Movement standards

Movement standards: what a rep has to show, for 30 movements.

Every number on this page is read from the rubric files the ScoreRep scoring engine runs, so the standard published here is the standard a clip is held to.

Pose skeleton overlaid on an athlete mid-repetition, with the hip, knee and elbow joints marked
Each standard below is a joint angle or a range of travel measured from landmarks like these.

How to read a movement standard

Each row answers two questions. "Counted as the movement only if" lists the movement checks: every one has to pass for the clip to be treated as that movement, and a reading the camera could not take counts as a fail. A clip that fails is returned unranked with the reason, not scored low.

"Full marks when" lists the top band of every scored criterion. Falling short of one costs points, not the rep. Each movement page shows the full bands and which camera angle each criterion needs.

Angles are measured at the joint, so a smaller knee angle is a deeper position and a larger elbow angle is a straighter arm; 180° is fully straight. Ranges of travel are relative distances measured in the video frame, not centimetres, so they compare clips filmed from the same position rather than describing a box height.

Barbell strength standards

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Barbell strength standards, generated from the rubric files the scoring engine runs.
MovementCounted as the movement only ifFull marks whenYour reps
Back Squatvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.08 or more; whether the hip crease passes below the knee: yes; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: noDepth — smallest knee angle in the rep, 95° or less; Knee alignment — narrowest knee-to-ankle width ratio (under 1 means the knees track inside the feet), 0.95 or more; Torso position — largest torso lean away from vertical, 30° or less; Left-to-right symmetry — largest left-to-right difference in knee angle, 5° or less; Lowering-to-lifting control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 1 or moreCheck your back squat reps
Deadliftvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.06 or more; largest hip angle in the rep: 150° or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; smallest knee angle in the rep: 100° or less; torso lean in the starting position: 20° or moreBack position — largest torso lean away from vertical, 60° or less; Hip hinge — smallest hip angle in the rep, 70° or less; Lockout — largest hip angle in the rep, 170° or more; Left-to-right symmetry — largest left-to-right difference in knee angle, 6° or lessCheck your deadlift reps
Front Squatvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.08 or more; whether the hip crease passes below the knee: yes; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; elbow angle in the starting position: 120° or less; knee angle in the finish position: 150° or moreDepth — smallest knee angle in the rep, 95° or less; Upright torso — largest torso lean away from vertical, 20° or less; Lowering-to-lifting control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 1 or more; Left-to-right symmetry — largest left-to-right difference in knee angle, 5° or lessCheck your front squat reps
Overhead Squatvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.08 or more; whether the hip crease passes below the knee: yes; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; elbow angle in the finish position: 155° or more; vertical travel of the wrists across the rep: 0.15 or lessOverhead lockout — largest elbow angle in the rep, 165° or more; Depth — smallest knee angle in the rep, 95° or less; Upright torso — largest torso lean away from vertical, 20° or less; Left-to-right symmetry — largest left-to-right difference in knee angle, 4° or lessCheck your overhead squat reps
Push Presswhether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; vertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.03 or more; smallest knee angle in the rep: 115° or more; elbow angle in the starting position: 120° or less; knee angle in the finish position: 150° or moreOverhead lockout — elbow angle in the finish position, 165° or more; Leg drive — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.7s or less; Torso stability — largest torso lean away from vertical, 15° or less; Eccentric control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 0.6 or moreCheck your push press reps
Romanian Deadliftvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.05 or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; smallest knee angle in the rep: 110° or more; largest hip angle in the rep: 150° or moreHip hinge — smallest hip angle in the rep, 60° or less; Back position — largest torso lean away from vertical, 60° or less; Softly bent knees — smallest knee angle in the rep, 140° to 175°; Eccentric control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 1.2 or moreCheck your romanian deadlift reps
Strict Presswhether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; smallest knee angle in the rep: 155° or more; vertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.04 or less; elbow angle in the starting position: 120° or lessOverhead lockout — elbow angle in the finish position, 165° or more; Neutral torso — largest torso lean away from vertical, 10° or less; Control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 0.8 or more; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 10% or lessCheck your strict press reps
Thrustervertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.07 or more; whether the hip crease passes below the knee: yes; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; elbow angle in the starting position: 120° or less; smallest knee angle in the rep: 110° or lessRack position — elbow angle in the starting position, 95° or less; Squat depth — knee angle at the bottom of the rep, 100° or less; Leg drive — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.9s or less; Overhead position — elbow angle in the finish position, 165° or more; Fluency — repetitions completed per second, 0.5 or more; Left-to-right symmetry — largest left-to-right difference in knee angle, 6° or lessCheck your thruster reps

