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2026 World's Strongest Man

The 2026 World's Strongest Man was held on 2026-04-23 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. 10 athletes competed across 6 events were contested.

Date: April 23, 2026 – April 26, 2026
Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States
Type: World's Strongest Man
Division: Men
Mitchell Hooper
1st Place

Mitchell Hooper 🇨🇦

Total Points: 54.0

Events (6 total)

  1. 1. Prelim. Score
  2. 2. Flip & Carry
  3. 3. Deadlift
  4. 4. Titan's Toss
  5. 5. Max Log Lift
  6. 6. Atlas Stones

Overall Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 🇨🇦 CAN 54.0
2 Rayno Nel 🇿🇦 RSA 52.0
3 Trey Mitchell 🇺🇸 USA 36.0
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka 🇺🇦 UKR 31.5
5 Ondřej Fojtů 🇨🇿 CZE 31.5
6 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 USA 30.5
7 Mathew Ragg 🇳🇿 NZL 29.0
8 Eddie Williams 🇦🇺 AUS 26.0
9 Nick Guardione 🇺🇸 USA 21.0
10 Austin Andrade 🇺🇸 USA 12.5

Event-by-Event Results

Atlas Stones

# Athlete Result Points
1 Trey Mitchell 5 in 42.10 s 10.0
2 Mitchell Hooper 4 in 28.67 s 9.0
3 Martins Licis 4 in 29.71 s 8.0
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka 4 in 32.70 s 7.0
5 Rayno Nel 4 in 35.01 s 6.0
6 Ondřej Fojtů 4 in 42.07 s 5.0
7 Nick Guardione 3 in 22.15 s 4.0
8 Mathew Ragg 3 in 30.60 s 3.0
9 Eddie Williams 3 in 32.39 s 2.0
- Austin Andrade (Withdrew) 0.0

Deadlift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rayno Nel 400 kg (5 reps) 10.0
2 Mathew Ragg 400 kg (4 reps) +1 8.5
2 Mitchell Hooper 400 kg (4 reps) +1 8.5
4 Eddie Williams 400 kg (3 reps) +1 7.0
5 Trey Mitchell 400 kg (3 reps) 5.5
5 Martins Licis 400 kg (3 reps) 5.5
7 Ondřej Fojtů 400 kg (2 reps) +1 4.0
8 Nick Guardione 400 kg (1 rep) 2.5
8 Austin Andrade 400 kg (1 rep) 2.5
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (No lift) 0.0

Flip & Carry

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rayno Nel 27.30 s 10.0
2 Mitchell Hooper 27.44 s 9.0
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka 33.80 s 8.0
4 Eddie Williams 34.74 s 7.0
5 Ondřej Fojtů 36.13 s 6.0
6 Mathew Ragg 37.24 s 5.0
7 Martins Licis 39.31 s 4.0
8 Trey Mitchell 40.43 s 3.0
9 Austin Andrade 40.57 s 2.0
10 Nick Guardione 43.86 s 1.0

Max Log Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Trey Mitchell 213 kg 10.0
2 Mitchell Hooper 209 kg 8.5
2 Ondřej Fojtů 209 kg 8.5
4 Rayno Nel 200 kg 7.0
5 Martins Licis 191 kg 4.5
5 Mathew Ragg 191 kg 4.5
5 Nick Guardione 191 kg 4.5
5 Pavlo Kordiyaka 191 kg 4.5
- Eddie Williams (No lift) 0.0
- Austin Andrade (Withdrew) 0.0

Prelim. Score

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 1st (37) 10.0
2 Rayno Nel 2nd (34) 9.0
3 Austin Andrade 3rd (31) 8.0
4 Eddie Williams 4th (29) 7.0
5 Ondřej Fojtů 5th (27) 6.0
6 Pavlo Kordiyaka 6th (26.5) 5.0
7 Trey Mitchell 7th (25.5) 3.5
7 Martins Licis 7th (25.5) 3.5
9 Mathew Ragg 9th (20.5) 2.0
10 Nick Guardione 10th (19) 1.0

Titan's Toss

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rayno Nel 9 in 39.23 s 10.0
2 Mitchell Hooper 8 in 35.00 s 9.0
3 Nick Guardione 8 in 43.09 s 8.0
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka 6 in 21.78 s 7.0
5 Mathew Ragg 6 in 23.10 s 6.0
6 Martins Licis 6 in 26.78 s 5.0
7 Trey Mitchell 6 in 28.44 s 4.0
8 Eddie Williams 6 in 33.94 s 3.0
9 Ondřej Fojtů 3 in 17.84 s 2.0
- Austin Andrade (Withdrew) 0.0

