Introduction
Lifting Strength is defined as the mass that an individual can lift on Earth. In other words it measures the amount of upwards force a character can produce. As such pushing and pulling feats are also considered a part of this statistic, granted they are properly calculated to account for the difference to lifting. A common case is that the weight of something pulled across a horizontal surface needs to be multiplied by the appropriate friction coefficient after finding the mass of the object. Telekinesis or other similar abilities must be specifically referred to as separate from physical strength, when used in a lifting feat. Tearing is also included in this category, but it is an unreliable method of calculating overall lifting ability a vast majority of the time. This is because the force used in a tearing motion is much lower than a lift, as a tearing motion uses much fewer muscle groups and is an awkward application of force compared to other movements. Likewise throwing an object a certain height upwards can be used as lifting feats, as these would require greater strength than just lifting the object.
While Striking Strength measures the energy of a character's physical attacks, Lifting Strength measures the amount of mass they can lift, which is determined by the amount of force a character can produce. This means that they measure two different physical quantities. Furthermore it can't be assumed that a character that can physically produce the amount of energy used in lifting an object by a certain height can also lift it, if it didn't demonstrate the ability to produce that level of Lifting Strength. It is a common feature within fiction to feature characters capable of vastly greater physical striking strength energy outputs than what would be required to lift weights that they are repeatedly shown to struggle with.
Hence Lifting Strength and Striking Strength are in general not comparable and should be evaluated separately.
Lifting Strength Levels
| Kilogram (force) | Metric tons (force) | Newton | Explanation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inapplicable | - | - | - | Tier 11. Too low to be properly calculated. |
| Below Average Human | 0-50 | 0-0.05 | 0-490.5 | - |
| Average Human | 50-80 | 0.05-0.08 | 490.5-784.8 | The weight of an adult human, or a large dog. |
| Above Average Human | 80-120 | 0.08-0.12 | 784.8-1177.2 | The weight of a washing machine, or a tumble dryer. |
| Athletic Human | 120-227 | 0.12-0.227 | 1177.2-2226.87 | The weight of a mature lion. |
| Peak Human | 227-545.2 | 0.227-0.5452 | 2226.87-5348.412 | Olympic weight-lifters, professional strongmen, and powerlifters. |
| Superhuman | ? | ? | ? | Any level clearly above peak human that does not have an exact value. Effort should be made to calculate the true value based on feats, but until then this is a placeholder. |
| Class 1 | 545.2-1000 | 0.5452-1 | 5348.412-9810 | The world record for deadlifting feats in real life. |
| Class 5 | 1000-5000 | 1-5 | 9810-49050 | Capable of lifting most cars, SUVs, vans, pickup trucks and trucks within the light-duty to medium-duty weight range, etc. |
| Class 10 | 5000-10^4 | 5-10 | 49050-98100 | The weight of an adult elephant. |
| Class 25 | 10^4-2.5x10^4 | 10-25 | 98100-245250 | The weight of Big Ben (the bell), a truck, a large motorboat. |
| Class 50 | 2.5x10^4-5x10^4 | 25-50 | 245250-490500 | The weight of a semi-trailer truck |
| Class 100 | 5x10^4-10^5 | 50-100 | 490500-981000 | The weight of a tank |
| Class K | 10^5-10^6 | 100-1000 | 981000-9810000 | The weight of the largest animal: blue whale, the heaviest of air-crafts. |
| Class M | 10^6-10^9 | 1000-10^6 | 9810000-9.81x10^9 | The weight of the largest ship |
| Class G | 10^9-10^12 | 10^6-10^9 | 9.81x10^9-9.81x10^12 | The weight of the human world population, the largest man-made structures. |
| Class T | 10^12-10^15 | 10^9-10^12 | 9.81x10^12-9.81x10^15 | The weight of the heaviest mountains. |
| Class P | 10^15-10^18 | 10^12-10^15 | 9.81x10^15-9.81x10^18 | The weight of small moons or small asteroids. |
| Class E | 10^18-10^21 | 10^15-10^18 | 9.81x10^18-9.81x10^21 | The weight of the atmosphere of the Earth. |
| Class Z | 10^21-10^24 | 10^18-10^21 | 9.81x10^21-9.81x10^24 | The weight of large moons or small planets. |
| Class Y | 10^24-10^27 | 10^21-10^24 | 9.81x10^24-9.81x10^27 | The weight of larger planets. |
| Pre-Stellar | 10^27-2x10^29 | 10^24-2x10^26 | 9.81x10^27-1.962x10^30 | The weight a solid object can reach before the gravitational collapse to a small star. |
| Stellar | 2x10^29-3.977x10^32 | 2x10^26-3.977x10^29 | 1.962x10^30-3.9x10^33 | The weight of a smaller star up to the weight of stars at the theoretical accretion limit. |
| Multi-Stellar | 3.977x10^32-1.6x10^42 | 3.977x10^29-1.6x10^39 | 3.9x10^33-1.569x10^43 | The weight of stars at the theoretical accretion limit to the mass of the Milky Way. |
| Galactic | 1.6x10^42-6x10^43 | 1.6x10^39-6x10^40 | 1.569x10^43-5.886x10^44 | The weight of the Milky Way to the mass of the most massive galaxy. |
| Multi-Galactic | 6x10^43-1.5x10^53 | 6x10^40-1.5x10^50 | 5.886x10^44-1.4715x10^54 | The weight of the most massive galaxy up to the weight of the observable universe. |
| Universal | 1.5x10^53+ | 1.5x10^50+ | 1.4715x10^54+ | The weight of the observable universe up to any higher finite value. |
| Infinite | - | - | - | Infinite strength by 3-dimensional standards. |
| Immeasurable | - | - | - | Infinite strength in relation to 3-dimensional entities, equated to higher-order beings on greater planes of existence and/or higher-dimensional beings when portrayed as qualitatively superior. |