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Hawkpeter wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 11:50 pm I'm not sure what to make of this but we appear to have our answer on the metric that will be used to determine the 'best lifter of the quad', and with it the earning of the extra slot for that country at the LA Games.

https://iwf.sport/2026/04/22/iwf-introd ... ts-system/

The methodology is slightly different but it's essentially Q points in new clothing.

Superheavyweights are not as good at weightlifting if they are fat and tall (i.e. Lasha 492@182.9, GAMX = 1170.94), even if they lift more than skinnier superheavyweights (Djuraev 446@121.6, GAMX = 1274.4)

Lasha, despite breaking ATWRs, is not as good as Li Fabin or Karlos Nasar, who do not break any ATWRs.

Chen Lijun 339 @ 66.92 is better than Lasha, despite adding only about 6kg to his own 62kg WR (probably because he was getting older), and 16kg behind the 67.5kg WR.

Lalayan (467@153.15, GAMX = 1179.54), is inferior to Liu Huanhua at the World Cup (413@101.84, GAMX = 1201.61) and superior to Lasha. Who he loses to every time.

The attempt to develop a theory of everything is foolish, and the junior dataset is extremely limited (USAW junior competitions only? Really?).
I wish people would actually look at this critically and realise it's not representative how anyone actually looks at weightlifting results.

Sinclair works well enough, because it doesn't get bloated trying to be everything for everyone.

It never works because no SHW wants to lift 450@140 if he could do 455@160 instead.