PACER (Beep Test): Males, Age 13

The PACER (Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run), also known as the beep test, bleep test, or 20-metre shuttle run, is the most widely used field test of cardiorespiratory fitness in children and adolescents. Participants run back and forth along a 20-metre course, keeping pace with audio beeps that get progressively faster each minute. The test ends when the participant can no longer keep pace for two consecutive laps. Norms on this page are drawn from Tomkinson et al. 2017, the largest international 20m shuttle run normative study, covering 1,142,026 performances from 50 countries in children and adolescents aged 9 to 17.

PACER (Beep Test) Cardiovascular Males 13

Percentile Distribution (laps)

Percentile distribution (laps) 5th 5th: 11 laps 11 25th 25th: 30 laps 30 50th 50th: 44 laps 44 75th 75th: 60 laps 60 95th 95th: 84 laps 84 0 24 48 72 96 120 laps Percentile distribution (laps) 5th 5th: 11 laps 11 25th 25th: 30 laps 30 50th 50th: 44 laps 44 75th 75th: 60 laps 60 95th 95th: 84 laps 84 0 24 48 72 96 120 laps
Percentile Value (laps) Rating
5th 11 Poor
25th 30 Below average
50th 44 Average
75th 60 Above average
95th 84 Excellent

What these numbers mean for males aged 13

A score around 44 laps is typical (50th percentile) for males in this age group. Scores above about 60 laps fall near the 75th percentile or higher, indicating above-average performance. Scores below about 30 laps fall near the 25th percentile, about 75% of the reference population scored higher.

Percentiles show how common a value is, not whether it is healthy.

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