the 30–34 column asks 16:20 — a faster swim required of an older group, which is the wrong way round and unique in the row. It is reproduced as published rather than adjusted by guesswork, and it is worth checking against the current instruction before you plan training around it.

Is the swim scored differently from the run?

Yes — every cardio event has its own table, and the four do not move together. The swims are scored to the second over a distance that takes most people several minutes, the row is scored over 2 km, and the run over 1.5 miles, so the same five-point step is a different interval in each. This is also why the page asks which cardio event you did rather than inferring it from the time: a 10-minute result is a strong swim and a weak run, and the calculator cannot tell which one you are reporting without being told.

• Guide-5A, Physical Readiness Test — MyNavyHR, United States Navy — the operating guide that sets out how each PRT event is conducted and scored, including the push-up and plank procedures, the altitude rule for the cardio events and the point tables this page's fifty-nine and hundred point anchors were checked against
• OPNAVINST 6110.1L CH-1, Physical Readiness Program — Chief of Naval Operations — the governing instruction for the Physical Fitness Assessment, which is where the pass rule implemented on this page comes from: a performance at the probationary standard or better in each event, with no overall total to reach
• Physical Readiness Program Operating Guide 5 — Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) — the fitness programme's published operating guide, including the event administration rules and the requirement that a certified lifeguard and CPR-trained personnel be present for the swim events