Official scale · read on 10/26/2026

French Gendarmerie NCO entrance exam: physical test (EPG) scoring and grade calculator

National Gendarmerie · Non-commissioned officer · 2 events · Exam scale · mark out of 20

The 2 events and their full scale, and a calculator that scores your results with the same scale. Copied from the official document (National Gendarmerie, 10/26/2026).

2 eventsOfficial source cited

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.

Obstacle course and combat

time

In the source: “parcours d'obstacles suivi d'une simulation de combat (ateliers 1 et 2 chronométrés)”

Men

4:0010/20
3:3515/20
3:1020/20

Women

4:1010/20
3:4515/20
3:2020/20

An obstacle course done 6 times, then 6 pulls and 6 pushes of a load (36 kg for men, 25 kg for women) and 4 controlled falls; a single time for the whole thing.

See the full scale · Obstacle course and combat

Scale: Obstacle course and combat
Grade	Men	Women
20	3:10	3:20
19	3:15	3:25
18	3:20	3:30
17	3:25	3:35
16	3:30	3:40
15	3:35	3:45
14	3:40	3:50
13	3:45	3:55
12	3:50	4:00
11	3:55	4:05
10	4:00	4:10
9	4:10	4:20
8	4:20	4:30
7	4:25	4:35
6	4:31	4:41
5	4:35	4:45
4	4:40	4:50
3	4:45	4:55
2	4:50	5:00
1	4:55	5:05

Between two steps, the document gives no rule: Varko shows both grades. Below 4:55 (men), 5:05 (women): 0.

Copied from “CONCOURS SOG — Barème Épreuve physique gendarmerie (EPG)” (National Gendarmerie, 10/26/2026).

Weight carry

pass or fail

In the source: “transport de poids”

A 45 kg (men) or 25 kg (women) bag, marked pass or fail; a fail deducts 1 point. The distance isn't published.

a fail deducts 1 point

See the full scale · Weight carry

Pass or fail, judged on the day of the test: the document describes the event but sets no figure to reach.

Copied from “CONCOURS SOG — Barème Épreuve physique gendarmerie (EPG)” (National Gendarmerie, 10/26/2026).

The total

One grade, with a penalty

Each event is logged, measured by you. The published scale gives a time per mark without saying how to count a time between two steps: Varko shows both marks until the text has been read.

Elimination mark: 6, according to the non-commissioned officer exam page, read on 10/26/2026.

What this page doesn't say

Because the source doesn't say it

the grade for a time between two steps: it is in annex IV of the decree of 27 April 2011, which could not be read;
whether the grade stops at 0 after the carry penalty;
the type of obstacles and the carry distance.

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Source

Document: CONCOURS SOG — Barème Épreuve physique gendarmerie (EPG)
Publisher: National Gendarmerie
Read by Varko: 10/26/2026
Link: www.gendarmerie.interieur.gouv.fr/recrutement/content/download/5355/file/BAREME%20SPORT.pdf

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