Olympic lifting standards

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Olympic lifting standards, generated from the rubric files the scoring engine runs.
MovementCounted as the movement only ifFull marks whenYour reps
Clean & Jerkvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.1 or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; vertical travel of the wrists across the rep: 0.2 or more; smallest elbow angle in the rep: 100° or less; elbow angle in the finish position: 155° or moreOverhead lockout on the jerk — elbow angle in the finish position, 165° or more; Hip extension — largest hip angle in the rep, 172° or more; Front rack on the catch — elbow angle at the catch or bottom position, 95° or less; Explosiveness — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.8s or less; Left-to-right symmetry — largest left-to-right difference in knee angle, 5° or lessCheck your clean & jerk reps
Hang Power Cleanvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.05 or more; largest hip angle in the rep: 155° or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; elbow angle in the finish position: 100° or less; smallest knee angle in the rep: 100° or more; torso lean in the starting position: 20° or lessHip extension — largest hip angle in the rep, 172° or more; Power catch — knee angle at the bottom of the rep, 140° or less; Front rack elbows — elbow angle at the catch or bottom position, 95° or less; Explosiveness — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.7s or lessCheck your hang power clean reps
Hang Power Snatchvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.05 or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; elbow angle in the starting position: 130° or more; smallest knee angle in the rep: 100° or more; elbow angle in the finish position: 155° or more; torso lean in the starting position: 20° or lessOverhead lockout — elbow angle in the finish position, 165° or more; Hip extension — largest hip angle in the rep, 172° or more; Power catch — knee angle at the bottom of the rep, 140° or less; Explosiveness — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.7s or lessCheck your hang power snatch reps
Power Cleanvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.06 or more; largest hip angle in the rep: 160° or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; elbow angle in the finish position: 100° or less; smallest knee angle in the rep: 100° or more; torso lean in the starting position: 20° or moreHip extension — largest hip angle in the rep, 172° or more; Catch in the rack — knee angle at the bottom of the rep, 140° or less; Front rack elbows — elbow angle at the catch or bottom position, 95° or less; Timing — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.8s or lessCheck your power clean reps
Power Snatchvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.05 or more; largest hip angle in the rep: 160° or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; elbow angle in the starting position: 130° or more; smallest knee angle in the rep: 100° or more; elbow angle in the finish position: 155° or more; torso lean in the starting position: 20° or moreOverhead lockout — elbow angle in the finish position, 165° or more; Hip extension — largest hip angle in the rep, 172° or more; Power catch — knee angle at the bottom of the rep, 140° or less; Explosiveness — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.7s or lessCheck your power snatch reps
Push Jerkwhether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; vertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.04 or more; smallest knee angle in the rep: 135° or less; elbow angle in the starting position: 120° or less; elbow angle in the finish position: 155° or moreOverhead lockout — elbow angle in the finish position, 165° or more; Leg drive — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.6s or less; Receiving dip — knee angle at the bottom of the rep, 130° or less; Left-to-right symmetry — largest left-to-right difference in knee angle, 5° or lessCheck your push jerk reps
Squat Cleanvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.1 or more; smallest knee angle in the rep: 110° or less; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; elbow angle in the finish position: 100° or less; elbow angle in the starting position: 130° or moreCatch depth — knee angle at the bottom of the rep, 95° or less; Front rack elbows — elbow angle at the catch or bottom position, 95° or less; Hip extension — largest hip angle in the rep, 172° or more; Pull speed — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.8s or less; Left-to-right symmetry — largest left-to-right difference in knee angle, 5° or lessCheck your squat clean reps
Squat Snatchvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.1 or more; smallest knee angle in the rep: 120° or less; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; elbow angle in the starting position: 130° or more; elbow angle in the finish position: 155° or more; vertical travel of the wrists across the rep: 0.2 or moreOverhead lockout — elbow angle in the finish position, 165° or more; Catch depth — knee angle at the bottom of the rep, 95° or less; Hip extension — largest hip angle in the rep, 172° or more; Explosiveness — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.8s or lessCheck your squat snatch reps