2026 WSM Group 1 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Rayno Nel 🇿🇦 South Africa 21.0
2 Nick Guardione 🇺🇸 United States 17.0
3 Luke Richardson 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 14.0
4 Ben Glasscock 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 13.0
5 Tristain Hoath 🇨🇦 Canada 10.0

Event-by-Event Results

Carry & Climb

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rayno Nel 9 in 37.06 s 5.0
2 Nick Guardione 9 in 43.91 s 4.0
3 Tristain Hoath 9 in 46.78 s 3.0
4 Luke Richardson 9 in 60.34 s 2.0
5 Ben Glasscock 9 in 65.68 s 1.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ben Glasscock 6 in 62.78 s 5.0
2 Nick Guardione 5 in 44.50 s 4.0
3 Luke Richardson 5 in 53.29 s 3.0
4 Rayno Nel 4 in 26.11 s 2.0
5 Tristain Hoath 2 in 16.84 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Luke Richardson 16 reps 5.0
2 Rayno Nel 13 reps 4.0
3 Ben Glasscock 10 reps 3.0
4 Tristain Hoath 7 reps 2.0
5 Nick Guardione 6 reps 1.0

Stone Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rayno Nel 4 in 43.70 s 5.0
2 Nick Guardione 4 in 74.34 s 4.0
3 Tristain Hoath 4 in 80.25 s 3.0
4 Ben Glasscock 4 in 107.82 s 2.0
5 Luke Richardson 2 + 6.10 m 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Rayno Nel 35.03 s 5.0
2 Nick Guardione 37.69 s 4.0
3 Luke Richardson 38.91 s 3.0
4 Ben Glasscock 42.06 s 2.0
5 Tristain Hoath 43.00 s 1.0

2026 WSM Group 2 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Austin Andrade 🇺🇸 United States 21.0
2 Mathew Ragg 🇳🇿 New Zealand 15.0
3 Jaco Schoonwinkel 🇿🇦 South Africa 14.0
4 Tom Stoltman 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 14.0
5 Levi Strong 🇺🇸 United States 11.0

Event-by-Event Results

Carry & Climb

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mathew Ragg 9 in 38.29 s 5.0
2 Jaco Schoonwinkel 9 in 38.80 s 4.0
3 Levi Strong 9 in 51.84 s 3.0
4 Austin Andrade 9 in 53.85 s 2.0
5 Tom Stoltman 9 in 70.21 s 1.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Austin Andrade 6 in 59.33 s 5.0
2 Tom Stoltman 5 in 50.76 s 4.0
3 Mathew Ragg 5 in 61.15 s 3.0
4 Levi Strong 4 in 70.35 s 2.0
5 Jaco Schoonwinkel 3 in 42.16 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Austin Andrade 16 reps 5.0
2 Mathew Ragg 15 reps 4.0
3 Tom Stoltman 12 reps 3.0
4 Jaco Schoonwinkel 10 reps 2.0
5 Levi Strong 5 reps 1.0

Stone Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Jaco Schoonwinkel 4 in 60.65 s 5.0
2 Austin Andrade 4 in 101.41 s 4.0
3 Tom Stoltman 3 in 50.16 s 3.0
4 Mathew Ragg 3 in 82.35 s 2.0
5 Levi Strong 3 in 100.73 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Austin Andrade 34.69 s 5.0
2 Levi Strong 34.84 s 4.0
3 Tom Stoltman 37.59 s 3.0
4 Jaco Schoonwinkel 37.94 s 2.0
5 Mathew Ragg 38.69 s 1.0

2026 WSM Group 3 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 🇨🇦 Canada 22.0
2 Eddie Williams 🇦🇺 Australia 17.0
3 Lucas Hatton 🇺🇸 United States 15.0
4 Matyáš Funiok 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 13.0
5 Paddy Haynes 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 8.0

Event-by-Event Results

Carry & Climb

# Athlete Result Points
1 Eddie Williams 9 in 37.88 s 5.0
2 Mitchell Hooper 9 in 39.64 s 4.0
3 Paddy Haynes 9 in 46.21 s 3.0
4 Matyáš Funiok 9 in 47.58 s 2.0
5 Lucas Hatton 9 in 50.16 s 1.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Lucas Hatton 8 in 74.60 s 5.0
2 Mitchell Hooper 7 in 58.47 s 4.0
3 Eddie Williams 5 in 55.47 s 3.0
4 Matyáš Funiok 5 in 61.38 s 2.0
5 Paddy Haynes 5 in 70.15 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Lucas Hatton 17 reps 5.0
2 Mitchell Hooper 12 reps 4.0
3 Eddie Williams 11 reps 3.0
4 Matyáš Funiok 7 reps 2.0
5 Paddy Haynes 6 reps 1.0

