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The ACFT’s six events all count toward your score. And just like the APFT, if you fail one event, you fail the whole ACFT. (No pressure, though.) You have to complete all six events, in order, on the same day, and the test can’t take more than 120 minutes. That includes the Preparation Drill and the following:

 3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift, or MDL

 Standing Power Throw, or SPT

 Hand Release Push-Up – Arm Extension, or HRP

 Sprint-Drag-Carry, or SDC

 Leg Tuck, or LTK

 Two-Mile Run, or 2MR

If you fail one of the events, you can’t stop taking the ACFT. You have to complete the remaining events to the best of your ability.

Each event is worth 100 points, so a perfect score is 600. Every MOS falls into one of three physical demand categories: Heavy, Significant, and Moderate. Each soldier in that MOS must meet at least the minimum score for his or her physical demand category to pass. You need a minimum of 60 points in each event for the Moderate category, 65 points for the Significant category, and 70 points for the Heavy category. Table 2-1 shows the absolute minimum scores you must get in each event for each physical demand category (and you can find your MOS’s physical demand category, as well as the points awarded for each score, in Chapter 4).

TABLE 2-1 Minimum ACFT Physical Demand Requirements

Category	MDL	SPT	HRP	SDC	LTK	2MR
Moderate (Gold)	140 pounds	4.5 meters	10	3:00	1	21:00
Significant (Gray)	180 pounds	6.5 meters	20	2:30	3	19:00
Heavy (Black)	200 pounds	8.0 meters	30	2:10	5	18:00

During fiscal year 2021, soldiers only need to meet the Gold standard, regardless of MOS. The normal standards will kick in when FY22 starts; that’s when you’ll have to pass the standards for your physical demand category.

Before you dive into the test, you need to know the protocols and why the Army uses them. First, you have to attempt all six events unless you have a physical profile (I cover the alternate events for profiles later in this chapter). Soldiers rotate through each lane in groups of four, but groups of fewer than four are authorized. The test has only one programmed rest period, and it’s between the Leg Tuck event and the Two-Mile Run. If only one or two soldiers are testing, the Army requires the OIC and NCOIC — the commissioned and noncommissioned officers in charge — to provide those soldiers with a five-minute rest period between each event (which they’d get anyway if more soldiers were testing).

You get no restarts on the ACFT. If you perform a repetition incorrectly, it doesn’t count — and your grader doesn’t send you to the back of the line to retest. You sign your scorecard at the test site, and your signature says you agree with the scores your grader recorded. The OIC or NCOIC resolve any discrepancies within the test’s 120-minute time limit. And although the Army allows video recording of the test, that video can only be used for training purposes. You can’t use it to argue that you performed a rep correctly or that your grader made a counting mistake.