The Shaw Classic was a strongman competition run and hosted by four-time World's Strongest Man Brian Shaw, who won the inaugural competition in 2020. The second edition of the contest had 16 athletes with backgrounds from Europe and North America. The total prize pool in 2020 was $53,900. In 2021 the prize pool increased to $100,000 and in 2022 the prize pool increased to $150,000. In 2023 the prize pool was $251,932 followed by $263,200 in 2024 but dropped to $178,750 in 2025.
From 2023 to 2025, the Shaw Classic's invitational event was branded as Strongest Man on Earth, formerly used by the Fortissimus strongman competition held in 2008 and 2009.
History The first Shaw Classic was held in 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. With many major events for the year canceled or modified, Brian Shaw invited nine other athletes to compete in a closed competition in his private gym in Colorado. This was filmed and released shortly after. Shaw won the inaugural contest.
The 2021 contest allowed live spectators. Trey Mitchell won this edition, with Shaw and Jean-Francois Caron coming in 2nd and 3rd, respectively.
2022 added an open men's and women's competition in addition to the invitational, which remained men's only. Trey Mitchell repeated as champion, winning by one point over Shaw, who again came in 2nd. Mitchell Hooper came in 3rd in his first appearance at the competition.
In 2023, the show's invitational was branded the "Strongest Man On Earth," a title used earlier by the Fortissimus contests. Shaw won the title for a second time in his last career competition. In 2024, Mitchell Hooper came in first place, after placing second to Shaw the prior year.
Shaw announced a new formal qualification system for 2025: The previous year's top-5 finishers at Strongest Man on Earth and the podium finishers from World's Strongest Man, Arnold Strongman Classic, and Rogue Invitational. Next, the winner of North America's Strongest Man and winner of the Shaw Classic Men's Open would all receive automatic invites, with at-large invitations for athletes that performed well at other elite competitions like the Magnus ver Magnusson Strongman Classic to bring the field to a complete sixteen competitors.
On 27th December 2025, on the Shaw Strength Podcast, Brian and Keri Shaw stated that the Strongest Man on Earth would not be taking place in 2026. Subsequently, on 18th May 2026, Brian announced on the Shaw Strength podcast that the Shaw Classic would not be coming back in the foreseeable future, and that they had decided to liquidate all of the equipment from the shows.
Podium breakdown Pro Men (From 2023 onwards, the competition is known as 'Strongest Man on Earth') YearWinnerRunner-upThird place2020 Brian Shaw Jean-François Caron Oleksii Novikov2021 Trey Mitchell Brian Shaw Jean-François Caron2022 Trey Mitchell Brian Shaw Mitchell Hooper2023 Brian Shaw Mitchell Hooper Tom Stoltman2024 Mitchell Hooper Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Lucas Hatton2025 Evan Singleton Lucas Hatton Thomas Evans
Open Men YearWinnerRunner-upThird place2022 Thomas Evans Joey Lavallée Wesley Derwinsky2023 Austin Andrade Wesley Derwinsky Joey Lavallée2024 Joshua Spurgeon Nicholas Guardione Tim Buck 2025 Ben Glasscock Zachary Price Fredrik Johansson
