Is a 250 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, 250 kg is the 1st percentile of judged lifts — novice among people who compete.
Percentile
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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?
250 kg is 551 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.
What 250 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
| Bodyweight | Percentile | Band | Median for the class |
|---|---|---|---|
| up to 52.5 kg | 63rd | Advanced | 220.0 |
| 52.5–57.5 kg | 21st | Intermediate | 312.5 |
| 57.5–62.5 kg | 9th | Novice | 372.0 |
| 62.5–67.5 kg | 3rd | Novice | 430.0 |
| 67.5–72.5 kg | 2nd | 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
| Bodyweight | Percentile | Band | Median for the class |
|---|---|---|---|
| up to 52.5 kg | 61st | Advanced | 232.5 |
| 52.5–57.5 kg | 39th | Intermediate | 267.5 |
| 57.5–62.5 kg | 30th | Intermediate | 281.2 |
| 62.5–67.5 kg | 23rd | Intermediate | 295.0 |
| 67.5–72.5 kg | 19th | Novice | 305.0 |
| 72.5–77.5 kg | 15th | Novice | 320.0 |
| 77.5–82.5 kg | 14th | Novice | 320.0 |
| 82.5–87.5 kg | 14th | Novice | 323.7 |
| 87.5–92.5 kg | 13th | Novice | 327.5 |
| 92.5–97.5 kg | 12th | Novice | 325.0 |
| 97.5–102.5 kg | 11th | Novice | 342.5 |
| 102.5–107.5 kg | 9th | Novice | 342.5 |
| 107.5–112.5 kg | 8th | Novice | 347.5 |
| 112.5–117.5 kg | 9th | Novice | 350.0 |
| 117.5–122.5 kg | 7th | Novice | 362.5 |
| 122.5–127.5 kg | 7th | Novice | 370.0 |
| 137.5 kg and above | 4th | Novice | 380.0 |
The road from here
| Lift | Percentile | Band |
|---|---|---|
| 250.0 | 1st | Novice |
| 275.0 | 1st | Novice |
| 300.0 | 2nd | Novice |
| 325.0 | 3rd | Novice |
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.