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Verdict

Is a 750 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, 750 kg is the 99th percentile — world-class.

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?

750 kg is 1653 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 750 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 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 99+ World-class 430.0
67.5–72.5 kg 99+ World-class 440.0
72.5–77.5 kg 99+ World-class 485.0
77.5–82.5 kg 99+ World-class 515.0
82.5–87.5 kg 99+ World-class 520.0
87.5–92.5 kg 98th World-class 555.0
92.5–97.5 kg 97th World-class 562.5
97.5–102.5 kg 96th World-class 585.0
102.5–107.5 kg 93rd Elite 605.0
107.5–112.5 kg 91st Elite 605.0
112.5–117.5 kg 90th Elite 615.0
117.5–122.5 kg 83rd Elite 645.0
122.5–127.5 kg 84th Elite 630.0
127.5–132.5 kg 84th Elite 627.5
132.5–137.5 kg 78th Advanced 652.5
137.5 kg and above 72nd Advanced 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 99+ World-class 380.0

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
750.099thWorld-class
775.099thWorld-class
800.099thWorld-class
825.099thWorld-class

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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