2026 World's Strongest Man

2026 World's Strongest Man
Competition information
Dates23-26 April 2026
LocationMyrtle Beach, South Carolina
Country United States
Athletes participating25
Nations participating11
Champion(s)
Canada Mitchell Hooper

The 2026 World's Strongest Man was officially the 49th World's Strongest Man competition and it took place in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with it being held from 23 to 26 April 2026.[1]

Participants

[1][2][3]

Heats results

The qualifying took place on 23 and 24 April 2026.

Events

  • Carry & climb: 140 kilograms (310 lb) farmers walk over 33 metres (108 ft) in to 225 kilograms (496 lb) power stairs for 9 steps. 1 minute 15 second time limit.
  • Circus press medley: 80 kilograms (180 lb) dumbbell, 90 kilograms (200 lb) dumbbell, 100 kilograms (220 lb) dumbbell and then 159 kilograms (351 lb) barbell for repetitions. 1 minute 15 second time limit.
  • Squat lift: 318 kilograms (701 lb). 1 minute 15 second time limit.
  • Truck pull: 29,000 kilograms (64,000 lb) over 25 metres (82 ft). 1 minute time limit.
  • Natural stone medley: 158 kilograms (348 lb) stone to shoulder, 177 kilograms (390 lb) stone carry for 16 metres (52 ft), 136 kilograms (300 lb) + 113 kilograms (249 lb) Webster stone walk for 8 metres (26 ft) and then a 182 kilograms (401 lb) stone load. 2 minute time limit.

Heat 1

# Athlete Event 1
Carry & climb		 Event 2
Circus press medley		 Event 3
Squat lift		 Event 4
Truck pull		 Event 5
Natural stone medley		 Pts
1 South Africa Rayno Nel 1st - 9 in 37.06 4th - 4 in 26.11 2nd - 13 1st - 35.03 1st - 4 in 43.70 21
2 United States Nick Guardione 2nd - 9 in 43.91 2nd - 5 in 44.50 5th - 6 2nd - 37.69 2nd - 4 in 1:14.34 17
3 United Kingdom Luke Richardson 4th - 9 in 1:00.34 3rd - 5 in 53.29 1st - 16 3rd - 38.91 5th - 2 + 6.10 m 14
4 United Kingdom Ben Glasscock 5th - 9 in 1:05.68 1st - 6 in 1:02.78 3rd - 10 4th - 42.06 4th - 4 in 1:47.82 13
5 Canada Tristain Hoath 3rd - 9 in 46.78 5th - 2 in 16.84 4th - 7 5th - 43.00 3rd - 4 in 1:20.25 10
[4]

Heat 2

# Athlete Event 1
Carry & climb		 Event 2
Circus press medley		 Event 3
Squat lift		 Event 4
Truck pull		 Event 5
Natural stone medley		 Pts
1 Mexico Austin Andrade 4th - 9 in 53.85 1st - 6 in 59.33 1st - 16 1st - 34.69 2nd - 4 in 1:41.41 21
2 New Zealand Mathew Ragg 1st - 9 in 38.29 3rd - 5 in 1:01.15 2nd - 15 5th - 38.69 3rd - 3 in 1:22.35 15
3 South Africa Jaco Schoonwinkel 2nd - 9 in 38.80 5th - 3 in 42.16 4th - 10 4th - 37.94 1st - 4 in 1:00.65 14
4 United Kingdom Tom Stoltman 5th - 9 in 1:10.21 2nd - 5 in 50.76 3rd - 12 3rd - 37.59 3rd - 3 in 50.16 14
5 United States Levi Strong 3rd - 9 in 51.84 4th - 4 in 1:10.35 5th - 5 2nd - 34.84 5th - 3 in 1:40.73 11
[4]

Heat 3

# Athlete Event 1
Carry & climb		 Event 2
Circus press medley		 Event 3
Squat lift		 Event 4
Truck pull		 Event 5
Natural stone medley		 Pts
1 Canada Mitchell Hooper 2nd - 9 in 39.64 2nd - 7 in 58.47 2nd - 12 1st - 33.02 1st - 4 in 52.81 22
2 Australia Eddie Williams 1st - 9 in 37.88 3rd - 5 in 55.47 3rd - 11 4th - 36.50 2nd - 4 in 55.03 17
3 United States Lucas Hatton 5th - 9 in 50.16 1st - 8 in 1:14.60 1st - 17 3rd - 35.25 5th - 1 in 27.50 15
4 Czech Republic Matyáš Funiok 4th - 9 in 47.58 4th - 5 in 1:01.38 4th - 7 2nd - 35.22 3rd - 4 in 58.81 13
5 United Kingdom Paddy Haynes 3rd - 9 in 46.21 5th - 5 in 1:10.15 5th - 6 5th - 38.34 4th - 4 in 1:07.81 8
[4]

