The 2025 Moscow Open occurred on June 7, 2025, in Moscow, Russia. The contest featured eight strongmen representing the host country, testing their strength in five events: Log Press, Farmer’s Walk, Tire Flip, Sack Carry, and Pole Push.
Roman Druzhinin won gold with 39 of a possible 40 points. His near-perfect performance was blemished only by a runner-up finish in the Tire Flip event.
2025 Moscow Open Results
- Roman Druzhinin — 39 points
- Artem Yuriev — 33 points
- Evgeny Klimenko — 29.5 points
- Vladlen Valyaev — 26.5 points
- Mikhail Rudavin — 15 points
- Matvei Mohonko — 14 points
- Evgeny Novikov — 13 points
- Ilya Lisitskiy — 10 points
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2025 Moscow Open Event Results
Below are the results of each event contested in Moscow:
Log Press
Athletes had one minute to lift 110 or 130 kilograms for reps. A single rep of the latter outranked any number of reps with the former.
- Roman Druzhinin — Four reps, 130 kilograms
- Evgeny Klimenko — Three reps, 130 kilograms
- Artem Yuriev — Two reps, 130 kilograms (T-third)
- Vladlen Valyaev — Two reps, 130 kilograms (T-third)
- Matvei Mohonko — Three reps, 110 kilograms
- Ilya Lisitskiy — Two reps, 110 kilograms
- Mikhail Rudavin — One rep, 110 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Evgeny Novikov — One rep, 110 kilograms (T-seventh)
Farmer’s Walk
Each strongman traversed 40 meters with 120 kilograms in the fastest time possible with a one-minute time cap.
- Roman Druzhinin — 40.53 seconds
- Artem Yuriev — 47.97 seconds
- Evgeny Klimenko — 52.16 seconds
- Mikhail Rudavin — 30 meters
- Vladlen Valyaev — 22 meters (T-fifth)
- Matvei Mohonko — 22 meters (T-fifth)
- Evgeny Novikov — 20 meters (T-seventh)
- Ilya Lisitskiy — 20 meters (T-seventh)
Tire Flip
Athletes had to flip a 280-kilogram tire six times as quickly as possible.
- Artem Yuriev — 25.4 seconds
- Roman Druzhinin — 28.41 seconds
- Evgeny Klimenko — 32.18 seconds
- Vladlen Valyaev — 31.22 seconds
- Evgeny Novikov — 44.94 seconds
- Matvei Mohonko — Five flips (T-sixth)
- Ilya Lisitskiy — Five flips (T-sixth)
- Mikhail Rudavin — Two flips
Sack Carry
Each strongman carried a 120-kilogram Husafell-shaped sack for distance.
- Roman Druzhinin — 80 meters
- Artem Yuriev — 62 meters (T-second)
- Vladlen Valyaev — 62 meters (T-second)
- Evgeny Klimenko — 40 meters
- Mikhail Rudavin — 40 meters
- Matvei Mohonko — 38 meters
- Evgeny Novikov — 30 meters
- Ilya Lisitskiy — 22 meters
Pole Push
- Roman Druzhinin
- Evgeny Klimenko
- Artem Yurie
- Vladlen Valyaev
- Evgeny Novikov
- Mikhail Rudavin
- Ilya Lisitskiy
- Matvei Mohonko
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