DOTS Calculator
Calculate your DOTS score from your bodyweight and squat, bench press, and deadlift total.
How DOTS Works
DOTS stands for Dynamic Objective Team Scoring. It uses your bodyweight and a men’s or women’s coefficient set to calculate points from your total. Both weights are converted to kilograms before calculation; only the displayed result is rounded.
DOTS = total in kg × 500 ÷ bodyweight polynomial
Which Total Should I Use?
For a competition score, add your best successful squat, bench press, and deadlift from the same meet and use your weigh-in bodyweight. Training or planned totals give an estimate, not an official meet result. This calculator is for full three-lift totals, not single-lift comparisons.
Sources and Limits
We follow OpenPowerlifting’s reference implementation: the coefficient uses bodyweight from 40–210 kg for the men’s formula and 40–150 kg for the women’s formula. Positive weights outside these bounds use the nearest endpoint, with a notice beside the score. These are coefficient bounds, not eligibility limits.
DOTS, Wilks and IPF GL are different scoring formulas; their points are not interchangeable. Competition rules determine which formula is used. For meaningful comparisons, use the same type of lifting and similar competition conditions.
- OpenPowerlifting: DOTS ImplementationPinned reference source for kilogram inputs, coefficients, endpoint behavior and the DOTS name.
- IPF-Hosted Formula Evaluation (March 2020)Appendix 1, section 3 (printed page 13) documents the DOTS polynomial and both coefficient sets. This historical comparison is not a statement of current federation scoring rules.
- IPF Technical Rules (March 2026)General Rules, clauses 1(a) and 1(e), define the three-lift competition total. Cited for total semantics, not as a claim that the IPF uses DOTS.