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2023 WSM Final

The 2023 WSM Final was held on 2023-04-19 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: April 19, 2023 – April 23, 2023
Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Mitchell Hooper
1st Place

Mitchell Hooper 🇨🇦

Total Points: 53.5

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Shield Carry
  2. 2. Deadlift
  3. 3. Fingal's Fingers
  4. 4. Max Dumbbell
  5. 5. Bus Pull
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 🇨🇦 CAN 53.5
2 Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧 GBR 49.0
3 Oleksii Novikov 🇺🇦 UKR 41.0
4 Trey Mitchell 🇺🇸 USA 39.5
5 Evan Singleton 🇺🇸 USA 39.5
6 Pavlo Kordiyaka 🇺🇦 UKR 31.5
7 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 USA 27.5
8 Luke Stoltman 🇬🇧 GBR 21.5
9 Mathew Ragg 🇳🇿 NZL 18.5
10 Jaco Schoonwinkel 🇿🇦 RSA 5.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 5 in 33.26 s 10.0
2 Mitchell Hooper 5 in 36.96 s 9.0
3 Trey Mitchell 5 in 45.72 s 8.0
4 Oleksii Novikov 4 in 27.43 s 7.0
5 Evan Singleton 4 in 28.16 s 6.0
6 Brian Shaw 4 in 35.88 s 5.0
7 Pavlo Kordiyaka 4 in 45.86 s 4.0
8 Luke Stoltman 4 in 48.49 s 3.0
9 Mathew Ragg 4 in 49.50 s 2.0
- Jaco Schoonwinkel (Withdrew) 0.0

Bus Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 30.24 s 10.0
2 Tom Stoltman 32.27 s 8.5
2 Evan Singleton 32.27 s 8.5
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka 32.46 s 7.0
5 Trey Mitchell 32.49 s 6.0
6 Brian Shaw 32.65 s 5.0
7 Luke Stoltman 32.83 s 4.0
8 Oleksii Novikov 33.35 s 3.0
9 Mathew Ragg 36.29 s 2.0
- Jaco Schoonwinkel (Withdrew) 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 8 reps 10.0
2 Oleksii Novikov 7 reps 7.5
2 Trey Mitchell 7 reps 7.5
2 Brian Shaw 7 reps 7.5
2 Mathew Ragg 7 reps 7.5
6 Tom Stoltman 6 reps 5.0
7 Evan Singleton 5 reps 3.5
7 Jaco Schoonwinkel 5 reps 3.5
9 Pavlo Kordiyaka 4 reps 2.0
10 Luke Stoltman 3 reps 1.0

Fingal's Fingers

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 5 in 39.36 s 10.0
2 Oleksii Novikov 5 in 42.26 s 9.0
3 Trey Mitchell 5 in 48.46 s 8.0
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka 5 in 48.69 s 7.0
5 Evan Singleton 5 in 49.85 s 6.0
6 Mitchell Hooper 5 in 49.89 s 5.0
7 Brian Shaw 4 in 26.61 s 4.0
8 Luke Stoltman 4 in 32.54 s 3.0
9 Mathew Ragg 4 in 35.03 s 2.0
10 Jaco Schoonwinkel 4 in 40.76 s 1.0

Max Dumbbell

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 140 kg 9.5
1 Evan Singleton 140 kg 9.5
3 Tom Stoltman 132 kg 6.5
3 Oleksii Novikov 132 kg 6.5
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka 132 kg 6.5
3 Luke Stoltman 132 kg 6.5
7 Trey Mitchell 125 kg 3.0
7 Brian Shaw 125 kg 3.0
7 Mathew Ragg 125 kg 3.0
- Jaco Schoonwinkel (No lift) 0.0

Shield Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 64.8 m 10.0
2 Tom Stoltman 63.15 m 9.0
3 Oleksii Novikov 55.87 m 8.0
4 Trey Mitchell 50.83 m 7.0
5 Evan Singleton 48.3 m 6.0
6 Pavlo Kordiyaka 46.59 m 5.0
7 Luke Stoltman 44.62 m 4.0
8 Brian Shaw 39.1 m 3.0
9 Mathew Ragg 37.65 m 2.0
10 Jaco Schoonwinkel 15.92 m 1.0

