CFT Calculator

Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test score calculator

Estimated scores based on published USMC standards — verify with your unit's official scoring tables (MCO 6100.13A).

Gender

Male Female

Age bracket

Movement to Contact — minutes

Movement to Contact — seconds

Ammunition Can Lift (reps)

Maneuver Under Fire — minutes

Maneuver Under Fire — seconds

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the CFT the same as the PFT? ▼

No — the CFT (Combat Fitness Test) and PFT (Physical Fitness Test) are separate 300-point tests with completely different events. The CFT measures Movement to Contact (an 880-yard sprint in boots and utility uniform), the Ammunition Can Lift, and Maneuver Under Fire. The PFT measures pull-ups/push-ups, a plank hold, and a 3-mile run. Both are required, and both are scored separately.

What is Movement to Contact? ▼

An 880-yard sprint performed in boots and the utility uniform, simulating a rush to contact under fire. It's scored by age bracket and gender, similar to the PFT's 3-mile run.

What is the Ammunition Can Lift? ▼

A muscular-endurance event: repeatedly lifting a 30 lb ammo can from shoulder height to fully overhead, as many times as possible within 2 minutes.

What is Maneuver Under Fire? ▼

A complex ~300-yard shuttle course combining sprints, an agility run, a high crawl, a low crawl, a body drag, a fireman's carry, an ammo can carry, push-ups, and a grenade throw for accuracy.

What's the passing score for the CFT? ▼

Like the PFT, each event has a 40-point minimum floor (falling below 40 on any event fails the whole test), and the combined total must reach at least 150 points out of 300 to pass. Class bands are: 1st Class 235-300, 2nd Class 200-234, 3rd Class 150-199.

Does the 2026 combat-arms sex-neutral rule apply to the CFT? ▼

No — as of this writing, the January 2026 sex-neutral scoring rule (male-normed tables, 210-point threshold) applies only to the PFT for combat-arms MOSs. No equivalent CFT-specific change has been announced.

How the Marine Corps CFT is scored

The Combat Fitness Test has three events, each worth up to 100 points, for a maximum of 300:

Movement to Contact (MTC): an 880-yard sprint in boots and utilities, scored on time.
Ammunition Can Lift (ACL): lifting a 30-lb ammo can from shoulder height overhead as many times as possible in two minutes.
Maneuver Under Fire (MANUF): a 300-yard shuttle course with crawls, a casualty drag and carry, ammo can carries and a grenade throw, scored on time.

Minimum and maximum standards depend on gender and age group. This calculator uses the 40-point (minimum) and 100-point (maximum) standard for each event and interpolates linearly between them, so a result between those points is a close estimate rather than the exact value from the official point table. A performance below the minimum scores 0 for that event.

Example

A male Marine aged 21 to 25 runs MTC in 2:45, does 100 ammo can lifts and finishes MANUF in 2:30. The estimate is about 94 + 81 + 79 = 254 points, a first-class score.

Score classes

Class	Total CFT score
First class	235 to 300
Second class	200 to 234
Third class	150 to 199

Each event must meet its minimum to pass. Scores feed into the composite score used for promotions, so small gains in the ammo can lift, where each extra rep adds points, can matter.

CFT scoring chart: 100-point and minimum standards

Each cell shows the 100-point performance first and the minimum (40-point) performance second, from the MCO 6100.13A tables the calculator uses.

Male Marines

Age	MTC (time)	Ammo can lifts	MANUF (time)
17-20	2:40 / 3:45	106 / 62	2:07 / 3:17
21-25	2:38 / 3:45	115 / 67	2:04 / 3:18
26-30	2:39 / 3:48	116 / 67	2:05 / 3:22
31-35	2:42 / 3:51	120 / 67	2:10 / 3:30
36-40	2:45 / 3:58	110 / 67	2:16 / 3:42
41-45	2:52 / 4:11	106 / 66	2:23 / 3:59
46-50	3:01 / 4:28	100 / 65	2:40 / 4:14
51+	3:05 / 5:07	95 / 16	2:52 / 6:09

Female Marines

Age	MTC (time)	Ammo can lifts	MANUF (time)
17-20	3:19 / 4:36	66 / 30	2:55 / 4:53
21-25	3:13 / 4:41	74 / 30	2:45 / 4:34
26-30	3:10 / 4:45	75 / 30	2:42 / 4:40
31-35	3:12 / 4:46	72 / 30	2:49 / 4:44
36-40	3:18 / 4:55	70 / 30	2:53 / 4:56
41-45	3:25 / 4:58	62 / 28	2:57 / 5:01
46-50	3:39 / 5:26	53 / 26	3:35 / 5:06
51+	3:55 / 5:52	44 / 6	3:44 / 6:33

The CFT is run from July to December; the PFT covers January to June.

Training tips

Practice the ammo can lift with a steady cadence and locked-out reps; no-reps cost time.
For MTC, train 800-meter intervals at goal pace.
Rehearse MANUF transitions, since time is lost between stations, not just while running.

For the semiannual Physical Fitness Test use the PFT calculator, and track running speed with the race pace calculator. Always confirm official scores with your unit's tables in the current Marine Corps order, as standards are periodically revised.