2022 Giants Live World Tour Finals Results

Mitchell Hooper (CAN) — 52 points

Aivars Šmaukstelis (LAT) — 47.5 points

Kevin Faires (USA) — 46 points

Pavlo Nakonechnyy (UKR) — 40 points

Pavlo Kordiyaka (UKR) — 38 points

Rauno Heinla (EST) — 29 points

Paul Smith (UK) — 28.5 points

Pa O’Dwyer (IRE) — 27 points

Eddie Williams (AUS) — 23 points

Mark Felix (UK) — 19 points

Andy Black (UK) — 19 points

Louis Jack (UK) — 19 points

The single-day contest featured five events: the Nicol Stones, Carry & Drag, Axle Deadlift, Dumbbell Press, and Power Stairs. Individual event results can be seen below:

Nicol Stones

As with all Nicol Stone events, the two stones were of uneven weight — 114 kilograms and 139 kilograms. The athletes attempted to walk the uneven stones for maximum distance. Faires, who holds the world record in the event, proved his prowess with the event win, 2.5 meters further than runner-up Hooper.

Kevin Faires — 24.61 meters

Mitchell Hooper — 24.14 meters

Andy Black — 24.08 meters

Paul Smith — 23.1 meters

Aivars Šmaukstelis — 20 meters

Louis Jack — 19.75 meters

Eddie Williams — 16.58 meters

Mark Felix — 16.37 meters

Pavlo Nakonechnyy — 15.91 meters

Rauno Heinla — 12.75 meters

Pavlo Kordiyaka — 9.4 meters

Pa O’Dwyer — 8.58 meters

Carry & Drag

The Carry & Drag event had a one-minute time cap for athletes to carry a 125-kilogram anchor and drag a 350-kilogram chain across the 40-meter course. Hooper’s notorious speed was on display as he scored his first event win of the contest to jump into the overall lead that he would ultimately leave Scotland with. Kordiyaka, another athlete with boast-worthy agility, took second less than a second behind Hooper.

Mitchell Hooper — 22.16 seconds

Pavlo Kordiyaka — 22.96 seconds

Kevin Faires — 23.41 seconds

Pa O’Dwyer — 25.35 seconds

Aivars Šmaukstelis — 26.45 seconds

Paul Smith — 27.30 seconds

Pavlo Nakonechnyy — 27.78 seconds

Rauno Heinla — 28.57 seconds

Louis Jack — 28.84 seconds

Eddie Williams — 30.65 seconds

Andy Black — 37.37 seconds

Mark Felix — 40.40 seconds

Axle Deadlift

The Axle Deadlift event was for reps with 350 kilograms. Each athlete attempted to lock out that weight as many times as possible in the one-minute time cap. Nakonechnyy beasted his way to an impressive 11 reps for the event win, with deadlift specialist Heinla and Hooper coming in second with nine reps and third with seven reps, respectively.

Pavlo Nakonechnyy — 11 reps

Rauno Heinla — Nine reps

Mitchell Hooper — Seven reps

Kevin Faires — Six reps (T-fourth)

Aivars Šmaukstelis — Six reps (T-fourth)

Mark Felix — Six reps (T-fourth)

Pavlo Kordiyaka — Five reps (T-seventh)

Pa O’Dwyer — Five reps (T-seventh)

Paul Smith — Four reps (T-ninth)

Eddie Williams — Four reps (T-ninth)

Andy Black — Four reps (T-ninth)

Louis Jack — Two reps

Dumbbell Press

The Dumbbell Press event featured a 100-kilogram dumbbell. Each athlete had the opportunity to clean and press the dumbbell overhead for as many reps as possible in a 60-second time cap. Šmaukstelis was consistent across the board all contest and finally scored an event win with seven reps, tied with Kordiyaka. Hooper claimed third-place points at one rep shy of the leaders.

Aivars Šmaukstelis — Seven reps (T-first)

Pavlo Kordiyaka — Seven reps (T-first)

Mitchell Hooper — Six reps

Pa O’Dwyer — Five reps (T-fourth)

Paul Smith — Five reps (T-fourth)

Pavlo Nakonechnyy — Four reps

Kevin Faires — Three reps

Rauno Heinla — Two reps (T-eighth)

Eddie Williams — Two reps (T-eighth)

Louis Jack — Two reps (T-eighth)

Mark Felix — No reps

Andy Black — No reps

Power Stairs

With 60 seconds on the clock, each athlete attempted to load five implements up three stairs. The five objects weighed 200, 210, 225, 240, and 250 kilograms. Athletes were scored by how many total steps of the 15 they reached, and ties were broken based on time.

Aivars Šmaukstelis — 15 in 33.02 seconds

Pavlo Nakonechnyy — 15 in 38.81 seconds

Kevin Faires — 15 in 39.50 seconds

Mitchell Hooper — 15 in 42.08 seconds

Pavlo Kordiyaka — 15 in 44.52 seconds

Eddie Williams — 15 in 46.90 seconds

Rauno Heinla — 15 in 51.28 seconds

Mark Felix — 13 in 57.78 seconds

Andy Black — 12 in 50.78 seconds

Pa O’Dwyer — 12 in 59.78 seconds

Louis Jack — Nine in 26.64 seconds

Paul Smith — Nine in 47.54 seconds

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