The 2022 Strongman Champions League (SCL) England competition took place on Aug. 20, 2022, in Gloucester, England. The single-day contest featured 13 of the world’s top strongmen competing across five events: the Viking Walk, Log Lift, Farmer’s Walk, Deadlift Ladder, and Atlas Stones.
Aivars Šmaukstelis never finished lower than fifth in any event, and his consistency was rewarded with the top position on the podium. Check out the full results below:
2022 Strongman Champions League England Results
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (Latvia) — 62 points
- Paul Smith (UK) — 57.5 points
- Gavin Bilton (UK) — 52 points
- Louis Jack (UK) — 45.5 points
- Ervin Toots (Estonia) — 43.5 points
- Dawid Pakulski (Poland) — 42.5 points
- Jordan Osborne (Australia) — 38 points
- Andy Black (UK) — 35.5 points
- Ryan Bennett (UK) — 35.5 points
- Sean O’Hagan (Ireland) — 26 points
- Mika Törrö (Finland) — 24 points
- Roberto Rodríguez (Spain) — 22 points
- Kelvin de Ruiter (Netherlands) — 20 points
- Travis Ortmayer (USA) — 2o points
Check out the results of each of the five events below.
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Viking Walk
The Viking Walk challenged the strongmen to carry a 300-kilogram log for distance. Pakulski was just shy of 40 meters, but had plenty of room between him and runner-up Šmaukstelis.
- Dawid Pakulski — 38.5 meters
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 36.7 meters
- Roberto Rodríguez — 28 meters
- Gavin Bilton — 24.35 meters
- Paul Smith — 22.9 meters
- Louis Jack — 21 meters
- Ervin Toots — 18.5 meters
- Ryan Bennett — 17.9 meters
- Travis Ortmayer — 13 meters
- Sean O’Hagan — 10.45 meters
- Jordan Osborne — 9.95 meters
- Andy Black — Seven meters (T-12th)
- Mika Törrö — Seven Meters (T-12th)
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 5.4 meters
Log Lift
The Log Lift was for reps with a 140-kilogram log. Šmaukstelis’ overhead strength was on display as he scored nine reps for first place points. Bilton was a rep short of tying him.
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Nine reps
- Gavin Bilton — Eight reps
- Paul Smith — Seven reps (T-third)
- Louis Jack — Seven reps (T-third)
- Ervin Toots — Six reps (T-fifth)
- Ryan Bennett — Six reps (T-fifth)
- Jordan Osborne — Five reps
- Sean O’Hagan — Four reps (T-eighth)
- Andy Black — Four reps (T-eighth)
- Kelvin de Ruiter — Four reps (T-eighth)
- Roberto Rodríguez — Three reps
- Dawid Pakulski — Two reps (T-12th)
- Mika Törrö — Two reps (T-12th)
- Travis Ortmayer — No reps
Farmer’s Walk
The Farmer’s Walk involved 150-kilogram implements and a 40-meter course. Each strongman was given a max of 75 seconds to traverse that course in the fastest time possible.
- Paul Smith — 23.12 seconds
- Jordan Osborne — 24.03 seconds
- Sean O’Hagan — 27.07 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 32.29 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 35.94 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 42.12 seconds
- Ryan Bennett — 53.22 seconds
- Andy Black — 27.7 meters
- Dawid Pakulski — 24.9 meters
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 23.1 meters
- Travis Ortmayer — 20.15 meters
- Gavin Bilton — 18 meters
- Louis Jack — 9.75 meters
- Roberto Rodríguez — 5.1 meters
Deadlift Ladder
Each athlete had 90 seconds to complete the Deadlift Ladder, consisting of four lifts. The first lift was 220 kilograms; each lift increased in weight until the final barbell of 380 kilograms.
Paul Smith scored his second consecutive event win, completing all four lifts in just under 27 seconds.
- Paul Smith — Four in 26.58 seconds
- Gavin Bilton — Four in 34.27 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Four in 39.16 seconds
- Andy Black — Four in 47.33 seconds
- Dawid Pakulski — Three in 14.22 seconds
- Louis Jack — Three in 14.78 seconds
- Jordan Osborne — Three in 14.93 seconds
- Travis Ortmayer — Three in 16.56 seconds
- Ervin Toots — Three in 19.67 seconds
- Ryan Bennett — Three in 20.67 seconds
- Mika Törrö — Three in 23.80 seconds
- Roberto Rodríguez — Three in 25.16 seconds
- Sean O’Hagan — Three in 27.94 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter — Three in 28.93 seconds
Atlas Stones
The Atlas Stones event was a five-implement race for time. Louis Jack was dominant in this event as the lone strongman to load all five stones in under 40 seconds. Šmaukstelis was the only other strongman to load all five stones.
- Louis Jack — Five in 38.21 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Five in 58.20 seconds
- Gavin Bilton — Four in 19.72 seconds
- Ervin Toots — Four in 21.69 seconds
- Dawid Pakulski — Four in 22.57 seconds
- Andy Black — Four in 29.30 seconds
- Paul Smith — Four in 29.33 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter — Four in 30.84 seconds
- Ryan Bennett — Four in 34.76 seconds
- Jordan Osborne — Three in 12.47 seconds
- Mika Törrö — Three in 12.87 seconds
- Travis Ortmayer — Three in 23.69 seconds
- Roberto Rodríguez — Two in 14.96 seconds
- Sean O’Hagan — Two in 23.57 seconds
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