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Verdict

Is a 350 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, 350 kg is the 5th percentile of judged lifts — novice among people who compete.

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

350 kg is 772 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 350 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 91st Elite 220.0
52.5–57.5 kg 68th Advanced 312.5
57.5–62.5 kg 41st Intermediate 372.0
62.5–67.5 kg 19th Novice 430.0
67.5–72.5 kg 16th Novice 440.0
72.5–77.5 kg 7th Novice 485.0
77.5–82.5 kg 4th Novice 515.0
82.5–87.5 kg 5th Novice 520.0
87.5–92.5 kg 2nd Novice 555.0
92.5–97.5 kg 3rd Novice 562.5
97.5–102.5 kg 2nd Novice 585.0
102.5–107.5 kg 2nd Novice 605.0
107.5–112.5 kg 2nd Novice 605.0
112.5–117.5 kg 2nd Novice 615.0
117.5–122.5 kg 1st Novice 645.0
122.5–127.5 kg 2nd Novice 630.0
127.5–132.5 kg 2nd Novice 627.5
132.5–137.5 kg 1st Novice 652.5
137.5 kg and above 2nd Novice 665.0

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 97th World-class 232.5
52.5–57.5 kg 91st Elite 267.5
57.5–62.5 kg 86th Elite 281.2
62.5–67.5 kg 80th Elite 295.0
67.5–72.5 kg 75th Advanced 305.0
72.5–77.5 kg 67th Advanced 320.0
77.5–82.5 kg 66th Advanced 320.0
82.5–87.5 kg 64th Advanced 323.7
87.5–92.5 kg 63rd Advanced 327.5
92.5–97.5 kg 64th Advanced 325.0
97.5–102.5 kg 55th Advanced 342.5
102.5–107.5 kg 55th Advanced 342.5
107.5–112.5 kg 51st Advanced 347.5
112.5–117.5 kg 50th Advanced 350.0
117.5–122.5 kg 43rd Intermediate 362.5
122.5–127.5 kg 39th Intermediate 370.0
137.5 kg and above 38th Intermediate 380.0

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
350.05thNovice
375.08thNovice
400.011thNovice
425.016thNovice

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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