Gymnastics standards

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Gymnastics standards, generated from the rubric files the scoring engine runs.
MovementCounted as the movement only ifFull marks whenYour reps
Bar Muscle-upvertical travel of the shoulders across the rep: 0.08 or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; elbow angle in the finish position: 150° or more; smallest elbow angle in the rep: 80° or lessExtension above the bar — largest elbow angle in the rep, 165° or more; Pull quality — smallest elbow angle in the rep, 45° or less; Explosiveness and kip — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.8s or less; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 15% or lessCheck your bar muscle-up reps
Chest-to-Bar Pull-upvertical travel of the shoulders across the rep: 0.05 or more; smallest elbow angle in the rep: 70° or less; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; smallest hip angle in the rep: 90° or moreFull range, chest to the bar — smallest elbow angle in the rep, 40° or less; Body control — largest torso lean away from vertical, 15° or less; Eccentric control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 0.8 or more; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 15% or lessCheck your chest-to-bar pull-up reps
Handstand Push-upsmallest elbow angle in the rep: 90° or less; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; largest hip angle in the rep: 160° or more; vertical travel of the shoulders across the rep: 0.05 or moreFull range, head to the floor — smallest elbow angle in the rep, 50° or less; Full extension — largest elbow angle in the rep, 165° or more; Control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 0.8 or more; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 15% or lessCheck your handstand push-up reps
Pull-upvertical travel of the shoulders across the rep: 0.05 or more; smallest elbow angle in the rep: 90° or less; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; smallest hip angle in the rep: 90° or moreFull range of motion — smallest elbow angle in the rep, 55° or less; Body position — largest torso lean away from vertical, 15° or less; Control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 0.8 or moreCheck your pull-up reps
Ring Dipsmallest elbow angle in the rep: 90° or less; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; vertical travel of the shoulders across the rep: 0.04 or more; largest hip angle in the rep: 160° or moreFull range of motion — smallest elbow angle in the rep, 70° or less; Full extension — largest elbow angle in the rep, 165° or more; Control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 0.8 or more; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 10% or lessCheck your ring dip reps
Ring Muscle-upvertical travel of the shoulders across the rep: 0.08 or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; elbow angle in the finish position: 150° or more; smallest elbow angle in the rep: 70° or lessFull extension on the rings — largest elbow angle in the rep, 165° or more; Pull quality — smallest elbow angle in the rep, 45° or less; Explosiveness — time taken by the lifting phase, 1s or less; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 15% or lessCheck your ring muscle-up reps
Toes-to-Barsmallest hip angle in the rep: 60° or less; smallest elbow angle in the rep: 100° or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: yesRange, feet to the bar — smallest hip angle in the rep, 30° or less; Body control — largest torso lean away from vertical, 20° or less; Cadence — repetitions completed per second, 0.5 or more; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 15% or lessCheck your toes-to-bar reps

Bodyweight standards

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Bodyweight standards, generated from the rubric files the scoring engine runs.
MovementCounted as the movement only ifFull marks whenYour reps
Pistol Squatvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.08 or more; whether the hip crease passes below the knee: yes; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; largest left-to-right difference in knee angle: 15° or moreDepth — smallest knee angle in the rep, 85° or less; Torso stability — largest torso lean away from vertical, 30° or less; Control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 1 or more; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 10% or lessCheck your pistol squat reps
Push-upsmallest elbow angle in the rep: 100° or less; vertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.05 or less; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; largest hip angle in the rep: 155° or moreFull range of motion — smallest elbow angle in the rep, 65° or less; Full extension — largest elbow angle in the rep, 165° or more; Flat body line — largest torso lean away from vertical, 15° or less; Control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 0.8 or moreCheck your push-up reps

