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2011 WSM Final

The 2011 WSM Final was held on 2011-09-15 in Wingate, North Carolina. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: September 15, 2011 – September 22, 2011
Location: Wingate, North Carolina, United States
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Brian Shaw
1st Place

Brian Shaw 🇺🇸

Total Points: 50.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Frame Carry
  2. 2. Super Yoke
  3. 3. Truck Pull
  4. 4. Max Deadlift
  5. 5. Log Lift
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 50.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 LTU 48.0
3 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 GBR 42.0
4 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 GBR 36.5
5 Derek Poundstone 🇺🇸 USA 32.0
6 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 ISL 29.5
6 Vytautas Lalas 🇱🇹 LTU 29.5
8 Mike Jenkins 🇺🇸 USA 26.5
9 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 🇮🇸 ISL 22.5
10 Ervin Katona 🇷🇸 SRB 7.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 5 in 19.67 s 10.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 24.35 s 9.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 26.20 s 8.0
4 Terry Hollands 5 in 26.77 s 7.0
5 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 5 in 27.46 s 6.0
6 Vytautas Lalas 5 in 38.99 s 5.0
7 Derek Poundstone 4 in 17.32 s 4.0
8 Laurence Shahlaei 4 in 49.19 s 3.0
- Mike Jenkins Withdrew 0.0
- Ervin Katona Withdrew 0.0

Frame Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mike Jenkins 18.10 s 10.0
2 Laurence Shahlaei 18.72 s 9.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 23.25 s 8.0
4 Brian Shaw 27.13 s 7.0
5 Žydrūnas Savickas 41.28 s 6.0
6 Terry Hollands 28.5 m 5.0
7 Vytautas Lalas 26.37 m 4.0
8 Derek Poundstone 16.6 m 3.0
9 Ervin Katona 13.15 m 2.0
10 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 3.5 m 1.0

Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 10 reps 10.0
2 Derek Poundstone 7 reps 8.5
2 Vytautas Lalas 7 reps 8.5
4 Brian Shaw 5 reps 6.5
4 Terry Hollands 5 reps 6.5
6 Laurence Shahlaei 4 reps 5.0
7 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 3 reps 4.0
8 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 2 reps 3.0
- Mike Jenkins Withdrew 0.0
- Ervin Katona Withdrew 0.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 440 kg 10.0
2 Brian Shaw 435 kg 8.5
2 Terry Hollands 435 kg 8.5
4 Laurence Shahlaei 415 kg 6.5
4 Derek Poundstone 415 kg 6.5
6 Vytautas Lalas 400 kg 5.0
7 Mike Jenkins 370 kg 2.5
7 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 370 kg 2.5
7 Ervin Katona 370 kg 2.5
7 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 370 kg 2.5

Super Yoke

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mike Jenkins 14.26 s 10.0
2 Brian Shaw 14.28 s 9.0
3 Terry Hollands 16.13 s 8.0
4 Laurence Shahlaei 16.29 s 7.0
5 Žydrūnas Savickas 16.33 s 6.0
6 Derek Poundstone 19.16 s 5.0
7 Vytautas Lalas 20.37 s 4.0
8 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 23.50 s 3.0
9 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 27.06 s 2.0
10 Ervin Katona 0.26 m 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 57.94 s 10.0
2 Brian Shaw 62.81 s 9.0
3 Žydrūnas Savickas 71.63 s 8.0
4 Terry Hollands 28.52 m 7.0
5 Laurence Shahlaei 27.8 m 6.0
6 Derek Poundstone 27.67 m 5.0
7 Mike Jenkins 22 m 4.0
8 Vytautas Lalas 17.13 m 3.0
9 Ervin Katona 13 m 2.0
10 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 12.22 m 1.0

2011 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 United States 33.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 Iceland 25.5
3 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 21.0
4 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 Canada 17.0
5 Rauno Heinla 🇪🇪 Estonia 15.5
6 Nick Best 🇺🇸 United States 13.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 5 in 22.36 s 6.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 in 28.58 s 5.0
3 Jean-François Caron 5 in 47.42 s 4.0
4 Nick Best 5 in 53.05 s 3.0
5 Rauno Heinla 5 in 58.01 s 2.0
6 Mark Felix 4 in 27.26 s 1.0

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 16.88 s 6.0
2 Nick Best 23.22 s 5.0
3 Mark Felix 24.72 s 4.0
4 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 25.72 s 3.0
5 Jean-François Caron 65.53 s 2.0
6 Rauno Heinla 17.1 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mark Felix 11 reps 6.0
2 Jean-François Caron 9 reps 5.0
3 Brian Shaw 6 reps 4.0
4 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 5 reps 2.5
4 Rauno Heinla 5 reps 2.5
6 Nick Best 4 reps 1.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 4 in 36.49 s 6.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 3 in 38.69 s 5.0
3 Rauno Heinla 2 in 81.03 s 4.0
4 Mark Felix 1 in 5.77 s 3.0
5 Jean-François Caron 1 in 6.03 s 2.0
6 Nick Best 0 in 90.00 s 0.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 4 in 39.64 s 6.0
2 Rauno Heinla 4 in 41.26 s 5.0
3 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 4 in 43.51 s 4.0
4 Mark Felix 4 in 44.60 s 3.0
5 Nick Best 4 in 47.11 s 2.0
6 Jean-François Caron 4 in 49.53 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 38.94 s 6.0
2 Brian Shaw 48.03 s 5.0
3 Mark Felix 18.56 m 4.0
4 Jean-François Caron 18.34 m 3.0
5 Nick Best 17.88 m 2.0
6 Rauno Heinla 10.82 m 1.0

