The 2025 Strongman Champions League (SCL) Iceman occurred on Feb. 21-22, 2025, in Joensuu, Finland. The two-day competition featured 11 athletes representing seven countries battling through eight events: Frame Carry, Front Hold, Super Yoke, Wrecking Ball Hold, Truck Pull, Frame Deadlift, Sandbag Toss, and Loading Race.
Brian Kichton scored the overall gold, achieving 77 of a possible 88 points. He won two events, silvered thrice, and bronzed twice; his lowest rank was fifth in the Sandbag Toss.
2025 Strongman Champions League Iceman Results
- Brian Kichton (USA) — 77 points
- Kevin Hazeleger (NED) — 72.5 points
- Patrick Eibel (GER) — 59 points
- Andrea Invernizzi (ITA) — 57 points
- George Sulaiman (NED) — 53.5 points
- Péter Juhász (HUN) — 50 points
- Jesse Pynnönen (FIN) — 39.5 points
- Heikki Pohjonen (FIN) — 38 points
- Dillon Gartner (USA) — 35 points
- Ervin Toots (EST) — 19.5 points
- Ayyub Mohammad (GER) — 18 points
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2025 Strongman Champions League Iceman Event Results
Below are the results for each of the events contested in Iceland.
Frame Carry
Athletes had one minute to traverse the 320-kilogram frame down the 50-meter course.
- Kevin Hazeleger — 27.57 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 27.87 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 29.02 seconds
- George Sulaiman — 29.57 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 30.98 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 32.22 seconds
- Patrick Eibel — 35.97 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — 42.74 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — 51.1 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 57.75 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — 13.05 meters
Front Hold
Each strongman established their max time of a 30-kilogram front hold.
- Brian Kichton — 38.87 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 37.07 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — 36.81 seconds
- Patrick Eibel — 35 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — 31.74 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 30.98 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 30.66 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — 30.6 seconds
- George Sulaiman — 29.54 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 27.4 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 26.91 seconds
Super Yoke
With one minute on the clock, athletes traveled 50 meters with a 420-kilogram yoke.
- Brian Kichton — 44.85 seconds
- George Sulaiman — 47.13 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 49.78 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 50.9 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 53.75 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — 59.9 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 48.1 meters
- Jesse Pynnönen — 34.7 meters
- Patrick Eibel — 32.15 meters
- Heikki Pohjonen — 29.4 meters
- Ayyub Mohammad — 29.2 meters
Wrecking Ball Hold
Athletes established their max hold with 300 kilograms.
- Andrea Invernizzi — 64.09 seconds
- Brian Kichton — 52.38 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 51.22 seconds
- Patrick Eibel — 49.18 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — 47.78 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 44.72 seconds
- George Sulaiman — 40.46 seconds
- Péter Juhász — 36.92 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — 36.78 seconds
- Ervin Toots — 35.3 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — no lift
Truck Pull
Athletes had 90 seconds to pull the 27,000-kilogram truck five meters.
- Patrick Eibel — Five meters
- Brian Kichton — 4.85 meters
- Kevin Hazeleger — 4.8 meters
- Heikki Pohjonen — 4.52 meters
- George Sulaiman — 4.35 meters (T-fifth)
- Jesse Pynnönen — 4.35 meters (T-fifth)
- Péter Juhász — 4.25 meters
- Dillon Gartner — 4.23 meters
- Ayyub Mohammad — 4.05 meters
- Andrea Invernizzi — 3.9 meters (T-10th)
- Ervin Toots — 3.9 meters (T-10th)
Frame Deadlift
Athletes were alloted one minute to rep 320 kilograms as many times as possible.
- Patrick Eibel — Nine reps
- Brian Kichton — Seven reps
- George Sulaiman — Six reps
- Kevin Hazeleger — Four reps (T-fourth)
- Andrea Invernizzi — Four reps (T-fourth)
- Heikki Pohjonen — Three reps
- Péter Juhász — Two reps
- Dillon Gartner — One rep
- Jesse Pynnönen — no lift
- Ervin Toots — no lift
- Ayyub Mohammad — no lift
Sandbag Toss
With 60 seconds on the clock, each strongman tossed six implements weighing 18 to 28 kilograms over a 4.5-meter bar.
- Kevin Hazeleger — Six in 22.93 seconds
- Patrick Eibel — Six in 23.75 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — Six in 28.39 seconds
- Péter Juhász — Six in 30.61 seconds
- Brian Kichton — Six in 36.05 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — Six in 39.99 seconds
- George Sulaiman — Five in 28.76 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — Five in 32.49 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — Four in 27.68 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — Three in 27.43 seconds
- Ervin Toots — withdrew
Loading Race
Each strongman loaded for 130-kilogram implements as fast as possible in the 60-second time cap.
- Kevin Hazeleger — Four in 18.16 seconds
- Péter Juhász — Four in 18.39 seconds
- Brian Kichton — Four in 18.56 seconds
- Jesse Pynnönen — Four in 21.15 seconds
- George Sulaiman — Four in 21.94 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — Four in 22.13 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — Four in 24.74 seconds
- Dillon Gartner — Four in 24.85 seconds
- Patrick Eibel — Four in 24.95 seconds
- Ayyub Mohammad — Four in 25.97 seconds
- Ervin Toots — withdrew
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