Conditioning standards

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Conditioning standards, generated from the rubric files the scoring engine runs.
MovementCounted as the movement only ifFull marks whenYour reps
Box Jumpvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.08 or more; largest hip angle in the rep: 165° or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: no; smallest elbow angle in the rep: 100° or moreJump height — vertical travel of the hips across the rep, 0.18 or more; Explosiveness — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.4s or less; Landing quality — smallest knee angle in the rep, 90° to 140°; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 15% or lessCheck your box jump reps
Burpeevertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.08 or more; smallest elbow angle in the rep: 100° or less; smallest hip angle in the rep: 80° or less; largest hip angle in the rep: 160° or moreRange, floor to full extension — vertical travel of the hips across the rep, 0.15 or more; Cadence and speed — repetitions completed per second, 0.4 or more; Control — ratio of lowering time to lifting time, 0.5 or more; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 15% or lessCheck your burpee reps
Dumbbell Snatchvertical travel of the wrists across the rep: 0.08 or more; whether the hands finish above the shoulders: yes; elbow angle in the finish position: 155° or more; largest hip angle in the rep: 150° or moreOverhead lockout — elbow angle in the finish position, 165° or more; Hip extension — largest hip angle in the rep, 168° or more; Explosiveness — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.8s or less; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 15% or lessCheck your dumbbell snatch reps
Kettlebell Swingvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.05 or more; largest hip angle in the rep: 155° or more; vertical travel of the wrists across the rep: 0.06 or more; smallest knee angle in the rep: 100° or moreHip hinge on the loading phase — smallest hip angle in the rep, 60° or less; Hip extension on the drive — largest hip angle in the rep, 172° or more; Cadence — repetitions completed per second, 0.5 or more; Consistency across the set — drop in rep speed between the fastest and the slowest rep, 10% or lessCheck your kettlebell swing reps
Wall Ballvertical travel of the hips across the rep: 0.08 or more; whether the hip crease passes below the knee: yes; whether the hands reach an overhead position: yes; vertical travel of the wrists across the rep: 0.15 or more; elbow angle in the starting position: 90° or moreSquat depth — smallest knee angle in the rep, 100° or less; Extension on the throw — largest elbow angle in the rep, 165° or more; Leg drive — time taken by the lifting phase, 0.7s or less; Cadence — repetitions completed per second, 0.5 or more; Left-to-right symmetry — largest left-to-right difference in knee angle, 5° or lessCheck your wall ball reps

What these standards are not

They are not a competition or federation movement standard. An event judge applies that event’s written standard, which can be stricter or looser than these thresholds and can rule on things a camera cannot see, such as contact with a target or a bar. Use this page to understand a ScoreRep result, not to settle a no-rep at an event.

Two-dimensional pose estimation measures visible joint positions. It does not measure force, load, pain or medical safety, and clothing, lighting and occlusion affect landmark quality. A technique score is educational feedback; decisions about load and injury belong with a coach or clinician who knows your history.

Questions

What athletes usually ask

Is this the official standard for a competition?

No. These are the thresholds the ScoreRep scoring engine applies. A competition uses its own written movement standard, enforced by a judge.

How deep does a squat have to be to count?

The hip crease has to pass below the knee, or the clip is not scored as a back squat at all. Full depth marks — 25 of 85 points — need a smallest knee angle of 95° or less, measured from a side or 45° oblique view. The full depth bands are on the squat form checker page.

Why was my clip not counted when the reps looked fine?

Either one movement check failed, or the camera could not take the reading a check needs, which counts as a fail. The result is returned unranked with the reason, so you can re-film from an accepted angle with the whole athlete in frame.

Do the standards change?

When a rubric changes in the scoring engine, this page is regenerated from it. Each movement page names the rubric version its numbers come from.

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