The 2025 Strongman Champions League Poland took place on August 23rd in Gdansk, marking the 10th stage of the SCL season. It assembled 12 world-class Strongman athletes and put them through five tests of strength in order to determine who was worthy of taking home the trophy. Graham Hicks proved to be the best, winning the competition and claiming the title.
Graham Hicks secured one event win at the 2025 Strongman Champions League Poland but paved his path to victory with consistent top four performances during the entire competition day. So, while others made mistakes and dropped points, Graham secured significant amounts of points in each event, which secured him the overall victory as well.
2025 Strongman Champions League Poland Results
- Graham Hicks — 51.5 points
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 48.5 points
- Evans Nana — 40.5 points
- Péter Juhász — 37 points
- Kevin Hazeleger — 37 points
- Adam Roszkowski — 34 points
- Patrick Eibel — 31 points
- Aivars Šmaùkstelis — 29.5 points
- Brian Kichton — 27 points
- Jan Lacina — 22.5 points
- Ervin Toots — 20.5 points
- Jesper Hansson — 8 points
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Event One — Deadlift for Reps
The start of the 2025 Strongman Champions League Poland saw the athletes take on the Deadlift for Reps event. As the name suggests, the competitors attempted to perform as many reps as possible, hoping to beat the score achieved by other men. The weight that they lifted came out to 360 kilograms (793.7 pounds).
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Graham Hicks and Aivars Šmaùkstelis made the most out of the 60 seconds that they were given, since both athletes reached a number of nine reps. So, they shared the top spot in the first event of the competition, setting the stage for an exciting remainder of the day.
Evans Nana was involved in a fierce battle for third place, having to beat Oskar Ziolkowski and Patrick Eibel to achieve his goal. He did so by locking out eight repetitions in total, while two of his closest rivals found their limit at seven reps.
- Graham Hicks — 9 reps
- Aivars Šmaùkstelis — 9 reps
- Evans Nana — 8 reps
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 7 reps
- Patrick Eibel — 7 reps
- Adam Roszkowski — 6 reps
- Jan Lacina — 6 reps
- Kevin Hazeleger — 4 reps
- Brian Kichton — 4 reps
- Péter Juhász — 3 reps
- Ervin Toots — 3 reps
- Jesper Hansson — 2 reps
Event Two — Sandbag Toss
The Sandbag Toss was the second challenge of the day and it consisted of six implements. The first sandbag weighed 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds), while the last one came out to 32 kilograms (70.5 pounds). It was a timed event, making it a race to see who is the quickest among the athletes.
Oskar Ziolkowski was the only one who was capable of completing the entire event, which automatically made him the event winner. However, he also did so in an impressive time of 21.52 seconds, making easy work out of all sandbags, including the heaviest one that troubled other athletes.
Multiple men achieved five sandbag throws, but Peter Juhasz was the one who recorded the quickest time. He needed just 14.39 seconds to reach this point of the event, securing a second-place finish but failing to complete the final toss. Graham Hicks finished in third with a time four seconds slower than Peter’s
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 6 in 21.52 s
- Péter Juhász — 5 in 14.39 s
- Graham Hicks — 5 in 18.06 s
- Patrick Eibel — 5 in 24.39 s
- Kevin Hazeleger — 5 in 25.08 s
- Ervin Toots — 5 in 27.27 s
- Brian Kichton — 5 in 32.77 s
- Adam Roszkowski — 5 in 37.39 s
- Evans Nana — 4 in 11.40 s
- Aivars Šmaùkstelis — 4 in 26.74 s
- Jan Lacina — 3 in 10.02 s
- Jesper Hansson — 3 in 11.86 s
Event Three — Log Lift for Reps
As the third event rolled around, it was time for the athletes to test their upper-body power. What better way to do that than to perform a Log Lift. However, in this instance, the weight was set to 150 kilograms (330.7 pounds), meaning that the goal was to perform the maximum amount of reps possible in a span of 60 seconds.
