A set of Raw Powerlifting Classification Standards (pdf) has been set and adopted by 100% Raw and the AAU. Pending adoption is the ADAU and other unequipped federations.

The Women's and Men's standards reflect wearing only a singlet and belt and being drug-free:

RAW WOMEN'S POWERLIFTING CLASSIFICATION CHART
Wt. Class 97 105 114 123 132 148 165 181 198 198+
ELITE 543 581 623 665 703 773 853 895 960 1012
MASTER 491 529 567 604 637 702 759 815 871 918
CLASS I 440 477 511 543 572 632 684 736 920 825
CLASS II 394 422 454 483 511 562 609 651 698 736
CLASS III 342 370 398 422 445 492 529 572 609 642
CLASS IV 295 319 342 361 384 422 454 487 525 553

RAW MEN'S POWERLIFTING CLASSIFICATION CHART
Wt. Class 114 123 132 148 165 181 198 220 242 275 275+
ELITE 904 984 1059 1185 1298 1396 1471 1551 1607 1654 1728
MASTER 850 904 974 1087 1190 1279 1354 1476 1518 1518 1594
CLASS I 750 810 871 979 1068 1148 1209 1279 1321 1359 1420
CLASS II 661 712 768 858 937 1012 1068 1125 1162 1199 1251
CLASS III 571 623 670 754 820 881 932 984 1017 1045 1087
CLASS IV 502 543 586 656 712 768 810 853 890 914 951

Here's Greg Stott's press release about the new classification standards.

RAW POWERLIFTING CLASSIFICATION STANDARDS
"A step in the right direction for the sport of Powerlifting"

TEAM iXL is proud to announce that as of April 6, 2006 the Classification Standards for RAW Powerlifting developed by its Founder Greg Stott of Sanford, North Carolina; have been endorsed by the following Powerlifting Federations: AAU & 100% RAW. These endorsements will enable lifters, to more uniformly measure their Powerlifting development, both RAW & Drug Free!

Lifter Classification Standards are not new to the sport of Powerlifting. The standards, which range from Class IV thru Elite, are used to measure a lifter’s strength, progress & expertise when performing all three lifts that make up the sport. By adding an athlete’s heaviest Squat, Bench and Deadlift together from a sanctioned competition, a Total is achieved. Based on the amount of the Total recorded by an athlete in competition, whether they win that day or not, they will fall into one of (6) different Classifications that are in place for both Men & Women. Up until now, Powerlifting as a sport only had Classification Standards in place for an Equipped Lifter. An Equipped Lifter is one who wears support equipment, wraps, special suits, shirts & briefs when competing. RAW is defined as only wearing a singlet & weight belt.

Powerlifting although not an Olympic Sport is more popular worldwide than Olympic Weightlifting, which consists of an athlete performing two overhead lifts
(The Snatch & Clean and Jerk) in competition to arrive at a Total.

Stott has worked the past three months outside of his organization’s normal mission. Which is to; Inform, Motivate & Demonstrate that There are No Limits Drug Free! Stott, a World Champion RAW Powerlifter, has recognized the need of Classification Standards for RAW lifters, since winning his first World Title, back in December of 2000. Stott Says, “Without standards, you never knew how your Total measured up.”

Stott, during a discussion with Paul Bossi, the President of 100% RAW Powerlifting, was pleased to find out that both men were in agreement, in regards to the Classification Standards being long overdue. Stott told Bossi that he’d been working on many scenarios and tracking different Federation’s Totals for months and that’s when Bossi asked Stott if he would draft the Classification Standards for his Federation”. “I was very confident that if anyone could put together a set of Standards that were both fair and challenging for the RAW lifter, it would be Greg Stott. He is a very talented guy after all. Besides the fact that he’s a world class lifter, he’s promoted National Events and in 2004 was named our Official of the Year”. Bossi said.

Stott commented, “at first the idea of coming up with RAW lifter Classifications, was simply a project for the 100% RAW Federation. But once I started putting the numbers together it became clear to me that this project could be a great opportunity to develop a standard that could begin to unify Federations that promote both Drug Free and RAW Competitions worldwide”. Stott’s first call was to the AAU National Chairman for Powerlifting, Bill DePorter. “When I spoke with Mr. DePorter on the phone, he listened to my proposal very intently. He then commented to me that his Federation had also been working on RAW Classifications and that my idea of a unified set of RAW Classification Standards, was exactly what was needed.”

Mr. Stott said, “I would like to thank both Mr. Bossi & Mr. DePorter for not only providing tremendous support to TEAM iXL on this project, but for all they’re
doing to promote RAW, Drug Free Powerlifting”.
For more information on either RAW Powerlifting or the new Classification Standards
We invite you to visit the Powerlifting Federations web sites that are listed below.

100% RAW Powerlifting
AAU Powerlifting

Discussion at the 100% Raw forum about the new standards.

Great to see the numbers posted. Looks like a lot of thought went into them. The bar has been set high. I love a challenge. Paul, will 100% RAW have classification patches available to lifters who qualify?

I just looked at the totals also. Are these high enough to be considered elite? Not trying to toot my own horn, or cause controversy, but I very seldom squat or bench and would be very close if not over the elite total in the 275's. Just giving my opinion, not trying to cause problems. Hope everyone is having a good day.

These numbers are 96% of what the AAU considers to be elite for their equipped lifters. If you can hit these numbers on the platform, you are an extraordinary lifter. I can find only a handfull of totals listed in the last several years for 100% RAW that would qualify as elite.

Federation president, Paul Bossi:

We are in the process of getting Elite Patches and maybe master patches also. We will be putting together a package plan for the lifters for the Elite & Master status. We will do a certificate and plaque and probably a shirt also. Within a month I will have that program set for the lifters who qualify.

As far as the numbers too low, Just look at all the drug free RAW meets in any federation over the past 5 years in you will not find a hand full of Elite lifters in any 1 class.

Also Greg Stott from iXL Productions was hired to research and come up with these numbers and he is in the process of having them unified with AAU & ADAU. Those 2 organizations are reviewing them and like what they saw. Now we await their board to approve. I feel we have set the standard for the Elite status and I believe all others will join in so we have a unified set of RAW number for lifter status. No need to reinvent the wheel.

I hope you all like what has been done there has been much research by Greg Stott and his Team iXL Productions. Maybe you can drop him a line and say hello and thank you. His profile and interview are on our front page. He has a very nice interview done by Body Building .com

It is nice to see all the interest in the RAW Classifications, keep up the posting gentle and ladies.

Stott:

It is official...The RAW Classification Standards
have been endorsed by both 100% RAW & AAU.

More Federations to come.

To read the Press Release on this
subject simply click on the link below.

A point to remember when reviewing the Classification
Standards...they are just that standards, to help you
the RAW Lifter measure your Powerlifting development.

awesome now i can see where i stand raw now i have to bring it to the platform.

Greg, thank you for all your time and effort tracking this and creating the classifications. Great job with the unification - RAW is finally being recognized. I train for the personal challenge. Competing is just a fringe benefit of training for me. But it is nice to be able to see where I stack up with these numbers.

I would presume that the elite totals are future generated numbers to be hit--meaning that once more members get involved and learn how to progress they will hit those elite numbers; can anyone give me numbers on how many individuals have hit elite and also won a National and World title? I'm betting many have won below an elite total that is know set. I will bet not many people will hit elite--not saying that's a good thing or bad thing.

In all seriousness, I was talking to some of my friends at the gym today and they said that those were good numbers to shoot for for raw and drug tested.