2025 World's Strongest Man

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2025 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates15-18 May 2025
Location Sacramento, California
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Athletes participating25
Nations participating11
Champion(s)
Flag of South Africa.svg Rayno Nel

The 2025 World's Strongest Man was the 48th World's Strongest Man competition that took place in Sacramento, California from May 15 to 18, 2025. [1]

Contents

Participants

[1] [2]

Format change

There was a reduction from 30 to 25 athletes with them divided into 5 groups of 5, with the top 2 athletes from each group progressing to the final of 10. [2]

Unlike previous editions going back to 2016, after the fourth event, the athlete in first place will no longer automatically go through to the final, and second and third place will no longer compete against each other in the stone-off. Instead, athletes will have to complete all five events to decide the two qualifiers. As the athletes who made it to the final competed in the same events, their performances in the heats events will then be compared. This will then lead to the best-performing athlete going into the final with 10 points, with each step down in place earning one less point than the previous.

Heats results

Qualifying took place on May 15 and 16.

Events

Heat 1

#AthleteEvent 1
Loading medley
Event 2
Deadlift for reps
Event 3
Overhead medley
Event 4
Titan's toss
Event 5
Stone medley
Pts
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Stoltman 1st - 4 in 38.711st - 71st - 7 in 56.951st - 10 in 31.973rd - 2 in 1:05.8822.5
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Eddie Williams 2nd - 4 in 44.701st - 75th - 4 in 41.112nd - 8 in 35.662nd - 2 + 8.87 m17.5
3 Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco Schoonwinkel 4th - 4 in 50.343rd - 64th - 5 in 1:06.863rd - 7 in 25.034th - 1 in 12.4411.5
4 Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Evans 3rd - 4 in 48.583rd - 62nd - 7 in 1:05.114th - 7 in 29.06N/A - 0 in 1:30.0011.5
5 Flag of Mexico.svg Austin Andrade 5th - 4 in 53.335th - 53rd - 7 in 1:13.815th - 7 in 31.281st - 4 in 1:25.6911
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Heat 2

#AthleteEvent 1
Loading medley
Event 2
Deadlift for reps
Event 3
Overhead medley
Event 4
Titan's toss
Event 5
Stone medley
Pts
1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mitchell Hooper 1st - 4 in 38.602nd - 71st - 7 in 59.743rd - 8 in 27.971st - 4 in 56.2215.5
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Paddy Haynes 2nd - 4 in 41.261st - 83rd - 5 in 1:04.404th - 6 in 18.722nd - 3 in 82.0314
3 Flag of the United States.svg Bryce Johnson 5th - 4 in 51.832nd - 72nd - 6 in 1:05.545th - 4 in 17.753rd - 2 in 45.538.5
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Wesley Derwinsky 4th - 4 in 49.142nd - 74th - 5 in 1:05.141st - 9 in 29.88N/A - 0 in 1:30.0011.5
5 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mathew Ragg 3rd - 4 in 43.792nd - 75th - 4 in 31.072nd - 9 in 32.22N/A - 0 in 1:30.0010.5
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Heat 3

#AthleteEvent 1
Loading medley
Event 2
Deadlift for reps
Event 3
Overhead medley
Event 4
Titan's toss
Event 5
Stone medley
Pts
1 Flag of South Africa.svg Rayno Nel 2nd - 4 in 42.361st - 82nd - 5 in 36.812nd - 8 in 29.411st - 4 in 1:02.0017
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shane Flowers 1st - 4 in 40.134th - 64th - 5 in 52.741st - 8 in 23.382nd - 1 in 11.3814
3 Flag of the United States.svg Lucas Hatton 5th - 4 in 48.092nd - 71st - 6 in 47.413rd - 8 in 44.064th - 1 in 16.7212.5
4 Flag of Ghana.svg Evans Aryee 3rd - 4 in 44.902nd - 73rd - 5 in 48.915th - 6 in 23.663rd - 1 in 13.4710.5
5 Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4th - 4 in 46.28N/A - 05th - 4 in 26.254th - 7 in 31.97N/A5
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Heat 4

#AthleteEvent 1
Loading medley
Event 2
Deadlift for reps
Event 3
Overhead medley
Event 4
Titan's toss
Event 5
Stone medley
Pts
1 Flag of the United States.svg Trey Mitchell 3rd - 4 in 49.381st - 102nd - 7 in 1:0.543rd - 6 in 27.221st - 4 in 1:13.5615
2 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ondřej Fojtů 1st - 4 in 42.553rd - 51st - 7 in 1:0.214th - 3 in 11.412nd - 3 in 1:01.3415
3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maxime Boudreault 2nd - 4 in 42.814th - 13rd - 6 in 57.991st - 10 in 46.914th - 1 in 9.8114
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tristain Hoath 4th - 4 in 51.602nd - 84th - 6 in 1:13.702nd - 7 in 29.753rd - 3 in 1:04.1012
5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Richardson [a] 5th - 2 in 13.53N/AN/AN/AN/A1
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
  1. Richardson suffered an injury during the first event and took no further part in the competition. [9]

