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
- Kelvin de Ruiter (Netherlands) — 48 points
- Mika Törrö (Finland) — 46 points
- Kane Francis (UK) — 43 points
- Péter Juhász (Hungary) — 39.5 points
- Sebastian Kurek (Poland) — 35 points
- Evans Aryee (Belgium) — 34 points
- Andrea Invernizzi (Italy) — 33 points
- Anders Aslak (Denmark) — 31 points
- Robert Topârceanu (Romania) — 26.5 points
- Alessandro Castelli (Italy) — 25 points
- Vladimir Comorovschi (Romania) — 15 points
- 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.
- Andrea Invernizzi — 54.91 seconds
- Kane Francis — 42.12 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 41.65 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 39.09 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 37.47 seconds
- Alessandro Castelli — 37.34 seconds
- Vladimir Comorovschi — 35.41 seconds
- Anders Aslak — 28.91 seconds
- Evans Aryee — 24.66 seconds
- Robert Topârceanu — 26.44 seconds
- Alex Cristolovean — 15.94 seconds
- 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.
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 22.81 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 23.37 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 25.13 seconds
- Sebastian Kurek — 25.25 seconds
- Robert Topârceanu — 25.28 seconds
- Kane Francis — 25.94 seconds
- Evans Aryee — 25.97 seconds
- Anders Aslak — 26.88 seconds
- Alex Cristolovean — 27.81 seconds
- Vladimir Comorovschi — 28.11 seconds
- Alessandro Castelli — 30.25 seconds
- 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.
- Kelvin de Ruiter — 11.25 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 13.o4 seconds
- Evans Aryee — 13.19 seconds
- Sebastian Kurek — 13.61 seconds
- Kane Francis — 13.93 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 15.44 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 17.43 seconds
- Vladimir Comorovschi — 28.44 seconds
- Anders Aslak — 19 meters
- Alessandro Castelli — 18.65 meters
- Robert Topârceanu — 12.81 meters
- 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.
- Anders Aslak — Seven reps
- Andrea Invernizzi — Six reps
- Alessandro Castelli — Five reps
- Sebastian Kurek — Four reps
- Péter Juhász — Three reps
- Robert Topârceanu — Three reps
- Mika Törrö — Two reps
- Evans Aryee — Two reps
- Kane Francis — Two reps
- Kelvin de Ruiter — One rep
- Vladimir Comorovschi — Zero reps
- 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.
- Kane Francis — Five in 27.28 seconds
- Kelvin de Ruiter — Five in 29.25 seconds
- Mika Törrö — Five in 29.43 seconds
- Evans Aryee — Five in 65.59 seconds
- Péter Juhász — Four in 17.58 seconds
- Sebastian Kurek — Four in 31.99 seconds
- Robert Topârceanu — Four in 32.15 seconds
- Anders Aslak — Four in 61.12 seconds
- Alex Cristolovean — Three in 46.99 seconds
- Alessandro Castelli — Two in 14.99 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — Two in 20.77 seconds
- Vladimir Comorovschi — One in 5.52 seconds
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