Open Women YearWinnerRunner-upThird place2022 Victoria Long Olga Liashchuk Cori Butler2023 Olga Liashchuk Samantha Belliveau Melissa Peacock2024 Melissa Peacock Nicole Genrich Nadia Stowers2025 Jennifer Lyle Jackie Osczevski Jackie Rhodes Lightweight Men YearWinnerRunner-upThird place2024 Alec Soukup Matthew McQuiston John Alimo2025 Tyler Pruitt Jordan Wychulis Sean Mullican Lightweight Women YearWinnerRunner-upThird place2024 Kira Wrixon Taylor Woods Holly McRae2025 Megan Davis Camilla Fogagnolo Taylor Woods
Classic results 2020 Shaw Classic # Athlete Nation Points Brian Shaw 47.5 Jean-François Caron 44.5 Oleksii Novikov 40 4 Trey Mitchell 35.5 5 Jerry Pritchett 33.5 6 Adam Bishop 31 7 Luke Stoltman 30.5 8 Maxime Boudreault 29.5 9 Kevin Faires 27 10 Terry Hollands 5
2021 Shaw Classic # Athlete Nation Points Trey Mitchell 104.5 Brian Shaw 101.5 Jean-François Caron 99 4 Kevin Faires 83 5 Evan Singleton 80 6 Bobby Thompson 75.5 7 Adam Bishop 74 8 Maxime Boudreault 70 9 Aivars Šmaukstelis 69 10 Konstantine Janashia 60 11 Graham Hicks 56.5 12 Zydrunas Savickas 36 13 Gabriel Rheaume 32 14 Gabriel Pena 29.5 15 Jerry Pritchett 23 16 Mikhail Shivlyakov 22.5
2022 Shaw Classic # Athlete Nation Points Trey Mitchell 100.5 Brian Shaw 99.5 Mitchell Hooper 95 4 Oleksii Novikov 79 5 Maxime Boudreault 70 6 Kevin Faires 68 7 Aivars Šmaukstelis 67.5 8 Evan Singleton 59.5 9 Konstantine Janashia 52 10 Zydrunas Savickas 49.5 11 Bobby Thompson 42 12 Gabriel Pena 39 13 Gabriel Rheaume 36.5 14 Jerry Pritchett 27 15 Luke Stoltman 1
2023 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth
# Athlete Nation Points Brian Shaw 96 Mitchell Hooper 89 Tom Stoltman 83 4 Evan Singleton 77.5 5 Trey Mitchell 73 6 Thomas Evans 64 7 Bobby Thompson 62 8 Maxime Boudreault 57 9 Kevin Faires 49 10 Oleksii Novikov 44 11 Gavin Bilton 43 12 Aivars Šmaukstelis 41 13 Luke Stoltman 32.5 14 Adam Bishop 8
2024 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth # Athlete Nation Points Mitchell Hooper 117 Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 108 Lucas Hatton 83 4 Trey Mitchell 79.5 5 Austin Andrade 75.5 6 Evan Singleton 70 7 Tom Stoltman 68.5 8 Bobby Thompson 63.5 9 Wesley Derwinsky 61.5 10 Thomas Evans 57 11 Maxime Boudreault 41 12 Mathew Ragg 40 13 Tristain Hoath 38 14 Aivars Šmaukstelis 38 15 Pavlo Kordiyaka 35 16 Oleksii Novikov 29.5
2025 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth # Athlete Nation Points Evan Singleton 93.5 Lucas Hatton 92.5 Thomas Evans 88 4 Austin Andrade 83.5 5 Bryce Johnson 82.5 6 Trey Mitchell 82.5 7 Tristain Hoath 72.5 8 Tom Stoltman 72.5 9 Wesley Derwinsky 64.5 10 Ondrej Fojtu 63.5 11 Eddie Williams 62 12 Nick Guardione 60.5 13 Joshua Spurgeon 58.514 Maxime Boudreault 58 15 Shane Flowers 21 16 Bobby Thompson 14.5
Open results 2022 2022 Shaw Classic Open (Men) # Athlete Nation Points Thomas Evans 62.5 Joey Lavallee 61.5 Wesley Derwinsky 58.5 4 Sean Hayes 53 4 Jack Plankers 53 6 Austin Andrade 50.5 7 Lucas Nail 47.5 8 Bryce Johnson 44 9 Andrew Montoya 41 10 Andy Black 38.5 11 Tim Buck 37 12 Trevor Siemonsma 33 13 Brian Clark 31.5 14 Alex Kelley 26 15 Ayyub Mohammad 23.5 16 Joe Stella 18 2022 Shaw Classic Open (Women) # Athlete Nation Points Victoria Long 49.5 Olga Liashchuk 38.5 Cori Butler 34.5 4 Nancy Johnson 31.5 5 Samantha Belliveau 31 6 Jackie Osczevski 28.5 7 Bailey Deschene 22.5 8 Rebecca Houston 13.5 9 Monica Johnson 11.5 10 Taylor Woods 8