Heat 5

#AthleteEvent 1
Loading medley
Event 2
Deadlift for reps
Event 3
Overhead medley
Event 4
Titan's toss
Event 5
Stone medley
Pts
1 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Stoltman 2nd - 4 in 41.214th - 22nd - 6 in 49.981st - 9 in 34.811st - 3 in 1:09.3415
2 Flag of Ukraine.svg Pavlo Kordiyaka 1st - 4 in 38.612nd - 41st - 6 in 46.354th - 4 in 12.813rd - 2 in 1:09.8815.5
3 Flag of the United States.svg Nick Guardione 3rd - 4 in 41.342nd - 44th - 5 in 1:07.852nd - 8 in 28.382nd - 3 in 1:11.8412.5
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Flynn 4th - 4 in 45.661st - 63rd - 5 in 46.993rd - 6 in 20.164th - 1 in 1:10.9413
5 Flag of the United States.svg Evan Singleton [a] 5th - 2 in 14.25N/AN/AN/AN/A1
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
  1. Singleton suffered an injury during the first event and took no further part in the competition. [9]

Finalist points table

Once the 10 finalists were confirmed, their results across the events were then compared to create a new leaderboard and award 10 points through to 1.

#AthleteNationPoints
1 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 10
2 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 9
3 Rayno Nel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 8
4 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 7
5 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 6
6 Paddy Haynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5
7 Shane Flowers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4
8 Ondřej Fojtů Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3
9 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2
10 Eddie Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1

Finals events results

The finals took place on May 17 and 18.

Event 1: Carry & Hoist

#AthleteNationTimeEvent PointsOverall Points
1 Rayno Nel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30.581018
2 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 34.49918
3 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 35.47818
4 Paddy Haynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 36.97712
5 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 37.4268
6 Eddie Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 38.1156
7 Ondřej Fojtů Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 40.9547
8 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 45.5839
9 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 49.3829
10 Shane Flowers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 8.60 metres (28.2 ft)15
[3] [10]

Event 2: 18-inch Max deadlift

#AthleteNationWeightEvent PointsOverall Points
1 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 500 kilograms (1,110 lb)1019
2 Rayno Nel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 490 kilograms (1,080 lb)927
3 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 465 kilograms (1,025 lb)624
3 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 465 kilograms (1,025 lb)624
3 Paddy Haynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 465 kilograms (1,025 lb)618
3 Ondřej Fojtů Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 465 kilograms (1,025 lb)613
3 Shane Flowers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 465 kilograms (1,025 lb)611
8 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 435 kilograms (959 lb)2.510.5
8 Eddie Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 435 kilograms (959 lb)2.58.5
10 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 402 kilograms (886 lb)110
[3] [11]

Event 3: Hercules hold

#AthleteNationTimeEvent PointsOverall Points
1 Eddie Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:22.141018.5
2 Rayno Nel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:15.63936
3 Paddy Haynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 59.64826
4 Ondřej Fojtů Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 55.41720
5 Shane Flowers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 40.26617
6 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 40.09529
7 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 32.30414
8 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 31.82327
9 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 29.91212.5
10 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 22.29120
[3] [12]

Event 4: Flintstone press max

#AthleteNationWeightEvent PointsOverall Points
1 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 241 kilograms (531 lb)9.536.5
1 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 241 kilograms (531 lb)9.529.5
3 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 230 kilograms (510 lb)7.536.5
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 230 kilograms (510 lb)7.520
5 Ondřej Fojtů Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 220 kilograms (490 lb)626
6 Shane Flowers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 200 kilograms (440 lb)4.521.5
6 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 200 kilograms (440 lb)4.518.5
8 Rayno Nel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 188 kilograms (414 lb)339
Paddy Haynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom No lift026
Eddie Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia No lift017.5
[3] [13]

Event 5: Atlas stones

#AthleteNationTimeEvent PointsOverall Points
1 Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5 in 31.761046.5
2 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5 in 41.08938.5
3 Rayno Nel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4 in 30.17847
4 Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 4 in 31.02743.5
5 Paddy Haynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4 in 34.07632
6 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 4 in 38.39525
7 Shane Flowers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4 in 54.09425.5
8 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3 in 25.88321.5
9 Eddie Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3 in 25.88220.5
10 Ondřej Fojtů Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3 in 25.05127
[3] [14]

Final results

#AthleteNationPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Rayno Nel Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 47
Silver medal icon.svg Tom Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 46.5
Bronze medal icon.svg Mitchell Hooper Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 43.5
4 Trey Mitchell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 38.5
5 Paddy Haynes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 32
6 Ondřej Fojtů Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 27
7 Shane Flowers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25.5
8 Pavlo Kordiyaka Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 25
9 Luke Stoltman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21.5
10 Eddie Williams Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20.5
[15] [16]

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Preceded by 2025 World's Strongest Man Succeeded by
2026 World's Strongest Man