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.

Participants

Heats results The qualifying took place on 23 and 24 April 2026.

Events Carry & climb: farmers walk over in to power stairs for 9 steps. 1 minute 15 second time limit.

Circus press medley: dumbbell, dumbbell, dumbbell and then barbell for repetitions. 1 minute 15 second time limit.

Squat lift: . 1 minute 15 second time limit.

Truck pull: over . 1 minute time limit.

Natural stone medley: stone to shoulder, stone carry for , + Webster stone walk for and then a stone load. 2 minute time limit.

Heat 1 # Athlete Event 1Carry & climb Event 2Circus press medley Event 3Squat lift Event 4Truck pull Event 5Natural stone medley Pts 1 Rayno Nel 1st - 9 in 37.06 4th - 4 in 26.11 2nd - 13 1st - 35.03 1st - 4 in 43.70 21 2 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 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 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 Tristain Hoath 3rd - 9 in 46.78 5th - 2 in 16.84 4th - 7 5th - 43.00 3rd - 4 in 1:20.25 10

Heat 2 # Athlete Event 1Carry & climb Event 2Circus press medley Event 3Squat lift Event 4Truck pull Event 5Natural stone medley Pts 1 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 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 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 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 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

Heat 3 # Athlete Event 1Carry & climb Event 2Circus press medley Event 3Squat lift Event 4Truck pull Event 5Natural stone medley Pts 1 Mitchell Hooper 2nd - 9 in 39.64 2nd - 7 in 58.47 2nd - 12 1st - 33.02 1st - 4 in 52.81 22 2 Eddie Williams 1st - 9 in 37.88 3rd - 5 in 55.47 3rd - 11 4th - 36.50 2nd - 4 in 55.03 17 3 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 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 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

Heat 4 # Athlete Event 1Carry & climb Event 2Circus press medley Event 3Squat lift Event 4Truck pull Event 5Natural stone medley Pts 1 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 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 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 Bryce Johnson 2nd - 9 in 41.53 3rd - 4 in 40.97 3rd - 9 N/A 10 5 Kevin Hazeleger 4th - 9 in 45.78 5th - 3 in 29.97 5th - 2 N/A 4

Heat 5 # Athlete Event 1Carry & climb Event 2Circus press medley Event 3Squat lift Event 4Truck pull Event 5Natural stone medley Pts 1 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 Trey Mitchell 5th - 22 m 1st - 8 in 1:11.72 1st - 15 3rd - 39.03 2nd - 4 in 1:12.75 18 3 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 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 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

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 10 2 Rayno Nel 9 3 Austin Andrade 8 4 Eddie Williams 7 5 Ondřej Fojtů 6 6 Pavlo Kordiyaka 5 7 Martins Licis 4 8 Trey Mitchell 3 9 Mathew Ragg 2 10 Nick Guardione 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 yoke for . Time limit: 1 minute # Athlete Nation Time Event Points Overall Points 1 Rayno Nel 27.30 10 19 2 Mitchell Hooper 27.44 9 19 3 Pavlo Kordiyaka 33.80 8 13 4 Eddie Williams 34.74 7 14 5 Ondřej Fojtů 36.13 6 12 6 Mathew Ragg 37.24 5 7 7 Martins Licis 39.31 4 8 8 Trey Mitchell 40.43 3 6 9 Austin Andrade 40.57 2 10 10 Nick Guardione 43.86 1 2

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 5 × 400 kg 10 29 2 Mitchell Hooper 4 × 400 kg + 1 × 360 kg 8.5 27.5 2 Mathew Ragg 4 × 400 kg + 1 × 360 kg 8.5 15.5 4 Eddie Williams 3 × 400 kg + 1 × 360 kg 7 21 5 Martins Licis 3 × 400 kg 5.5 13.5 5 Trey Mitchell 3 × 400 kg 5.5 11.5 7 Ondřej Fojtů 2 × 400 kg + 1 × 360 kg 4 16 8 Austin Andrade 1 × 400 kg 2.5 12.5 8 Nick Guardione 1 × 400 kg 2.5 4.5 — Pavlo Kordiyaka No lift 0 13

Event 3: Titan's toss 10 bags weighing over a bar with 2 from , 2 from , 2 from , 2 from and 1 from both and . Time limit: 1 minute # Athlete Nation Time Event Points Overall Points1 Rayno Nel 9 in 39.23 10 39 2 Mitchell Hooper 8 in 35.00 9 36.5 3 Nick Guardione 8 in 43.09 8 12.5 4 Pavlo Kordiyaka 6 in 21.78 7 20 5 Mathew Ragg 6 in 23.10 6 21.5 6 Martins Licis 6 in 26.78 5 18 7 Trey Mitchell 6 in 28.44 4 16 8 Eddie Williams 6 in 33.94 3 24 9 Ondřej Fojtů 3 in 17.84 2 18

Event 4: Max log lift # Athlete Nation Weight Event Points Overall Points 1 Trey Mitchell 213 kg (470 lbs) 10 26 2 Mitchell Hooper 209 kg (461 lbs) 8.5 45 2 Ondřej Fojtů 209 kg (461 lbs) 8.5 26.5 4 Rayno Nel 200 kg (441 lbs) 7 46 5 Pavlo Kordiyaka 191 kg (421 lbs) 4.5 24.5 5 Martins Licis 191 kg (421 lbs) 4.5 22.5 5 Mathew Ragg 191 kg (421 lbs) 4.5 26 5 Nick Guardione 191 kg (421 lbs) 4.5 17 9 Eddie Williams No lift 0 24

Event 5: Atlas stones Weight: 5 stones ranging from Time Limit: 1 minute # Athlete Nation Time Event Points Overall Points 1 Trey Mitchell 5 in 42.10 10 36 2 Mitchell Hooper 4 in 28.67 9 54 3 Martins Licis 4 in 29.71 8 30.5 4 Pavlo Kordiyaka 4 in 32.70 7 31.5 5 Rayno Nel 4 in 35.01 6 52 6 Ondřej Fojtů 4 in 42.07 5 31.5 7 Nick Guardione 3 in 22.15 4 21 8 Mathew Ragg 3 in 30.60 3 29 9 Eddie Williams 3 in 32.39 2 26

Final results # Athlete Nation Points Mitchell Hooper 54 Rayno Nel 52 Trey Mitchell 36 4 Ondřej Fojtů 31.5 5 Pavlo Kordiyaka 31.5 6 Martins Licis 30.5 7 Mathew Ragg 29 8 Eddie Williams 26 9 Nick Guardione 21 10 Austin Andrade 12.5

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