The 2024 Official Strongman Games occurred in Madison, WI, on Dec. 6-8, 2024. The competition featured weight class contests for male and female athletes, including the 2024 Under 105 Kilograms (U105) World Strongest Man (WSM) comprising seven events: Log Lift, Car Walk, Deadlift, Carry & Push Medley, Sandbag Toss, Wrecking Ball Hold, and Atlas Stones.
Ten strongmen representing three countries clashed through the tests of strength. USA’s Alec Soukup ultimately claimed his first U105 WSM title, scoring 52.5 of a possible 70 points.
2024 U105 World’s Strongest Man Results
- Alec Soukup (USA) — 52.5 points
- Nicholas Hein (USA) — 47.5 points
- Steven Bradley (USA) — 44.5 points
- Matthew McQuiston (USA) — 44 points
- Christopher Otero (USA) — 40 points
- Matthew McKeegan (IRL) — 37.5 points
- Justin Loy (USA) — 34 points
- Kevin Candito (USA) — 31 points
- Josh Walton (UK) — 31 points
- Aidan Howell (USA) — 23 points
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2024 U105 World’s Strongest Man Event Results
Below are the results for each of the seven contested events in Madison:
Log Lift
With one minute on the clock, athletes could lift 136 or 150 kilograms for reps. A single rep at the heavier weight outranked any number of reps at the lower weight.
- Alec Soukup — Five reps, 150 kilograms (T-first)
- Nicholas Hein — Five reps, 150 kilograms (T-first)
- Matthew McQuiston — Four reps, 150 kilograms
- Justin Loy — Three reps, 150 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Josh Walton — Three reps, 150 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Aidan Howell — Three reps, 150 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Steven Bradley — Two reps, 150 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Matthew McKeegan — Two reps, 150 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Kevin Candito — Two reps, 150 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Christopher Otero — One rep, 136 kilograms
Car Walk
Each strongman had one minute to traverse the 408-kilogram apparatus down the 15-meter course as fast as possible.
- Christopher Otero — 11.69 seconds
- Nicholas Hein — 12.69 seconds
- Justin Loy — 13.03 seconds
- Steven Bradley — 15.07 seconds
- Matthew McQuiston — 16.72 seconds
- Matthew McKeegan — 17.5 seconds
- Alec Soukup — 22.77 seconds
- Aidan Howell — 22.88 seconds
- Josh Walton — 28.81 seconds
- Kevin Candito — 33.44 seconds
Deadlift
With one minute on the clock, athletes could lift 292 or 340 kilograms on an axle bar for reps. A single rep at the heavier weight outranked any number of reps at the lower weight.
- Christopher Otero — Seven reps, 340 kilograms
- Steven Bradley — Five reps, 340 kilograms (T-second)
- Matthew McKeegan — Five reps, 340 kilograms (T-second)
- Kevin Candito — Four reps, 340 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Alec Soukup — Three reps, 340 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Nicholas Hein — Three reps, 340 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Josh Walton — Three reps, 340 kilograms (T-fourth)
- Justin Loy — Two reps, 340 kilograms
- Matthew McQuiston — One rep, 340 kilograms
- Aidan Howell — Five reps, 292 kilograms
Carry & Push Medley
Athletes were allotted one minute to carry a 136-kilogram sandbag and a 147-kilogram sandbag and push a sled 15 meters each, totaling the 45-meter course as quickly as possible.
- Alec Soukup — 28.66 seconds
- Nicholas Hein — 32.24 seconds
- Steven Bradley — 33.81 seconds
- Aidan Howell — 34.53 seconds
- Josh Walton — 35.76 seconds
- Kevin Candito — 35.97 seconds
- Matthew McQuiston — 36.19 seconds
- Justin Loy — 36.41 seconds
- Matthew McKeegan — 36.81 seconds
- Christopher Otero — 40.47 seconds
Sandbag Toss
With only 45 seconds each, athletes tossed six implements weighing 18 to 25 kilograms over a four-meter bar as fast as possible.
- Matthew McKeegan — Six in 17.59 seconds
- Matthew McQuiston — Six in 20.09 seconds
- Steven Bradley — Six in 31.66 seconds
- Kevin Candito — Five in 22.63 seconds
- Josh Walton — Five in 27.29 seconds
- Alec Soukup — Five in 27.45 seconds
- Justin Loy — Five in 28.38 seconds
- Nicholas Hein — Five in 37.94 seconds
- Aidan Howell — Five in 38.91 seconds
- Christopher Otero — Four in 29.5 seconds
Wrecking Ball Hold
Athletes held a 272-kilogram wrecking ball in a sumo hold for as long as possible.
- Christopher Otero — 132.47 seconds
- Alec Soukup — 109.71 seconds
- Nicholas Hein — 104.75 seconds
- Matthew McQuiston — 93.59 seconds
- Steven Bradley — 92.72 seconds
- Josh Walton — 79.68 seconds
- Kevin Candito — 72.94 seconds
- Matthew McKeegan — 59.83 seconds
- Aidan Howell — 58.69 seconds
- Justin Loy — 52.3 seconds
Atlas Stones
Athletes had one minute to load the six stones weighing 124 to 181 kilograms as fast as possible.
- Alec Soukup — Five in 29.43 seconds
- Justin Loy — Five in 37.27 seconds
- Matthew McQuiston — Five in 41.26 seconds
- Christopher Otero — Five in 43.24 seconds
- Matthew McKeegan — Five in 53.97 seconds
- Nicholas Hein — Four in 27.79 seconds
- Kevin Candito — Four in 34.61 seconds
- Steven Bradley — Four in 36.22 seconds
- Aidan Howell — Four in 47.05 seconds
- Josh Walton — Three in 26.5 seconds
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