1/1/1 Army PFA scores

[ACatSLP]

My scores from today are:
1-mile run: 6:16
1-min push-ups: 81
1-min curl ups: 61

Is my 1-mile run enough to not take it again? I know I’ve done better in the past. Thanks!

 

[MidCakePa]

Those are good numbers. Was wondering, might your push-up and curl-up numbers be flipped by accident? Usually curl-ups outnumber push-ups, but maybe not in your case.

One thing to be wary of: I’ve heard that Army tends to be stricter than the other branches on form. At USMA SLE, they’ll count 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5... So make sure your form is strict, exactly as prescribed in the guidelines. Same goes for sit-ups. Best wishes to you.

 

[Jcleppe]

Your mile time is fine.

Don't get to comfortable with your Push-up score, go ahead and submit it just don't expect that score when you take your first APFT when you get to your Battalion. Doing push-ups to Army regulation in front of a grader at ROTC will be a lot different, an 81 count is over the maximum score in 2 minutes for the APFT and very few make that on their first try. Can't tell you how many times someone has listed 80 or so PU's in one minute for their PFA only to fail their first APFT due to not making the minimums for PU's. Keep working on them and try to do them per the regulations to assure you can pass your APFT.

 

[ACatSLP]

Your mile time is fine.

Don't get to comfortable with your Push-up score, go ahead and submit it just don't expect that score when you take your first APFT when you get to your Battalion. Doing push-ups to Army regulation in front of a grader at ROTC will be a lot different, an 81 count is over the maximum score in 2 minutes for the APFT and very few make that on their first try. Can't tell you how many times someone has listed 80 or so PU's in one minute for their PFA only to fail their first APFT due to not making the minimums for PU's. Keep working on them and try to do them per the regulations to assure you can pass your APFT.

Thank you! I can’t seem to find anywhere what time would get you max points for the 1-mile run.

 

[MidCakePa]

Whether or not your mile time is “good enough” depends on the strength of the rest of your application. That said, I’m sure the max score equates to a sub-5:00 mile or better (if you can’t find ROTC max, then reference USMA CFA max score, which has to be comparable). Bottom line is, if you know you can do better because you have done better before, why not try again? Don’t leave points on the table if you can help it.

 

[ACatSLP]

Whether or not your mile time is “good enough” depends on the strength of the rest of your application. That said, I’m sure the max score equates to a sub-5:00 mile or better (if you can’t find ROTC max, then reference USMA CFA max score, which has to be comparable). Bottom line is, if you know you can do better because you have done better before, why not try again? Don’t leave points on the table if you can help it.

That makes sense. Got 5:59 at SLE, so 6:16 for this is definitely worth another go! Thank you!

 

[ACatSLP]

Those are good numbers. Was wondering, might your push-up and curl-up numbers be flipped by accident? Usually curl-ups outnumber push-ups, but maybe not in your case.

One thing to be wary of: I’ve heard that Army tends to be stricter than the other branches on form. At USMA SLE, they’ll count 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5... So make sure your form is strict, exactly as prescribed in the guidelines. Same goes for sit-ups. Best wishes to you.

Thanks! Do you know if I submit, can I retake then submit again?!

 

[SunnyCal]

50 push-ups, 50 curl-ups and 6:30 for max points. Perhaps you would have run much faster if you stopped at 50 for your push-ups and curl-ups. Your interviewer may not believe you performed 81 'Army' push-ups.

 

[ACatSLP]

50 push-ups, 50 curl-ups and 6:30 for max points. Perhaps you would have run much faster if you stopped at 50 for your push-ups and curl-ups. Your interviewer may not believe you performed 81 'Army' push-ups.

Thank you. I’ll probably retake it anyway. I don’t want any raised eyebrows. I did the AF PFA the same day and they took the mile time while I was running for the 1.5 for AFROTC. So I definitely paced myself more for the 1.5 miles. I appreciate your reply!

 

[23Lt]

50 push-ups, 50 curl-ups and 6:30 for max points. Perhaps you would have run much faster if you stopped at 50 for your push-ups and curl-ups. Your interviewer may not believe you performed 81 'Army' push-ups.

where did you find that information about 50 push, 50 curl, and 6:30 mile is the max for the Army ROTC Physical Fitness Assessment. I looked all over the portal and couldnt find any info on that. Are there averages or minimums posted?