OpenPowerlifting Results Bulk Scraper

Scrape competition results from OpenPowerlifting — the definitive CC0-licensed strength-sport dataset covering 3M+ competition entries, 800k+ unique lifters, and hundreds of federations (IPF, USAPL, USPA, RPS, WRPF, CPU, and many more).

This actor streams and filters the OpenPowerlifting bulk CSV dataset, returning clean, schema-typed records without requiring you to download or parse the 165 MB bulk ZIP yourself.

What data does it return?

Each record represents one lifter's performance at one meet:

Field	Description
lifter_name	Athlete's full name
sex	M / F / Mx
event	Lifts contested: SBD (full power), B (bench only), D (deadlift only), etc.
equipment	Raw / Wraps / Single-ply / Multi-ply
age	Lifter's age at meet date
age_class	Age division bracket (e.g. "24-34", "Junior")
division	Division within the federation
bodyweight_kg	Lifter's recorded bodyweight
weight_class_kg	Weight class competed in (e.g. "74", "83+")
squat_kg_best	Best successful squat (Best3SquatKg)
bench_kg_best	Best successful bench press (Best3BenchKg)
deadlift_kg_best	Best successful deadlift (Best3DeadliftKg)
total_kg	Competition total
place	Finishing place (or "DQ" / "NS")
dots	DOTS coefficient score
wilks	Wilks coefficient score
glossbrenner	Glossbrenner coefficient score
goodlift	IPF GL (Goodlift) points
tested	Whether the meet was drug-tested
federation	Federation that sanctioned the meet
parent_federation	Parent or governing body
date	Meet date (YYYY-MM-DD)
meet_country	Country where the meet was held
meet_state	State or province
meet_town	City or town
meet_name	Competition name
sanctioned	Whether the meet was officially sanctioned

Filters

All filters are optional and combinable:

• Federation — filter to a specific federation (e.g. IPF, USAPL, USPA, RPS, WRPF). Leave blank for all federations.
• Date From / Date To — return only meets within a date range (YYYY-MM-DD format).
• Meet Country — filter by meet location (e.g. USA, Canada, Australia).
• Equipment — Raw, Wraps, Single-ply, or Multi-ply.
• Sex — M, F, or Mx.
• Lifter Name — substring search across all lifter names (case-insensitive).
• Max Items — cap the number of records returned (default: 15; set to 0 for all matching records).

Usage examples

Pull all USAPL Raw results from 2024:

{
  "federation": "USAPL",
  "equipment": "Raw",
  "dateFrom": "2024-01-01",
  "dateTo": "2024-12-31",
  "maxItems": 1000
}

Get all competition history for a specific lifter:

{
  "lifterName": "Ray Williams",
  "maxItems": 0
}

All IPF meets in the USA:

{
  "federation": "IPF",
  "meetCountry": "USA",
  "maxItems": 500
}

Full unfiltered dataset (use with large maxItems or 0):

{
  "maxItems": 0
}

Note: Unfiltered pulls stream through 3M+ rows. Use filters for practical output sizes. Large pulls may take several minutes.

Technical notes

• Data source: OpenPowerlifting bulk CSV (~165 MB ZIP, ~800 MB uncompressed, updated multiple times daily)
• License: CC0 — no restrictions on use, attribution optional but encouraged
• The actor streams the ZIP without downloading it fully to memory. Peak heap usage stays well under 200 MB regardless of output size.
• No proxy or authentication required.