Health & Fitness
DOTS, IPF GL and Wilks
One total in, all three scores out, with a straight answer about which one your federation actually uses. Then the part these formulas exist for and most calculators skip: settling who lifted better when two people are different sizes.
Your lifts
Classic is raw with a belt. Equipped means suits.
Total: 520 kg
DOTS
351.05
Most non-IPF federations
IPF GL
71.98
The IPF, since May 2020
Wilks
347.10
Legacy, 1994
The three numbers are not on the same scale, so do not read across them. DOTS and Wilks both sit on a roughly 500 point scale where about 400 marks a strong competitive lifter. IPF GL is on a 100 point scale where 100 is around world-record standard.
All three compare you against competition data, not against people in your gym. That makes a modest-looking score normal: the reference population is lifters who entered a meet, which is already a self-selected group.
DOTS, in use since 2019. Most non-IPF federations, including USA Powerlifting and the USPA for Best Lifter.
Who actually lifted better?
The question totals cannot answer. Add anyone you want to measure yourself against and this ranks the lot on DOTS.
| # | Lifter | Total | Bw | DOTS | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | 520 | 83 | 351.05 | leader |
| 2 | Training partner | 520 | 95 | 327.53 | 6.7% |
Working backwards from a target
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At 83 kg you would need a total of
592.5 kg
72.5 kg more than now
What your 520 kg total would score at other bodyweights
This is the adjustment made visible. The same total is worth steadily less as bodyweight climbs, steeply at the light end and gently at the heavy end.