IPPT Score by Age: Points Chart for Pass, Silver and Gold

How is IPPT scored by age group?

IPPT scores three stations to a total of 100 points: 1 minute of push-ups for up to 25 points, 1 minute of sit-ups for up to 25, and the 2.4km run for up to 50, half the test.

There are 14 age groups in 3-year bands, from under 22 to 58 to 60, and each station is scored on your own group's table. The award totals are the same at every age, every award needs at least 1 point at each station, and what changes with age is the effort behind each point.

Find your age group in the table below: each row gives one route to each award, with the push-up and sit-up points equal and the rest on the run.

Pass is 51 points for NSmen and 61 for NSFs, Regulars and pre-enlistees aiming to skip the Physical Training Phase, Silver is 75 and Gold is 85, with at least 1 point at every station. The training block that turns a Silver row into a Gold one is in how to get IPPT Gold.

The format has been stable since 1 April 2015, when, as MINDEF's February 2015 release sets out, the SAF moved to this three-station, points-based version and added more age categories so the standard matched age more closely. That is why an older cousin's stories about standing broad jump and shuttle run no longer apply to IPPT. Those stations live on in NAPFA, not IPPT.

What score do you need for Pass, Silver and Gold?

For NSmen, the NS Portal lists Pass at 51 points and Pass with Incentive at 61. Full-time NSFs and Regulars need 61 to pass, per MINDEF's 2015 release. Silver is 75 and Gold 85, or 90 for Commando, Guards and Diver vocations.

These thresholds are published by MINDEF and the NS Portal (checked 30 October 2026, confirm before your window). Every award also needs at least 1 point at each station.

Pre-enlistees aim for 61, which removes the 8-week Physical Training Phase (PTP vs BMT). The six-month build is our 24-week pre-enlistment fitness plan.

Test early in your window. The NS Portal allows more than one attempt, and a better retake is topped up (IPPT incentive award guide). An early first try leaves time to train for a second.

What does IPPT Gold, Silver or a Pass take at your age?

Under 22, a balanced Gold is 44 push-ups, 44 sit-ups and a 9:40 run. At 40 to 42 it is 37 push-ups, 37 sit-ups and 11:00. Both add up to the same 85 points: the 42-year-old earns each point with fewer reps and a slower 2.4km time. The NS Portal publishes one scoring table per station and says points are calibrated to your age group.

Every figure on this page is read from MINDEF's three servicemen score tables, the PDFs the NS Portal links under Scoring and Calculation (push-ups, sit-ups, 2.4km run, checked 30 October 2026), for all 14 age groups. Each figure is the fewest reps, or the slowest time, that still earns the points. Run times are "at or under", as the PDF's own column heading says.

How to read them: you score each station on its own table, then add the three scores. Pass is a total of 51 or more, Silver 75, Gold 85, with at least 1 point at every station.

Nothing requires a set score at any one station, so the routes in the table at the top of this page are examples that hit each award exactly with the push-up and sit-up points equal. A stronger run lets you get away with fewer reps, and the other way round. The table below gives the two ends of each station: the 1-point floor and full marks.

MINDEF can revise the scoring tables, so a run time quoted in an older forum post or blog may no longer earn the points it says. Every figure on this page is read from the current tables, including the 2.4km table on the NS Portal.

Commando, Guards and Diver vocations need 90 points for Gold, which at 25 to 27 is 46 push-ups, 46 sit-ups and a 9:30 2.4km on a balanced route. The 90-point route for every age group, and where the extra five points come from, is in Commando IPPT standards.

How do you use the NS Portal calculator?

Open the IPPT Stations and Scoring System page on ns.gov.sg, enter your age, pick Combat / Service or Commando / Guards / Divers, then set your push-up reps, sit-up reps and 2.4km time. It returns your points per station, your total and your award.

Its points are exact: the built-in tables match the three PDFs cell for cell (checked 30 October 2026).

Its target timing is too fast. It aims one point above each award, 52, 62, 76 and 86, or 91 for Commando, Guards and Divers, usually 10 seconds faster than needed. Use the tables above or the 2.4km PDF.

How do you find your weakest station?

Your weakest station is the one where a realistic improvement, in the weeks you have, buys the most points, not the one with the lowest raw number.

Then weigh speed. In our coaching experience sit-ups respond fastest, push-ups next and the run slowest, so start run work first if it is the answer: 2.4km run training plan, IPPT 2.4km points table.

What changes for NSmen in their 30s and 40s?

The standard eases with each age group, but recovery slows and training time shrinks, so older NSmen need a smarter plan rather than an easier one.

1. 01Two runs a weekOn a park connector near home.
2. 02Two short station sessionsCondo gym or living room. Usually enough, and fits around work.
3. 03Book an early-morning slotHeat matters more with age. Mock at the same time of day.
4. 04Recovery countsHydration and sleep the week before are training.
5. 05Get cleared firstWith a medical condition or an old injury, get cleared by your doctor before training for a timed test, and tell your coach.

When does a coach help with IPPT scoring?

When you have done the calculator exercise and still do not know what to change, or when you keep mocking the same score. A coach runs the baseline in test conditions, reads the points per station against your age band, and builds the block around the cheapest points first. Sessions happen at a track, a park connector, your HDB fitness corner or your condo gym. See IPPT and NAPFA coaching.