2023 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Pavlo Kordiyaka 🇺🇦 Ukraine 25.0
2 Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 20.5
3 Bobby Thompson 🇺🇸 United States 20.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 🇬🇪 Georgia 17.5
5 Pa O'Dwyer 🇮🇪 Ireland 13.0
6 Eddie Williams 🇦🇺 Australia 9.0

Event-by-Event Results

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Pavlo Kordiyaka 742 ° 6.0
2 Pa O'Dwyer 722 ° 5.0
3 Bobby Thompson 649 ° 4.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 633 ° 3.0
5 Eddie Williams 614 ° 2.0
6 Tom Stoltman 598 ° 1.0

Deadlift Machine

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bobby Thompson 7 reps 6.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 6 reps 4.5
2 Tom Stoltman 6 reps 4.5
4 Eddie Williams 5 reps 2.0
4 Pa O'Dwyer 5 reps 2.0
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka 5 reps 2.0

Kettlebell Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Pavlo Kordiyaka 6 in 18.09 s 6.0
2 Konstantine Janashia 6 in 19.93 s 5.0
3 Tom Stoltman 6 in 21.99 s 4.0
4 Pa O'Dwyer 6 in 31.71 s 3.0
5 Bobby Thompson 6 in 35.67 s 2.0
6 Eddie Williams 6 in 36.40 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Pavlo Kordiyaka 5 in 41.38 s 6.0
2 Tom Stoltman 5 in 43.84 s 5.0
3 Bobby Thompson 5 in 56.56 s 4.0
4 Konstantine Janashia 5 in 61.10 s 3.0
5 Pa O'Dwyer 5 in 65.89 s 2.0
6 Eddie Williams 5 in 66.44 s 1.0

Log Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Tom Stoltman 5 in 41.56 s 6.0
2 Pavlo Kordiyaka 5 in 46.00 s 5.0
3 Bobby Thompson 4 in 25.83 s 4.0
4 Eddie Williams 4 in 55.89 s 3.0
5 Konstantine Janashia 4 in 68.35 s 2.0
6 Pa O'Dwyer 3 in 25.80 s 1.0

Stone Off

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (Qualified) 0.0
- Pa O'Dwyer (Eliminated) 0.0
- Tom Stoltman 3 stones 0.0
- Bobby Thompson 3 stones 0.0
- Konstantine Janashia (Eliminated) 0.0
- Eddie Williams (Eliminated) 0.0

2023 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 🇺🇦 Ukraine 23.0
2 Luke Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 21.0
3 Gavin Bilton 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 20.0
4 Thomas Evans 🇺🇸 United States 18.0
5 Kristján Jón Haraldsson 🇮🇸 Iceland 15.5
6 Fadi El Masri 🇦🇺 Australia 7.5

Event-by-Event Results

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 897 ° 6.0
2 Gavin Bilton 557 ° 5.0
3 Luke Stoltman 545 ° 4.0
4 Kristján Jón Haraldsson 524 ° 3.0
5 Fadi El Masri 70 ° 2.0
6 Thomas Evans 69 ° 1.0

Deadlift Machine

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 6 reps 6.0
2 Gavin Bilton 5 reps 4.0
2 Luke Stoltman 5 reps 4.0
2 Thomas Evans 5 reps 4.0
5 Fadi El Masri 4 reps 1.5
5 Kristján Jón Haraldsson 4 reps 1.5

Kettlebell Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Gavin Bilton 6 in 19.90 s 6.0
2 Luke Stoltman 6 in 49.35 s 5.0
3 Kristján Jón Haraldsson 5 in 15.57 s 4.0
4 Thomas Evans 5 in 28.68 s 3.0
5 Fadi El Masri 4 in 20.61 s 2.0
6 Oleksii Novikov 1 in 9.56 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Oleksii Novikov 5 in 52.15 s 6.0
2 Kristján Jón Haraldsson 5 in 54.18 s 5.0
3 Thomas Evans 5 in 57.40 s 4.0
4 Luke Stoltman 5 in 62.78 s 3.0
5 Gavin Bilton 5 in 63.01 s 2.0
6 Fadi El Masri 4 in 49.57 s 1.0

