Beep test

Beep test calculator: level to MAS and VO₂max

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Short answer

Enter the level where you stopped and how many shuttles you completed in that level. The calculator applies the scoring rule: MAS is the speed of the last level you completed in full. It also gives the speed you were holding, distance and time run, pace per kilometre and an estimated VO₂max.

A shuttle counts if your foot was behind the line on the beep. Use the maximum if you finished the level.

Your result

12km/hMAS
8Level credited
12km/hSpeed held
1 440mDistance run
8 min 28 sRunning time
5:00 /kmPace
36ml/min/kgEstimated VO₂max

How the result is computed

The speed of each level comes from the official test table, reproduced below. The calculator never averages: if the level is unfinished it credits the previous one, exactly as an examiner would. Distance adds up the shuttles actually run. VO₂max is estimated with the Daniels and Gilbert model from the MAS, which gives about 43.6 ml/min/kg for 14 km/h; it is a population estimate, not a measurement.

What the calculator does not know

It knows neither your age, nor your sex, nor the test conditions. A level run on a slippery floor, with 19 m between the lines or after a training session, is not worth the same figure. The VO₂max shown is that of an average runner with this MAS; an economical runner will have a lower one, a beginner a higher one. For an entry test only the level counts, and the examiner reads it.

The Beep test table

LevelSpeedShuttless / shuttleLevel durationCumulative timeCumulative distance
18791 min 03 s1 min 03 s140
29881 min 04 s2 min 07 s300
39.587.581 min 01 s3 min 08 s460
41097.201 min 05 s4 min 12 s640
510.596.861 min 02 s5 min 14 s820
611106.551 min 06 s6 min 20 s1 020
711.5106.261 min 03 s7 min 22 s1 220
8121161 min 06 s8 min 28 s1 440
912.5115.761 min 03 s9 min 32 s1 660
1013115.541 min 01 s10 min 33 s1 880
1113.5125.331 min 04 s11 min 37 s2 120
1214125.141 min 02 s12 min 38 s2 360
1314.5134.971 min 05 s13 min 43 s2 620
1415134.801 min 02 s14 min 45 s2 880
1515.5134.651 min15 min 46 s3 140
1616144.501 min 03 s16 min 49 s3 420
1716.5144.361 min 01 s17 min 50 s3 700
1817154.241 min 04 s18 min 53 s4 000
1917.5154.111 min 02 s19 min 55 s4 300
20181641 min 04 s20 min 59 s4 620
2118.5163.891 min 02 s22 min 01 s4 940

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