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Josué Brachi vs Smbat Margaryan

Josué Brachi and Smbat Margaryan, compared on every result on this site. Josué Brachi's best total is 273 kg (men's 61 kg, 2019); Smbat Margaryan's is 259 kg (men's 56 kg, 2015). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Josué Brachi is ahead by 8.1 points. They met nine times in the same class; in the eight where both posted a total, Josué Brachi finished ahead twice, Smbat Margaryan six.

Side by side

Josué Brachi and Smbat Margaryan side by side

Career figures from every result on this site. Where one figure is better, it is in bold. The figures are explained under the table.

Figure Spain Josué Brachi Armenia Smbat Margaryan
Nation Spain Armenia
Born 1992 1993
Competitions 41, 2009 to 2024 17, 2009 to 2015
Olympic medals None None
World Championships medals None None
Best snatch 125 kg 113 kg
Best clean and jerk 148 kg 147 kg
Best total 273 kg (men's 61 kg, 2019) 259 kg (men's 56 kg, 2015)
Best Sinclair score 435.9 427.8
Best total, place in its class 72nd of 342 in the men's 61 kg 88th of 741 in the men's 56 kg
Snatch attempts made 59% (73 of 123) 64% (32 of 50)
Clean and jerk attempts made 63% (72 of 114) 48% (24 of 50)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk 84% 77%
World records held now None None

How to read these figures

  • Sinclair score. The total scaled for bodyweight with the IWF's 2025 to 2028 coefficients, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Women and men have separate formulas.
  • Place in its class. Where the best total stands among every lifter with a total in that class on this site, on the IWF class list in force at the time.
  • Attempts made. The share of all snatch or clean and jerk attempts the lifter made. At senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998, lifters make 58% of snatches and 56% of clean and jerks.
  • Snatch as a share of clean and jerk. The snatch divided by the clean and jerk at the best total. It describes the shape of a lifter, not strength, so it is not in bold; eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
  • World records held now. Records on the IWF class list in force since 1 August 2026. A record set in a class that list retired does not carry over, so a past record holder can show none.
Head to head

Josué Brachi vs Smbat Margaryan head to head

Every competition where both were entered in the same class, newest first. Each lifter's column gives the total in kilograms and the place in the class. "No lifts" means an entry without an attempt; "No total" means the results record no total, most often after three misses in one lift. Only meets where both posted a total count toward who finished ahead: the higher total, or on equal totals the published places, which went to the lighter lifter until 2017 and to the one who made the total first since.

Competition Class Josué Brachi Smbat Margaryan Ahead
2015 European Championships 10 Apr 201556 kgAhead: Smbat Margaryan 56 kg 254place 4 259place 2 Smbat Margaryan
2014 World Weightlifting Championships 4 Nov 201456 kgAhead: Smbat Margaryan 56 kg 247place 22 250place 18 Smbat Margaryan
2014 European Championships 5 Apr 201456 kgAhead: Smbat Margaryan 56 kg 253place 5 256place 3 Smbat Margaryan
2013 World Weightlifting Championships 16 Oct 201356 kgAhead: Josué Brachi 56 kg 246place 9 239place 11 Josué Brachi
2011 European Junior Championships 10 Sep 201156 kgAhead: Josué Brachi 56 kg 238place 5 231place 6 Josué Brachi
2010 European Junior Championships 20 Nov 201056 kgNot counted 56 kg No total No total Not counted
2010 European Championships 2 Apr 201056 kgAhead: Smbat Margaryan 56 kg 230place 11 255place 2 Smbat Margaryan
2009 European U23 Championships 11 Oct 200956 kgAhead: Smbat Margaryan 56 kg 205place 10 238place 1 Smbat Margaryan
2009 European Youth Championships 6 Sep 200956 kgAhead: Smbat Margaryan 56 kg 210place 9 235place 1 Smbat Margaryan
Careers

Josué Brachi and Smbat Margaryan, competition by competition

The Sinclair score at each competition: the total scaled for bodyweight, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Competitions that ended without a total or a bodyweight have no point.

