Bench press standards for a 52 kg (115 lb) woman

OpenPowerlifting records a median bench press of 50 kg (110 lb) across 4,008 raw female meet results in the 52 kg class.

How a 52 kg woman ranks in raw meet results OpenPowerlifting

This field contains 4,008 raw meet results in the 47–52 kg / 104–115 lb class. Percentiles describe recorded entries, not the general population, and repeat competitors may contribute more than one result.

At 52 kg (115 lb), Within the recorded meet results the top 10% reach 75 kg (165 lb), 25 kg (55 lb) above the median 50 kg (110 lb); the top 1% reach 95 kg (210 lb), a further 20 kg (45 lb) on top. Based on 4,008 raw meet results in this class.

The 52 kg class in the data what makes it different

Of the 56,646 raw women's bench press entries behind these standards, 4,008 — about 7.1% — come from the 52 kg class.

Stepping up from the 47 kg class raises the median bench press by 5 kg (10 lb) (+11%); the next step to 57 kg adds another 7.5 kg (15 lb) (+15%).

In relative terms the median works out to 0.96× 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 52 kg woman in this dataset squats 91 kg, benches 50 kg, and deadlifts 115 kg — a bench-to-squat ratio of 0.55 and a squat-to-deadlift ratio of 0.79. If your own ratios sit far from that, the outlier lift is usually the one with the most room to grow.

The classic milestones read differently in every class: here a 135 lb bench press sits at roughly the 72nd percentile (stronger than 72% of meet-result entries), and a 185 lb bench press sits at roughly the 95th percentile (top 5% of meet-result entries).

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 52 kg (115 lb) woman?

In raw meet results at this bodyweight the median recorded bench press is 50 kg (110 lb), the top 10% reach 75 kg (165 lb), and the top 1% 95 kg (210 lb). Source: OpenPowerlifting public competition meet data (CC0), dataset date 2026-05-10; this cell contains 4,008 meet results.

What bench press puts me in the top 1% at 52 kg?

The 99th-percentile raw meet result for a 52 kg (115 lb) woman is 95 kg (210 lb). The top-5% threshold starts at 82.5 kg (180 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 4,008 meet results; n is an entry count, not a unique-person count.

How much more do 57 kg women bench than 52 kg women?

At the median, 7.5 kg (15 lb) more — 57.5 kg (125 lb) versus 50 kg (110 lb). At the top-10% mark the gap is 6 kg (15 lb) (81 kg (180 lb) versus 75 kg (165 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.