2023 2023 Shaw Classic Open (Men) # Athlete Nation Points Austin Andrade 65 Wesley Derwinsky 59 Joey Lavallee 58.5 4 Brett Thompson 57.5 5 Tim Buck 54.5 6 Nathan Goltry 51.5 7 Tristain Hoath 48 8 James Jeffers 44 9 Bryce Johnson 42 10 Nicholas Guardione 41.5 11 Josh Gregory 32.5 12 Zach Price 31.5 13 Alexander Kopp 28 13 Josh Spurgeon 28 15 Andrew Montoya 27 16 Donald Treglia 10.5 2023 Shaw Classic Open (Women) # Athlete Nation Points Olga Liashchuk 67 Samantha Belliveau 63 Melissa Peacock 60 4 Jackie Osczevki 52 5 Cori Butler 47 6 Jackie Rhodes 41 7 Rebecca Houston 30 7 Morgan Irons 30 9 Stephanie Bisignano 28 10 Austyn Grubb 27 11 Jessica Trumbull 18 12 Joscelyne O'Brien 11.5 13 Laura De Berdt Romilly 8 13 Angela Highfield 8
2024 2024 Shaw Classic Open (Men) # Athlete Nation Points Joshua Spurgeon 52.5 Nicholas Guardione 50 Timothy Buck 47 4 Joey Lavelle 45 5 Andrew Burton 43.5 6 James Jeffers 37.5 7 Alexander Koop 36 8 Nicholas Smith 25 9 Jon Furrh 23 10 Josh Gregory 12.5 2024 Shaw Classic Open (Women) # Athlete Nation Points Melissa Peacock 57.5 Nicole Genrich 47.5 Nadia Stowers 45.5 4 Erin Murray 45.5 5 Nancy Johnson 38.5 6 Jackie Osczevski 37 7 Ashley Crawford 37 8 Jennifer Lyle 34.5 9 Jackie Rhodes 26.5 10 Laura De Berdt Romilly 15.5
2024 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Men) # Athlete Nation Points Alec Soukup 62.5 Matthew McQuiston 55.5 John Alimo 50 4 Richard Mocygemba 49 5 Jack Turner 40.5 6 Philup Brinkman 36 7 Josh Harrelson 34 8 Nick Strauss 24.5 9 Harry Walker 18 10 Blake Hoffman 15 2024 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Women) # Athlete Nation Points Kira Wrixon 56 Taylor Woods 49 Holly McRae 46.5 4 Krystal Stanczyk 38 5 Stacey Burr 37 6 Kristin Ellis 35.5 7 Diana Ferrer 35 8 Nadia Morrison 33.5 9 Heidi Ellen Humar 29 10 Jamie Strong 21.5
2025 2025 Shaw Classic Open (Men) # Athlete Nation Points Ben Glasscock 55 Zachary Price 53.5 Fredrik Johansson 46.5 4 Seth Soukup 45 5 Josh Gregory 40 6 Beau Bathery 33.5 7 Quinten Holley 33 8 Alex Kelley 29.5 9 Connor Aaron Hunt 27.5 10 Jon Furrh 15.5 2025 Shaw Classic Open (Women) # Athlete Nation Points Jennifer Lyle 54.5 Jackie Osczevski 50.5 Jackie Rhodes 50 4 Nancy Johnson 46 5 Erin Murray 45.5 6 Kira Wrixon 40.5 7 Rebecca Houston 35.5 8 Nicole Wight 21 9 Cheyenne Ruiz 21 10 Trisha Mank 19.5 2025 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Men) # Athlete Nation Points Tyler Pruitt 52 Jordan Wychulis 49.5 Sean Mullican 46.5 4 Kevin Candito 44.5 5 Christopher Otero 40 6 Derek Brooks 35 7 Joe Korasick 34 8 Gabe Deal 31.5 9 Bodie Giron 25.5 10 Skye Olsen 25.5 2025 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Women) # Athlete Nation Points Megan Davis 59.5 Camilla Fogagnolo 57.5 Taylor Woods 46 4 Diana Ferrer 46 5 Kristin Ellis 43 6 Holly McRae 31.5 7 Hanna Coldiron 28.5 8 Jamie Strong 26.5 9 Savannah Schepp 26.5 10 Alex Martin 19
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