State records · by lifter residency · 14,779 entries
Colorado Powerlifting Records
Colorado has 14,779 competition entries on file from 4,717 lifters registered in the state. Records are scoped by the lifter's state of residence at the time of the meet.
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Records aggregated across USA Powerlifting , USPA , NASA , WRPF , and IPL .
Colorado's heaviest total on file is Zen McCollum's 1,170 kg (2,579.5 lb) at Open Nationals in 2026. IPL sanctions the most competitions here, accounting for 31% of all entries on file. Competition activity peaked in 2023, the busiest year on record with 1,583 entries.
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Class System
Equipment
Sex
Division
Tested
Total
| SHW | 1 | Brandon Leach | 875.0 kg1929 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| SHW | 2 | Barrett Allen | 865.0 kg1907 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| SHW | 3 | Robert Heiny | 855.0 kg1885 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 308 | 1 | Nick Paradiso | 932.5 kg2056 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 308 | 2 | Reece James | 907.5 kg2001 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 308 | 3 | Julius Brusco | 835.0 kg1841 lb | USAPL | 2019 |
| 275 | 1 | Aidan Miller | 952.5 kg2100 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 275 | 2 | Jon McDonald | 945.0 kg2084 lb | IPL | 2014 |
| 275 | 3 | Marc Sanchez | 935.0 kg2062 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 242 | 1 | Bryce Lewis | 927.5 kg2045 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 242 | 2 | Toby Headley | 860.0 kg1896 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 242 | 3 | Chris Wojchik | 852.5 kg1880 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 220 | 1 | Lucian York | 875.0 kg1929 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 220 | 2 | Emerson Knoebel | 852.5 kg1880 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 220 | 3 | Kyle Burbridge | 805.0 kg1775 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 198 | 1 | Andrew Ernst | 810.0 kg1786 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 198 | 2 | Michael Horton | 782.5 kg1725 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 198 | 3 | Joshua Villa | 725.0 kg1599 lb | USAPL | 2022 |
| 181 | 1 | Aybars Gungor | 762.5 kg1681 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 181 | 2 | Josh Hyaduck | 750.0 kg1654 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 181 | 3 | Maximus Marchi | 707.5 kg1560 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 165 | 1 | Noah Forman | 737.5 kg1626 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 165 | 2 | Joe Greene | 717.5 kg1582 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 165 | 3 | Stephen Gerrells | 690.0 kg1521 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 148 | 1 | Philip Thorstenn | 550.0 kg1213 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 148 | 2 | Seyong Choi | 520.0 kg1147 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 148 | 3 | Reagan Nguyen | 510.0 kg1125 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 132 | 1 | Michael Gordiano | 520.0 kg1147 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 132 | 2 | Thomas Kobel | 482.5 kg1064 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 132 | 3 | Oleg Yasenetskyi | 450.0 kg992 lb | USAPL | 2017 |
| 123 | 1 | Vincent Molinaro | 532.5 kg1174 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
Squat
| SHW | 1 | Robert Heiny | 330.0 kg728 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| SHW | 2 | Barrett Allen | 330.0 kg728 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| SHW | 3 | Brandon Leach | 327.5 kg722 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 308 | 1 | Reece James | 350.0 kg772 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 308 | 2 | Nick Paradiso | 335.0 kg739 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 308 | 3 | Richard Chavez | 312.5 kg689 lb | USA-UA | 2023 |
| 275 | 1 | Marc Sanchez | 380.0 kg838 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 275 | 2 | Aidan Miller | 372.5 kg821 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 275 | 3 | David Moore | 347.5 kg766 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 242 | 1 | Bryce Lewis | 342.5 kg755 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 242 | 2 | Toby Headley | 320.0 kg706 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 242 | 3 | Kenneth Hulbert | 317.5 kg700 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 220 | 1 | Lucian York | 335.0 kg739 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 220 | 2 | Emerson Knoebel | 322.5 kg711 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 220 | 3 | Kyle Burbridge | 305.0 kg673 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 198 | 1 | Andrew Ernst | 305.0 kg673 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 198 | 2 | Michael Horton | 290.0 kg640 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 198 | 3 | Chantz Carter | 275.0 kg607 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 181 | 1 | Aybars Gungor | 290.0 kg640 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 181 | 2 | Jeehoon Choi | 255.0 kg562 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 181 | 3 | Maximus Marchi | 247.5 kg546 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 165 | 1 | Noah Forman | 280.0 kg618 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 165 | 2 | Josh Hyaduck | 265.0 kg584 lb | IPL | 2018 |
| 165 | 3 | Joe Greene | 255.0 kg562 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 148 | 1 | Philip Thorstenn | 185.0 kg408 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 148 | 2 | Reagan Nguyen | 182.5 kg403 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 148 | 3 | Jeff Cummings | 182.5 kg403 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 132 | 1 | Michael Gordiano | 182.5 kg403 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 132 | 2 | Oleg Yasenetskyi | 160.0 kg353 lb | USAPL | 2017 |
