The 2025 Strongman Champions League Iceman took place on February 21-22 in Joensuu, Finland. It marks the first out of 16 competitions in the SCL series, making it one of the most interesting ones. Spanning across two days, the SCL Iceman featured eight events in total. In the end, Brian Kichton managed to secure the title.
Brian Kichton won two out of eight events at the 2025 Strongman Champions League Iceman, grabbing an early lead and holding on until the end. He did face tremendous pressure from Kevin Hazeleger in the final portion of the competition but still managed to prevail and take the title with 77 points.
2025 Strongman Champions League Iceman Results
- Brian Kichton — 77 points
- Kevin Hazeleger — 72.5 points
- Patrick Eibel — 59 points
- Andrea Invernizzi — 57 points
- George Sulaiman — 53.5 points
- Péter Juhász — 50 points
- Jesse Pynnönen — 39.5 points
- Heikki Pohjonen — 38 points
- Dillon Gartner — 35 points
- Ervin Toots — 19.5 points
- Ayyub Mohammad — 18 points
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Event Recap
Event One — Frame Carry
The opening event of the 2025 Strongman Champions League Iceman tasked the athletes with carrying a 320-kilogram (705.5-pound) frame. While holding the frame in their hands, the athletes had to cross a distance of 50 meters. The time cap was set to 60 seconds.
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While seconds separated multiple athletes, the battle for first place in the opening event of the competition came down to two men. Kevin Hazeleger and Ervin Toots were both extremely fast and were the main candidates for the win. However, Kevin ended up being 0.3 seconds faster than Toots, securing a very valuable first-place finish.
With Ervin Toots finishing in second, the remaining athletes battled to round up the top three. In the end, Brian Kichton managed to do so with a time of 29.02 seconds. Brian beat George Sulaiman by a very small margin as well.
- Kevin Hazeleger — 27.57 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 27.87 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 29.02 seconds
- George Sulaiman — 29.57 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 30.98 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 32.22 seconds
- Patrick Eibel — 35.97 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — 42.74 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — 51.10 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 57.75 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — 13.05 meters
Event Two — Front Hold
The second event was all about endurance under pressure, as the athletes performed a front hold. The goal was to hold a 30-kilogram (66.1-pound) implement in front of them, all while their arms remained straight. This required incredible amounts of upper-body strength.
It did not take long for Brian Kichton to secure his first event win, having achieved a longer front hold than anyone else. His time came out to 38.87 seconds, which was more than enough to push Brian up to first place overall.
Andrea Invernizzi was the second-best man in the Front Hold, achieving an impressive time of 37.07 seconds. Ayyub Mohammad also impressed everyone, coming just 0.26 seconds short of Invernizzi’s time.
- Brian Kichton — 38.87 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 37.07 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — 36.81 seconds
- Patrick Eibel — 35.00 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — 31.74 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 30.98 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 30.66 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — 30.60 seconds
- George Sulaiman — 29.54 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 27.40 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 26.91 seconds
Event Three — Super Yoke
Moving on to the third event of the 2025 Strongman Champions League Iceman, the men took on the Super Yoke. In this event, they had to carry a 420-kilogram (925.9-pound) Yoke for a total of 50 meters. The goal was to finish the event in the shortest time possible.
Quick feet and great technique secured a second consecutive event win for Brian Kichton on the Super Yoke. Despite carrying over 900 pounds on his back, Brian managed to make it look effortless, thus convincingly beating his rivals.
George Sulaiman was two seconds slower than Brian, having finished with a time of 47.13 seconds. While his impressive time was not good enough for the win, it did end up securing him a second place. Péter Juhász finished in third as the only other man to finish the event in less than 50 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 44.85 seconds
- George Sulaiman — 47.13 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 49.78 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 50.90 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 53.75 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — 59.90 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 48.1 meters
- Jesse Pynnönen — 34.7 meters
- Patrick Eibel — 32.15 meters
- Heikki Pohjonen — 29.4 meters
- Ayyub Mohammad — 29.2 meters
Event Four — Wrecking Ball Hold
With the fourth event taking place, it was once again time for athletes to push themselves to the limits. This time, they had to hold a 300-kilogram (661.4-pound) Wrecking Ball for as long as possible. In turn, this event required both physical and mental strength to endure the pain and take the even win.
The Italian Strongman Andrea Invernizzi was the only man who held the Wrecking Ball for longer than a minute. Consequently, he ended up taking the maximum points and the event win.
The battle for second place was extremely interesting, as Brian Kichton and Kevin Hazeleger gave their all to beat each other. Kevin was the first to drop the implement, meaning that Brian claimed the second place. In turn, Kevin had to settle for third place.
