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Swiss Army fitness test (FTA): scoring table and points calculator

Swiss Armed Forces · Fitness test · 5 events · Recruitment (18-30 years) · 125 points

The 5 events and their full scale, and a calculator that scores your results with the same scale. Copied from the official document (Armed Forces Sports Competence Center, 03/01/2024).

5 events125 pointsOfficial source cited

Recruitment scale (18-30 years), the same for men and women.

The events

What is measured, and what it's worth

Three markers per event: half the score, three quarters and the top. Each event's full scale unfolds below, copied from the document.

Standing long jump

meters

In the source: “Standweitsprung”

2.25 m13/25
2.55 m19/25
2.85 m25/25

See the full scale · Standing long jump

Scale: Standing long jump
Points	Result
25	2.85 m
24	2.80 m
23	2.75 m
22	2.70 m
21	2.65 m
20	2.60 m
19	2.55 m
18	2.50 m
17	2.45 m
16	2.40 m
15	2.35 m
14	2.30 m
13	2.25 m
12	2.20 m
11	2.15 m
10	2.10 m
9	2.05 m
8	2.00 m
7	1.95 m
6	1.90 m
5	1.85 m
4	1.80 m
3	1.75 m
2	1.70 m
1	1.65 m

Between two steps, the grade is that of the lower step, as the document says. Below 1.65 m, the document gives no grade.

Copied from “Wertetabellenübersicht für 18-30 Jährige in der Rekrutierung und GAD — Dokument 0204 der Technischen Weisung für die Sportprüfungen der Armee (TWSPA)” (Armed Forces Sports Competence Center, 03/01/2024).

Medicine ball throw (2 kg)

meters

In the source: “Medizinballstoss”

6.10 m13/25
7.30 m19/25
8.50 m25/25

See the full scale · Medicine ball throw (2 kg)

Scale: Medicine ball throw (2 kg)
Points	Result
25	8.50 m
24	8.30 m
23	8.10 m
22	7.90 m
21	7.70 m
20	7.50 m
19	7.30 m
18	7.10 m
17	6.90 m
16	6.70 m
15	6.50 m
14	6.30 m
13	6.10 m
12	5.90 m
11	5.70 m
10	5.50 m
9	5.30 m
8	5.10 m
7	4.90 m
6	4.70 m
5	4.50 m
4	4.40 m
3	4.30 m
2	4.20 m
1	4.10 m

Between two steps, the grade is that of the lower step, as the document says. Below 4.10 m, the document gives no grade.

One-leg balance

seconds

In the source: “Einbeinstand”

41 s13/25
54 s19/25
100 s25/25

See the full scale · One-leg balance

Scale: One-leg balance
Points	Result
25	100 s
24	88 s
23	79 s
22	71 s
21	64 s
20	58 s
19	54 s
18	51 s
17	49 s
16	47 s
15	45 s
14	43 s
13	41 s
12	39 s
11	37 s
10	35 s
9	33 s
8	31 s
7	29 s
6	26 s
5	23 s
4	20 s
3	17 s
2	14 s
1	11 s

Between two steps, the grade is that of the lower step, as the document says. Below 11 s, the document gives no grade.

Overall core strength

seconds

In the source: “Globaler Rumpfkrafttest”

100 s13/25
175 s19/25
290 s25/25

See the full scale · Overall core strength

Scale: Overall core strength
Points	Result
25	290 s
24	270 s
23	250 s
22	230 s
21	210 s
20	190 s
19	175 s
18	160 s
17	145 s
16	130 s
15	120 s
14	110 s
13	100 s
12	90 s
11	80 s
10	70 s
9	60 s
8	50 s
7	40 s
6	30 s
5	25 s
4	20 s
3	15 s
2	10 s
1	5 s

Between two steps, the grade is that of the lower step, as the document says. Below 5 s, the document gives no grade.

Progressive run

depending on the venue

In the source: “Progressiver Ausdauerlauf”

20 m shuttle · time

8:5913/25
11:4819/25
15:3025/25

Track · time

11:2213/25
16:1619/25
19:4225/25

See the full scale · Progressive run

Scale: 20 m shuttle

Scale: 20 m shuttle
Points	Result
25	15:30
24	14:44
23	13:56
22	13:31
21	13:07
20	12:15
19	11:48
18	11:22
17	10:54
16	10:27
15	9:58
14	9:29
13	8:59
12	8:29
11	7:58
10	7:27
9	6:21
8	5:46
7	5:12
6	4:00
5	3:22
4	2:45
3	2:05
2	1:25
1	1:00

Between two steps, the grade is that of the lower step, as the document says. Below 1:00, the document gives no grade.

Scale: Track

Scale: Track
Points	Result
25	19:42
24	19:03
23	18:23
22	17:42
21	17:00
20	16:38
19	16:16
18	15:31
17	14:44
16	13:56
15	13:07
14	12:15
13	11:22
12	10:27
11	9:29
10	8:29
9	7:58
8	7:27
7	6:21
6	5:12
5	4:36
4	4:00
3	2:45
2	1:25
1	1:00

Between two steps, the grade is that of the lower step, as the document says. Below 1:00, the document gives no grade.

The total

Total out of 125 points

Each event is logged, measured by you. A result is rounded to the precision of the measurement, then counts the points of the step reached, as the directive states.

At recruitment, the total steers you toward a role; no pass threshold is published.

Published thresholds

military sports award
Men 80Women 55official
diploma, according to the technical guidelines of the Armed Forces fitness test (FOSPO, 2025)
Men 100Women 75official
Macolin award, according to the technical guidelines of the Armed Forces fitness test (FOSPO, 2025)
Men 110Women 85official
grenadier (March 2017 brochure)
90 pointsofficial, dated
66, 80 or 90 points are “required for certain assignments”; the roles aren't named (press release of July 22, 2024).
official, no role named

What this page doesn't say

Because the source doesn't say it

the pass / fail threshold at recruitment: it sits in recruitment command directives that aren't published;
what happens below the first step (less than 1 point);
the minimums per role, except the grenadiers' (2017);
the official audio of the progressive run, which isn't publicly available.

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Source

Document: Wertetabellenübersicht für 18-30 Jährige in der Rekrutierung und GAD — Dokument 0204 der Technischen Weisung für die Sportprüfungen der Armee (TWSPA)
Publisher: Armed Forces Sports Competence Center
Published: 03/01/2024
Read by Varko: 10/27/2026
Link: mil-sport.ch/assets/downloads/0204_wertetabellenubersicht.pdf

What the document says

« Zwischenwerte entsprechen stets der nächst tiefer liegenden Punktezahl. »

Document in German, translated by Varko.

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