Oskar Ziolkowski found himself on top of the rankings for the second event in a row, putting up an incredible performance and locking out seven repetitions to take another 12 points. With this, Oskar improved his position on the overall leaderboard and got back into title contention.
Graham Hicks made sure not to lose too many points, lifting the Log six times to finish just behind Oskar. Evans Nana and Kevin Hazeleger finished with one rep less than Hicks, thus finishing in third place.
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 7 reps
- Graham Hicks — 6 reps
- Evans Nana — 5 reps
- Kevin Hazeleger — 5 reps
- Adam Roszkowski — 4 reps
- Patrick Eibel — 4 reps
- Aivars Šmaùkstelis — 3 reps
- Péter Juhász — 2 reps
- Brian Kichton — 2 reps
- Ervin Toots — 1 rep
- Jan Lacina — 0 reps
- Jesper Hansson — 0 reps
Event Four — Frame Carry
The penultimate event of the 2025 Strongman Champions League Poland was the Frame Carry. It weighed 340 kilograms (749.6 pounds) and had to be carried for a distance of 40 meters in total. The athletes were given a total of 60 seconds to finish the event but they aimed to set a fast time.
Evans Nana is always the one to look out for at any kind of moving event, including the Fram Carry. He crossed the competition floor with remarkable speed, reaching the finish line in a time of 21.28 seconds. So, he walked away with an even win under his belt.
Kevin Hazeleger was not much slower than Nana, finishing just 1.29 seconds after him. As a result, Kevin took second place ahead of Peter Juhasz, who got third with a result of 24.72 seconds.
- Evans Nana — 21.28 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 22.57 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 24.72 seconds
- Graham Hicks — 25.70 seconds
- Adam Roszkowski — 26.37 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 26.93 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 27.12 seconds
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 27.60 seconds
- Jesper Hansson — 28.21 seconds
- Patrick Eibel — 28.90 seconds
- Jan Lacina — 37.59 seconds
- Aivars Šmaùkstelis — 23 meters
Event Five — Sandbag Loading Race
Lastly, the 2025 Strongman Champions League Poland competitors had to complete a Loading Race. It featured three sandbags weighing 110-kg (242.5-lb), 130-kg (286.6-lb), and 150-kg (330.7-lb), respectively. Each implement had to be carried for a distance of 10 meters and loaded onto a platform. This event was all about speed, meaning that time was of the essence.
Jan Lacina spent the majority of the competition placing in the lower half of the leaderboard, but his time to shine came in the Sandbag Loading Race. He carried and loaded all three sandbags in just 31.41 seconds, narrowly beating out multiple other competitors to take the win.
Interestingly, five athletes were involved in the battle for second place and were all separated by less than 1 second. Oskar Ziolkowski turned out to be the most successful out of the five, having finished in a time of 32.47 seconds. However, Graham Hicks finished just 0.03 seconds later and officially won the 2025 Strongman Champions League Poland.
- Jan Lacina — 3 in 31.41 s
- Oskar Ziółkowski — 3 in 32.47 s
- Graham Hicks — 3 in 32.50 s
- Péter Juhász — 3 in 32.72 s
- Aivars Šmaùkstelis — 3 in 33.20 s
- Adam Roszkowski — 3 in 33.31 s
- Brian Kichton — 3 in 34.52 s
- Evans Nana — 3 in 35.56 s
- Kevin Hazeleger — 3 in 40.63 s
- Patrick Eibel — 3 in 42.44 s
- Jesper Hansson — 3 in 42.99 s
- Ervin Toots — 3 in 49.72 s
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Graham Hicks has been competing in Strongman for 13 years, during which he took part in 31 international and national competitions. He has two wins so far, with the first one being the 2019 Britain’s Strongest Man. He has now claimed his second title at the 2025 Strongman Champions League Poland. Apart from that, Graham is recognized as one of the strongest people on earth when it comes to static power, since his deadlift and overhead pressing abilities are truly remarkable.
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