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WHITELIGHTS

Real judged lifts. Zero self-reported numbers. This is what strong actually is.

Men · 112.5–117.5 kg

Powerlifting total standards — men, 112.5–117.5 kg

Median 615 kg. Top fifth starts at 703 kg. The top 5% total 788 kg or more. From 7,330 judged lifts.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 310400490580670760850 kg lifted →
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Percentile

7,330 judged totals, men, 112.5–117.5 kg

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

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The full table

PercentileLift (kg)Lift (lb)Band
10th465.01,025Novice
20th515.01,135Intermediate
25th537.51,185Intermediate
30th555.01,224Intermediate
40th587.41,295Intermediate
50th615.01,356Advanced
60th640.01,411Advanced
70th670.01,477Advanced
75th685.91,512Advanced
80th702.51,549Elite
90th750.01,653Elite
95th787.51,736World-class
99th852.71,880World-class

Novice

0–20

Bottom fifth of the platform

Intermediate

20–50

Below the median competitor

Advanced

50–80

Above the median competitor

Elite

80–95

Top fifth of the platform

World-class

95–100

Top 5% of everyone who has competed

By age

Masters lifters compete in their own divisions, and the data shows why. Age here is age at the meet.

AgeMedian80th95thLifters
14-17415.0505.0585.023,532
18-19505.0585.0667.518,539
20-23550.0637.5727.547,172
24-34577.5675.0777.577,776
35-39577.5682.2787.512,454
40-44555.7652.5750.08,441
45-49537.5630.0720.54,841
50-54503.5600.0682.53,821
55-59475.0569.0650.02,245
60-69422.5505.0582.72,811
70+332.5403.0480.0980

Age bands pool every bodyweight, so they answer "how does age move the number", not "what should a 45-year-old at this exact weight lift".

As a multiple of bodyweight

Percentile× bodyweight
25th4.70×
50th5.30×
75th6.00×
90th6.50×
95th6.80×
99th7.40×

The "2× bodyweight bench" style of goal, measured against people who actually did it in competition.

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

Auckland real-estate agent and marketer. Builds free, sourced data tools.