Log Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Thomas Evans 5 in 38.96 s 6.0
2 Luke Stoltman 5 in 52.76 s 5.0
3 Oleksii Novikov 4 in 32.50 s 4.0
4 Gavin Bilton 4 in 56.84 s 3.0
5 Kristján Jón Haraldsson 2 in 16.28 s 2.0
6 Fadi El Masri 2 in 17.43 s 1.0

Stone Off

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Oleksii Novikov (Qualified) 0.0
- Gavin Bilton 7 stones 0.0
- Thomas Evans (Eliminated) 0.0
- Kristján Jón Haraldsson (Eliminated) 0.0
- Luke Stoltman 7 stones 0.0
- Fadi El Masri (Eliminated) 0.0

2023 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 🇨🇦 Canada 29.0
2 Mathew Ragg 🇳🇿 New Zealand 22.5
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 🇱🇻 Latvia 17.5
4 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 🇵🇱 Poland 14.0
5 Graham Hicks 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11.5
6 Spenser Remick 🇺🇸 United States 10.5

Event-by-Event Results

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 636 ° 6.0
2 Mathew Ragg 628 ° 5.0
3 Aivars Šmaukstelis 575 ° 4.0
4 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 538 ° 3.0
5 Spenser Remick 470 ° 2.0
6 Graham Hicks 425 ° 1.0

Deadlift Machine

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 8 reps 6.0
2 Mathew Ragg 7 reps 4.5
2 Graham Hicks 7 reps 4.5
4 Spenser Remick 5 reps 2.5
4 Aivars Å maukstelis 5 reps 2.5
6 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 reps 1.0

Kettlebell Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 7 in 32.44 s 6.0
2 Mitchell Hooper 6 in 17.18 s 5.0
3 Mathew Ragg 6 in 21.96 s 4.0
4 Aivars Å maukstelis 6 in 25.41 s 3.0
5 Spenser Remick 5 in 24.31 s 2.0
6 Graham Hicks 4 in 20.51 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 5 in 42.05 s 6.0
2 Aivars Å maukstelis 5 in 52.71 s 5.0
3 Mathew Ragg 5 in 58.72 s 4.0
4 Spenser Remick 5 in 67.15 s 3.0
5 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 5 in 67.53 s 2.0
6 Graham Hicks 4 in 53.40 s 1.0

Log Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 5 in 39.51 s 6.0
2 Mathew Ragg 5 in 56.84 s 5.0
3 Graham Hicks 4 in 28.31 s 4.0
4 Aivars Å maukstelis 4 in 30.44 s 3.0
5 Mateusz Kieliszkowski 4 in 33.24 s 2.0
6 Spenser Remick 4 in 38.79 s 1.0

Stone Off

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Mitchell Hooper (Qualified) 0.0
- Mathew Ragg 8 stones 0.0
- Graham Hicks (Eliminated) 0.0
- Aivars Å maukstelis 8 stones 0.0
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski (Eliminated) 0.0
- Spenser Remick (Eliminated) 0.0

2023 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Jaco Schoonwinkel 🇿🇦 South Africa 24.0
2 Brian Shaw 🇺🇸 United States 23.5
3 Rauno Heinla 🇪🇪 Estonia 20.5
4 Adam Bishop 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 14.0
5 Kevin Faires 🇺🇸 United States 13.5
6 Gabriel Rhéaume 🇨🇦 Canada 9.5

Event-by-Event Results

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jaco Schoonwinkel 713 ° 6.0
2 Kevin Faires 636 ° 5.0
3 Rauno Heinla 572 ° 4.0
4 Gabriel Rhéaume 476 ° 3.0
5 Brian Shaw 411 ° 2.0
6 Adam Bishop 292 ° 1.0

