2022 Strongman Champions League Romania Results — Kelvin de Ruiter Victorious

The 2022 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Romania contest took place on Sept. 17, 2022, in Sibiu, Romania. A dozen elite strongmen representing nine different countries clashed across five events in the single-day contest. Those events were the Hercules Hold, Truck Pull, Frame Carry, Log Lift, and Atlas Stones.

Kelvin de Ruiter added another SCL contest victory to his resume, finishing with 48 of a possible 60 points — two more than Finland’s Miko Törrö, who finished as the runner-up. Here are the full results:

2022 Strongman Champions League Romania Results

1. Kelvin de Ruiter (Netherlands) — 48 points
2. Mika Törrö (Finland) — 46 points
3. Kane Francis (UK) — 43 points
4. Péter Juhász (Hungary) — 39.5 points
5. Sebastian Kurek (Poland) — 35 points
6. Evans Aryee (Belgium) — 34 points
7. Andrea Invernizzi (Italy) — 33 points
8. Anders Aslak (Denmark) — 31 points
9. Robert Topârceanu (Romania) — 26.5 points
10. Alessandro Castelli (Italy) — 25 points
11. Vladimir Comorovschi (Romania) — 15 points
12. Alex Cristolovean (Romania) — 11 points

Check out a breakdown of each of the five events below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hercules Hold

The Hercules Hold challenged each strongman to sustain leaning pillars in each hand for the longest possible time.

1. Andrea Invernizzi — 54.91 seconds
2. Kane Francis — 42.12 seconds
3. Kelvin de Ruiter — 41.65 seconds
4. Mika Törrö — 39.09 seconds
5. Péter Juhász — 37.47 seconds
6. Alessandro Castelli — 37.34 seconds
7. Vladimir Comorovschi — 35.41 seconds
8. Anders Aslak — 28.91 seconds
9. Evans Aryee — 24.66 seconds
10. Robert Topârceanu — 26.44 seconds
11. Alex Cristolovean — 15.94 seconds
12. Sebastian Kurek — 15.71 seconds

Truck Pull

Each strongman pulled a truck down a course in the fastest time possible. de Ruiter reached the finish line in under 23 seconds — the only athlete to do so.

1. Kelvin de Ruiter — 22.81 seconds
2. Mika Törrö — 23.37 seconds
3. Péter Juhász — 25.13 seconds
4. Sebastian Kurek — 25.25 seconds
5. Robert Topârceanu — 25.28 seconds
6. Kane Francis — 25.94 seconds
7. Evans Aryee — 25.97 seconds
8. Anders Aslak — 26.88 seconds
9. Alex Cristolovean — 27.81 seconds
10. Vladimir Comorovschi — 28.11 seconds
11. Alessandro Castelli — 30.25 seconds
12. Andrea Invernizzi — 33.22 seconds

Frame Carry

The Frame Carry event had a 75-second time cap, and four of the 12 strongmen failed to finish the 30-meter course within it. de Ruiter claimed back-to-back events as the lone athlete to finish sub-12 seconds.

1. Kelvin de Ruiter — 11.25 seconds
2. Mika Törrö — 13.o4 seconds
3. Evans Aryee — 13.19 seconds
4. Sebastian Kurek — 13.61 seconds
5. Kane Francis — 13.93 seconds
6. Andrea Invernizzi — 15.44 seconds
7. Péter Juhász — 17.43 seconds
8. Vladimir Comorovschi — 28.44 seconds
9. Anders Aslak — 19 meters
10. Alessandro Castelli — 18.65 meters
11. Robert Topârceanu — 12.81 meters
12. Alex Cristolovean — 5.65 meters

Log Lift

This event was for reps. Each strongman attempted to lift a 140-kilogram log as many times as possible within 60 seconds.

1. Anders Aslak — Seven reps
2. Andrea Invernizzi — Six reps
3. Alessandro Castelli — Five reps
4. Sebastian Kurek — Four reps
5. Péter Juhász — Three reps
6. Robert Topârceanu — Three reps
7. Mika Törrö — Two reps
8. Evans Aryee — Two reps
9. Kane Francis — Two reps
10. Kelvin de Ruiter — One rep
11. Vladimir Comorovschi — Zero reps
12. Alex Cristolovean — Zero reps

Atlas Stones

The Atlas Stones event consisted of five stones ranging in weight from 120 to 180 kilograms. Athletes attempted to load all five in the fastest time possible.

1. Kane Francis — Five in 27.28 seconds
2. Kelvin de Ruiter — Five in 29.25 seconds
3. Mika Törrö — Five in 29.43 seconds
4. Evans Aryee — Five in 65.59 seconds
5. Péter Juhász — Four in 17.58 seconds
6. Sebastian Kurek — Four in 31.99 seconds
7. Robert Topârceanu — Four in 32.15 seconds
8. Anders Aslak — Four in 61.12 seconds
9. Alex Cristolovean — Three in 46.99 seconds
10. Alessandro Castelli — Two in 14.99 seconds
11. Andrea Invernizzi — Two in 20.77 seconds
12. Vladimir Comorovschi — One in 5.52 seconds

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