Most people train their favourite station. Your score does not care. Every station's next point has a different price — here is how to find and buy the cheapest ones.
Calculate My IPPT Score →Enter your current results in the IPPT Calculator. Under each station it tells you the exact cost of the next point: X more reps for push-ups and sit-ups, Y seconds faster for the run. Because scoring uses tables and 10-second run bands, these prices are uneven — one point might cost 1 rep, the next might cost 4.
| Next point costs | Usually means |
|---|---|
| 1–2 reps (statics) | Buy it — a week or two of volume work |
| One run band (≤10 sec) | Buy it — pacing alone often finds 10 seconds |
| 4+ reps or 2+ run bands | Expensive — a full training block; check the other stations first |
Train the cheapest station for 2–4 weeks using the station plans — push-ups, sit-ups, 2.4km run — then re-test yourself and recalculate. Prices change after every gain; yesterday's expensive point may be today's bargain. Repeat until you cross your target with a buffer of 2–3 points.
Targets sit at 51 / 61 / 75 / 85 (90 for Commando, Diver and Guard Gold). Plan to land 2–3 points above your line in training — test-day conditions, counting strictness and one weak station eat buffers for breakfast. Use the Target Planner to set the exact run your target needs, and the 6-week pass plan if you are starting from a fail.
Never let a station sit at zero. A 0 in any station fails the whole test regardless of total — one point in your worst station is worth more than five in your best. Fix zeros first, then buy cheap points.
Find the cheapest next point: compare how many reps or seconds each station needs for its next point in your age group, train that station, then recalculate. Table banding makes some points cost 1 rep and others 4+.
Only if it is at or near zero — a zero fails everything. Otherwise train whichever station offers the next point at the lowest effort, weakest or not.
2–3 points above the award line in training, so test-day variation does not drop you a band.