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Liu Huanhua vs Mehdi Karami
Liu Huanhua and Mehdi Karami, compared on every result on this site. Liu Huanhua's best total is 420 kg (men's 110 kg, 2026); Mehdi Karami's is 400 kg (men's 109 kg, 2024). On the Sinclair scale, which allows for bodyweight, Liu Huanhua is ahead by 34.5 points. They met once in the same class: Liu Huanhua finished ahead every time.
Liu Huanhua and Mehdi Karami 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 |  Liu Huanhua |
 Mehdi Karami |
|---|---|---|
| Nation | China | Iran |
| Born | 2001 | 1998 |
| Competitions | 10, 2022 to 2026 | 7, 2022 to 2024 |
| Olympic medals | 1 gold | None |
| World Championships medals | 1 gold, 1 bronze | 1 bronze |
| Best snatch | 190 kg | 183 kg |
| Best clean and jerk | 233 kg | 217 kg |
| Best total | 420 kg (men's 110 kg, 2026) | 400 kg (men's 109 kg, 2024) |
| Best Sinclair score | 483.4 | 448.8 |
| Best total, place in its class | 2nd of 113 in the men's 110 kg | 19th of 300 in the men's 109 kg |
| Snatch attempts made | 78% (21 of 27) | 67% (12 of 18) |
| Clean and jerk attempts made | 70% (19 of 27) | 50% (9 of 18) |
| Snatch as a share of clean and jerk | 83% | 84% |
| 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.
Liu Huanhua vs Mehdi Karami 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 | Liu Huanhua | Mehdi Karami |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 Asian Games 30 Sep 2023109 kgAhead: Liu Huanhua | 418place 1 | 380place 5 |
Liu Huanhua and Mehdi Karami, 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.
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