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2025 Giants Live World Open

The 2025 Giants Live World Open was held on 2025-09-06 in Birmingham, England. 11 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: September 6, 2025
Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Type: Giants Live
Division: Men
Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson
1st Place

Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸

Total Points: 58.5

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Max Deadlift
  2. 2. Farmer's Walk
  3. 3. Sandbag Steeplechase
  4. 4. Front Hold
  5. 5. Viking Press
  6. 6. Power Stairs

Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 🇮🇸 ISL 58.5
2 Bryce Johnson 🇺🇸 USA 50.5
3 Mathew Ragg 🇳🇿 NZL 49.5
4 Paddy Haynes 🇬🇧 GBR 49.0
5 Eddie Williams 🇦🇺 AUS 48.0
6 Luke Stoltman 🇬🇧 GBR 46.5
7 Gavin Bilton 🇬🇧 GBR 38.5
8 Tristain Hoath 🇨🇦 CAN 37.5
9 Austin Andrade 🇺🇸 USA 33.0
10 Adam Bishop 🇬🇧 GBR 31.0
11 Evan Singleton 🇺🇸 USA 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Farmer's Walk

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Williams 11.57 s 12.0
2 Luke Stoltman 14.04 s 11.0
3 Mathew Ragg 14.30 s 10.0
4 Tristain Hoath 14.84 s 9.0
5 Bryce Johnson 14.87 s 8.0
6 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 15.58 s 7.0
7 Austin Andrade 18.21 s 6.0
8 Paddy Haynes 18.27 s 5.0
9 Adam Bishop 19.97 s 4.0
10 Gavin Bilton 34.58 s 3.0
- Evan Singleton (Withdrew) 0.0

Front Hold

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 50.78 s 12.0
2 Bryce Johnson 43.70 s 11.0
3 Tristain Hoath 39.56 s 10.0
4 Mathew Ragg 39.12 s 9.0
5 Eddie Williams 38.84 s 8.0
6 Luke Stoltman 38.29 s 7.0
7 Gavin Bilton 37.78 s 6.0
8 Austin Andrade 35.72 s 5.0
9 Paddy Haynes 35.69 s 4.0
10 Adam Bishop 33.24 s 3.0
- Evan Singleton (Withdrew) 0.0

Max Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 510 kg 12.0
2 Austin Andrade 470 kg 10.5
2 Adam Bishop 470 kg 10.5
4 Mathew Ragg 453.5 kg 8.5
4 Paddy Haynes 453.5 kg 8.5
6 Bryce Johnson 440 kg 6.5
6 Gavin Bilton 440 kg 6.5
8 Eddie Williams 420 kg 4.0
8 Tristain Hoath 420 kg 4.0
8 Evan Singleton 420 kg 4.0
11 Luke Stoltman 400 kg 2.0

Power Stairs

# Athlete Result Points
1 Paddy Haynes 12 in 30.78 s 12.0
2 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 12 in 31.03 s 11.0
3 Adam Bishop 12 in 31.53 s 10.0
4 Luke Stoltman 12 in 32.83 s 9.0
5 Eddie Williams 12 in 32.89 s 8.0
6 Bryce Johnson 12 in 36.59 s 7.0
7 Mathew Ragg 12 in 39.93 s 6.0
8 Gavin Bilton 12 in 47.68 s 5.0
9 Tristain Hoath 12 in 49.54 s 4.0
- Austin Andrade (Withdrew) 0.0
- Evan Singleton (Withdrew) 0.0

Sandbag Steeplechase

# Athlete Result Points
1 Paddy Haynes 4 in 38.94 s 12.0
2 Mathew Ragg 4 in 42.56 s 11.0
3 Luke Stoltman 4 in 44.32 s 10.0
4 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 4 in 47.25 s 9.0
5 Gavin Bilton 4 in 49.81 s 8.0
6 Tristain Hoath 4 in 56.81 s 7.0
7 Bryce Johnson 4 in 57.76 s 6.0
8 Eddie Williams 3 in 33.16 s 5.0
9 Austin Andrade 3 in 67.43 s 4.0
- Adam Bishop (Did not attempt) 0.0
- Evan Singleton (Withdrew) 0.0

Viking Press

# Athlete Result Points
1 Bryce Johnson 15 reps 12.0
2 Eddie Williams 13 reps 11.0
3 Gavin Bilton 12 reps 10.0
4 Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson 10 reps 7.5
4 Paddy Haynes 10 reps 7.5
4 Luke Stoltman 10 reps 7.5
4 Austin Andrade 10 reps 7.5
8 Mathew Ragg 9 reps 5.0
9 Tristain Hoath 7 reps 3.5
9 Adam Bishop 7 reps 3.5
- Evan Singleton (Withdrew) 0.0
Last updated: March 3, 2026

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