Physics

5054 Grade Thresholds 2023–2025 (All Series)

Published Oct 18, 2026

Grade thresholds are the minimum total marks Cambridge required for each grade in O Level Physics (5054). They change every series, so this page collects the official figures for every June and November series from 2023 to 2025 in one place, with a short guide to reading them.

All figures below are copied from Cambridge International's published grade threshold tables. See Cambridge's grade threshold tables for the original documents.

How 5054 thresholds work

5054 is not tiered: candidates take Paper 1 (Multiple Choice), Paper 2 (Theory) and either Paper 3 (Practical Test) or Paper 4 (Alternative to Practical), and can achieve grades A*–E. Each option code is one combination of three papers.

Thresholds are set after each exam by senior examiners, so a harder paper usually gets lower thresholds and an easier one higher thresholds. Grade A* does not exist at the level of a single paper; it is only awarded on the overall total.

What the numbers show

Across the six series below, the A* threshold ranged from 74% to 80% of the maximum mark, and the C threshold from 30% to 44%. These percentages are calculated by us from Cambridge's published figures; they are a guide, not a prediction for the next series.

5054 grade thresholds by series

Each row is the minimum total mark after weighting for that grade. A dash means the grade is not available for that option.

November 2025

Option	Components	Max mark	A*	A	B	C	D	E
AX	11, 21, 31	200	154	130	106	82	66	50
AY	12, 22, 32	200	160	136	112	89	71	54
BX	11, 21, 41	200	157	132	107	82	65	49
BY	12, 22, 42	200	160	135	110	85	67	49

June 2025

Option	Components	Max mark	A*	A	B	C	D	E
AX	11, 21, 31	200	153	125	97	69	58	47
AY	12, 22, 32	200	157	128	99	70	58	47
BX	11, 21, 41	200	157	128	99	71	59	48
BY	12, 22, 42	200	160	130	100	71	59	48

November 2024

Option	Components	Max mark	A*	A	B	C	D	E
AX	11, 21, 31	200	150	124	98	72	60	48
AY	12, 22, 32	200	157	129	101	73	61	50
BX	11, 21, 41	200	155	127	99	72	59	47
BY	12, 22, 42	200	158	129	100	71	59	47

June 2024

Option	Components	Max mark	A*	A	B	C	D	E
AX	11, 21, 31	200	154	127	100	73	61	50
AY	12, 22, 32	200	158	129	100	72	61	50
BX	11, 21, 41	200	155	127	99	71	59	48
BY	12, 22, 42	200	159	129	99	70	59	48

November 2023

Option	Components	Max mark	A*	A	B	C	D	E
AX	11, 21, 31	200	148	123	98	74	61	49
AY	12, 22, 32	200	151	124	97	71	59	47
BX	11, 21, 41	200	148	123	98	73	61	49
BY	12, 22, 42	200	152	124	96	68	55	43

June 2023

Option	Components	Max mark	A*	A	B	C	D	E
AX	11, 21, 31	200	148	123	98	73	62	52
AY	12, 22, 32	200	147	118	89	60	48	37
BX	11, 21, 41	200	149	125	101	77	66	56
BY	12, 22, 42	200	154	125	96	67	55	43

How to use thresholds in revision

Mark a full past paper strictly with the mark scheme, then compare your total with the thresholds for the same series.
Aim a little above the highest recent threshold for your target grade, since thresholds move from series to series.
Use the papers themselves on our 5054 past papers page.

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Source: Cambridge International grade threshold tables for 5054, June and November 2023, 2024 and 2025. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment. Kambridge Math & Physics is not affiliated with Cambridge.

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