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DOTS Calculator

Enter your bodyweight and total lifted to score your performance on the DOTS scale — the modern coefficient that lets lifters of any size compare strength pound-for-pound. Works in kg or lb for men and women, and rates your score from novice to world class.

Squat + bench + deadlift (or any total you want to score).

How the DOTS Calculator works

Three simple steps. No signup. No installation.

1

Pick sex and units

DOTS uses separate coefficients for men and women. Switch between kg and lb to match your meet or gym.

2

Enter bodyweight and total

Your bodyweight and the total you lifted (squat + bench + deadlift, or any total you want to score).

3

Get your DOTS score

See your DOTS points and a rating from novice to world class — comparable across every weight class.

How the DOTS formula scores strength

DOTS solves a basic problem in strength sports: a 60 kg lifter and a 120 kg lifter can never be compared by raw total, because bigger bodies move bigger weights. A coefficient based on bodyweight levels the field. The original solution was the Wilks coefficient, used for decades, but it was criticized for unfairly favoring lifters at certain bodyweights. In 2019 Tim Konertz published DOTS as a modernized replacement, fitting a single fourth-order polynomial to updated competition data for each sex. The formula is total × 500 ÷ (a·bw⁴ + b·bw³ + c·bw² + d·bw + e). DOTS is now the default scoring system in many federations and lifting apps because it produces one clean, sex- and size-adjusted number, making it easy to rank an entire meet — or compare your own progress as your bodyweight changes — on a single scale.

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