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The Wilks 2020 score for your total and bodyweight, with DOTS and IPF GL next to it so you can compare.

Your total, loaded on one bar
13 plates a side · 600 kg
Sex
Units
kg
kg

Your Wilks 2020
481.0
DOTS
405.1
IPF GL · Classic
83.06
Next DOTS milestones
  1. 425 DOTS629.5 kg+29.5
  2. 450 DOTS666.6 kg+66.6
  3. 475 DOTS703.6 kg+103.6
Formulas: DOTS, Wilks 2020, IPF GL (2020 coefficients).
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How it works

Wilks 2020, and why many meets moved on.

Wilks scores a total against a fifth-degree curve of bodyweight, scaled to 600. The 2020 update re-fitted the curve to newer results.

Robert Wilks has not published the data behind the coefficients, and many federations now use DOTS or IPF GL instead. Use Wilks when your meet still ranks by it, or to compare with older results.

FAQ

Wilks questions lifters ask

Is this the old Wilks or Wilks 2020?
Wilks 2020. Scores from the original formula run differently, so do not compare the two directly.
Should I use Wilks or DOTS?
Use whichever your federation uses for best-lifter awards. If it doesn’t matter, DOTS is the more common choice today.
Sources

Where the numbers come from

Last reviewed by the PowerliftMath team. How we build and check these tools.

  1. OpenPowerlifting: Wilks 2020 coefficients

    The six Wilks 2020 constants per sex, matched digit for digit here.

  2. IPF: IPF Formula

    The IPF’s page on the formulas it has used to rank lifters.

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