How much is 2× bodyweight for my weight class?

Taken at the men's class limits: 53 kg → 106 kg (235 lb); 59 kg → 118 kg (260 lb); 66 kg → 132 kg (290 lb); 74 kg → 148 kg (325 lb); 83 kg → 166 kg (365 lb); 93 kg → 186 kg (410 lb); 105 kg → 210 kg (465 lb); 120 kg → 240 kg (530 lb). A lifter below the limit of the class needs proportionally less for the same ratio; the tables above show the women's classes.

What percentage of meet results record 2× bodyweight?

Weighted across 99,386 raw male meet results, fewer than 5% record 2× bodyweight or more. Weighted across 46,190 raw female meet results, fewer than 2% record 2× bodyweight or more. The share is computed from per-bodyweight-class percentiles weighted by each class's meet-result count in the OpenPowerlifting raw dataset. n counts entries, not unique people, and the result is not a population survey estimate.

Is the percentile for my exact bodyweight?

No — every load is the ratio multiplied by the class upper limit, the most a lifter in that class can weigh. That makes it the largest load the ratio can mean inside the class, and the percentile a floor for anyone lighter. For an exact-bodyweight read, enter your own bench press and bodyweight in the percentile calculator.

Why does the same ratio rank differently by class?

Strength scales sub-linearly with bodyweight — heavier lifters lift more in absolute terms but less per kilo of bodyweight (Vanderburgh & Batterham 1999, PMID 10613442). For men the class median itself runs from 0.94× the limit at 53 kg to 1.27× at 120 kg, peaking at 1.52× in the 66 kg class. That is why cross-class comparison uses percentiles or coefficients rather than a multiplier.

Is a 2× bodyweight bench press good?

For an 83 kg man at the top of his class, a 2× bodyweight bench press is 166 kg (365 lb) — around the 94th percentile of 83 kg men's raw OpenPowerlifting meet results, above that class's 125 kg (275 lb) median. For a 63 kg woman it is 126 kg (280 lb), the 99th percentile, above the 60 kg (130 lb) median there. Weighted across 99,386 raw male meet results, fewer than 5% record at least 2× the class limit; among 46,190 female entries, fewer than 2% do. The anchor throughout is the class limit: the most anyone in that class can weigh, which turns a ratio into a definite load and makes the printed percentile a floor for a lighter lifter in the same class. With no upper limit, the open class is omitted instead of estimated.

Updated 2026-09-10 · OpenPowerlifting meet-result data

In OpenPowerlifting raw meet results, 2× bodyweight bench press at the 83 kg class limit — 166 kg (365 lb) — is top 6% of 83 kg men's meet-result entries; at the 63 kg limit — 126 kg (280 lb) — it is top 1% of 63 kg women's entries.

2× bodyweight bench press for men load and percentile at each class limit

Class limit × 2 gives the load; its percentile is read against the same class's raw OpenPowerlifting meet results, where n is an entry count rather than a unique-person count.

Class limit	2× limit	Percentile	Reads as
53 kg 117 lb	106 kg235 lb	97th	top 3% of raw meet results
59 kg 130 lb	118 kg260 lb	88th	top 12% of raw meet results
66 kg 146 lb	132 kg290 lb	90th	top 10% of raw meet results
74 kg 163 lb	148 kg325 lb	92nd	top 8% of raw meet results
83 kg 183 lb	166 kg365 lb	94th	top 6% of raw meet results
93 kg 205 lb	186 kg410 lb	96th	top 4% of raw meet results
105 kg 231 lb	210 kg465 lb	98th	top 2% of raw meet results
120 kg 265 lb	240 kg530 lb	99th+	top 1% of raw meet results or stronger

2× bodyweight bench press for women load and percentile at each class limit

Class limit × 2 gives the load; its percentile is read against the same class's raw OpenPowerlifting meet results, where n is an entry count rather than a unique-person count.

