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2010 WSM Final

The 2010 WSM Final was held on 2010-09-15 in Sun City, South Africa. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: September 15, 2010 – September 22, 2010
Location: Sun City, South Africa, South Africa
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Žydrūnas Savickas
1st Place

Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹

Total Points: 51.5

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Loading Race
  2. 2. Keg Toss
  3. 3. Max Log Lift
  4. 4. Frame Carry
  5. 5. Deadlift
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 LTU 51.5
2 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 51.5
3 Mikhail Koklyaev 🇷🇺 RUS 46.0
4 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 🇮🇸 ISL 33.0
5 Travis Ortmayer 🇺🇸 USA 30.5
6 Nick Best 🇺🇸 USA 27.0
7 Ervin Katona 🇷🇸 SRB 25.0
8 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 GBR 24.5
9 Derek Poundstone 🇺🇸 USA 22.0
10 Jason Bergmann 🇺🇸 USA 19.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 5 in 27.11 s 10.0
2 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 5 in 28.23 s 9.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 29.64 s 8.0
4 Mikhail Koklyaev 5 in 39.83 s 7.0
5 Jason Bergmann 5 in 41.30 s 6.0
6 Terry Hollands 5 in 53.23 s 5.0
7 Derek Poundstone 4 in 30.95 s 4.0
8 Nick Best 4 in 36.01 s 3.0
9 Travis Ortmayer 3 in 20.29 s 2.0
10 Ervin Katona 3 in 27.12 s 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 11 reps 9.5
1 Brian Shaw 11 reps 9.5
3 Mikhail Koklyaev 10 reps 8.0
4 Nick Best 9 reps 7.0
5 Travis Ortmayer 8 reps 5.5
5 Terry Hollands 8 reps 5.5
7 Ervin Katona 7 reps 4.0
8 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 5 reps 3.0
9 Jason Bergmann 4 reps 2.0
10 Derek Poundstone 1 rep 1.0

Frame Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 26.54 s 10.0
2 Nick Best 33.32 s 9.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 33.67 s 8.0
4 Brian Shaw 40.05 s 7.0
5 Mikhail Koklyaev 40.84 s 6.0
6 Ervin Katona 35.8 m 5.0
7 Terry Hollands 26.1 m 4.0
8 Derek Poundstone 8.1 m 3.0
9 Travis Ortmayer 6.4 m 2.0
10 Jason Bergmann 2.2 m 1.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 8 in 20.75 s 10.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 8 in 21.19 s 9.0
3 Travis Ortmayer 8 in 22.16 s 8.0
4 Mikhail Koklyaev 8 in 27.61 s 7.0
5 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 8 in 36.53 s 6.0
6 Ervin Katona 8 in 41.69 s 5.0
7 Derek Poundstone 7 in 33.73 s 4.0
8 Terry Hollands 6 in 30.63 s 3.0
9 Nick Best 4 in 23.14 s 2.0
10 Jason Bergmann 4 in 44.28 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Ortmayer 3 in 58.72 s 10.0
2 Mikhail Koklyaev 3 in 68.34 s 9.0
3 Brian Shaw 3 in 68.89 s 8.0
4 Ervin Katona 3 in 72.57 s 7.0
5 Jason Bergmann 2 in 35.09 s 6.0
6 Žydrūnas Savickas 2 in 45.58 s 5.0
7 Terry Hollands 2 in 45.73 s 4.0
8 Nick Best 2 in 47.51 s 3.0
9 Derek Poundstone 2 in 48.82 s 2.0
10 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 2 in 50.13 s 1.0

Max Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 210 kg 10.0
2 Mikhail Koklyaev 202.5 kg 9.0
3 Derek Poundstone 185 kg 8.0
4 Brian Shaw 177.5 kg 7.0
5 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 170 kg 6.0
6 Travis Ortmayer 155 kg 3.0
6 Nick Best 155 kg 3.0
6 Ervin Katona 155 kg 3.0
6 Terry Hollands 155 kg 3.0
6 Jason Bergmann 155 kg 3.0

2010 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 United States 30.0
2 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 🇮🇸 Iceland 27.0
3 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 20.0
4 Stoyan Todorchev 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 17.0
5 Sergii Romanchuk 🇺🇦 Ukraine 16.5
6 Ettiene Smit 🇿🇦 South Africa 11.5