2011 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 30.0
2 Ervin Katona 🇷🇸 Serbia 23.0
3 Espen Aune 🇳🇴 Norway 21.0
4 Sergii Romanchuk 🇺🇦 Ukraine 17.0
5 Paul Pîrjol 🇷🇴 Romania 14.0
6 Travis Ortmayer 🇺🇸 United States 6.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Espen Aune 4 in 25.48 s 6.0
2 Ervin Katona 4 in 27.64 s 5.0
3 Laurence Shahlaei 4 in 32.26 s 4.0
4 Sergii Romanchuk 4 in 42.83 s 3.0
5 Paul Pîrjol 4 in 51.42 s 2.0
6 Travis Ortmayer Withdrew 0.0

Dumbbell Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 3 in 61.21 s 6.0
2 Paul Pîrjol 2 in 18.30 s 5.0
3 Ervin Katona 0 in 90.00 s 0.0
3 Espen Aune 0 in 90.00 s 0.0
3 Sergii Romanchuk 0 in 90.00 s 0.0
3 Travis Ortmayer Withdrew 0.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ervin Katona 8 in 21.88 s 6.0
2 Laurence Shahlaei 7 in 75.00 s 5.0
3 Travis Ortmayer 6 in 75.00 s 4.0
4 Sergii Romanchuk 5 in 75.00 s 3.0
5 Espen Aune 3 in 75.00 s 2.0
6 Paul Pîrjol 2 in 75.00 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ervin Katona 4 in 50.04 s 6.0
2 Laurence Shahlaei 4 in 51.64 s 5.0
3 Sergii Romanchuk 3 in 37.72 s 4.0
4 Espen Aune 3 in 39.35 s 3.0
5 Travis Ortmayer 3 in 39.66 s 2.0
6 Paul Pîrjol 3 in 46.57 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Laurence Shahlaei 8 reps 6.0
2 Espen Aune 5 reps 5.0
3 Sergii Romanchuk 4 reps 4.0
4 Paul Pîrjol 2 reps 3.0
5 Ervin Katona 0 reps 0.0
5 Travis Ortmayer 0 reps 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ervin Katona 19.4 m 6.0
2 Espen Aune 18.35 m 5.0
3 Laurence Shahlaei 16.5 m 4.0
4 Sergii Romanchuk 14.5 m 3.0
5 Paul Pîrjol 4.5 m 2.0
6 Travis Ortmayer Withdrew 0.0

2011 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Vytautas Lalas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 34.0
2 Terry Hollands 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 27.0
3 Martin Wildauer 🇦🇹 Austria 20.0
4 Mateusz Baron 🇵🇱 Poland 17.5
5 Jason Bergmann 🇺🇸 United States 16.5
6 Juha-Matti Järvi 🇫🇮 Finland 10.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 5 in 36.82 s 6.0
2 Vytautas Lalas 5 in 39.93 s 5.0
3 Mateusz Baron 5 in 53.79 s 4.0
4 Jason Bergmann 4 in 23.57 s 3.0
5 Juha-Matti Järvi 3 in 33.29 s 2.0
6 Martin Wildauer 2 in 29.47 s 1.0

Block Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Vytautas Lalas 3 in 29.67 s 6.0
2 Jason Bergmann 3 in 36.07 s 5.0
3 Mateusz Baron 3 in 40.57 s 4.0
4 Juha-Matti Järvi 2 in 22.60 s 3.0
5 Terry Hollands 2 in 25.46 s 2.0
6 Martin Wildauer 2 in 61.14 s 1.0

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Terry Hollands 14.19 s 6.0
2 Vytautas Lalas 22.13 s 5.0
3 Martin Wildauer 28.22 s 4.0
4 Jason Bergmann 28.25 s 3.0
5 Juha-Matti Järvi 29.35 s 2.0
6 Mateusz Baron 20.4 m 1.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Vytautas Lalas 10 reps 6.0
2 Martin Wildauer 9 reps 4.5
2 Terry Hollands 9 reps 4.5
4 Mateusz Baron 8 reps 3.0
5 Jason Bergmann 5 reps 2.0
6 Juha-Matti Järvi 0 reps 0.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Vytautas Lalas 8 in 35.48 s 6.0
2 Terry Hollands 7 in 75.00 s 4.5
2 Martin Wildauer 7 in 75.00 s 4.5
4 Jason Bergmann 4 in 75.00 s 2.5
4 Mateusz Baron 4 in 75.00 s 2.5
6 Juha-Matti Järvi 2 in 75.00 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Vytautas Lalas 4 in 44.08 s 6.0
2 Martin Wildauer 4 in 48.93 s 5.0
3 Terry Hollands 4 in 58.64 s 4.0
4 Mateusz Baron 4 in 73.17 s 3.0
5 Juha-Matti Järvi 4 in 73.37 s 2.0
6 Jason Bergmann 3 in 45.83 s 1.0