Heat 4

# Athlete Event 1
Carry & climb		 Event 2
Circus press medley		 Event 3
Squat lift		 Event 4
Truck pull		 Event 5
Natural stone medley		 Pts
1 Czech Republic Ondřej Fojtů 1st - 9 in 38.22 1st - 8 in 1:04.87 2nd - 10 2nd - 37.94 1st - 4 in 1:20.83 23
2 Latvia Martins Licis 5th - 9 in 46.08 2nd - 6 in 1:03.21 1st - 14 1st - 36.09 2nd - 4 in 1:32.22 19
3 Canada James Jeffers 3rd - 9 in 43.91 4th - 4 in 44.52 4th - 8 3rd - 38.28 3rd - 3 in 1:24.67 13
4 United States Bryce Johnson 2nd - 9 in 41.53 3rd - 4 in 40.97 3rd - 9 N/A 10
5 Netherlands Kevin Hazeleger 4th - 9 in 45.78 5th - 3 in 29.97 5th - 2 N/A 4
[4]

Heat 5

# Athlete Event 1
Carry & climb		 Event 2
Circus press medley		 Event 3
Squat lift		 Event 4
Truck pull		 Event 5
Natural stone medley		 Pts
1 Ukraine Pavlo Kordiyaka 4th - 6 in 1:14.05 3rd - 6 in 59.85 2nd - 14 2nd - 37.66 1st - 4 in 1:07.00 18
2 United States Trey Mitchell 5th - 22 m 1st - 8 in 1:11.72 1st - 15 3rd - 39.03 2nd - 4 in 1:12.75 18
3 United Kingdom Andrew Flynn 2nd - 9 in 51.95 4th - 6 in 1:03.56 3rd - 12 1st - 35.78 3rd - 4 in 1:37.66 16.5
4 United States Evan Singleton 1st - 9 in 38.58 2nd - 7 in 1:13.61 5th - 8 5th - 39.97 4th - 1 + 13.40 m 13
5 Ghana Evans Aryee 3rd - 9 in 54.62 5th - 4 in 1:09.36 3rd - 12 4th - 39.16 N/A - 0 in 2:00.00 8.5
[4]

Finalist points table

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

# Athlete Nation Points
1 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 10
2 Rayno Nel  South Africa 9
3 Austin Andrade  Mexico 8
4 Eddie Williams  Australia 7
5 Ondřej Fojtů  Czech Republic 6
6 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 5
7 Martins Licis  Latvia 4
8 Trey Mitchell  United States 3
9 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 2
10 Nick Guardione  United States 1

Finals events results

The finals will take place on 25 and 26 April.

Event 1: Monster box flip & carry

  • 520 kg (1,146 lb) box flip for 4 flips into a 454 kilograms (1,001 lb) yoke for 20 metres (66 ft).
  • Time limit: 1 minute
# Athlete Nation Time Event Points Overall Points
1 Rayno Nel  South Africa 27.30 10 19
2 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 27.44 9 19
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 33.80 8 13
4 Eddie Williams  Australia 34.74 7 14
5 Ondřej Fojtů  Czech Republic 36.13 6 12
6 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 37.24 5 7
7 Martins Licis  Latvia 39.31 4 8
8 Trey Mitchell  United States 40.43 3 6
9 Austin Andrade  Mexico 40.57 2 10
10 Nick Guardione  United States 43.86 1 2
[5]

