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Color Zone
Percentile in Zone
Purple >95
70–95
Blue
30–69
Green
Orange 5–29
<5
Red
VO2 Max. Standard Ratings
These tables include standardized classifications for VO2 max. estimates by age and sex.
Males
Percentile
Superior
95
Excellent
80
Good
60
Fair
40
Poor
0–40
Females
Percentile
Superior
95
Excellent
80
Good
60
Fair
40
Poor
0–40
Data reprinted with permission from The Cooper Institute. For more information, go to www.CooperInstitute.org.
FTP Ratings
These tables include classifications for functional
threshold power (FTP) estimates by sex.
Males
Watts per Kilogram (W/kg)
Superior
5.05 and greater
Excellent
From 3.93 to 5.04
Good
From 2.79 to 3.92
Fair
From 2.23 to 2.78
Untrained
Less than 2.23
92
Vertical Oscillation
Range at Chest
<6.4 cm
6.4–8.1 cm
8.2–9.7 cm
9.8–11.5 cm
>11.5 cm
20–29
30–39
55.4
54
51.1
48.3
45.4
44
41.7
40.5
<41.7
<40.5
20–29
30–39
49.6
47.4
43.9
42.4
39.5
37.8
36.1
34.4
<36.1
<34.4
Vertical Oscillation
Vertical Ratio at
Range at Waist
Chest
<6.8 cm
<6.1%
6.8–8.9 cm
6.1–7.4%
9.0–10.9 cm
7.5–8.6%
11.0–13.0 cm
8.7–10.1%
>13.0 cm
>10.1%
40–49
50–59
52.5
48.9
46.4
43.4
42.4
39.2
38.5
35.6
<38.5
<35.6
40–49
50–59
45.3
41.1
39.7
36.7
36.3
33
33
30.1
<33
<30.1
Females
Watts per Kilogram (W/kg)
Superior
4.30 and greater
Excellent
From 3.33 to 4.29
Good
From 2.36 to 3.32
Fair
From 1.90 to 2.35
Untrained
Less than 1.90
FTP ratings are based on research by Hunter Allen and
Andrew Coggan, PhD, Training and Racing with a Power
Meter (Boulder, CO: VeloPress, 2010).
Vertical Ratio at
Waist
<6.5%
6.5–8.3%
8.4–10.0%
10.1–11.9%
>11.9%
60–69
70–79
45.7
42.1
39.5
36.7
35.5
32.3
32.3
29.4
<32.3
<29.4
60–69
70–79
37.8
36.7
33
30.9
30
28.1
27.5
25.9
<27.5
<25.9
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