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2014 Giants Live Scandinavian Open

The 2014 Giants Live Scandinavian Open was held on 2014-11-29 in Norrköping, Sweden. 12 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: November 29, 2014
Location: Norrköping, Sweden, Sweden
Type: Giants Live
Division: Men
Brian Shaw
1st Place

Brian Shaw 🇺🇸

Total Points: 67.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Farmer's Walk
  2. 2. Axle Press
  3. 3. Keg Toss
  4. 4. Deadlift
  5. 5. Loading Race
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 67.0
2 Johannes 🇸🇪 SWE 64.0
3 Martin Forsmark 🇸🇪 SWE 48.5
4 Adam Bishop 🇬🇧 GBR 46.5
5 Ben Ruckstuhl 🇨🇦 CAN 42.0
6 Joachim Kvick 🇸🇪 SWE 34.5
7 Mikkel Leicht 🇩🇰 DEN 31.5
8 Derek DeVaughan 🇺🇸 USA 31.0
9 Jarno Kirselä 🇫🇮 FIN 28.0
10 Arto Niemi-Nikkola 🇫🇮 FIN 27.5
11 Bjørn Andre Solvang 🇳🇴 NOR 19.0
12 Alex Curletto 🇮🇹 ITA 13.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johannes 5 in 24.06 s 12.0
2 Brian Shaw 5 in 28.11 s 11.0
3 Martin Forsmark 5 in 30.38 s 10.0
4 Adam Bishop 5 in 40.50 s 9.0
5 Joachim Kvick 5 in 59.37 s 8.0
6 Ben Ruckstuhl 4 in 26.43 s 7.0
7 Mikkel Leicht 4 in 26.89 s 6.0
8 Derek DeVaughan 4 in 28.76 s 5.0
9 Bjørn Andre Solvang 4 in 31.93 s 4.0
10 Arto Niemi-Nikkola 4 in 33.66 s 3.0
11 Jarno Kirselä 3 in 20.16 s 2.0
12 Alex Curletto 3 in 33.27 s 1.0

Axle Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 5 reps 12.0
2 Johannes 4 reps 11.0
3 Martin Forsmark 3 reps 9.5
3 Ben Ruckstuhl 3 reps 9.5
5 Adam Bishop 2 reps 7.5
5 Joachim Kvick 2 reps 7.5
7 Bjørn Andre Solvang 1 rep 6.0
- Mikkel Leicht 0 reps 0.0
- Derek DeVaughan 0 reps 0.0
- Jarno Kirselä 0 reps 0.0
- Arto Niemi-Nikkola 0 reps 0.0
- Alex Curletto 0 reps 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 15 reps 12.0
2 Jarno Kirselä 14 reps 11.0
3 Johannes 12 reps 10.0
4 Martin Forsmark 11 reps 9.0
5 Adam Bishop 10 reps 8.0
6 Derek DeVaughan 9 reps 7.0
7 Ben Ruckstuhl 8 reps 5.5
7 Mikkel Leicht 8 reps 5.5
9 Arto Niemi-Nikkola 7 reps 3.5
9 Alex Curletto 7 reps 3.5
11 Joachim Kvick 5 reps 2.0
12 Bjørn Andre Solvang 3 reps 1.0

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Johannes 21.57 s 12.0
2 Derek DeVaughan 23.45 s 11.0
3 Brian Shaw 27.15 s 10.0
4 Adam Bishop 29.41 s 9.0
5 Martin Forsmark 44.54 s 8.0
6 Alex Curletto 45.66 s 7.0
7 Ben Ruckstuhl 54.97 s 6.0
8 Jarno Kirselä 38.9 m 5.0
9 Mikkel Leicht 33.87 m 4.0
10 Arto Niemi-Nikkola 33.68 m 3.0
11 Joachim Kvick 24.67 m 2.0
12 Bjørn Andre Solvang 15.25 m 1.0

Keg Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 7 in 15.69 s 12.0
2 Johannes 7 in 16.70 s 11.0
3 Ben Ruckstuhl 7 in 37.11 s 10.0
4 Mikkel Leicht 6 in 27.24 s 9.0
5 Jarno Kirselä 6 in 44.23 s 8.0
6 Adam Bishop 6 in 54.72 s 7.0
7 Arto Niemi-Nikkola 5 in 39.88 s 6.0
8 Derek DeVaughan 4 in 12.55 s 5.0
9 Joachim Kvick 4 in 23.43 s 4.0
10 Martin Forsmark 4 in 35.51 s 3.0
11 Bjørn Andre Solvang 3 in 57.06 s 2.0
12 Alex Curletto 1 in 25.99 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Arto Niemi-Nikkola 4 in 35.28 s 12.0
2 Joachim Kvick 4 in 37.56 s 11.0
3 Brian Shaw 4 in 37.84 s 10.0
4 Martin Forsmark 4 in 37.88 s 9.0
5 Johannes 4 in 38.60 s 8.0
6 Mikkel Leicht 4 in 39.31 s 7.0
7 Adam Bishop 4 in 40.16 s 6.0
8 Bjørn Andre Solvang 4 in 42.53 s 5.0
9 Ben Ruckstuhl 4 in 43.03 s 4.0
10 Derek DeVaughan 4 in 44.59 s 3.0
11 Jarno Kirselä 4 in 41.72 s 2.0
12 Alex Curletto 3 in 60.00 s 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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