Stone Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 4 in 52.81 s 5.0
2 Eddie Williams 4 in 55.03 s 4.0
3 Matyáš Funiok 4 in 58.81 s 3.0
4 Paddy Haynes 4 in 67.81 s 2.0
5 Lucas Hatton 1 in 27.50 s 1.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Mitchell Hooper 33.02 s 5.0
2 Matyáš Funiok 35.22 s 4.0
3 Lucas Hatton 35.25 s 3.0
4 Eddie Williams 36.50 s 2.0
5 Paddy Haynes 38.34 s 1.0

2026 WSM Group 4 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Ondřej Fojtů 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 23.0
2 Martins Licis 🇺🇸 United States 19.0
3 James Jeffers 🇨🇦 Canada 13.0
4 Bryce Johnson 🇺🇸 United States 10.0
5 Kevin Hazeleger 🇳🇱 Netherlands 4.0

Event-by-Event Results

Carry & Climb

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ondřej Fojtů 9 in 38.22 s 5.0
2 Bryce Johnson 9 in 41.53 s 4.0
3 James Jeffers 9 in 43.91 s 3.0
4 Kevin Hazeleger 9 in 45.78 s 2.0
5 Martins Licis 9 in 46.08 s 1.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ondřej Fojtů 8 in 64.87 s 5.0
2 Martins Licis 6 in 63.21 s 4.0
3 Bryce Johnson 4 in 40.97 s 3.0
4 James Jeffers 4 in 44.52 s 2.0
5 Kevin Hazeleger 3 in 29.97 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 14 reps 5.0
2 Ondřej Fojtů 10 reps 4.0
3 Bryce Johnson 9 reps 3.0
4 James Jeffers 8 reps 2.0
5 Kevin Hazeleger 2 reps 1.0

Stone Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Ondřej Fojtů 4 in 80.83 s 5.0
2 Martins Licis 4 in 92.22 s 4.0
3 James Jeffers 3 in 84.67 s 3.0
4 Kevin Hazeleger (Withdrew) 0.0
4 Bryce Johnson (Withdrew) 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Martins Licis 36.09 s 5.0
2 Ondřej Fojtů 37.94 s 4.0
3 James Jeffers 38.28 s 3.0
4 Bryce Johnson (Withdrew) 0.0
4 Kevin Hazeleger (Withdrew) 0.0

2026 WSM Group 5 Results

Place Athlete Country Points
1 Pavlo Kordiyaka 🇺🇦 Ukraine 18.0
2 Trey Mitchell 🇺🇸 United States 18.0
3 Andrew Flynn 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 16.5
4 Evan Singleton 🇺🇸 United States 13.0
5 Evans Nana Aryee 🇬🇭 Ghana 8.5

Event-by-Event Results

Carry & Climb

# Athlete Result Points
1 Evan Singleton 9 in 38.58 s 5.0
2 Andrew Flynn 9 in 51.95 s 4.0
3 Evans Nana Aryee 9 in 54.62 s 3.0
4 Pavlo Kordiyaka 6 in 74.05 s 2.0
5 Trey Mitchell 22 m 1.0

Overhead Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Trey Mitchell 8 in 71.72 s 5.0
2 Evan Singleton 7 in 73.61 s 4.0
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka 6 in 59.85 s 3.0
4 Andrew Flynn 6 in 63.56 s 2.0
5 Evans Nana Aryee 4 in 69.36 s 1.0

Squat Lift

# Athlete Result Points
1 Trey Mitchell 15 reps 5.0
2 Pavlo Kordiyaka 14 reps 4.0
3 Evans Nana Aryee 12 reps 2.5
3 Andrew Flynn 12 reps 2.5
5 Evan Singleton 8 reps 1.0

Stone Medley

# Athlete Result Points
1 Pavlo Kordiyaka 4 in 67.00 s 5.0
2 Trey Mitchell 4 in 72.75 s 4.0
3 Andrew Flynn 4 in 97.66 s 3.0
4 Evan Singleton 1 + 13.40 m 2.0
5 Evans Nana Aryee 0 in 120.00 s 0.0

Truck Pull

# Athlete Result Points
1 Andrew Flynn 35.78 s 5.0
2 Pavlo Kordiyaka 37.66 s 4.0
3 Trey Mitchell 39.03 s 3.0
4 Evans Nana Aryee 39.16 s 2.0
5 Evan Singleton 39.97 s 1.0
Last updated: May 31, 2026

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