Event-by-Event Results

Axle Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 4 reps 6.0
2 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 3 reps 5.0
3 Sergii Romanchuk 2 reps 4.0
4 Mark Felix 1 rep 3.0
5 Stoyan Todorchev 0 reps 0.0
5 Ettiene Smit 0 reps 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Felix 8 reps 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 7 reps 5.0
3 Ettiene Smit 6 reps 4.0
4 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 4 reps 3.0
5 Stoyan Todorchev 3 reps 2.0
6 Sergii Romanchuk 0 reps 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 4 in 58.11 s 6.0
2 Sergii Romanchuk 4 in 59.76 s 5.0
3 Mark Felix 4 in 67.48 s 4.0
4 Stoyan Todorchev 4 in 72.29 s 3.0
5 Ettiene Smit 3 in 49.07 s 2.0
6 Brian Shaw 2 in 26.32 s 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 46.53 s 6.0
2 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 69.18 s 5.0
3 Stoyan Todorchev 6 flips 4.0
4 Ettiene Smit 5 flips 2.5
4 Sergii Romanchuk 5 flips 2.5
6 Mark Felix 3 flips 1.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 41.58 s 6.0
2 Stoyan Todorchev 50.97 s 5.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 51.13 s 4.0
4 Sergii Romanchuk 55.92 s 3.0
5 Ettiene Smit 11 stairs 2.0
6 Mark Felix 8 stairs 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 44.82 s 6.0
2 Mark Felix 49.44 s 5.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 61.44 s 4.0
4 Stoyan Todorchev 64.35 s 3.0
5 Sergii Romanchuk 1 m 2.0
6 Ettiene Smit 0.85 m 1.0

2010 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Derek Poundstone 🇺🇸 United States 30.0
2 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 29.0
3 Richard Skog 🇳🇴 Norway 20.0
4 Alex Curletto 🇮🇹 Italy 17.0
5 Hennie Jordaan 🇿🇦 South Africa 11.0
6 Robert Szczepański 🇵🇱 Poland 10.0

Event-by-Event Results

Africa Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Richard Skog 67.4 m 6.0
2 Derek Poundstone 63.4 m 5.0
3 Hennie Jordaan 44.3 m 4.0
4 Terry Hollands 36.3 m 3.0
5 Alex Curletto 29.9 m 2.0
6 Robert Szczepański - 0.0

Block Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 3 in 22.23 s 6.0
2 Terry Hollands 3 in 44.80 s 5.0
3 Richard Skog 3 in 45.29 s 4.0
4 Alex Curletto 2 in 25.84 s 3.0
5 Hennie Jordaan 2 in 52.60 s 2.0
6 Robert Szczepański Withdrew 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 6 reps 6.0
2 Terry Hollands 5 reps 5.0
3 Alex Curletto 4 reps 4.0
4 Robert Szczepański 0 reps 0.0
4 Richard Skog 0 reps 0.0
4 Hennie Jordaan 0 reps 0.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 23.28 s 6.0
2 Robert Szczepański 27.90 s 5.0
3 Derek Poundstone 36.2 m 4.0
4 Richard Skog 32.9 m 3.0
5 Alex Curletto 27.2 m 2.0
6 Hennie Jordaan 1.7 m 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Richard Skog 4 in 48.26 s 6.0
2 Derek Poundstone 4 in 70.63 s 5.0
3 Terry Hollands 4 in 71.16 s 4.0
4 Alex Curletto 3 in 42.48 s 3.0
5 Hennie Jordaan 2 in 37.25 s 2.0
6 Robert Szczepański Withdrew 0.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 48.52 s 6.0
2 Robert Szczepański 11 stairs 5.0
3 Derek Poundstone 9 stairs 4.0
4 Alex Curletto 6 stairs 3.0
5 Hennie Jordaan 5 stairs 2.0
6 Richard Skog 4 stairs 1.0

2010 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Ervin Katona 🇷🇸 Serbia 29.0
2 Travis Ortmayer 🇺🇸 United States 28.5
3 Vytautas Lalas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 27.5
4 Kostiantyn Ilin 🇺🇦 Ukraine 17.5
5 Janusz Kułaga 🇵🇱 Poland 15.5
6 Darren Sadler 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1.0

Event-by-Event Results

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Vytautas Lalas 9 reps 6.0
2 Ervin Katona 8 reps 5.0
3 Kostiantyn Ilin 5 reps 4.0
4 Janusz Kułaga 4 reps 2.5
4 Travis Ortmayer 4 reps 2.5
6 Darren Sadler Withdrew 0.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Ortmayer 9 reps 6.0
2 Vytautas Lalas 8 reps 4.5
2 Kostiantyn Ilin 8 reps 4.5
4 Ervin Katona 5 reps 3.0
5 Janusz Kułaga 0 reps 0.0
5 Darren Sadler Withdrew 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Vytautas Lalas 4 in 46.71 s 6.0
2 Travis Ortmayer 4 in 54.94 s 5.0
3 Ervin Katona 4 in 58.28 s 4.0
4 Kostiantyn Ilin 4 in 74.14 s 3.0
5 Janusz Kułaga 3 in 37.73 s 2.0
6 Darren Sadler Withdrew 0.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Travis Ortmayer 65.18 s 6.0
2 Ervin Katona 73.78 s 5.0
3 Vytautas Lalas 6 flips 4.0
4 Janusz Kułaga 5 flips 3.0
5 Kostiantyn Ilin 3 flips 2.0
6 Darren Sadler 0 flips 1.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ervin Katona 61.01 s 6.0
2 Janusz Kułaga 71.77 s 5.0
3 Travis Ortmayer 11 stairs 4.0
4 Vytautas Lalas 10 stairs 3.0
5 Kostiantyn Ilin 8 stairs 2.0
6 Darren Sadler Withdrew 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ervin Katona 52.16 s 6.0
2 Travis Ortmayer 66.19 s 5.0
3 Vytautas Lalas 70.03 s 4.0
4 Janusz Kułaga 0.8 m 3.0
5 Kostiantyn Ilin 0.77 m 2.0
6 Darren Sadler Withdrew 0.0