| 132 | 3 | Thomas Kobel | 157.5 kg347 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 123 | 1 | Vincent Molinaro | 190.0 kg419 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
Bench
| SHW | 1 | Aukai Allen | 227.5 kg502 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| SHW | 2 | John Jaramillo | 220.0 kg485 lb | USPA | 2014 |
| SHW | 3 | Kevin Lewis | 215.0 kg474 lb | WRPF | 2021 |
| 308 | 1 | Shane Rugg | 250.0 kg551 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 308 | 2 | Reece James | 242.5 kg535 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 308 | 3 | Nick Paradiso | 230.0 kg507 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 275 | 1 | Jon McDonald | 237.5 kg524 lb | IPL | 2014 |
| 275 | 2 | Aidan Miller | 230.0 kg507 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 275 | 3 | Kaden Hush | 227.5 kg502 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 242 | 1 | Bryce Lewis | 222.5 kg491 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 242 | 2 | Toby Headley | 220.0 kg485 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 242 | 3 | Michael Zundelevich | 217.5 kg480 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 220 | 1 | Jordan Weber | 210.0 kg463 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 220 | 2 | Lucian York | 205.0 kg452 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 220 | 3 | Tyler Stickle | 197.5 kg436 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 198 | 1 | Andrew Ernst | 212.5 kg469 lb | INTDFPA | 2025 |
| 198 | 2 | Francisco Moreno | 192.5 kg425 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 198 | 3 | Michael Horton | 190.0 kg419 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 181 | 1 | Aybars Gungor | 177.5 kg392 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 181 | 2 | Josh Hyaduck | 177.5 kg392 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 181 | 3 | Kenyatta Wilson | 177.5 kg392 lb | USAPL | 2017 |
| 165 | 1 | Joshua Barron | 167.5 kg370 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 165 | 2 | Joe Greene | 165.0 kg364 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 165 | 3 | Evgeny Glukhov | 162.5 kg359 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 148 | 1 | Preston Le | 142.5 kg314 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 148 | 2 | Georgi Trenchev | 142.5 kg314 lb | NASA | 2017 |
| 148 | 3 | Reagan Nguyen | 137.5 kg303 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 132 | 1 | Michael Gordiano | 137.5 kg303 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 132 | 2 | Thomas Kobel | 122.5 kg270 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 132 | 3 | Jackie Dang | 117.5 kg259 lb | USAPL | 2022 |
| 123 | 1 | Vincent Molinaro | 125.0 kg276 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
Deadlift
| SHW | 1 | Robert Heiny | 365.0 kg805 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| SHW | 2 | Brandon Leach | 350.0 kg772 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| SHW | 3 | Barrett Allen | 330.0 kg728 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 308 | 1 | Nick Paradiso | 367.5 kg810 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 308 | 2 | Julius Brusco | 340.0 kg750 lb | USAPL | 2019 |
| 308 | 3 | Emil Gouchterov | 340.0 kg750 lb | USAPL | 2013 |
| 275 | 1 | Aidan Miller | 367.5 kg810 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 275 | 2 | Marc Sanchez | 365.0 kg805 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 275 | 3 | Casey Gerster | 365.0 kg805 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 242 | 1 | Bryce Lewis | 362.5 kg799 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 242 | 2 | David LaMartina | 345.0 kg761 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 242 | 3 | Kuiren Budasz | 335.0 kg739 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 220 | 1 | Emerson Knoebel | 355.0 kg783 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 220 | 2 | Lucian York | 342.5 kg755 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 220 | 3 | Christopher Borrego | 340.0 kg750 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 198 | 1 | Mitch Ertle | 317.5 kg700 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 198 | 2 | Colin Nickerson | 310.0 kg684 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 198 | 3 | Michael Horton | 302.5 kg667 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 181 | 1 | Aybars Gungor | 320.0 kg706 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 181 | 2 | Noah Forman | 305.0 kg673 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 181 | 3 | John Moral | 305.0 kg673 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 165 | 1 | Josh Hyaduck | 310.0 kg684 lb | IPL | 2018 |
| 165 | 2 | Joe Greene | 305.0 kg673 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 165 | 3 | Stephen Gerrells | 302.5 kg667 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 148 | 1 | Philip Thorstenn | 250.0 kg551 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 148 | 2 | Seyong Choi | 230.0 kg507 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 148 | 3 | Jonathan Hamrick | 227.5 kg502 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 132 | 1 | Thomas Kobel | 207.5 kg458 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 132 | 2 | Michael Gordiano | 200.0 kg441 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 132 | 3 | Oleg Yasenetskyi | 180.0 kg397 lb | USAPL | 2017 |
| 123 | 1 | Vincent Molinaro | 217.5 kg480 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
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