Bench press standards for a 57 kg (126 lb) woman

OpenPowerlifting records a median bench press of 57.5 kg (125 lb) across 6,066 raw female meet results in the 57 kg class.

How a 57 kg woman ranks in raw meet results OpenPowerlifting

This field contains 6,066 raw meet results in the 52–57 kg / 115–126 lb class. Percentiles describe recorded entries, not the general population, and repeat competitors may contribute more than one result.

At 57 kg (126 lb), Within the recorded meet results the top 10% reach 81 kg (180 lb), 23.5 kg (50 lb) above the median 57.5 kg (125 lb); the top 1% reach 105 kg (230 lb), a further 24 kg (55 lb) on top. Based on 6,066 raw meet results in this class.

The 57 kg class in the data what makes it different

Of the 56,646 raw women's bench press entries behind these standards, 6,066 — about 11% — come from the 57 kg class.

Stepping up from the 52 kg class raises the median bench press by 7.5 kg (15 lb) (+15%); the next step to 63 kg adds another 2.5 kg (5 lb) (+4%).

In relative terms the median works out to 1.01× bodyweight — the highest per-kilo median of any women's bench press class, the light-lifter advantage that bodyweight coefficients exist to correct for.

The median 57 kg woman in this dataset squats 105 kg, benches 57.5 kg, and deadlifts 126 kg — a bench-to-squat ratio of 0.55 and a squat-to-deadlift ratio of 0.83. 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 57th percentile (stronger than 57% of meet-result entries), and a 185 lb bench press sits at roughly the 92nd percentile (top 8% 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 57 kg (126 lb) woman?

In raw meet results at this bodyweight the median recorded bench press is 57.5 kg (125 lb), the top 10% reach 81 kg (180 lb), and the top 1% 105 kg (230 lb). Source: OpenPowerlifting public competition meet data (CC0), dataset date 2026-05-10; this cell contains 6,066 meet results.

What bench press puts me in the top 1% at 57 kg?

The 99th-percentile raw meet result for a 57 kg (126 lb) woman is 105 kg (230 lb). The top-5% threshold starts at 87.5 kg (195 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 6,066 meet results; n is an entry count, not a unique-person count.

How much more do 63 kg women bench than 57 kg women?

At the median, 2.5 kg (5 lb) more — 60 kg (130 lb) versus 57.5 kg (125 lb). At the top-10% mark the gap is 4 kg (10 lb) (85 kg (185 lb) versus 81 kg (180 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.