The 2025 World's Strongest Man was the 48th World's Strongest Man competition. It was won by Rayno Nel.

Participants

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.

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 to go into the finals. 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 Loading medley: 4 sacks weighing from , , and . 1 minute 15 second time limit.

Deadlift for repetitions: . 1 minute time limit.

Overhead medley: 2 dumbbells weighing , 2 logs weighing , 2 circus barbells weighing and an axle weighing . 1 minute 15 second time limit.

Titan's toss: 10 bags weighing over a bar with 2 from , 2 from , 2 from , 2 from and 1 from both and . 1 minute time limit.

Stone medley: stone press, stone to shoulder, husafell carry for and then a stone load. 1 minute 30 time limit.

Heat 1 # Athlete Event 1Loading medley Event 2Deadlift for reps Event 3Overhead medley Event 4Titan's toss Event 5Stone medley Pts 1 Tom Stoltman 1st - 4 in 38.71 1st - 7 1st - 7 in 56.95 1st - 10 in 31.97 3rd - 2 in 1:05.88 22.5 2 Eddie Williams 2nd - 4 in 44.70 1st - 7 5th - 4 in 41.11 2nd - 8 in 35.66 2nd - 2 + 8.87 m 17.5 3 Jaco Schoonwinkel 4th - 4 in 50.34 3rd - 6 4th - 5 in 1:06.86 3rd - 7 in 25.03 4th - 1 in 12.44 11.5 4 Thomas Evans 3rd - 4 in 48.58 3rd - 6 2nd - 7 in 1:05.11 4th - 7 in 29.06 N/A - 0 in 1:30.00 11.5 5 Austin Andrade 5th - 4 in 53.33 5th - 5 3rd - 7 in 1:13.81 5th - 7 in 31.28 1st - 4 in 1:25.69 11

Heat 2 # Athlete Event 1Loading medley Event 2Deadlift for reps Event 3Overhead medley Event 4Titan's toss Event 5Stone medley Pts 1 Mitchell Hooper 1st - 4 in 38.60 2nd - 7 1st - 7 in 59.74 3rd - 8 in 27.97 1st - 4 in 56.22 20.5 2 Paddy Haynes 2nd - 4 in 41.26 1st - 8 3rd - 5 in 1:04.40 4th - 6 in 18.72 2nd - 3 in 82.03 18 3 Bryce Johnson 5th - 4 in 51.83 2nd - 7 2nd - 6 in 1:05.54 5th - 4 in 17.75 3rd - 2 in 45.53 11.5 4 Wesley Derwinsky 4th - 4 in 49.14 2nd - 7 4th - 5 in 1:05.14 1st - 9 in 29.88 N/A - 0 in 1:30.00 11.5 5 Mathew Ragg 3rd - 4 in 43.79 2nd - 7 5th - 4 in 31.07 2nd - 9 in 32.22 N/A - 0 in 1:30.00 10.5

Heat 3 # Athlete Event 1Loading medley Event 2Deadlift for reps Event 3Overhead medley Event 4Titan's toss Event 5Stone medley Pts 1 Rayno Nel 2nd - 4 in 42.36 1st - 8 2nd - 5 in 36.81 2nd - 8 in 29.41 1st - 4 in 1:02.00 22 2 Shane Flowers 1st - 4 in 40.13 4th - 6 4th - 5 in 52.74 1st - 8 in 23.38 2nd - 1 in 11.38 18 3 Lucas Hatton 5th - 4 in 48.09 2nd - 7 1st - 6 in 47.41 3rd - 8 in 44.06 4th - 1 in 16.72 14.5 4 Evans Aryee 3rd - 4 in 44.90 2nd - 7 3rd - 5 in 48.91 5th - 6 in 23.66 3rd - 1 in 13.47 13.5 5 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4th - 4 in 46.28 N/A - 0 5th - 4 in 26.25 4th - 7 in 31.97 N/A 5

Heat 4 # Athlete Event 1Loading medley Event 2Deadlift for reps Event 3Overhead medley Event 4Titan's toss Event 5Stone medley Pts 1 Trey Mitchell 3rd - 4 in 49.38 1st - 10 2nd - 7 in 1:0.54 3rd - 6 in 27.22 1st - 4 in 1:13.56 20 2 Ondřej Fojtů 1st - 4 in 42.55 3rd - 5 1st - 7 in 1:0.21 4th - 3 in 11.41 2nd - 3 in 1:01.34 19 3 Maxime Boudreault 2nd - 4 in 42.81 4th - 1 3rd - 6 in 57.99 1st - 10 in 46.91 4th - 1 in 9.81 16 4 Tristain Hoath 4th - 4 in 51.60 2nd - 8 4th - 6 in 1:13.70 2nd - 7 in 29.75 3rd - 3 in 1:04.10 15 5 Luke Richardson 5th - 2 in 13.53 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1

