Shuttle Run Test: Standards by Age & Sex

What is a good shuttle run time? These are the 30-foot agility shuttle-run norms (in seconds, lower is better) from the Presidential Fitness Test's 1985 survey, by age and sex.

Shuttle Run Test norms by age

The shuttle run is a 30-foot course run twice, retrieving a block each length. The score is the best time, in seconds.

Shuttle Run norms by age and sex
Age	Boys 85th	Boys 50th	Girls 85th	Girls 50th
6	12.1 sec	13.3 sec	12.4 sec	13.8 sec
7	11.5 sec	12.8 sec	12.1 sec	13.2 sec
8	11.1 sec	12.2 sec	11.8 sec	12.9 sec
9	10.9 sec	11.9 sec	11.1 sec	12.5 sec
10	10.3 sec	11.5 sec	10.8 sec	12.1 sec
11	10.0 sec	11.1 sec	10.5 sec	11.5 sec
12	9.8 sec	10.6 sec	10.4 sec	11.3 sec
13	9.5 sec	10.2 sec	10.2 sec	11.1 sec
14	9.1 sec	9.9 sec	10.1 sec	11.2 sec
15	9.0 sec	9.7 sec	10.0 sec	11.0 sec
16	8.7 sec	9.4 sec	10.1 sec	10.9 sec
17	8.7 sec	9.4 sec	10.0 sec	11.0 sec

Verified source: Presidential Physical Fitness Test standards — President's Council on Physical Fitness & Sports, 1985 National School Population Fitness Survey (85th percentile validated 1998; 50th validated 1994). Reproduced verbatim and checked cell-by-cell. Recovered from the President's Challenge archive and verified cell-by-cell against the authoritative GPO publication (p. 8). Partial Curl-Up norms: Canada Fitness Award Program; ¼/½-mile: AAU. Official source · Sources & methodology

Frequently asked questions

What is a good shuttle run time for my age?

On the Presidential Fitness Test scale, faster is better and the 85th percentile is a top time. A 10-year-old boy needed about 10.3 seconds for the 85th percentile.

Is this the same as the PACER or beep test?

No. This 30-foot agility shuttle run is a short timed sprint, not the PACER (a progressive 20-meter beep-test run used by FitnessGram).

Other events: Push-Up Test · Pull-Up Test · Curl-Up (Sit-Up) Test · Sit & Reach Test · One-Mile Run · Flexed-Arm Hang Test

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