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Age 60 to 69

Average squat at 60 to 69

Median 143 kg for men in this age band, from 2,810 judged lifts.

Where a squat lands at this age

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 5080110140170200230 kg lifted →
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Percentile

2,810 judged squats, men aged 60 to 69

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

SOURCE·Judged competition results (OpenPowerlifting)·2,810 judged squats, 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

2,810 lifters, all bodyweights pooled.

PercentileLift (kg)Lift (lb)Band
10th92.5204Novice
20th110.0243Intermediate
25th115.0254Intermediate
30th120.0265Intermediate
40th132.5292Intermediate
50th142.5314Advanced
60th152.5336Advanced
70th165.0364Advanced
75th170.0375Advanced
80th180.0397Elite
90th197.5435Elite
95th210.0463World-class
99th237.4523World-class

SOURCE·Judged competition results (OpenPowerlifting)·2,810 judged squats, men aged 60 to 69·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Women, 60 to 69

1,451 lifters, all bodyweights pooled.

PercentileLift (kg)Lift (lb)Band
10th47.5105Novice
20th58.0128Intermediate
25th62.5138Intermediate
30th65.0143Intermediate
40th72.5160Intermediate
50th77.5171Advanced
60th85.0187Advanced
70th92.5204Advanced
75th95.0209Advanced
80th100.0220Elite
90th112.5248Elite
95th125.0276World-class
99th142.8315World-class

SOURCE·Judged competition results (OpenPowerlifting)·1,451 judged squats, 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 squat standards by bodyweight class, where the age breakdown appears again inside your own class.

Squat at 60 to 69 — common questions

What is the average squat at 60 to 69?

143 kg (314 lb) is the median for men in this band, from 2,810 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 squat 180 kg or more, and the top 5% 210 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 squat standards for your own bodyweight class, which repeat the age breakdown inside that class.

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