2010 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 27.5
2 Nick Best 🇺🇸 United States 25.0
3 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 25.0
4 Louis-Philippe Jean 🇨🇦 Canada 22.0
5 Warrick Brant 🇦🇺 Australia 13.5
6 Agris Kazeļņiks 🇱🇻 Latvia 12.0

Event-by-Event Results

Africa Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Nick Best 79.4 m 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 62.1 m 5.0
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 60.8 m 4.0
4 Laurence Shahlaei 54.2 m 3.0
5 Warrick Brant 51.6 m 2.0
6 Agris Kazeļņiks 15.3 m 1.0

Axle Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 8 reps 6.0
2 Louis-Philippe Jean 7 reps 5.0
3 Laurence Shahlaei 5 reps 3.5
3 Warrick Brant 5 reps 3.5
5 Agris Kazeļņiks 1 rep 2.0
6 Nick Best 0 reps 0.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Nick Best 78.68 s 6.0
2 Louis-Philippe Jean 70.07 s 5.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 68.12 s 4.0
4 Laurence Shahlaei 62.33 s 3.0
5 Agris Kazeļņiks 54.35 s 2.0
6 Warrick Brant 45.03 s 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 21.31 s 6.0
2 Laurence Shahlaei 23.75 s 5.0
3 Nick Best 29.72 s 4.0
4 Louis-Philippe Jean 31.16 s 3.0
5 Agris Kazeļņiks 34.6 m 2.0
6 Warrick Brant 12.6 m 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Nick Best 3 in 36.95 s 6.0
2 Laurence Shahlaei 3 in 42.05 s 5.0
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 3 in 49.95 s 4.0
4 Warrick Brant 3 in 64.45 s 3.0
5 Agris Kazeļņiks 2 in 42.06 s 2.0
6 Žydrūnas Savickas 1 in 22.01 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 11 reps 5.5
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 11 reps 5.5
3 Warrick Brant 10 reps 3.0
3 Agris Kazeļņiks 10 reps 3.0
3 Nick Best 10 reps 3.0
6 Louis-Philippe Jean 7 reps 1.0

2010 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jason Bergmann 🇺🇸 United States 28.0
2 Mikhail Koklyaev 🇷🇺 Russia 26.0
3 Dave Ostlund 🇺🇸 United States 24.0
4 Mark Westaby 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 18.5
5 Christian Savoie 🇨🇦 Canada 16.5
6 Rob Frampton 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 12.0

Event-by-Event Results

Africa Stone

# Athlete Result Points
1 Christian Savoie 67 m 6.0
2 Jason Bergmann 65.6 m 5.0
3 Mark Westaby 65.5 m 4.0
4 Dave Ostlund 57.1 m 3.0
5 Mikhail Koklyaev 3.9 m 2.0
6 Rob Frampton - 0.0

Block Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mikhail Koklyaev 3 in 19.48 s 6.0
2 Dave Ostlund 3 in 23.20 s 5.0
3 Jason Bergmann 2 in 12.79 s 4.0
4 Mark Westaby 2 in 26.21 s 3.0
5 Rob Frampton 2 in 36.25 s 2.0
6 Christian Savoie 1 in 54.47 s 1.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jason Bergmann 87.00 s 6.0
2 Mikhail Koklyaev 77.23 s 5.0
3 Rob Frampton 74.85 s 4.0
4 Dave Ostlund 72.37 s 3.0
5 Christian Savoie 69.23 s 2.0
6 Mark Westaby 50.41 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dave Ostlund 4 in 50.01 s 6.0
2 Mikhail Koklyaev 4 in 51.51 s 5.0
3 Christian Savoie 4 in 54.20 s 4.0
4 Mark Westaby 4 in 66.95 s 3.0
5 Jason Bergmann 3 in 37.67 s 2.0
6 Rob Frampton 2 in 42.64 s 1.0

Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Dave Ostlund 64.75 s 6.0
2 Jason Bergmann 69.91 s 5.0
3 Mark Westaby 70.62 s 4.0
4 Mikhail Koklyaev 6 flips 3.0
5 Rob Frampton 5 flips 1.5
5 Christian Savoie 5 flips 1.5

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jason Bergmann 12 reps 6.0
2 Mikhail Koklyaev 9 reps 5.0
3 Mark Westaby 8 reps 3.5
3 Rob Frampton 8 reps 3.5
5 Christian Savoie 6 reps 2.0
6 Dave Ostlund 2 reps 1.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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