Snatch Standards by Bodyweight and Age

An 80 kg male lifter reaches the intermediate standard at about 69 kg for one rep, and advanced at about 89 kg. Intermediate is the median of people who train with a barbell, so half the gym is below it.

A 60 kg female lifter hits intermediate at about 38 kg and advanced at about 50 kg. The female tables use their own data, not a percentage of the male numbers.

The beginner standard is roughly the 5th percentile of people who train: about 32 kg for a 70 kg man and 20 kg for a 60 kg woman. Novice, around the 20th percentile, is 46 kg and 29 kg. Most people pass both inside their first year of consistent training.

For an 80 kg man, 1.5x bodyweight (120 kg) is elite and 2x bodyweight (160 kg) is elite on this lift. For a 60 kg woman, 1x bodyweight (60 kg) is advanced and 1.5x (90 kg) is elite. Multiples shift with bodyweight: lighter lifters carry higher multiples, heavier lifters higher absolute loads.

Among people who train, the median (intermediate) snatch is about 69 kg for an 80 kg man and 38 kg for a 60 kg woman. Across the whole population it is far lower, because most adults never train the lift at all.

From 40 the standard is divided by the McCulloch coefficient used in masters powerlifting. For an 80 kg man the intermediate snatch goes from 69 kg under 40 to about 61 kg at 50 and 51 kg at 60; advanced goes from 89 kg to 78 and 66 kg. Same level, fair comparison with your own age group.

Elite, roughly the top 5 percent of women who train, is about 64 kg at 60 kg bodyweight and 68 kg at 70 kg. Advanced, the 80th percentile, is 50 kg and 55 kg.

About 75 percent of your power clean 1RM. Well under that and this lift is the weak link; well over and the power clean is lagging. The calculator above turns your number into the expected power clean.

Wathan's formula: 1RM = 100 x weight / (48.8 + 53.8 x e^(-0.075 x reps)). A set of 5 at 100 kg estimates about 116 kg; a set of 3 at 100 kg about 109 kg. Sets of 1 to 5 reps predict best; above 10 reps the estimate drifts because endurance starts to matter more than peak strength.

The gap between levels at 80 kg bodyweight is 20 kg from intermediate to advanced. That is a block of progressive overload, not a week: past novice, each level is a dedicated block of months rather than weeks, with the lift trained 2 to 3 times a week and the structural-balance partners brought up alongside it. The coach in the app builds that block from your logged lifts.

Population percentiles from Strength Level's published standards (tens of millions of logged lifts), interpolated for your exact bodyweight, with the estimated one-rep max from Wathan's formula when you enter a set of several reps. Beginner is roughly the 5th percentile of people who train, novice the 20th, intermediate the 50th, advanced the 80th, elite the 95th.