CFT Time Standard: What We Know

The Combat Field Test is a second fitness test for Soldiers in combat specialties. It is pass or fail. There are no points. Army Directive 2026-07 says it is not a substitute for the Army Fitness Test. You do not have to pass the AFT before the CFT, or after it.

You do seven events in order, and you finish each one before the next starts.

1. A 1-mile run.
2. 30 dead-stop push-ups.
3. A 100-meter sprint.
4. 16 lifts of a 40-pound sandbag onto a 65-inch platform.
5. A 50-meter carry of two 5-gallon water cans, 40 pounds each.
6. A 50-meter movement drill: 25 meters of high crawl, then a 25-meter rush of 3 to 5 seconds.
7. A second 1-mile run.

No single event has its own clock. The time that counts is how long you take to finish all seven in a row. If you cannot complete an event, you are stopped and the test is recorded as a failure. You wear the Army Combat Uniform, top and bottom, a brown T-shirt, and combat boots. No headgear.

The missing piece is the pass time. The directive says the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, will publish the time standard. That publication is not out as of late October 2026. We'll update this page when it is.

The dates around it are already set. The directive gives a one-year transition from its own date, and Rank and Pay reads that date as April 17, 2026. A failed attempt before April 16, 2027 brings no adverse administrative action. Record testing starts April 17, 2027. From then on, a failure leads to administrative action.

You can already score the other test. The AFT calculator uses the published five-event tables. For the CFT, use the Combat Field Test page, the 24 combat specialties, and the AFT vs CFT comparison. Those pages cover who takes it and how it sits next to the AFT. They cannot give you a pass time the Army has not published.