Event 2: Deadlift

  • Choice of 360 kg (794 lb) or 400 kg (882 lb) for max repetitions. 1 rep of heavier bar outscores any number of repetitions of lighter bar.
  • Time limit: 1 minute 15 seconds
# Athlete Nation Repetitions Event Points Overall Points
1 Rayno Nel  South Africa 5 × 400 kg 10 29
2 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 4 × 400 kg + 1 × 360 kg 8.5 27.5
2 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 4 × 400 kg + 1 × 360 kg 8.5 15.5
4 Eddie Williams  Australia 3 × 400 kg + 1 × 360 kg 7 21
5 Martins Licis  Latvia 3 × 400 kg 5.5 13.5
5 Trey Mitchell  United States 3 × 400 kg 5.5 11.5
7 Ondřej Fojtů  Czech Republic 2 × 400 kg + 1 × 360 kg 4 16
8 Austin Andrade  Mexico 1 × 400 kg 2.5 12.5
8 Nick Guardione  United States 1 × 400 kg 2.5 4.5
— Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine No lift 0 13
[5]

Event 3: Titan's toss

  • 10 bags weighing 14 kilograms (31 lb) over a 3.65 metres (12.0 ft) bar with 2 from 7 metres (23 ft), 2 from 8 metres (26 ft), 2 from 9 metres (30 ft), 2 from 10 metres (33 ft) and 1 from both 11 metres (36 ft) and 12 metres (39 ft).
  • Time limit: 1 minute
# Athlete Nation Time Event Points Overall Points
1 Rayno Nel  South Africa 9 in 39.23 10 39
2 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 8 in 35.00 9 36.5
3 Nick Guardione  United States 8 in 43.09 8 12.5
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 6 in 21.78 7 20
5 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 6 in 23.10 6 21.5
6 Martins Licis  Latvia 6 in 26.78 5 18
7 Trey Mitchell  United States 6 in 28.44 4 16
8 Eddie Williams  Australia 6 in 33.94 3 24
9 Ondřej Fojtů  Czech Republic 3 in 17.84 2 18
[5]

Event 4: Max log lift

# Athlete Nation Weight Event Points Overall Points
1 Trey Mitchell  United States 213 kg (470 lbs) 10 26
2 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 209 kg (461 lbs) 8.5 45
2 Ondřej Fojtů  Czech Republic 209 kg (461 lbs) 8.5 26.5
4 Rayno Nel  South Africa 200 kg (441 lbs) 7 46
5 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 191 kg (421 lbs) 4.5 24.5
5 Martins Licis  Latvia 191 kg (421 lbs) 4.5 22.5
5 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 191 kg (421 lbs) 4.5 26
5 Nick Guardione  United States 191 kg (421 lbs) 4.5 17
9 Eddie Williams  Australia No lift 0 24
[6]

Event 5: Atlas stones

  • Weight: 5 stones ranging from 140–210 kilograms (310–460 lb)
  • Time Limit: 1 minute
# Athlete Nation Time Event Points Overall Points
1 Trey Mitchell  United States 5 in 42.10 10 36
2 Mitchell Hooper  Canada 4 in 28.67 9 54
3 Martins Licis  Latvia 4 in 29.71 8 30.5
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 4 in 32.70 7 31.5
5 Rayno Nel  South Africa 4 in 35.01 6 52
6 Ondřej Fojtů  Czech Republic 4 in 42.07 5 31.5
7 Nick Guardione  United States 3 in 22.15 4 21
8 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 3 in 30.60 3 29
9 Eddie Williams  Australia 3 in 32.39 2 26
[6]

Final results

# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mitchell Hooper  Canada 54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rayno Nel  South Africa 52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Trey Mitchell  United States 36
4 Ondřej Fojtů  Czech Republic 31.5
5 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 31.5
6 Martins Licis  Latvia 30.5
7 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 29
8 Eddie Williams  Australia 26
9 Nick Guardione  United States 21
10 Austin Andrade  Mexico 12.5

References

  1. 1 2 "World's Strongest Man 2026 Preview". Giants Live. 16 April 2026. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  2. ↑ Tabakovic, Vedad (12 February 2026). "2026 World's Strongest Man Lineup". Fitness Volt. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Patuto, Greg (20 April 2026). "2026 World's Strongest Man Groups Finalized". Generation Iron. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Patuto, Greg (24 April 2026). "2026 World's Strongest Man: Qualifier Day Two Results & Recap". Generation Iron.
  5. 1 2 3 Saleeby, Rick (25 April 2026). "2026 World's Strongest Man Finals Results". Generation Iron. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
  6. 1 2 Tabakovic, Vedad (26 April 2026). "2026 World's Strongest Man Finals — Day Two Results". Fitness Volt. Retrieved 30 April 2026.
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