Competition Strength Percentiles: How You Rank Among Powerlifters
See how your squat, bench, deadlift, and total rank against real sanctioned competition results, not gym self-reports or modelled estimates. Looking for general gym strength standards across 30+ lifts? See the strength standards hub.
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Showing standards for Raw, Men, 83 kg. Enter your bodyweight above to see standards for your class.
| Level | Percentile | Squat | Bench Press | Deadlift | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Beginner
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Below 25th | 162.5 kg | 107.5 kg | 195.0 kg | 465.0 kg |
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Intermediate
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25th - 50th | 187.5 kg | 125.0 kg | 220.0 kg | 532.5 kg |
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Advanced
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50th - 75th | 210.0 kg | 140.0 kg | 242.5 kg | 592.5 kg |
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Elite
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75th - 95th | 247.5 kg | 167.5 kg | 280.0 kg | 695.0 kg |
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World Class
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95th+ | 273.5 kg | 190.0 kg | 305.5 kg | 769.0 kg |
Standards Across All Weight Classes
Showing the total needed to reach each level at every weight class. If your total is at or above the Advanced column, you are stronger than 75% of all competition lifters in your weight class.
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| Weight Class | Beginner (<p25) |
Intermediate (p25-p50) |
Advanced (p50-p75) |
Elite (p75-p95) |
World Class (p95+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 kg | 172.5 kg | 235.0 kg | 301.6 kg | 432.5 kg | 597.5 kg |
| 56 kg | 256.1 kg | 319.1 kg | 388.0 kg | 499.3 kg | 593.8 kg |
| 60 kg | 300.0 kg | 370.0 kg | 437.5 kg | 532.5 kg | 607.5 kg |
| 67.5 kg | 361.7 kg | 432.5 kg | 500.0 kg | 587.5 kg | 655.0 kg |
| 75 kg | 415.0 kg | 485.0 kg | 550.0 kg | 645.0 kg | 717.5 kg |
| 82.5 kg | 452.5 kg | 520.0 kg | 590.0 kg | 687.5 kg | 767.5 kg |
| 90 kg | 487.5 kg | 560.0 kg | 625.0 kg | 735.0 kg | 813.7 kg |
| 100 kg | 512.5 kg | 590.0 kg | 667.5 kg | 780.0 kg | 862.5 kg |
| 110 kg | 540.0 kg | 622.5 kg | 704.5 kg | 820.0 kg | 910.0 kg |
| 125 kg | 557.5 kg | 647.5 kg | 735.0 kg | 860.0 kg | 957.1 kg |
| 140 kg | 572.0 kg | 669.4 kg | 765.0 kg | 895.0 kg | 997.5 kg |
| 140+ kg | 572.0 kg | 669.4 kg | 765.0 kg | 895.0 kg | 997.5 kg |
Detailed Competition Percentiles by Class
Drill into single-lift percentile tiers for the most common competition weight classes.
How These Standards Work
Built from Real Competition Data
These standards come from percentile analysis of the full OpenPowerlifting competition database - over 1,000,000 lifters who have actually competed. When we say "Advanced" is the 75th percentile, it literally means you lifted more than 75% of everyone in your weight class and equipment category who has ever stepped on a platform.
Why Competition Lifts Are Different
Gym lifts and competition lifts are not the same thing. A competition squat means three white lights: proper depth, locked out at the top, controlled commands. Calibrated bars and plates, three judges watching every rep. Self-reported gym numbers are often inflated. Our standards reflect what lifters actually hit when it matters.
Why Our Numbers Differ From Other Sites
If our standards look harder than Strength Level, Symmetric Strength, or ExRx, that is intentional. Those systems use regression models, coefficients, or self-reported gym data. Ours use direct percentile analysis of the largest verified competition dataset in the world. Our "Intermediate" means you outlifted the bottom half of actual competitors - not the bottom half of people who typed their numbers into a website.
What Are Competition Strength Percentiles?
Competition strength percentiles tell you how your squat, bench press, deadlift, and total compare with sanctioned powerlifting results in your sex, weight class, and equipment category. They answer a competitor's real question: where would this lift sit against people who put numbers on a meet platform under federation rules?
What Each Level Really Means
Beginner (bottom 25%) is the early competition field. These totals usually belong to lifters who have learned the commands, entered meets, and started building repeatable platform technique. The label is about meet results, not general gym ability.
Intermediate (25th to 50th percentile) means you are stronger than roughly half of all competition lifters in your class. You have enough technical consistency to register a credible result and enough meet context to know how your lifts compare with actual competitors.
Advanced (50th to 75th percentile) means you are stronger than the majority of people who have competed. In many local meet fields, this is the range where placing, podiums, and federation context start to matter more than generic strength labels.
Elite (75th to 95th percentile) is where meet winners live. You are stronger than 75% or more of all competition lifters in your weight class. These are athletes who can shape the top of a division, especially when weight class, equipment, and federation depth are considered.
World Class (top 5%) represents the best powerlifters on the planet in your weight class. This tier is where national records, international teams, and deep federation leaderboards become the right comparison set.
How to Move Up the Competition Percentiles
Moving from Beginner to Intermediate is mostly about repeatable competition technique and consistent training. Getting to Advanced requires more precise programming, meet selection, and recovery management. Past that point, every kilogram has to be earned in the context of your federation, weight class, and equipment division.
Track your scores over time with our calculators, see the absolute ceiling of the sport on the world records page, or get a precise percentile ranking with the percentile calculator.