Deadlift Machine

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 8 reps 5.5
1 Rauno Heinla 8 reps 5.5
3 Adam Bishop 7 reps 4.0
4 Jaco Schoonwinkel 6 reps 3.0
5 Kevin Faires 5 reps 1.5
5 Gabriel Rhéaume 5 reps 1.5

Kettlebell Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 7 in 48.45 s 6.0
2 Adam Bishop 6 in 32.29 s 5.0
3 Jaco Schoonwinkel 6 in 47.32 s 4.0
4 Kevin Faires 5 in 34.09 s 3.0
5 Rauno Heinla 5 in 44.51 s 2.0
6 Gabriel Rhéaume 3 in 14.00 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jaco Schoonwinkel 5 in 47.10 s 6.0
2 Rauno Heinla 5 in 51.41 s 5.0
3 Brian Shaw 5 in 53.70 s 4.0
4 Adam Bishop 4 in 43.12 s 3.0
5 Gabriel Rhéaume 4 in 51.03 s 2.0
6 Kevin Faires 3 in 65.30 s 1.0

Log Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Brian Shaw 4 in 33.99 s 6.0
2 Jaco Schoonwinkel 4 in 34.77 s 5.0
3 Rauno Heinla 3 in 21.60 s 4.0
4 Kevin Faires 3 in 28.93 s 3.0
5 Gabriel Rhéaume 3 in 32.96 s 2.0
6 Adam Bishop 3 in 33.25 s 1.0

Stone Off

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Jaco Schoonwinkel (Qualified) 0.0
- Kevin Faires (Eliminated) 0.0
- Brian Shaw 11 stones 0.0
- Rauno Heinla 11 stones 0.0
- Adam Bishop (Eliminated) 0.0
- Gabriel Rhéaume (Eliminated) 0.0

2023 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Trey Mitchell 🇺🇸 United States 26.0
2 Evan Singleton 🇺🇸 United States 24.5
3 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 🇮🇸 Iceland 22.5
4 Mark Felix 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 12.5
5 Paul Smith 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 11.0
6 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 🇦🇺 Australia 8.5

Event-by-Event Results

Conan's Wheel

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 629 ° 6.0
2 Evan Singleton 589 ° 5.0
3 Trey Mitchell 523 ° 4.0
4 Paul Smith 518 ° 3.0
5 Mark Felix 470 ° 2.0
6 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 143 ° 1.0

Deadlift Machine

# Athlete Result Points
1 Trey Mitchell 8 reps 6.0
2 Evan Singleton 6 reps 4.5
2 Mark Felix 6 reps 4.5
4 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 5 reps 2.5
4 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 5 reps 2.5
6 Paul Smith 4 reps 1.0

Kettlebell Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Trey Mitchell 7 in 34.42 s 6.0
2 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 6 in 27.66 s 5.0
3 Evan Singleton 6 in 28.81 s 4.0
4 Mark Felix 4 in 42.66 s 3.0
5 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 2 in 23.65 s 2.0
6 Paul Smith 1 in 28.62 s 1.0

Loading Race

# Athlete Result Points
1 Evan Singleton 5 in 46.90 s 6.0
2 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 5 in 56.41 s 5.0
3 Trey Mitchell 5 in 66.64 s 4.0
4 Paul Smith 4 in 44.79 s 3.0
5 Mark Felix 4 in 54.32 s 2.0
6 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 3 in 40.63 s 1.0

Log Ladder

# Athlete Result Points
1 Trey Mitchell 5 in 39.44 s 6.0
2 Evan Singleton 4 in 35.48 s 5.0
3 Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 4 in 39.93 s 4.0
4 Paul Smith 4 in 45.84 s 3.0
5 Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf 3 in 22.34 s 2.0
6 Mark Felix 1 in 7.58 s 1.0

Stone Off

Elimination round - determines who advances to the Finals.

# Athlete Result Points
- Trey Mitchell (Qualified) 0.0
- Paul Smith (Eliminated) 0.0
- Evan Singleton 8 stones 0.0
- Eythór Ingólfsson Melsted 8 stones 0.0
- Mark Felix (Eliminated) 0.0
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf (Eliminated) 0.0
Last updated: February 23, 2026

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