The 2025 Strongman Champions League (SCL) World’s Strongest Viking contest occurred in Joensuu, Finland, on June 28-29, 2025. The contest featured 12 strongmen representing 10 countries battling through nine events: Truck Pull, Wheelbarrow Carry, Front Hold, Sandbag Toss, Hercules Hold, Machine Pull, Shield Carry, Log Lift, and Loading Race.
Poland’s Adam Roszkowski and Kevin Hazeleger of the Netherlands tied atop the overall leaderboard with 83 points each of a possible 96 points. Roszkowski’s faster Loading Race time bore the tiebreaker in his favor to win the gold.
2025 SCL World’s Strongest Viking Results
- Adam Roszkowski (POL) — 83 points
- Kevin Hazeleger (NED) — 83 points
- Jesper Hansson (SWE) — 76 points
- Evans Nana Aryee (GHA) — 73 points
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (LAT) — 68.5 points
- Andrea Invernizzi (ITA) — 61 points
- Mika Törrö (FIN) — 58.5 points
- Heikki Pohjonen (PFINL) — 56 points
- Justin Legere (USA) — 48 points
- Pálmi Gudfinnsson (ISL) — 34 points
- Tuomas Lindroos (FIN) — 29 points
- Frederik Nordberg (DEN) — 18 points
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2025 SCL World’s Strongest Viking Event Results
Below are the results of each event contested in Joensuu:
Truck Pull
Athletes had 90 seconds to pull a 20,000-kilogram vehicle 20 meters.
- Jesper Hansson — 53.03 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 54 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 58.69 seconds
- Pálmi Gudfinnsson — 59.69 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 60.78 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 61 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — 61.43 seconds
- Adam Roszkowski — 62.16 seconds
- Frederik Nordberg — 68.4 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 70.11 seconds
- Justin Legere — 75.13 seconds
- Tuomas Lindroos — 14.75 meters
Wheelbarrow Carry
Each strongman attempted to wheel the 450-kilogram barrow 25 meters as fast as possible.
- Jesper Hansson — 11.85 seconds
- Adam Roszkowski — 12.34 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — 12.19 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 12.78 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 15.37 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 17.61 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 18.52 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 39.47 seconds
- Frederik Nordberg — 16.8 meters
- Justin Legere — 13.45 meters
- Pálmi Gudfinnsson — 11.7 meters
- Tuomas Lindroos — 1.25 meters
Front Hold
Athletes established a max front hold with 30 kilograms.
- Adam Roszkowski — 37.26 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 34.72 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 32.66 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 30.88 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 28.59 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — 28.44 seconds
- Justin Legere — 24.97 seconds
- Tuomas Lindroos — 22.91 seconds
- Pálmi Gudfinnsson — 16.18 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 14.71 seconds
- Jesper Hansson — 11.69 seconds
- Frederik Nordberg — no lift
Sandbag Toss
Each strongman had one minute to toss six sandbags weighing 20 to 34 kilograms over a 4.3-meter bar.
- Adam Roszkowski — Six in 39.81 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Five in 13.05 seconds
- Jesper Hansson — Five in 19.46 seconds
- Pálmi Gudfinnsson — Five in 21.46 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — Five in 26.77 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — Five in 32.21 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — Five in 35.24 seconds
- Mika Törrö — Five in 57 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — Four in 13.36 seconds
- Frederik Nordberg — Four in 17.27 seconds
- Justin Legere — Four in 17.37 seconds
- Tuomas Lindroos — Two in 10.02 seconds
Hercules Hold
- Jesper Hansson — 53.85 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 49.13 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 48.99 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 47.81 seconds
- Adam Roszkowski — 37.91 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 33.87 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — 32.72 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 26.62 seconds
- Justin Legere — 8.2 seconds
- Tuomas Lindroos — Two seconds
- Pálmi Gudfinnsson — no lift
- Frederik Nordberg — no lift
Machine Pull
Athletes were allotted 90 seconds to pull 18,000 kilograms seven meters as fast as possible.
- Kevin Hazeleger — 33.51 seconds
- Jesper Hansson — 34.55 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 35.62 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — 40.91 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — 42.84 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 43.07 seconds
- Tuomas Lindroos — 45.28 seconds
- Justin Legere — 46.47 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 47.28 seconds
- Adam Roszkowski — 47.76 seconds
- Pálmi Gudfinnsson — 48.43 seconds
- Frederik Nordberg — 53.37 seconds
Shield Carry
Strongmen carried a 160-kilogram shield 40 meters as fast as they could.
- Jesper Hansson — 17.97 seconds
- Adam Roszkowski — 18.09 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — 18.89 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 19.03 seconds
- Justin Legere — 19.47 seconds
- Kevin Hazeleger — 20.57 seconds
- Mika Törrö — 23.07 seconds
- Tuomas Lindroos — 24.55 seconds
- Pálmi Gudfinnsson — 25.38 seconds
- Frederik Nordberg — 27.44 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — 33.72 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — One meter
Log Lift
The Log Lift featured 140 kilograms for reps within the one-minute timecap.
- Evans Nana Aryee — Seven reps
- Adam Roszkowski — Six reps (T-second)
- Kevin Hazeleger — Six reps (T-second)
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Six reps (T-second)
- Andrea Invernizzi — Five reps
- Justin Legere — Four reps
- Tuomas Lindroos — Two reps
- Heikki Pohjonen — One rep
- Jesper Hansson — no lift
- Mika Törrö — no lift
- Pálmi Gudfinnsson — no lift
- Frederik Nordberg — no lift
Loading Race
With 60 seconds on the clock, athletes loading four implements weighing 130 kilograms eight meters each.
- Adam Roszkowski — Four in 13.14 seconds
- Justin Legere — Four in 15.16 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Four in 15.56 seconds (T-third)
- Mika Törrö — Four in 15.56 seconds (T-third)
- Kevin Hazeleger — Four in 15.61 seconds
- Heikki Pohjonen — Four in 16 seconds
- Evans Nana Aryee — Four in 16.03 seconds
- Jesper Hansson — Four in 16.39 seconds
- Pálmi Gudfinnsson — Four in 17.46 seconds
- Frederik Nordberg — Four in 20.66 seconds
- Andrea Invernizzi — Four in 21.03 seconds
- Tuomas Lindroos — Four in 22.16 seconds
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