IPF GL Points Calculator

Q: How to calculate IPF gl points?

Take body weight in kilograms and compute 100 ÷ (A − B·e−C·bw) with the A, B and C for your sex, Classic or Equipped, and powerlifting or bench press (table above). Round it to 6 decimals and multiply by your total, or by your bench press for a bench event. The IPF document's example: a men's equipped total of 1,035.0 kg at 92.04 kg body weight gives 0.109039 × 1,035.0 = 112.86 points.

Calculate IPF GL points for Classic or Equipped powerlifting and bench press with the parameters the IPF published in May 2020. Inputs open in kilograms; pounds are converted before scoring.

IPF GL points 83.06

Men's Classic powerlifting (3 lifts): 600.0 kg (1,322.8 lb) at 83.00 kg (183.0 lb) body weight.

Coefficient = 100 ÷ (1199.72839 − 1025.18162 × e^{−0.00921 × 83.00}) = 0.138427, rounded to 6 decimals as the IPF document specifies. Points = 0.138427 × 600.00 = 83.06.

The IPF GL formula

GL coefficient = 100 ÷ (A − B·e^−C·bw), with body weight bw in kilograms and A, B and C from the table below. The IPF rounds the coefficient to 6 decimals and multiplies it by the result: the total for powerlifting, the bench press for bench events. A result of 0 scores 0 points. The formula is defined from 40 kg body weight for men and from 35 kg for women.

IPF GL parameters (IPF, May 2020, Table 1)
Category	A	B	C
Men's Equipped powerlifting	1236.25115	1449.21864	0.01644
Men's Classic powerlifting	1199.72839	1025.18162	0.00921
Men's Equipped bench press	381.22073	733.79378	0.02398
Men's Classic bench press	320.98041	281.40258	0.01008
Women's Equipped powerlifting	758.63878	949.31382	0.02435
Women's Classic powerlifting	610.32796	1045.59282	0.03048
Women's Equipped bench press	221.82209	357.00377	0.02937
Women's Classic bench press	142.40398	442.52671	0.04724

The 100 in the formula is a normalization factor. The IPF document sets the average elite level at each body weight, which it calls the golden standard, at 100 points, so GL points read as a percentage of that level. The parameters come from a regression on results of elite lifters at official IPF competitions and records from 2011 on, fitted separately for each sex, equipment and event.

Worked examples from the IPF document

The document prints two examples from 2019 world championships. The calculator returns the same coefficients and points.

IPF document examples and this calculator's result
Category	Body weight	Result	Coefficient (IPF)	Points (IPF)	Coefficient (here)	Points (here)
Men's Equipped powerlifting	92.04 kg	1,035.0 kg	0.109039	112.855365	0.109039	112.855365
Women's Classic bench press	70.50 kg	122.5 kg	0.790069	96.783453	0.790069	96.783453

Which version of the parameters

The parameters come from "The IPF GL Coefficients for Relative Scoring", dated May 2020. Its cover gives the period May 1, 2020 to December 31, 2023, and the document recommends recalculating the parameters on a four-year cycle. On 2026-10-03 the IPF formula page still linked this document, so this is the version used here. The name marks the formula as proposed by the team behind GOODLIFT, the IPF's official scoring system, and separates it from the IPF formula used in 2019.

IPF GL points with age

The IPF formula has no age term. With an age entered, the calculator multiplies the points by the Foster (ages 14 to 23) or McCulloch (40 to 90) coefficient from USA Powerlifting's tables, for example ×1.130 at 50. This is an application choice, not an IPF rule, so the plain GL points always come first.

Questions

How to calculate IPF gl points?

Take body weight in kilograms and compute 100 ÷ (A − B·e^−C·bw) with the A, B and C for your sex, Classic or Equipped, and powerlifting or bench press (table above). Round it to 6 decimals and multiply by your total, or by your bench press for a bench event. The IPF document's example: a men's equipped total of 1,035.0 kg at 92.04 kg body weight gives 0.109039 × 1,035.0 = 112.86 points.

What is a good GL score in powerlifting?

The IPF document builds the scale around one reference: 100 points is the average level of elite lifters at the same body weight, its "golden standard". A score therefore reads as a percentage of that level, so 80 points is 80% of it. The document sets no other grades. Its two worked examples, both from 2019 world championships, score 112.86 (an equipped total) and 96.78 (a classic bench press).