The 2024 Strongman Champions League (SCL) World Record Breakers contest occurred in Finland on June 29-30. Twelve of the globe’s elite strongmen competed in seven events: Truck Pull, Front Hold, Frame Carry, Tractor Pull, Shield Carry, Sandbag Toss, and Loading Race.
Aivars Šmaukstelis emerged as the overall champion with 72 points of a possible 84 points. He won two of seven events and finished outside the top three only once — an eighth-place finish in the Frame Carry. Check out the full results below:
2024 SCL World Record Breakers Results
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (LAT) — 72 points
- Mika Törrö (FIN) — 64 points
- Evans Nana Aryee (GHA) — 59 points
- Jesse Pynnönen (FIN) — 57 points
- Brian Kichton (USA) — 52 points
- Jakub Szczechowski (POL) — 47 points
- Andrea Invernizzi (ITA) — 41 points
- Ilya Khazov (CYP) — 40 points
- Heikki Pohjonen (FIN) — 40 points
- Ervin Toots (EST) — 31 points
- Simon Pratte (CAN) — 27 points
- Mitch Flowers (GBR) — 16 points
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2024 SCL World Record Breakers Event Results
Below are the results for each of the seven contested events in Finland:
Truck Pull
With a 26,000-kilogram truck in tow, each strongman traversed a 20-meter course in the fastest time possible.
- Jesse Pynnönen — 40.78 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 48.32 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 49.56 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 50.16 seconds
- Ilya Khazov — 54.19 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 56.81 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 56.88 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — 56.97 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 58.47 seconds
- Simon Pratte — 63.53 seconds
- Jakub Szczechowski — 69.19 seconds
- Mitch Flowers — 5.13 meters
Front Hold
Strongmen established their max times with a 25-kilogram implement.
- Ilya Khazov — 45.12 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 40.44 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 39.59 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 38.35 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 36.41 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 35.88 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — 35.03 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — 33.34 seconds
- Jakub Szczechowski — 32.37 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 31.84 seconds
- Mitch Flowers — 31.03 seconds
- Simon Pratte — 31 seconds
Frame Carry
Racing down a 25-meter course as fast as possible, each strongman carried 360 kilograms.
- Andrea Invernizzi — 24.91 meters
- Mika Törrö — 22 meters
- Evans Nana Aryee — 20 meters
- Brian Kichton — 19.25 meters
- Jakub Szczechowski — 10.35 meters
- Jesse Pynnönen — 8.9 meters
- Ervin Toots — 4.98 meters
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 4.75 meters
- Heikki Pohjonen — 3.33 meters
- Simon Pratte — 3.23 meters
- Ilya Khazov — 2.1 meters
- Mitch Flowers — 2.03 meters
Tractor Pull
Each strongman attempted to pull the 18,000-kilogram tractor down the 20-meter course as quickly as possible.
- Jesse Pynnönen — 22.63 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 23.34 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 23.94 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 25.09 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 25.34 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee —25.78 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 25.81 seconds
- Jakub Szczechowski — 27.94 seconds
- Ilya Khazov — 28.53 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 28.65 seconds
- Simon Pratte — 34.37 seconds
- Mitch Flowers — 51.28 seconds
Shield Carry
With a 160-kilogram shield in their arms, each strongman traversed the 40-meter course with 60 seconds on the clock to establish their farthest distance.
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 20 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — 20.07 seconds
- Jakub Szczechowski — 21.65 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — 22.5 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 22.62 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 22.72 seconds
- Simon Pratte — 22.88 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 23.81 seconds
- Ilya Khazov — 27.28 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 39.21 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 40.16 seconds
- Mitch Flowers — 39.8 meters
Sandbag Toss
Each strongman was tasked with tossing six implements weighing 22 to 35 kilograms over a 4.3-meter bar.
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Six in 15.16 seconds
- Jakub Szczechowski — Six in 19.56 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — Six in 23.94 seconds
- Mika Törrö — Six in 27.61 seconds
- Brian Kichton — Six in 31.25 seconds
- Ervin Toots — Six in 35.56 seconds
- Mitch Flowers — Five in 18.14 seconds
- Ilya Khazov — Five in 31.17 seconds
- Simon Pratte — Five in 35.04 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — Five in 40.10 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — Three in 14.58 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — Three in 18.32 seconds
Loading Race
Each strongman had four implements to load within the 60-second time cap.
- Mika Törrö — Four in 16.09 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Four in 16.91 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — Four in 16.93 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — Four in 18.47 seconds
- Simon Pratte — Four in 19.34 seconds
- Jakub Szczechowski — Four in 21.94 seconds
- Brian Kichton — Four in 22.1 seconds
- Ilya Khazov — Four in 22.5 seconds
- Mitch Flowers — Four in 22.72 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — Four in 23.68 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — Four in 26.75 seconds
- Ervin Toots — Four in 27.28 seconds
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