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Verdict

Is a 1300 lb total 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, 1300 lb is the 78th percentile — advanced.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 260340420500580660740 kg lifted →
kg

Percentile

20,368 judged totals, men, 82.5–87.5 kg

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

Not your class?

1300 lb is 590 kg. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 1300 lb 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 99+ World-class 220.0
52.5–57.5 kg 99+ World-class 312.5
57.5–62.5 kg 99+ World-class 372.0
62.5–67.5 kg 97th World-class 430.0
67.5–72.5 kg 97th World-class 440.0
72.5–77.5 kg 90th Elite 485.0
77.5–82.5 kg 81st Elite 515.0
82.5–87.5 kg 78th Advanced 520.0
87.5–92.5 kg 66th Advanced 555.0
92.5–97.5 kg 61st Advanced 562.5
97.5–102.5 kg 52nd Advanced 585.0
102.5–107.5 kg 44th Intermediate 605.0
107.5–112.5 kg 44th Intermediate 605.0
112.5–117.5 kg 41st Intermediate 615.0
117.5–122.5 kg 32nd Intermediate 645.0
122.5–127.5 kg 37th Intermediate 630.0
127.5–132.5 kg 39th Intermediate 627.5
132.5–137.5 kg 31st Intermediate 652.5
137.5 kg and above 30th Intermediate 665.0

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 99+ World-class 232.5
52.5–57.5 kg 99+ World-class 267.5
57.5–62.5 kg 99+ World-class 281.2
62.5–67.5 kg 99+ World-class 295.0
67.5–72.5 kg 99+ World-class 305.0
72.5–77.5 kg 99+ World-class 320.0
77.5–82.5 kg 99+ World-class 320.0
82.5–87.5 kg 99+ World-class 323.7
87.5–92.5 kg 99+ World-class 327.5
92.5–97.5 kg 99+ World-class 325.0
97.5–102.5 kg 99+ World-class 342.5
102.5–107.5 kg 99+ World-class 342.5
107.5–112.5 kg 99+ World-class 347.5
112.5–117.5 kg 99+ World-class 350.0
117.5–122.5 kg 99+ World-class 362.5
122.5–127.5 kg 99+ World-class 370.0
137.5 kg and above 96th World-class 380.0

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
589.778thAdvanced
614.785thElite
639.790thElite
664.794thElite

Men at 82.5–87.5 kg bodyweight. Percentile gained per 25 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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