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2023 U105 World's Strongest Man

The 2023 U105 World's Strongest Man was held on 2023-12-01 in Charleston, West Virginia. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: December 1, 2023 – December 3, 2023
Location: Charleston, West Virginia, United States
Type: U105 World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Dan Hughes
1st Place

Dan Hughes 🇺🇸

Total Points: 47.0

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Dan Hughes 🇺🇸 USA 47.0
2 Emanuel Pescari 🇦🇹 AUT 37.0
3 Jeffrey Lee 🇺🇸 USA 35.0
4 Brandon Burley 🇺🇸 USA 35.0
5 Nicholas Hein 🇺🇸 USA 31.0
5 Tim Makowski 🇺🇸 USA 31.0
7 John Alimo 🇺🇸 USA 29.0
7 Matthew McKeegan 🇮🇪 IRL 29.0
7 Alec Soukup 🇺🇸 USA 29.0
10 Isaac Maze 🇨🇦 CAN 27.0

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jeffrey Lee 6 in 49.96 s 10.0
2 Alec Soukup 6 in 54.84 s 9.0
3 Dan Hughes 5 in 31.51 s 8.0
4 Tim Makowski 5 in 34.49 s 7.0
5 Isaac Maze 5 in 35.75 s 6.0
6 Nicholas Hein 5 in 36.04 s 5.0
7 Brandon Burley 5 in 38.28 s 4.0
8 Matthew McKeegan 5 in 44.75 s 3.0
9 Emanuel Pescari 5 in 50.13 s 2.0
10 John Alimo 4 in 26.90 s 1.0

Carry Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tim Makowski 27.81 s 10.0
2 Dan Hughes 32.04 s 9.0
3 Jeffrey Lee 33.19 s 8.0
4 Emanuel Pescari 33.84 s 7.0
5 John Alimo 20.6 m 6.0
6 Brandon Burley 19.43 m 5.0
7 Alec Soukup 15.24 m 4.0
8 Isaac Maze 11.94 m 3.0
9 Matthew McKeegan 9.93 m 2.0
10 Nicholas Hein 6.17 m 1.0

Deadlift Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Matthew McKeegan 5 in 52.89 s 10.0
2 Dan Hughes 4 in 20.14 s 9.0
3 Emanuel Pescari 4 in 21.91 s 8.0
4 Jeffrey Lee 4 in 27.70 s 7.0
5 Brandon Burley 4 in 33.61 s 6.0
6 John Alimo 3 in 19.30 s 5.0
7 Alec Soukup 3 in 26.09 s 4.0
8 Tim Makowski 3 in 27.21 s 3.0
9 Nicholas Hein 3 in 30.42 s 2.0
10 Isaac Maze 2 in 15.44 s 1.0

Load & Drag

# Athlete Result Points
1 Nicholas Hein 34.70 s 10.0
2 Dan Hughes 35.67 s 9.0
3 John Alimo 36.60 s 8.0
4 Alec Soukup 37.07 s 7.0
5 Tim Makowski 38.53 s 6.0
6 Isaac Maze 38.87 s 5.0
7 Brandon Burley 43.27 s 4.0
8 Emanuel Pescari 45.02 s 3.0
9 Jeffrey Lee 48.60 s 2.0
10 Matthew McKeegan 51.38 s 1.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Emanuel Pescari 4 in 30.60 s 10.0
2 Isaac Maze 4 in 38.93 s 9.0
3 Nicholas Hein 4 in 39.46 s 8.0
4 John Alimo 4 in 58.81 s 7.0
5 Brandon Burley 3 in 22.92 s 6.0
6 Matthew McKeegan 3 in 27.90 s 5.0
7 Alec Soukup 3 in 43.78 s 4.0
8 Dan Hughes 2 in 13.59 s 3.0
9 Jeffrey Lee 2 in 24.60 s 2.0
10 Tim Makowski 1 in 7.70 s 1.0

Sandbag Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brandon Burley 6 in 30.77 s 10.0
2 Dan Hughes 6 in 32.91 s 9.0
3 Matthew McKeegan 5 in 15.37 s 8.0
4 Emanuel Pescari 5 in 16.50 s 7.0
5 Jeffrey Lee 5 in 16.89 s 6.0
6 Nicholas Hein 5 in 18.44 s 5.0
7 Tim Makowski 5 in 25.63 s 4.0
8 Isaac Maze 5 in 27.05 s 3.0
9 John Alimo 4 in 14.26 s 2.0
10 Alec Soukup 4 in 16.87 s 1.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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