The 2025 Britain’s Strongest Man competition took place on February 1st in Sheffield, England. It featured 12 of the nation’s greatest Strongmen, putting them through five grueling events to determine who the best is. In the end, Luke Stoltman ended up securing the most points, thus taking the title.
Luke Stoltman had an incredible performance overall, finishing with 52 points overall. He had four top three event finishes, only dropping a bit of points on the deadlift. Stoltman also won the Log Press event, which played a big role in him winning the title. He ended up comfortably beating his rivals, as the next-best man had 5.5 points less than him.
2025 Britain’s Strongest Man Results
- Luke Stoltman — 52 points
- Shane Flowers — 46.5 points
- Andrew Flynn — 42.5 points
- Paddy Haynes — 42 points
- Ben Glasscock — 40 points
- Gavin Bilton — 38 points
- Sean Gillen — 32.5 points
- Adam Bishop — 26 points
- Matt Dimond — 22.5 points
- Chris Beetham — 19 points
- Luke Richardson — 6 points
- Andy Black — 1 point
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Event Recap
Event One — Sandbag Steeplechase
In the first event of 2025 Britain’s Strongest Man competition, the athletes had to traverse a course while carrying massive sandbags. Specifically, they had to move and load three 150-kilogram (330.7-pound) sandbags in the shortest time possible.
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Paddy Haynes was one of the lighter Strongmen in the field, but that proved to be a benefit in the opening event. His agility and quickness resulted in an incredible time of 47.70 seconds, which was enough for a comfortable win.
Luke Stoltman also put in an impressive performance, finishing the event in 55.29 seconds. So, he claimed second place, being 2 seconds ahead of Ben Glasscock.
- Paddy Haynes — 6 in 47.70s
- Luke Stoltman — 6 in 55.29s
- Ben Glasscock — 6 in 57.23s
- Shane Flowers — 6 in 59.90s
- Gavin Bilton — 6 in 66.59s
- Andrew Flynn— 6 in 72.57s
- Luke Richardson — 5 in 43.60s
- Sean Gillen — 5 in 48.53s
- Adam Bishop — 5 in 51.05s
- Chris Beetham — 5 in 63.23s
- Matt Dimond — 5 in 69.42s
- Andy Black — 5 in 70.92s
Event Two — Deadlift Ladder
Moving onto the second event, the athletes had to take on the deadlift ladder. It consisted of five barbells, with the weight starting at 300 kilograms (661.4 pounds) and progressively moving up to 380 kilograms (837.8 pounds). The athletes were allowed to use lifting straps.
Being a deadlift event, Adam Bishop easily came out on top. He performed the first few deadlifts without even using lifting straps, thus saving some time. His final time came out to 30.66 seconds.
Finishing in second place, nearly 10 seconds behind Bishop, was Shane Flowers. Shane proved that his injury rehabilitation has been going well, as he was once again among the top-ranking athletes. Paddy Haynes rounded up the top three.
- Adam Bishop — 5 in 30.66s
- Shane Flowers — 5 in 39.59s
- Paddy Haynes — 5 in 41.27s
- Sean Gillen — 5 in 49.13s
- Luke Stoltman — 4 in 29.10s
- Gavin Bilton — 4 in 38.04s
- Ben Glasscock — 4 in 40.59s
- Matt Dimond — 4 in 50.14s
- Andrew Flynn — 3 in 17.26s
- Chris Beetham — 2 in 38.35s
- Andy Black — Withdrew
- Luke Richardson — Withdrew
Event Three — Duck Walk into Farmer’s Walk
The third event was a medley consisting of two exercises. Firstly, the athletes performed a duck walk while carrying a 200-kilogram (440.9-pound) implement. They then moved on to the Farmer’s Walk, carrying 150-kilogram (330.7-pound) implements in each hand. The fastest man to reach the finish line won.
Andrew Flynn emerged as the winner in the third event of the 2025 Britain’s Strongest Man. He absolutely smoked his rivals, finishing 2 seconds ahead of the next best man in what turned out to be a short event.
Luke Stoltman was the runner-up with a time of 24.38 seconds, grabbing himself another great finish in a moving event. This marked a huge step in his title charge. Adam Bishop finished just 0.2 seconds after Stoltman to take third.
- Andrew Flynn — 22.81s
- Luke Stoltman — 24.38s
- Adam Bishop — 24.58s
- Shane Flowers — 26.58s
- Paddy Haynes — 29.42s
- Gavin Bilton — 31.78s
- Ben Glasscock — 31.78s
- Matt Dimond — 59.13s
- Sean Gillen — 33.40m
- Chris Beetham — 25.00m
Event Four — Log Press
The penultimate event of the 2025 Britain’s Strongest Man was quite a simple one, as the athletes had to perform as many reps as possible on a Log Lift. The weight of the implement came out to 160 kilograms (352.7 pounds).
Luke Stoltman is easily one of the greatest overhead pressers in the world, which is why he was capable of topping the leaderboards on the Log Press event. He performed five repetitions to take the event win and cement his overall lead. Ben Glasscock and Andrew Flynn performed four Log Presses each, thus having to settle for a second-place tie.
- Luke Stoltman — 5 reps
- Ben Glasscock — 4 reps
- Andrew Flynn — 4 reps
- Gavin Bilton — 3 reps
- Sean Gillen — 3 reps
- Shane Flowers — 2 reps
- Matt Dimond — 2 reps
- Chris Beetham — 1 rep
- Paddy Haynes — 0 reps
- Adam Bishop — Withdrew
Event Five — Castle Stones
The iconic Castle Stones turned out to be the final event of the 2025 Britain’s Strongest Man. The weight of five stones ranged from 120 kilograms (264.6 pounds) to 200 kilograms (440.9 pounds). The goal was to load all five stones onto their respective platforms in the shortest time possible.
The rapid Paddy Haynes won another event to seal off his performance at the competition. He was one of the men who loaded all five stones but was the fastest out of the bunch. His time was 25.33 seconds, which was marginally faster than the next fastest man.
Shane Flowers was just 0.65 seconds slower than Haynes, but that ended up pushing him down to second-place. However, that was still enough to secure him a silver medal overall. Luke Stoltman finished third in the event and made his competition win official.
- Paddy Haynes — 5 in 25.33s
- Shane Flowers — 5 in 25.98s
- Luke Stoltman — 5 in 26.59s
- Andrew Flynn — 5 in 28.92s
- Gavin Bilton — 5 in 30.41s
- Ben Glasscock — 5 in 59.22s
- Sean Gillen — 4 in 22.57s
- Chris Beetham — 3 in 31.40s
- Matt Dimond — 1 in 6.25s
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Luke Stoltman has been on the Britain’s Strongest Man podium multiple times, but this was his first time standing on top of it. He now has four competition wins in 52 international and national appearances that he made. Among his other wins, the 2021 and 2024 Europe’s Strongest Man titles definitely stand out the most.
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