Strength scoring

Schwartz–Malone points calculator

Score a powerlifting total with the historic Schwartz formula for men or Malone formula for women, using the equations behind meet-result databases.

What is Schwartz–Malone scoring?

Schwartz–Malone is an older best-lifter system that scales totals for bodyweight. Men use Lyle Schwartz’s polynomial and piecewise heavyweight curve; women use Patrick Malone’s power equation.

How Schwartz–Malone is computed

Points = competition total in kilograms × coefficient. The men’s coefficient uses a sixth-order polynomial from 40 to 126 kg and linear heavyweight sections; the women’s coefficient is 106.011586323613 × bodyweight^-1.293027130579051 + 0.322935585328304.

View the OpenPowerlifting reference implementation

Bodyweight limits

The Schwartz coefficient clamps below 40 kg. The Malone coefficient clamps below 29.24 kg. Above the men’s polynomial range, the published linear sections are used.

Masters age multipliers such as McCullough are not included on this page.

Schwartz–Malone coefficient table

Five-kilogram reference rows calculated by the same polynomial and power equations used above.

Historic and current formulas

Schwartz–Malone predates Wilks, DOTS and IPF GL. Keep the formula name attached to every score: the comparison row holds bodyweight and total constant but the scales remain different.