AFT Score Breakpoints: What You Need for 60, 70, 80, 90, and 100

A breakpoint is the raw number, a weight, a rep count, or a time, at which your score on an event ticks over to the next milestone. Knowing them changes how you train, because it turns a vague goal like “get better at push-ups” into a precise one: you need 37 reps for an 80 and 48 for a 90, so the 11 reps between them are your target.

The numbers below are for the 22 to 26 age group, the most common reference bracket. The exact figures ease slightly in older brackets, but the pattern in the analysis holds across every age. For the precise numbers in your own bracket, use the full AFT score chart, or enter your raw numbers into the AFT calculator.

The Last 10 Points Are the Most Expensive

The single most useful thing these tables reveal is that AFT points are not evenly priced. Improvement near the passing line is cheap, and improvement near a perfect 100 is expensive, and the gap is dramatic.

Take the male two-mile run. Going from 60 to 70 points means running about a minute and twenty seconds faster, from 19:45 to 18:23. But going from 90 to 100 means cutting another two minutes and thirteen seconds, from 15:38 all the way to 13:25. The last ten points on the run cost more than the first thirty combined. The deadlift tells the same story: the jump from 90 to 100 is a full 50 pounds, from 300 to 350.

The practical takeaway is blunt. Chasing a 100 on an event where you are already at 90 is often the worst possible use of your training time. Those points are real, but they are the most expensive points on the entire test.

Where the Cheap Points Are

The flip side is that points just above the passing line are cheap, which is exactly why fixing a weak event beats polishing a strong one. A male soldier scoring 60 on push-ups is at 14 reps; reaching 70 takes 26 reps, and 80 takes 37. Those are meaningful jumps, but they are far more attainable than shaving two minutes off a near-maxed run.

This is the core logic of training to pass and then to compete: find your lowest event, look up how few reps or seconds separate you from the next milestone, and spend your effort there. A soldier sitting at 340 total almost always gains more by lifting a 62-point event to 75 than by pushing a 90 to 95.

The Plank Is the Great Equalizer

One row in the tables above is identical for men and women: the plank. It is the only AFT event scored on a single gender-neutral scale, so everyone in the same age group is held to the same times, 1:25 for 60 points and 3:35 for 100. Every other event uses separate male and female scales on the general standard.

That makes the plank a uniquely level event, and often an underrated place to bank points, because it rewards practice and pacing rather than raw size or speed. For a deeper look at every event and how it is scored, see our guide to the five AFT events.

How to Use Your Breakpoints

Start from your current scorecard. For each event, find your current score in the table and the raw number at the next milestone up. The difference is your concrete training target, expressed in reps, pounds, or seconds rather than points. Then rank those targets by how achievable they are, and spend your time on the cheapest gains first.

Because these breakpoints come straight from the official scales, they match what an official scorecard would show. Plug your numbers into the AFT calculator to see your current points by event, then use the table above to map your path to the next total. If you are tracking a goal like promotion points or the body fat exemption, our guide to what counts as a good AFT score explains which totals matter and why.