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2011 WSM Group 1

The 2011 WSM Group 1 was held on 2011-09-22. 6 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: September 22, 2011
Location: Location unknown
Type:
Division: Men
Brian Shaw
1st Place

Brian Shaw 🇺🇸

Total Points: 33.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Loading Race
  2. 2. Car Walk
  3. 3. Truck Pull
  4. 4. Deadlift
  5. 5. Dumbbell Press
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 33.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 ISL 25.5
3 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 GBR 21.0
4 Jean-François Caron 🇨🇦 CAN 17.0
5 Rauno Heinla 🇪🇪 EST 15.5
6 Nick Best 🇺🇸 USA 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
- 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
Last updated: February 19, 2026

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