2 career wins
Ben Pakulski
Ben Pakulski is a Men's Open Bodybuilding competitor from Canada with a competitive record spanning 2009–2016.
About
Benjamin "Ben" Pakulski, nicknamed the Pak-Man, is a Canadian IFBB professional bodybuilder and winner of the 2008 Mr. Canada competition. In the IFBB, he finished 2nd twice in 2008. He has increased his standing in the Arnold Classic competition, placing 2nd in 2013, after a 4th-place finish in 2012 and a 10th-place finish in 2011. In the 2012 Mr. Olympia contest, his first-ever, he finished 11th.
Championship appearances
Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one contest entered (in the years the Olympia also judged weight classes, one appearance can carry two placings), an Olympia title is the overall win in that division, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every professional contest on record for Ben Pakulski.
Mr. Olympia
Arnold Classic
All contests on record
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Ben Pakulski, 20 in all. The table opens on the first 15 and expands in place from there. Nothing sits on a separate page. Won by names the winner of the division Ben Pakulski competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arnold Classic Europe | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2016 | IFBB Toronto Pro Supershow | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Nathan De Asha |
| 2016 | IFBB Vancouver Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2016 | Kuwait Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Mamdouh Elssbiay |
| 2016 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #14 | Phil Heath |
| 2016 | Toronto Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Nathan De Asha |
| 2016 | Vancouver Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #1 | Winner |
| 2015 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #8 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2015 | Arnold Classic Australia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2014 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Dennis Wolf |
| 2013 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2013 | Australia Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Dexter Jackson |
| 2012 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Branch Warren |
| 2012 | Flex Pro | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #2 | Lionel Beyeke |
| 2012 | Mr. Olympia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #11 | Phil Heath |
| 2011 | Arnold Classic | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #10 | Branch Warren |
| 2011 | Flex Pro (Santa Monica) | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #5 | Evan Centopani |
| 2011 | Grand Prix Australia | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #4 | Dennis Wolf |
| 2010 | New York Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #7 | Roelly Winklaar |
| 2009 | Tampa Pro Championships | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #3 | Dennis James |
Showing 15 of 20 professional results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Ben Pakulski those sources are MuscleMemory and NPC Contests. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. MuscleMemory is the exception: the archive we recorded those older shows from no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name and not offered as a link.
Every professional season
Peak Year 2016 (2 wins)
Measured against Ben Pakulski’s own seasons, not against the field.
- Pro Debut
- 2009
- Olympia Debut
- 2012
- Last Contest
- 2016
Ben Pakulski at the Olympia, year by year
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
| 2016 | 14 | Men's Open Bodybuilding |
Data updated
How Ben Pakulski measures up
Fat-free mass index turns the height and weight on this profile into one number for how much muscle a frame carries, so a shorter competitor is not flattered by a bodyweight comparison. The normalised figure adjusts it again to a standard height, which is the version worth ranking. Both assume the 6% body fat a competitor steps on stage at, because that is the only condition the recorded weight was taken in.
The closest Olympia champion on that measure is Brandon Curry, at 38.2.
What this rank is not. This database holds a height and a weight for just 463 athletes, and they are overwhelmingly the ones somebody bothered to measure: 74 of them hold an Olympia title. Almost every competitor on record carries no measurement at all. The pool also mixes every division and era together, from the lightweight women's classes to the open heavyweights, so it ranks size and nothing else. It says where Ben Pakulski sits among the athletes we hold measurements for, not among competitors.
Amateur and other shows not counted above
5 results from amateur shows and other contests this archive does not class as professional. Every total on this page covers the professional career only, so these are listed here but never counted, and they have no contest page.
Show the list
| Year | Contest | Division | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | FIBO Germany | Men's Open Bodybuilding | #9 |
| 2008 | Canadian Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Super Heavyweight) | #1 |
| 2008 | North American Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Super Heavyweight) | #2 |
| 2007 | Canadian Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Super Heavyweight) | #2 |
| 2007 | North American Championships | Men's Bodybuilding (Super Heavyweight) | #2 |
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Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 11 meetings, Dexter Jackson finished ahead of Ben Pakulski 10 times to 1.
Opponents are ranked by how often they shared a stage and how big the stage was, not by reputation. A meeting is one contest where both competed in the same division and both were placed.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 20 professional contest results. It is published only where a career holds at least five, because below that a single placing moves the figure by twenty points or more.
Latest Coverage
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