Please listen to Steve, otherwise you are going to be miserable and drive yourself nuts. If you compare yourself to others (something that is uncontrollable) you will always be at the mercy of whomever is stronger or better looking than you (which someone always will be) and you allow yourself to never fully feel satisfied with whom you are....in lifting, sports, life, work, if you are extrinsically motivated and comparing yourself to others you experience much less satisfaction because so many variables are out of your control....when you instrinsically motivate yourself and compete with YOURSELF, mastery of your own tasks and goals, you can be much happier and in control of your moods and emotions...maybe do some google searching on instrinsic and extrinsic motivation and read up on it, will help explain it in more detail why comparing yourself to others is always going to be a mindf__k and not productive for your gym time or balance in your life...
On to numbers on lifts...too many variables...genetics, training age (how long have they been training), training program design (are you training for strength, power, strength endurance, max strength, endurance, or a combo? or are you training for body composition and appearance?), injuries and health history, nutrition, supplementation, rest and recovery protocols (booze kills your recovery, dehydrates you, lowers your Test levels), the list goes on and on....if you want to test yourself on certain lifts go ahead and pick whether you are one rep maxing, 3 rep max, or max reps, pick a few lifts, find out where you are now, and then create a program that is going to work towards beating those numbers 3 months from now and compete against yourself.
If you are not training day in and day out with these guys, who knows how they are training...say if they are focusing on high rep training most of the time, and you are a low rep guy training for a powerlifting meet, there is a good chance that if you watch them do high rep squats you will get all bummed out seeing what they can do....but maybe if you hit a one rep max you would blow them away....if you dont have goals other than watching what folks do at the gym you will not be able to design a program properly to acheive whatever lifting goals you have...and if your goals are just to look yoked and be lean, then numbers, reps, all that shouldnt matter at all because you could be training entirely different....make sense? You cant get yoked, be the best at max one rep lifts, be the best at high rep squats or bench, and be dropping massive amounts of bodyfat all at the same time...you need to priortize why you are lifting for the next 2-3 months and go for it...then if goals change, change your training....how much you can max lift or max rep on stuff often is training your nervous system correctly (in addition to all the other variables we mentioned)....last year I hit a 375 bench one rep max, and 225 for 23 reps....this year for various reasons Im staying away from heavy singles and doing a period of higher rep work, chain work, band work, and right now am hoping in a few weeks to hit 225 for 26 or 27 reps maybe....not a huge difference but still its a goal to beat a past PR, but I havent gone over 275 bench in 6 months, I would be crushed by a 375 single right now!! But Im not sweating it, Im more having fun wondering what sort of reps I can get with 225 in the coming weeks for giggles...and Im your age too, so the older Im getting the less Im caring how I compare to anyone else, and when I allow myself to get fired up and be happy for training partners or friends even if they are 40lbs lighter than me and kicking my tail, its a great feeling...Im too old for comparisons, and these days if I try to push too hard I end up with injuries so its just not worth it....
Enjoy it! Lifting is a gift for all of us who still do it!!!
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