PACER (Beep Test): Males, Age 16

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.

Data source: Tomkinson et al. (International 20mSRT) (2017) · n=1.1M About this study

PACER (Beep Test) Cardiovascular Males 16

Percentile Distribution (laps)

Percentile distribution (laps) 5th 5th: 15 laps 15 25th 25th: 37 laps 37 50th 50th: 54 laps 54 75th 75th: 74 laps 74 95th 95th: 102 laps 102 0 24 48 72 96 120 laps Percentile distribution (laps) 5th 5th: 15 laps 15 25th 25th: 37 laps 37 50th 50th: 54 laps 54 75th 75th: 74 laps 74 95th 95th: 102 laps 102 0 24 48 72 96 120 laps
Percentile Value (laps) Rating
5th 15 Poor
25th 37 Below average
50th 54 Average
75th 74 Above average
95th 102 Excellent

What these numbers mean for males aged 16

A score around 54 laps is typical (50th percentile) for males in this age group. Scores above about 74 laps fall near the 75th percentile or higher, indicating above-average performance. Scores below about 37 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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