Heat 5 # Athlete Event 1Loading medley Event 2Deadlift for reps Event 3Overhead medley Event 4Titan's toss Event 5Stone medley Pts 1 Luke Stoltman 2nd - 4 in 41.21 4th - 2 2nd - 6 in 49.98 1st - 9 in 34.81 1st - 3 in 1:09.34 20 2 Pavlo Kordiyaka 1st - 4 in 38.61 2nd - 4 1st - 6 in 46.35 4th - 4 in 12.81 3rd - 2 in 1:09.88 18.5 3 Nick Guardione 3rd - 4 in 41.34 2nd - 4 4th - 5 in 1:07.85 2nd - 8 in 28.38 2nd - 3 in 1:11.84 16.5 4 Andrew Flynn 4th - 4 in 45.66 1st - 6 3rd - 5 in 46.99 3rd - 6 in 20.16 4th - 1 in 1:10.94 15 5 Evan Singleton 5th - 2 in 14.25 N/A N/A N/A N/A 1

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.

# Athlete Nation Points 1 Mitchell Hooper 10 2 Tom Stoltman 9 3 Rayno Nel 8 4 Trey Mitchell 7 5 Luke Stoltman 6 6 Paddy Haynes 5 7 Shane Flowers 4 8 Ondřej Fojtů 3 9 Pavlo Kordiyaka 2 10 Eddie Williams 1

Finals events results The finals took place on May 17 and 18.

Event 1: Carry & Hoist zercher carry for in to a hoist up . Time limit: 1 minute 15 seconds # Athlete Nation Time Event Points Overall Points 1 Rayno Nel 30.58 10 18 2 Tom Stoltman 34.49 9 18 3 Mitchell Hooper 35.47 8 18 4 Paddy Haynes 36.97 7 12 5 Pavlo Kordiyaka 37.42 6 8 6 Eddie Williams 38.11 5 6 7 Ondřej Fojtů 40.95 4 7 8 Luke Stoltman 45.58 3 9 9 Trey Mitchell 49.38 2 9 10 Shane Flowers 1 5

Event 2: 18-inch Max deadlift # Athlete Nation Weight Event Points Overall Points 1 Trey Mitchell 500 kilograms (1,110 lb) 10 19 2 Rayno Nel 9 27 3 Mitchell Hooper 6 24 3 Tom Stoltman 6 24 3 Paddy Haynes 6 18 3 Ondřej Fojtů 6 13 3 Shane Flowers 6 11 8 Pavlo Kordiyaka 2.5 10.5 8 Eddie Williams 2.5 8.5 10 Luke Stoltman 1 10

Event 3: Hercules hold Weight: per hand. # Athlete Nation Time Event Points Overall Points 1 Eddie Williams 1:22.14 10 18.5 2 Rayno Nel 1:15.63 9 36 3 Paddy Haynes 59.64 8 26 4 Ondřej Fojtů 55.41 7 20 5 Shane Flowers 40.26 6 17 6 Mitchell Hooper 40.09 5 29 7 Luke Stoltman 32.30 4 14 8 Tom Stoltman 31.82 3 27 9 Pavlo Kordiyaka 29.91 2 12.5 10 Trey Mitchell 22.29 1 20

Event 4: Max flinstone press # Athlete Nation Weight Event Points Overall Points 1 Tom Stoltman 9.5 36.5 1 Trey Mitchell 9.5 29.5 3 Mitchell Hooper 7.5 36.5 3 Pavlo Kordiyaka 7.5 205 Ondřej Fojtů 6 26 6 Shane Flowers 4.5 21.5 6 Luke Stoltman 4.5 18.5 8 Rayno Nel 3 39 — Paddy Haynes No lift 0 26 — Eddie Williams No lift 0 17.5

Event 5: Atlas stones Weight: 5 stones ranging from Time Limit: 1 minute # Athlete Nation Time Event Points Overall Points 1 Tom Stoltman 5 in 31.76 10 46.5 2 Trey Mitchell 5 in 41.08 9 38.5 3 Rayno Nel 4 in 30.17 847 4 Mitchell Hooper 4 in 31.02 7 43.5 5 Paddy Haynes 4 in 34.07 6 32 6 Pavlo Kordiyaka 4 in 38.39 5 25 7 Shane Flowers 4 in 54.09 4 25.5 8 Luke Stoltman 3 in 25.88 3 21.5 9 Eddie Williams 3 in 25.88 2 20.5 10 Ondřej Fojtů 3 in 25.05 1 27

Final results # Athlete Nation Points Rayno Nel 47 Tom Stoltman 46.5 Mitchell Hooper 43.5 4 Trey Mitchell 38.5 5 Paddy Haynes 32 6 Ondřej Fojtů 27 7 Shane Flowers 25.5 8 Pavlo Kordiyaka 25 9 Luke Stoltman 21.5 10 Eddie Williams 20.5

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