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Verdict

Is a 100 kg squat good?

Short answer: it depends entirely on your bodyweight, and here is the table that says by how much.

At 82.5–87.5 kg bodyweight, 100 kg is the 3rd percentile of judged lifts — novice among people who compete.

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Percentile

20,457 judged squats, men, 82.5–87.5 kg

No lift entered. The curve is every judged squats in this class — add yours to it.

Not your class?

100 kg is 220 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 100 kg means at every bodyweight

The same lift is a different achievement at 60 kg and at 120 kg. This is the whole answer, not one row of it.

Men

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 78th Advanced 72.5
52.5–57.5 kg 43rd Intermediate 106.6
57.5–62.5 kg 23rd Intermediate 127.5
62.5–67.5 kg 9th Novice 150.0
67.5–72.5 kg 7th Novice 152.5
72.5–77.5 kg 3rd Novice 170.0
77.5–82.5 kg 2nd Novice 182.5
82.5–87.5 kg 3rd Novice 185.0
87.5–92.5 kg 1st Novice 197.5
92.5–97.5 kg 2nd Novice 200.0
97.5–102.5 kg <1 Novice 210.0
102.5–107.5 kg <1 Novice 217.5
107.5–112.5 kg <1 Novice 217.5
112.5–117.5 kg <1 Novice 222.5
117.5–122.5 kg <1 Novice 235.0
122.5–127.5 kg 1st Novice 229.1
127.5–132.5 kg <1 Novice 230.0
132.5–137.5 kg <1 Novice 240.0
137.5 kg and above <1 Novice 245.0

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 77th Advanced 82.5
52.5–57.5 kg 59th Advanced 95.0
57.5–62.5 kg 50th Advanced 100.0
62.5–67.5 kg 40th Intermediate 107.5
67.5–72.5 kg 35th Intermediate 111.0
72.5–77.5 kg 28th Intermediate 117.5
77.5–82.5 kg 27th Intermediate 117.5
82.5–87.5 kg 27th Intermediate 120.0
87.5–92.5 kg 26th Intermediate 120.0
92.5–97.5 kg 25th Intermediate 120.0
97.5–102.5 kg 21st Intermediate 127.5
102.5–107.5 kg 21st Intermediate 127.5
107.5–112.5 kg 19th Novice 130.0
112.5–117.5 kg 19th Novice 132.5
117.5–122.5 kg 17th Novice 137.5
122.5–127.5 kg 16th Novice 142.0
137.5 kg and above 16th Novice 142.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
100.03rdNovice
110.04thNovice
120.06thNovice
130.09thNovice

Men at 82.5–87.5 kg bodyweight. Percentile gained per 10 kg, so you can see what the next plate is actually worth.

Who these numbers describe. Everyone in this dataset entered a powerlifting competition. They are stronger than the general gym population, so a 50th percentile here is well above an average gym-goer — we would rather tell you that than quietly flatter you. Nobody has ever published a trustworthy random sample of what people lift in commercial gyms; what exists instead is app data that people type in themselves.

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Amit Sharma

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