What is a good DOTS score?
DOTS (Konertz, BVDK 2019) is the de-facto raw-open scoring standard on OpenPowerlifting and US raw federations like USPA — not an IPF formula (the IPF's own official coefficient since 2020 is IPF GoodLift). It gained ground because the older Wilks formula systematically under-scored heavier lifters. The table takes the current total-kilogram percentile anchors for male 83 kg class, age 30, raw, then converts each total to DOTS at exactly 83.0 kg bodyweight. A 582.5 kg total is p50 for that total cohort and scores 393.2 DOTS at 83.0 kg; this does not mean 393.2 is the median of the cohort's row-wise DOTS scores.
Total-percentile anchors converted to DOTS at exactly 83.0 kg · male, 83 kg class, age 30, raw · n = 182 qualifying total observations · repeat competitors may contribute more than one · source dump dated 2026-05-16, latest included meet 2026-05-10 · CC0 (openpowerlifting.org)
| Percentile |
Total (kg) |
DOTS |
Reads as |
| 10th | 463.5 | 312.9 | lower decile |
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| 25th | 525.0 | 354.4 | lower quarter |
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| 50th | 582.5 | 393.2 | median |
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| 75th | 650.0 | 438.8 | top quarter |
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| 95th | 732.0 | 494.2 | top 5 % |
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DOTS values are coefficient conversions of the listed total thresholds using the Konertz / BVDK 2019 polynomial at male 83.0 kg. The percentile and “reads as” labels belong to the total distribution; they are not row-wise DOTS quantiles or federation classifications. See the full per-cohort total breakdown in rankings.
Where the percentiles come from
The powerlifting cohorts use 186,303 eligible source rows from the OpenPowerlifting CC0 dump dated 2026-05-16; 186,218 rows contribute 615,721 lift observations in the window from 2025-05-10 through the latest included meet on 2026-05-10. Cells are segmented by sex, per-year age (15–80), IPF bodyweight class and equipment. Cell n counts observations for that lift, not unique people. /rankings does not estimate a general-population percentile.
Full cohort-cell widening rules and source links live in rankings and method; the static reference page is faq.
Seven formulas are computed in parallel and their disagreement is surfaced as a low/high range plus half-range ±%: Epley, Brzycki, Mayhew (PMID 1614532), Lombardi, O'Conner, Wathan, and Lander. With the equations implemented here, the full range is about 5.6% at 5 reps, 6.2% at 8 reps, and 11.8% at 12 reps; it is an estimator-disagreement range, not a statistical confidence interval. The Prilepin volume table is the Charniga translation of A. S. Medvedyev, A System of Multi-Year Training in Weightlifting (Sportivny Press, 1986).
Per-formula citations, validation studies (LeSuer et al. 1997), and the full Prilepin chart live in method; the static reference page is faq.