Where you stand compares your recent performance in an exercise against other athletes using Output. It's there to answer the question a number on its own can't: was that good?

A jump height means very little in isolation. Knowing roughly where it sits among comparable athletes tells you something you can act on.

Your result places you in one of five bands:

Alongside the band you'll see a percentile, such as 1st percentile or 81st percentile. This is the proportion of athletes in your comparison group that you're ahead of — at the 81st percentile, roughly four out of five of them.

The percentile is the precise version of the band. Two athletes can both be Developing while one sits at the 4th percentile and the other at the 22nd.

Next to the percentile you'll see the group you're being measured against, for example Adult male. Groups are currently built from sex and age, with age split into Youth (under 18) and Adults (18 and over).

Your sex and date of birth need to be filled in on your profile for this to work. Sport isn't used to build groups yet, so a footballer and a rower of the same sex and age bracket are currently compared against the same population.

The bar beneath shows the range for your group, with the figures marking where each band begins and ends. It fills up to your own result, so you can see at a glance both which band you're in and how far into it you are.

If your result is below the first figure on the scale, the bar shows as empty. That isn't an error — it means you're below the range the bands cover for that group.

It's worth looking at the gaps between the numbers. They're rarely even — the step up to the top band is usually far wider than the gaps lower down, which is a fair reflection of how much harder progress gets at that end.

Some combinations of sex and age don't yet have enough athletes to compare against reliably. Rather than show you nothing, the comparison widens to a broader population.

This is worth knowing, because it's the usual explanation for a result that looks oddly harsh. If you're under 18 but the label reads Adult male or Adult female, you're being measured against grown adults, and you'll sit low on that scale even when you're performing well for your age.

Always check the group label before reading too much into the number.

This section is only shown for exercises where Output has enough reviewed population data. Every dataset is checked by our team before it goes live, so newer or less commonly used exercises may not have one yet. The list grows over time.

If your profile is missing a sex or date of birth, the section won't appear either.

It's easy to read Developing, or a percentile in single figures, as a verdict. It isn't one.

You're being measured against everyone using Output in your group, which includes full-time professionals. Sitting low on that scale is normal for most athletes, and especially for younger ones still growing.

The more useful question for day-to-day training is whether you are moving forward, and that's what your usual range is for. Where you stand gives you the wider context; your own trend tells you whether the work is paying off.

See also: Usual Range for Output Exercises