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Verdict

Is a 365 lb 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, 365 lb is the 32nd percentile of judged lifts — intermediate among people who compete.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 80110140170200230260 kg lifted →
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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?

365 lb is 166 kg. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 365 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 72.5
52.5–57.5 kg 96th World-class 106.6
57.5–62.5 kg 86th Elite 127.5
62.5–67.5 kg 68th Advanced 150.0
67.5–72.5 kg 65th Advanced 152.5
72.5–77.5 kg 45th Intermediate 170.0
77.5–82.5 kg 32nd Intermediate 182.5
82.5–87.5 kg 32nd Intermediate 185.0
87.5–92.5 kg 20th Novice 197.5
92.5–97.5 kg 20th Intermediate 200.0
97.5–102.5 kg 15th Novice 210.0
102.5–107.5 kg 11th Novice 217.5
107.5–112.5 kg 13th Novice 217.5
112.5–117.5 kg 12th Novice 222.5
117.5–122.5 kg 9th Novice 235.0
122.5–127.5 kg 12th Novice 229.1
127.5–132.5 kg 11th Novice 230.0
132.5–137.5 kg 8th Novice 240.0
137.5 kg and above 9th Novice 245.0

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 99+ World-class 82.5
52.5–57.5 kg 99+ World-class 95.0
57.5–62.5 kg 99+ World-class 100.0
62.5–67.5 kg 98th World-class 107.5
67.5–72.5 kg 97th World-class 111.0
72.5–77.5 kg 94th Elite 117.5
77.5–82.5 kg 94th Elite 117.5
82.5–87.5 kg 92nd Elite 120.0
87.5–92.5 kg 91st Elite 120.0
92.5–97.5 kg 90th Elite 120.0
97.5–102.5 kg 87th Elite 127.5
102.5–107.5 kg 86th Elite 127.5
107.5–112.5 kg 82nd Elite 130.0
112.5–117.5 kg 80th Elite 132.5
117.5–122.5 kg 75th Advanced 137.5
122.5–127.5 kg 74th Advanced 142.0
137.5 kg and above 67th Advanced 142.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
165.632ndIntermediate
175.642ndIntermediate
185.653rdAdvanced
195.663rdAdvanced

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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