Josué Brachi and Smbat Margaryan: Sinclair score at each competition, 35 and 16 competitions.32038545020092011201320152017201920212023Josué Brachi, 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 May 2009: 325.76 pointsJosué Brachi, 2009 European Youth Championships, 6 Sep 2009: 348.49 pointsJosué Brachi, 2009 European U23 Championships, 11 Oct 2009: 337.38 pointsJosué Brachi, 2010 European Championships, 2 Apr 2010: 380.65 pointsJosué Brachi, 2010 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 11 Jun 2010: 385 pointsJosué Brachi, 2010 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Sep 2010: 385.86 pointsJosué Brachi, 2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 29 Jun 2011: 389.83 pointsJosué Brachi, 2011 European Junior Championships, 10 Sep 2011: 391.48 pointsJosué Brachi, 2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2011: 390.1 pointsJosué Brachi, 2012 European Championships, 9 Apr 2012: 402.45 pointsJosué Brachi, 2012 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 10 May 2012: 407.81 pointsJosué Brachi, 2012 European Junior Championships, 29 Nov 2012: 414.21 pointsJosué Brachi, 2013 European Championships, 8 Apr 2013: 406.92 pointsJosué Brachi, 2013 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Oct 2013: 408.17 pointsJosué Brachi, 2014 European Championships, 5 Apr 2014: 418.37 pointsJosué Brachi, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 408.5 pointsJosué Brachi, 2015 European Championships, 10 Apr 2015: 420.85 pointsJosué Brachi, 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Nov 2015: 429.22 pointsJosué Brachi, 2016 European Championships, 8 Apr 2016: 435.88 pointsJosué Brachi, 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 Nov 2017: 425.32 pointsJosué Brachi, 2018 European Championships, 26 Mar 2018: 417.91 pointsJosué Brachi, 2018 Mediterranean Games, 22 Jun 2018: 413.08 pointsJosué Brachi, 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Nov 2018: 417.9 pointsJosué Brachi, 2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 426.29 pointsJosué Brachi, 2019 Ibero-American Championships, 8 May 2019: 421.82 pointsJosué Brachi, 2019 Mediterranean Cup, 4 Oct 2019: 414.04 pointsJosué Brachi, 2019 IWF Grand Prix Odesur CSLP, 8 Nov 2019: 416.69 pointsJosué Brachi, 2020 Malta International Open, 23 Feb 2020: 419.94 pointsJosué Brachi, 2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 410.43 pointsJosué Brachi, 2021 Ibero-American Championships, 10 May 2021: 408.58 pointsJosué Brachi, 2021 World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Dec 2021: 423.28 pointsJosué Brachi, 2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 427.07 pointsJosué Brachi, 2022 Mediterranean Games, 1 Jul 2022: 406.7 pointsJosué Brachi, 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Dec 2022: 402.63 pointsJosué Brachi, 2023 IWF Grand Prix I, 8 Jun 2023: 397.01 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 May 2009: 393.67 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2009 European Junior Championships, 25 Jul 2009: 391.47 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2009 European Youth Championships, 6 Sep 2009: 388.16 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2009 European U23 Championships, 11 Oct 2009: 393.01 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2010 European Championships, 2 Apr 2010: 423.28 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2010 IWF Youth Olympic Qualification Event for Europe, 18 May 2010: 395.21 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2010 Youth Olympic Games, 14 Aug 2010: 399.98 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2011 European Championships, 11 Apr 2011: 404.68 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2011 European Junior Championships, 10 Sep 2011: 382.09 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2012 FISU World University Championships, 5 Nov 2012: 382.47 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2013 Summer Universiade, 6 Jul 2013: 391.37 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2013 European Junior Championships, 23 Sep 2013: 399.2 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2013 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Oct 2013: 395.72 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2014 European Championships, 5 Apr 2014: 421.55 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 413.35 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2015 European Championships, 10 Apr 2015: 427.81 points