Class limit	2× limit	Percentile	Reads as
43 kg 95 lb	86 kg190 lb	99th+	top 1% of raw meet results or stronger
47 kg 104 lb	94 kg205 lb	99th+	top 1% of raw meet results or stronger
52 kg 115 lb	104 kg230 lb	99th+	top 1% of raw meet results or stronger
57 kg 126 lb	114 kg250 lb	99th+	top 1% of raw meet results or stronger
63 kg 139 lb	126 kg280 lb	99th+	top 1% of raw meet results or stronger
69 kg 152 lb	138 kg305 lb	99th+	top 1% of raw meet results or stronger
76 kg 168 lb	152 kg335 lb	99th+	top 1% of raw meet results or stronger
84 kg 185 lb	168 kg370 lb	99th+	top 1% of raw meet results or stronger

Where 2× bodyweight stands in the field crossover read

For men, a 2× bodyweight bench press is a top-10% lift up to the 120 kg class.

For women, a 2× bodyweight bench press is past the 99th percentile at every recorded bodyweight — beyond the top 1% of the raw competitive field wherever it is lifted.

Weighted across 99,386 raw male meet results, fewer than 5% record 2× bodyweight or more. Weighted across 46,190 raw female meet results, fewer than 2% record 2× bodyweight or more.

What the median lifter reaches ratio by class

For men the class median itself runs from 0.94× the limit at 53 kg to 1.27× at 120 kg, peaking at 1.52× in the 66 kg class. For women the class median itself runs from 0.70× the limit at 43 kg to 0.80× at 84 kg, peaking at 1.01× in the 57 kg class. Because strength scales sub-linearly with bodyweight (heavier lifters lift more in absolute terms but less per kilo of bodyweight) (Vanderburgh & Batterham 1999), a single ratio rewards the lightest classes and penalises the heaviest, which is exactly the distortion that bodyweight coefficients such as DOTS and IPF GoodLift were fitted to remove. Score a total across the three coefficients with the powerlifting score calculator.

Competition bench is paused on the chest. García-Ramos, Janicijevic and Jukic (2021, Sports Health) compared touch-and-go with concentric-only bench in 113 adults (PMID 33541232); this is not a universal conversion to competition-paused bench. Compare results performed with consistent technique. These standards are raw (no bench shirt). Strength scales sub-linearly with bodyweight — heavier lifters lift more in absolute terms but less per kilo of bodyweight — Vanderburgh & Batterham 1999 (PMID 10613442) — so the most honest read of "is this good" is your percentile at your bodyweight, not the raw kilos.

FAQ

Is a 2× bodyweight bench press good?: At the 83 kg class limit, 2× bodyweight bench press is 166 kg (365 lb) and sits around the 94th percentile of 83 kg men's raw OpenPowerlifting meet results; for 63 kg women it is 126 kg (280 lb) at the 99th percentile. Lighter classes rank the same ratio higher and heavier classes lower — read your own class in the tables above.
How much is 2× bodyweight for my weight class?: Taken at the men's class limits: 53 kg → 106 kg (235 lb); 59 kg → 118 kg (260 lb); 66 kg → 132 kg (290 lb); 74 kg → 148 kg (325 lb); 83 kg → 166 kg (365 lb); 93 kg → 186 kg (410 lb); 105 kg → 210 kg (465 lb); 120 kg → 240 kg (530 lb). A lifter below the limit of the class needs proportionally less for the same ratio; the tables above show the women's classes.
What percentage of meet results record 2× bodyweight?: Weighted across 99,386 raw male meet results, fewer than 5% record 2× bodyweight or more. Weighted across 46,190 raw female meet results, fewer than 2% record 2× bodyweight or more. The share is computed from per-bodyweight-class percentiles weighted by each class's meet-result count in the OpenPowerlifting raw dataset. n counts entries, not unique people, and the result is not a population survey estimate.
Is the percentile for my exact bodyweight?: No — every load is the ratio multiplied by the class upper limit, the most a lifter in that class can weigh. That makes it the largest load the ratio can mean inside the class, and the percentile a floor for anyone lighter. For an exact-bodyweight read, enter your own bench press and bodyweight in the percentile calculator.
Why does the same ratio rank differently by class?: Strength scales sub-linearly with bodyweight — heavier lifters lift more in absolute terms but less per kilo of bodyweight (Vanderburgh & Batterham 1999, PMID 10613442). For men the class median itself runs from 0.94× the limit at 53 kg to 1.27× at 120 kg, peaking at 1.52× in the 66 kg class. That is why cross-class comparison uses percentiles or coefficients rather than a multiplier.

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.