2011 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 🇱🇹 Lithuania 34.0
2 Mike Jenkins 🇺🇸 United States 28.0
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 🇨🇦 Canada 23.0
4 Josh Thigpen 🇺🇸 United States 20.0
5 Alexander Klyushev 🇷🇺 Russia 13.0
6 Rob Frampton 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 8.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 5 in 26.85 s 6.0
2 Mike Jenkins 5 in 29.39 s 5.0
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 5 in 29.48 s 4.0
4 Josh Thigpen 5 in 30.70 s 3.0
5 Rob Frampton 3 in 26.04 s 2.0
6 Alexander Klyushev 3 in 30.25 s 1.0

Block Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 4 in 71.54 s 6.0
2 Louis-Philippe Jean 3 in 25.46 s 5.0
3 Mike Jenkins 3 in 27.77 s 4.0
4 Josh Thigpen 3 in 33.43 s 3.0
5 Alexander Klyushev 3 in 38.27 s 2.0
6 Rob Frampton 3 in 39.51 s 1.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 8 in 19.42 s 6.0
2 Josh Thigpen 8 in 27.70 s 5.0
3 Alexander Klyushev 7 in 75.00 s 4.0
4 Mike Jenkins 6 in 75.00 s 2.5
4 Louis-Philippe Jean 6 in 75.00 s 2.5
6 Rob Frampton 2 in 75.00 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mike Jenkins 4 in 40.98 s 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 4 in 44.57 s 5.0
3 Josh Thigpen 4 in 54.13 s 4.0
4 Louis-Philippe Jean 4 in 63.48 s 3.0
5 Alexander Klyushev 3 in 55.19 s 2.0
6 Rob Frampton 2 in 32.16 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Žydrūnas Savickas 7 reps 6.0
2 Louis-Philippe Jean 6 reps 4.5
2 Mike Jenkins 6 reps 4.5
4 Alexander Klyushev 4 reps 3.0
5 Josh Thigpen 2 reps 2.0
6 Rob Frampton 1 rep 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mike Jenkins 60.13 s 6.0
2 Žydrūnas Savickas 66.00 s 5.0
3 Louis-Philippe Jean 17.9 m 4.0
4 Josh Thigpen 17.3 m 3.0
5 Rob Frampton 14.89 m 2.0
6 Alexander Klyushev 3.25 m 1.0

2011 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Derek Poundstone 🇺🇸 United States 30.0
2 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 🇮🇸 Iceland 23.0
3 Jack McIntosh 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 21.0
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski 🇵🇱 Poland 20.5
5 Vidas Blekaitis 🇱🇹 Lithuania 19.5
6 Derek Boyer 🇦🇺 Australia 10.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 5 in 29.72 s 6.0
2 Derek Poundstone 5 in 31.26 s 5.0
3 Jack McIntosh 4 in 24.19 s 4.0
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski 4 in 27.38 s 3.0
5 Vidas Blekaitis 4 in 27.80 s 2.0
6 Derek Boyer Withdrew 0.0

Block Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 4 in 51.93 s 6.0
2 Vidas Blekaitis 3 in 20.02 s 5.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 3 in 36.02 s 4.0
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski 3 in 40.44 s 3.0
5 Jack McIntosh 3 in 56.04 s 2.0
6 Derek Boyer 0 in 90.00 s 0.0

Car Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 19.28 s 6.0
2 Vidas Blekaitis 22.59 s 5.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 22.79 s 4.0
4 Krzysztof Radzikowski 28.53 s 3.0
5 Derek Boyer 38.94 s 2.0
6 Jack McIntosh 14.4 m 1.0

Deadlift Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jack McIntosh 89.49 s 6.0
2 Derek Boyer 82.21 s 5.0
3 Krzysztof Radzikowski 63.41 s 4.0
4 Vidas Blekaitis 52.43 s 3.0
5 Derek Poundstone 50.21 s 2.0
6 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 39.75 s 1.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Krzysztof Radzikowski 8 in 27.49 s 6.0
2 Derek Poundstone 8 in 28.41 s 5.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 8 in 33.13 s 4.0
4 Jack McIntosh 8 in 41.09 s 3.0
5 Derek Boyer 4 in 75.00 s 1.5
5 Vidas Blekaitis 4 in 75.00 s 1.5

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Derek Poundstone 4 in 38.57 s 6.0
2 Jack McIntosh 4 in 43.73 s 5.0
3 Stefán Sölvi Pétursson 4 in 44.98 s 4.0
4 Vidas Blekaitis 4 in 56.43 s 3.0
5 Derek Boyer 4 in 60.80 s 1.5
5 Krzysztof Radzikowski 4 in 60.80 s 1.5
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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