Josué Brachi and Smbat Margaryan: Sinclair score at each competition, 35 and 16 competitions.320385450200920152021Josué Brachi, 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 May 2009: 325.76 pointsJosué Brachi, 2009 European Youth Championships, 6 Sep 2009: 348.49 pointsJosué Brachi, 2009 European U23 Championships, 11 Oct 2009: 337.38 pointsJosué Brachi, 2010 European Championships, 2 Apr 2010: 380.65 pointsJosué Brachi, 2010 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 11 Jun 2010: 385 pointsJosué Brachi, 2010 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Sep 2010: 385.86 pointsJosué Brachi, 2011 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 29 Jun 2011: 389.83 pointsJosué Brachi, 2011 European Junior Championships, 10 Sep 2011: 391.48 pointsJosué Brachi, 2011 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2011: 390.1 pointsJosué Brachi, 2012 European Championships, 9 Apr 2012: 402.45 pointsJosué Brachi, 2012 Junior World Weightlifting Championships, 10 May 2012: 407.81 pointsJosué Brachi, 2012 European Junior Championships, 29 Nov 2012: 414.21 pointsJosué Brachi, 2013 European Championships, 8 Apr 2013: 406.92 pointsJosué Brachi, 2013 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Oct 2013: 408.17 pointsJosué Brachi, 2014 European Championships, 5 Apr 2014: 418.37 pointsJosué Brachi, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 408.5 pointsJosué Brachi, 2015 European Championships, 10 Apr 2015: 420.85 pointsJosué Brachi, 2015 World Weightlifting Championships, 20 Nov 2015: 429.22 pointsJosué Brachi, 2016 European Championships, 8 Apr 2016: 435.88 pointsJosué Brachi, 2017 World Weightlifting Championships, 27 Nov 2017: 425.32 pointsJosué Brachi, 2018 European Championships, 26 Mar 2018: 417.91 pointsJosué Brachi, 2018 Mediterranean Games, 22 Jun 2018: 413.08 pointsJosué Brachi, 2018 World Weightlifting Championships, 1 Nov 2018: 417.9 pointsJosué Brachi, 2019 European Championships, 6 Apr 2019: 426.29 pointsJosué Brachi, 2019 Ibero-American Championships, 8 May 2019: 421.82 pointsJosué Brachi, 2019 Mediterranean Cup, 4 Oct 2019: 414.04 pointsJosué Brachi, 2019 IWF Grand Prix Odesur CSLP, 8 Nov 2019: 416.69 pointsJosué Brachi, 2020 Malta International Open, 23 Feb 2020: 419.94 pointsJosué Brachi, 2021 European Championships, 3 Apr 2021: 410.43 pointsJosué Brachi, 2021 Ibero-American Championships, 10 May 2021: 408.58 pointsJosué Brachi, 2021 World Weightlifting Championships, 7 Dec 2021: 423.28 pointsJosué Brachi, 2022 European Championships, 28 May 2022: 427.07 pointsJosué Brachi, 2022 Mediterranean Games, 1 Jul 2022: 406.7 pointsJosué Brachi, 2022 World Weightlifting Championships, 5 Dec 2022: 402.63 pointsJosué Brachi, 2023 IWF Grand Prix I, 8 Jun 2023: 397.01 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2009 Youth World Weightlifting Championships, 19 May 2009: 393.67 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2009 European Junior Championships, 25 Jul 2009: 391.47 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2009 European Youth Championships, 6 Sep 2009: 388.16 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2009 European U23 Championships, 11 Oct 2009: 393.01 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2010 European Championships, 2 Apr 2010: 423.28 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2010 IWF Youth Olympic Qualification Event for Europe, 18 May 2010: 395.21 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2010 Youth Olympic Games, 14 Aug 2010: 399.98 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2011 European Championships, 11 Apr 2011: 404.68 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2011 European Junior Championships, 10 Sep 2011: 382.09 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2012 FISU World University Championships, 5 Nov 2012: 382.47 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2013 Summer Universiade, 6 Jul 2013: 391.37 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2013 European Junior Championships, 23 Sep 2013: 399.2 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2013 World Weightlifting Championships, 16 Oct 2013: 395.72 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2014 European Championships, 5 Apr 2014: 421.55 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships, 4 Nov 2014: 413.35 pointsSmbat Margaryan, 2015 European Championships, 10 Apr 2015: 427.81 points
Josué Brachi: round points Smbat Margaryan: square points