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Verdict

Is a 200 kg 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, 200 kg is the 1st percentile of judged lifts — novice among people who compete.

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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?

200 kg is 441 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 200 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 41st Intermediate 220.0
52.5–57.5 kg 8th Novice 312.5
57.5–62.5 kg 2nd Novice 372.0
62.5–67.5 kg <1 Novice 430.0
67.5–72.5 kg <1 Novice 440.0
72.5–77.5 kg <1 Novice 485.0
77.5–82.5 kg <1 Novice 515.0
82.5–87.5 kg <1 Novice 520.0
87.5–92.5 kg <1 Novice 555.0
92.5–97.5 kg <1 Novice 562.5
97.5–102.5 kg <1 Novice 585.0
102.5–107.5 kg <1 Novice 605.0
107.5–112.5 kg <1 Novice 605.0
112.5–117.5 kg <1 Novice 615.0
117.5–122.5 kg <1 Novice 645.0
122.5–127.5 kg <1 Novice 630.0
127.5–132.5 kg <1 Novice 627.5
132.5–137.5 kg <1 Novice 652.5
137.5 kg and above <1 Novice 665.0

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 29th Intermediate 232.5
52.5–57.5 kg 12th Novice 267.5
57.5–62.5 kg 8th Novice 281.2
62.5–67.5 kg 6th Novice 295.0
67.5–72.5 kg 5th Novice 305.0
72.5–77.5 kg 3rd Novice 320.0
77.5–82.5 kg 3rd Novice 320.0
82.5–87.5 kg 4th Novice 323.7
87.5–92.5 kg 3rd Novice 327.5
92.5–97.5 kg 3rd Novice 325.0
97.5–102.5 kg 3rd Novice 342.5
102.5–107.5 kg 2nd Novice 342.5
107.5–112.5 kg 2nd Novice 347.5
112.5–117.5 kg 2nd Novice 350.0
117.5–122.5 kg 1st Novice 362.5
122.5–127.5 kg 2nd Novice 370.0
137.5 kg and above <1 Novice 380.0

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
200.01stNovice
225.01stNovice
250.01stNovice
275.01stNovice

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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Amit Sharma

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