RAF Pre-Joining Fitness Test

The Royal Air Force tests applicants with a single event: a 2.4km run on a treadmill set to zero incline. That simplicity makes it the easiest test on this list to rehearse exactly, since any gym treadmill will do. Pass times rise with age and differ by sex. For applicants aged 17 to 29, the published targets are 13 minutes 20 seconds for men and 15 minutes 48 seconds for women, which works out at a steady pace of about 5 minutes 33 seconds per kilometre for the men's standard. Set the treadmill to that speed and hold it; there is no strength element to make up lost time.