Shoggoth Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Interesting chart. Be neat to see where different people lay in there. I'm at Right; (w) 4", © 9", (l) 8" Left; (w) 3-3/4", © 8-3/4", (l) 8-1/8" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba29 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 uthat is interesting. i wonder when that was produced and what the sample size they used to create the percentiles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico300zx Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I wonder how many people that the makers of the chartused to get their averages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I'm exactly 50th percentile for all 3 numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griparn Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 Im also 50th percentile on all 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 This is good information. I wonder how the grip die hards fall in with the averages. My hands are listed as being in the small class in comps( 7 7/8") but , I have noticed if I stretch out my hand and measure from pinky tip to thumb tip( span) it is about the same or more than some giants with hands over an inch longer than mine. Do any of you find this as well? Quickly looking my span is at least 10". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 This is good information. I wonder how the grip die hards fall in with the averages. My hands are listed as being in the small class in comps( 7 7/8") but , I have noticed if I stretch out my hand and measure from pinky tip to thumb tip( span) it is about the same or more than some giants with hands over an inch longer than mine. Do any of you find this as well? Quickly looking my span is at least 10". I believe Ben Edwards and Dan Reinard have this going for them. Hands are not exceptionally long (wrist to tip) but they have very wide spans (thumb to pinkie stretched out.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba29 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 (edited) uthat is interesting. i wonder when that was produced and what the sample size they used to create the percentiles. That hand dimension chart appears to be from this document published in 2000. http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA467401 Although it was published in 2000, I wonder how old the data was. In the same document, the 95th percentile for weight with boots and fatigues was 198 lbs. Seems low to me based on the weight of men in 2000. I theorize that men's hand breadth and circumference were bigger 40 years ago when kids grew up doing more manual labor than playing video games. It is possible than this chart could be that old or older. Or it could have been done in 2000. Edited August 12, 2013 by bubba29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifesnotfair Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 I agree with the above! Men who grew up doing manual stuff seem to have much thicker and wider hands/fingers (even if their overall body isn't "big" by any standards) than those of us who grew up doing nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdckr Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Interesting. On my larger (right) hand, I'm almost 50th percentile circumference (21.0 cm, 0.3 below 50th percentile), but well below in length (18.2 cm, 0.3 above 5th) and width (8.5 cm, 0.1 above 5th). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico300zx Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Yea I wish that chart had a thumb to pinky span measurement average. I wonder if any of the good googlers could find one.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Parris I just looked at your thumbnail pic to side of post. What is span on your hand? I looks like it can cover some distance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccos1 Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Interesting mix: length: 7 3/8" (30th) breadth: 3.5" (50th) circum: 9" (90th) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico300zx Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) Parris I just looked at your thumbnail pic to side of post. What is span on your hand? I looks like it can cover some distance.Hey Richard, Yea I'm 10 1/4 flat on the table i just measured cause i always fotget. Jedd and I compared up at his place once, we have almost the same size. Hey I guess that's why all three of us can snatch the blob! Here's me www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC_r5Xbo3Vg Edited August 13, 2013 by rico300zx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba29 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Parris I just looked at your thumbnail pic to side of post. What is span on your hand? I looks like it can cover some distance.Hey Richard,Yea I'm 10 1/4 flat on the table i just measured cause i always fotget. Jedd and I compared up at his place once, we have almost the same size. Hey I guess that's why all three of us can snatch the blob! Here's me www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC_r5Xbo3Vg that is the hand measurement scouts use for NFL prospects if you wanted to compare to some of the best athletes in the world. here is a breakdown of qbs and wrs. http://www.fieldgulls.com/nfl-draft/2013/2/22/4018582/nfl-combine-2013-quarterbacks-height-weight-hand-size-measurements http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2013/2/22/4019100/nfl-combine-2013-wide-receiver-measurables-measurements Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico300zx Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Parris I just looked at your thumbnail pic to side of post. What is span on your hand? I looks like it can cover some distance.Hey Richard,Yea I'm 10 1/4 flat on the table i just measured cause i always fotget. Jedd and I compared up at his place once, we have almost the same size. Hey I guess that's why all three of us can snatch the blob! Here's me www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC_r5Xbo3Vg that is the hand measurement scouts use for NFL prospects if you wanted to compare to some of the best athletes in the world. here is a breakdown of qbs and wrs. http://www.fieldgulls.com/nfl-draft/2013/2/22/4018582/nfl-combine-2013-quarterbacks-height-weight-hand-size-measurements http://www.behindthesteelcurtain.com/2013/2/22/4019100/nfl-combine-2013-wide-receiver-measurables-measurements well I can see why my grandfather play for the Green Bay Packers by the way the my son looks he'll probably be playing pro ball 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
climber511 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 So much of the spread (and corresponding wide lift abilities) has to do with having a thumb that can oppose the fingers more directly. Many of us have thumbs that barely can make a 90 degree angle with the fingers - others can go well beyond that. That does seem to be a factor for many lifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1stCoC Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Hand circumference 25cm = 9 7/8", hand breadth 11 cm = 4 3/8", hand length 20cm =7 7/8", hand span 26cm 101/4" .All seem at upper reach of scale except hand length 20 cm= 7 7/8". I don't know if body weight comes into play but I am 255 instead of 285 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted August 13, 2013 Author Share Posted August 13, 2013 So much of the spread (and corresponding wide lift abilities) has to do with having a thumb that can oppose the fingers more directly. Many of us have thumbs that barely can make a 90 degree angle with the fingers - others can go well beyond that. That does seem to be a factor for many lifts. I don't even think I get 75-80'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 45. Between 50th and 95th Percentile 46. Just under 50th 47. Just under 95th (shrugs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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