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Age 60 to 69

Average total at 60 to 69

Median 423 kg for men in this age band, from 2,811 judged lifts.

Where a total lands at this age

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 200270340410480550620 kg lifted →
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Percentile

2,811 judged totals, men aged 60 to 69

No lift entered. The curve is every judged totals in this class — add yours to it.

SOURCE·Judged competition results (OpenPowerlifting)·2,811 judged totals, men aged 60 to 69·REVIEWED JUL 2026

From 1.8 million judged lifts to one percentile

  1. Take only judged lifts. Every row is an attempt performed on a competition platform in front of three referees. Anything from a phone, a survey or a training log is not in the archive at all.
  2. Drop equipped lifts. Raw only — no squat suits, no bench shirts. A suit is worth tens of kilos and would silently inflate every figure on the page.
  3. Count each lifter once, at their best. Somebody who competes twenty times is one data point, not twenty, so the curve is a population of people rather than a population of meets.
  4. Split by sex and 5 kg bodyweight class, then by age band. A lift is a different achievement at 60 kg and at 120 kg, so a single national average would be an average of two different questions.
  5. Sort the class and read off the 99 cut points. Your percentile is the position of your lift in that sorted list — not a score, a rank against named people.
  6. On an age page, pool every bodyweight class. Age is the only thing allowed to vary, which is what makes this page answer "what does age do" rather than "what should someone my size lift".
  7. Publish nothing thin. A slice with fewer than 500 lifters is not given a page: its tails would be noise dressed as a standard.
percentile(x)  =  100 × count(best_raw ≤ x) ÷ n

  class   =   sex  ×  5 kg bodyweight bucket  [ ×  age band ]
  n       =   lifters in that class, each counted once, at their best
  x       =   your lift, in kilograms

  band    =   01–19  novice        50–79  advanced      95–99  world class
              20–49  intermediate  80–94  elite

The full method, including what is excluded and why →

Men, 60 to 69

2,811 lifters, all bodyweights pooled.

PercentileLift (kg)Lift (lb)Band
10th300.0661Novice
20th340.0750Intermediate
25th355.0783Intermediate
30th367.5810Intermediate
40th395.0871Intermediate
50th422.5931Advanced
60th450.0992Advanced
70th475.01,047Advanced
75th490.01,080Advanced
80th505.01,113Elite
90th547.51,207Elite
95th582.71,285World-class
99th637.51,405World-class

SOURCE·Judged competition results (OpenPowerlifting)·2,811 judged totals, men aged 60 to 69·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Women, 60 to 69

1,451 lifters, all bodyweights pooled.

PercentileLift (kg)Lift (lb)Band
10th165.0364Novice
20th188.5416Intermediate
25th197.5435Intermediate
30th205.5453Intermediate
40th222.5491Intermediate
50th233.5515Advanced
60th250.0551Advanced
70th265.0584Advanced
75th275.0606Advanced
80th285.0628Elite
90th312.5689Elite
95th337.5744World-class
99th388.8857World-class

SOURCE·Judged competition results (OpenPowerlifting)·1,451 judged totals, women aged 60 to 69·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Read this next to your bodyweight

Age bands pool every bodyweight class, so a 60 kg lifter and a 120 kg lifter are in the same column here. That makes the page good for one question — how does age move the number — and bad for another: what should someone of my size lift.

For that second question, go to the total standards by bodyweight class, where the age breakdown appears again inside your own class.

Powerlifting total at 60 to 69 — common questions

What is the average total at 60 to 69?

423 kg (931 lb) is the median for men in this band, from 2,811 judged competition lifts with every bodyweight class pooled. Half of that group lifted less and half lifted more.

What counts as strong at 60 to 69?

Within this age band the top fifth of men total 505 kg or more, and the top 5% 583 kg or more. Everyone counted here entered a powerlifting meet, so the bar is higher than a gym average.

Does this account for bodyweight?

No — this page pools every bodyweight class so that age is the only thing changing. For a figure that holds your size fixed, use the total standards for your own bodyweight class, which repeat the age breakdown inside that class.

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