Methodology
About These Records
This site is an archive of powerlifting records computed from public competition data. Every figure on it is derived (nothing is hand-entered), so this page explains exactly how the records are calculated and where they can differ from a federation's official record book.
Where the data comes from
Records are computed from the OpenPowerlifting public-domain dataset, a community-maintained archive of sanctioned powerlifting meet results. We ingest a fresh copy nightly, so the site reflects recent meets within roughly a day of them being added upstream. The data shown here was last refreshed on 2026-05-27.
What counts as a record
A record is the highest qualifying lift on file for a given combination of federation, sex, equipment, weight class, age class, and tested status. Squat, bench, deadlift, and total are tracked separately. Only lifts from sanctioned meets with a valid placing are eligible, so disqualified and guest lifts are excluded. When the same lifter holds several qualifying results, the leaderboards show their single best so one athlete does not fill a list.
How records are scoped
Country and federation pages are scoped by the meet: a federation page covers every meet run under that parent federation and its affiliates, and a country page covers meets held in that country. State pages work differently: they are scoped by the lifter's registered state of residence, not by where the meet was held. This matches how USAPL, Powerlifting America, and USPA define state records. Residency coverage depends on the federation: USAPL and USPA report lifter state for roughly 87–97% of entries, while some smaller federations rarely report it at all.
To avoid generating thousands of near-empty pages, a country or state needs at least 100 entries on file, and a federation at least 500, before it gets its own page. Smaller scopes are still searchable through the all-time and lift-specific leaderboards.
Caveats
Because these records are computed from a third-party dataset, they may differ from a federation's official record book: a federation may recognize records under rules or categories that the data does not capture, and the upstream data can lag or contain corrections. Treat this site as a comprehensive, fast cross section of the public record, not as an official record authority.
Records are computed from the OpenPowerlifting public-domain dataset and represent the highest qualifying lift on file for each (federation, sex, equipment, weight class, age class, tested) combination. State records are scoped by the lifter's registered state of residence (matching USAPL/PA/USPA rules), not by meet location; coverage depends on the federation — USAPL and USPA report lifter state for 87–97% of entries, while some smaller feds report it rarely. Records may differ from a federation's official record book. Read more about how these records are computed.