Cameron Harmon currently isn’t on many radars as a potential to loosen Austin Perkins' current stranglehold on the 74kg (163.14lbs)/75kg (165.35lbs) weight class. After over a year of not competing (his last meet was in 2022 at the USAPL Southeast Regional Champs), Cameron made an appearance with a season-opening at the 2024 USAPL Shamrock Showdown, where he finished with a total of 770kg/1697.56lbs, a progression of 1.32%, in parallel to his previous competition best total of 760kg/1675.51lbs.

During the meet, Cameron experienced a setback in his squat, scoring a reliability of 83.33%, which is 8.34% lower than his historical squat reliability of 91.67%. Due to failing both his first squat attempt of 270kg/595.25lbs and a second squat attempt of 277.5kg/611.78lbs - this was the first time he had failed a squat attempt twice at a meet. Cameron only achieved 96.47% of his baseline projections (squat, bench, deadlift, and total), which is not his best performance.

Despite not competing for over a year, theoretically, the athlete still remains a highly probable athlete to wage a significant challenge at the highest level of competition.

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Charlie Yeng has been competing since 2016. He started as a lighter athlete in the 59kg (130.07lbs)/60kg (132.28lbs) category at the Central Texas Classic. In 2019, he won the 59kg (130.07lbs)/60kg (132.28lbs) open and junior national championship at the USAPL Raw Nationals. At the 2024 Powerlifting America National Trials, he competed for the sixth time as a 66kg/67.5kg athlete against competitors such as Jonathan Garcia, who won the 2022 Powerlifting America national championship and the 2022 IPF World Classic silver medal. Charlie finished the national trials with a new personal record (PR) total of 705kg/1554.26lbs, an increase of 0.35%, placing him second behind Jonathan Garcia.

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The 21-year-old junior athlete, Chase Chapa recently defended his collegiate title for the third time at the 2024 USPAL Collegiate Nationals. He achieved a new personal record total of 585.5kg/1290.81lbs, surpassing his previous win in 2022. Prior to the competition, Chase had projected a baseline total of 583.58kg/1286.57lbs and a baseline deadlift projection of 240.84kg/530.96lbs. He exceeded these projections by over 0.33% and 5.04%, respectively.

Chase Chapa is the only 59kg/60kg athlete in the history of the USPAL Collegiate Nationals to have won the raw collegiate title for a third time. His meet KPI score of 83.70% at the latest competition is an increment of +5.50% compared to his meet KPI score of 78.20% at the 2023 USPAL Collegiate Nationals. He maintained an average reliability (squat, bench and deadlift) of 100%, which is 15.97% higher than his historical reliability (success) of 84.03%.

Based on his current performance, Chase's baseline total projection is between 602.44kg/1328.15lbs - 605.76kg/1335.47lbs. If he achieves a top-end total of 605.76kg/1335.47lbs, he would rank seventh on the all-time 59kg/60kg list of athletes and third on the junior 59kg/60kg list. His current competition-best total of 585.5kg/1290.80lbs ranks him eighteenth on the all-time 59kg/60kg list of athletes.

However, if Chase's progression is not linear, his worst-case projected total would be between 586.54kg/1293.09lbs - 589.77kg/1300.22lbs, which represents a dip of 2.64% from his current performance.

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Age: 21

Weight Class: 59kg (130.07lbs)/60kg (132.28lbs)

Average Competition bodyweight: 58.32kg/128.57lbs

Competition Best Squat: 205kg/451.95lbs

Competition Best Bench: 132.5kg/292.11lbs

Competition Best Deadlift: 253kg/557.77lbs

Competition Best Total: 585.5kg/1290.81lbs

Recent Meet KPI Score: 83.70%

Recent Meet Reliability: 100%

Historical Average Reliability: 84.03%

Baseline Projections

Squat: 210.35kg/463.74lbs - 211.39kg/466.04lbs

Bench: 130.52kg/287.75lbs - 131.39kg/289.67lbs

Deadlift: 259.54kg/572.19lbs - 262.33kg/578.34lbs

Total: 602.44kg/1328.15lbs - 605.76kg/1335.47lbs

Average Reliances

Squat: 34.86%

Bench: 22.26%

Deadlift: 42.88%

Note: a reliance measurement factors for the disciplines (squat, bench and deadlift) that the athlete tends to rely upon to build his/her totals.

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