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- Andrea Invernizzi — 64.09 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 52.38 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 51.22 seconds
- Patrick Eibel — 49.18 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — 47.78 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 44.72 seconds
- George Sulaiman — 40.46 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 36.92 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — 36.78 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 35.30 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — No Lift
Event Five — Truck Pull
The Truck Pull is one of the most iconic feats of strength in the sport of Strongman, which is why it found its place in the SCL Iceman as well. In this instance, the athletes were strapped to a 27,000-kilogram (59,524-pound) Truck and were given the goal of pulling it for a distance of five meters.
The event ended up being too heavy for nearly all athletes, as only one man managed to complete the event. That man was Patrick Eibel, who ended up being the only athlete to cross the finish line. So, he very much deserved to win the event.
Brian Kichton got within inches of the finish line but could not cross it within the given 90-second time limit. His final distance came out to 4.85 meters, while Kevin Hazeleger finished in third place, being just 0.05 meters behind Brian.
- Patrick Eibel — 5.00 meters
- Brian Kichton — 4.85 meters
- Kevin Hazeleger — 4.8 meters
- Heikki Pohjonen — 4.52 meters
- Jesse Pynnönen — 4.35 meters
- George Sulaiman — 4.35 meters
- Péter Juhász — 4.25 meters
- Dillon Gartner — 4.23 meters
- Ayyub Mohammad — 4.05 meters
- Andrea Invernizzi — 3.9 meters
- Ervin Toots — 3.9 meters
Event Six — Frame Deadlift
The sixth event of the 2025 Strongman Champions League Iceman was the Frame Deadlift. The weight of the frame came out to 320 kilograms (705.5 pounds), which the athletes had to lift for as many reps as possible within the allocated 90-second time cap. They were allowed to use lifting straps.
Patrick Eibel stringed together two event wins in a row with a fantastic performance on the deadlift. He locked out nine powerful repetitions, winning the event with a two-rep margin. So, no one was even close to Patrick on the deadlift.
Brian Kichton also proved to be an incredible deadlift, locking out seven repetitions to grab second place. In turn, he beat George Sulaiman by just one rep, thus securing some valuable points in his title charge.
- Patrick Eibel — 9 reps
- Brian Kichton — 7 reps
- George Sulaiman — 6 reps
- Kevin Hazeleger — 4 reps
- Andrea Invernizzi — 4 reps
- Heikki Pohjonen — 3 reps
- Péter Juhász — 2 reps
- Dillon Gartner — 1 rep
- Jesse Pynnönen — No Lift
- Ervin Toots — No Lift
- Ayyub Mohammad — No Lift
Event Seven — Sandbag Toss
The penultimate event of the competition was the Sandbag Toss. Consequently, the athletes had to throw a series of six bags over a beam, which was set to a height of 4.5 meters. The weight of the bags ranged from 18 to 28 kilograms (39.7 to 61.7 pounds). The aim of the event was to toss all six bags in the quickest time possible.
Kevin Hazeleger displayed the perfect performance on the Sandbag Toss, throwing the bags with speed and not wasting nearly any time on the transitions. So, he ended up finishing the event in 22.93 seconds, which turned out to be the winning time.
Patrick Eibel was the only man who was even remotely close to Kevin, finishing one second behind the event winner. The third-place finisher, Andrea Invernizzi, finished another five seconds after Eibel.
- Kevin Hazeleger — 6 in 22.93 seconds
- Patrick Eibel — 6 in 23.75 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 6 in 28.39 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 6 in 30.61 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 6 in 36.05 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — 6 in 39.99 seconds
- George Sulaiman — 5 in 28.76 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — 5 in 32.49 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 4 in 27.68 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — 3 in 27.43 seconds
- Ervin Toots — Withdrew
Event Eight — Loading Race
For the final event of the 2025 Strongman Champions League Iceman, the athletes faced the Loading Race. Specifically, they had to carry four 130-kilogram (286.6-pound) implements and load them onto their respective platforms. The quickest man to load all four took the maximum points.
Utilizing the momentum in his favor, Kevin Hazeleger also took the win in the final event of the competition. However, this time it was much more unpredictable, as two other athletes were within just 0.4 seconds of his time. Regardless, Kevin’s 18.16 seconds turned out to be the best score.
Péter Juhász was the second-place finisher in the Loading Race with a time of 18.39 seconds. Moreover, Brian Kichton rounded up the top three, being 0.17 seconds slower than Juhász. This was enough for Brian Kichton to win the 2025 Strongman Champions League Iceman.
- Kevin Hazeleger — 4 in 18.16 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 4 in 18.39 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 4 in 18.56 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — 4 in 21.15 seconds
- George Sulaiman — 4 in 21.94 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 4 in 22.13 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 4 in 24.74 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — 4 in 24.85 seconds
- Patrick Eibel — 4 in 24.95 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — 4 in 25.97 seconds
Brian Kichton has made a few appearances in elite International Strongman competitions across the past few years, with the majority coming from the Strongman Champions League. This is by far his best performance yet, as it marks his first major title. So, there is no doubt that Brian will continue to put his best throughout the remainder of the 2025 season, perhaps even claiming some more titles.
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