Bench press standards for a 43 kg (95 lb) woman
Among OpenPowerlifting raw meet results at this bodyweight, the median recorded bench press is 30 kg (65 lb), the top 10% reach 50 kg (110 lb), and the top 1% 65.8 kg (145 lb). This cell contains 439 meet results; n is not a unique-person count.
OpenPowerlifting records a median bench press of 30 kg (65 lb) across 439 raw female meet results in the 43 kg class.
How a 43 kg woman ranks in raw meet results
This field contains 439 raw meet results in the 0–43 kg / 0–95 lb class. Percentiles describe recorded entries, not the general population, and repeat competitors may contribute more than one result.
| Percentile | woman (raw) | in lb |
|---|---|---|
| Median meet resultmiddle of recorded meet results | 30 kg | 65 lb |
| Top 25%upper quarter of recorded results | 40 kg | 90 lb |
| Top 10%top decile of recorded results | 50 kg | 110 lb |
| Top 5%top twentieth of recorded results | 55 kg | 120 lb |
| Top 1%top recorded percentile | 65.8 kg | 145 lb |
At 43 kg (95 lb), Within the recorded meet results the top 10% reach 50 kg (110 lb), 20 kg (45 lb) above the median 30 kg (65 lb); the top 1% reach 65.8 kg (145 lb), a further 15.8 kg (35 lb) on top. Based on 439 raw meet results in this class.
The 43 kg class in the data
Of the 56,646 raw women's bench press entries behind these standards, 439 — about fewer than 1% — come from the 43 kg class, the thinnest qualifying cell in the women's field. It is also the lightest women's class with enough raw meet data to rank.
The step to 47 kg adds 15 kg (35 lb) (+50%) — the biggest single-class jump in the women's bench press field.
In relative terms the median works out to 0.70× bodyweight, down from the field's per-kilo peak of 1.01× at 57 kg — the sub-linear scaling that makes the percentile, not the raw kilos, the honest comparison.
The median 43 kg woman in this dataset squats 56.7 kg, benches 30 kg, and deadlifts 75 kg — a bench-to-squat ratio of 0.53 and a squat-to-deadlift ratio of 0.76. If your own ratios sit far from that, the outlier lift is usually the one with the most room to grow.
Competition bench is paused on the chest; a touch-and-go rep inflates the number by 3–6% from the chest-bounce. The standards below are raw (no bench shirt). Because Strength scales sub-linearly with bodyweight — heavier lifters lift more in absolute terms but less per kilo of bodyweight (Vanderburgh & Batterham 1999 (PMID 10613442)), the most honest read of "is this good" is your percentile at your bodyweight, not the raw kilos.
FAQ
- What is a good raw bench press for a 43 kg (95 lb) woman?
- In raw meet results at this bodyweight the median recorded bench press is 30 kg (65 lb), the top 10% reach 50 kg (110 lb), and the top 1% 65.8 kg (145 lb). Source: OpenPowerlifting public competition meet data (CC0), dataset date 2026-05-10; this cell contains 439 meet results.
- What bench press puts me in the top 1% at 43 kg?
- The 99th-percentile raw meet result for a 43 kg (95 lb) woman is 65.8 kg (145 lb). The top-5% threshold starts at 55 kg (120 lb).
- Where does this data come from?
- Every figure is computed from OpenPowerlifting meet results (CC0 public dataset, dataset date 2026-05-10) for raw entries at this exact sex and bodyweight class. This cell contains 439 meet results; n is an entry count, not a unique-person count.
- How much more do 47 kg women bench than 43 kg women?
- At the median, 15 kg (35 lb) more — 45 kg (100 lb) versus 30 kg (65 lb). At the top-10% mark the gap is 20 kg (45 lb) (70 kg (155 lb) versus 50 kg (110 lb)). Per kilo of bodyweight the lighter class is the stronger one — which is why cross-class comparison uses percentiles or coefficients, not raw kilos.
Figures: OpenPowerlifting (public competition meet data (CC0), dataset date 2026-05-10). Cell n is a meet-result count, not a unique-person count. Full method at /method. Check your own lift on the percentile calculator.