The 2025 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) contest is set for May 15-18, 2025, in Sacramento, CA. The competition returns to the California State Railroad Museum.
Twenty-five of the world’s top strongmen will compete in the qualifying round, broken into five athletes per group. The winners and runners-up in each group will advance to the 10-strongman final.
The athletes will compete in five events during the two-day qualifying stage. The finalists will clash during two additional days of competition, comprising five events.
2025 World’s Strongest Man Roster
The groups for the 2025 WSM contest qualifying stage have not yet been announced at the time of this article’s publication, but the 25 athletes confirmed are:
- Tom Stoltman (UK) — Defending Champion
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (UKR)
- Trey Mitchell (USA)
- Mitchell Hooper (CAN)
- Maxime Boudreault (CAN)
- Luke Richardson (UK)
- Eddie Williams (AUS)
- Tristain Hoath (CAN)
- Austin Andrade (MEX)
- Nick Guardione (USA)
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski (POL)
- Evans Nana Aryee (GHA)
- Evan Singleton (USA)
- Bryce Johnson (USA)
- Mathew Ragg (NZL)
- Lucas Hatton (USA)
- Thomas Evans (USA)
- Andrew Flynn (UK)
- Shane Flowers (UK)
- Luke Stoltman (UK)
- Wesley Derwinsky (CAN)
- Ondřej Fojtů (CZE)
- Paddy Haynes (UK)
- Rayno Nel (RSA)
- Jaco Schoonwinkel (RSA)
2025 World’s Strongest Man Events
The four days of competition feature 10 events total:
Qualifying Round – Day One (Thursday, May 15)
- Loading Medley
- Deadlift for Reps
Qualifying Round – Day Two (Friday, May 16)
- Titan’s Toss
- Rogue Overhead Medley
- Stone Medley
Final – Day One (Saturday, May 17)
- KNAACK Carry & Hoist
- 18” Max Deadlift
- Hercules Hold
Final – Day Two (Sunday, May 18)
- Flintstone Press Max
- Atlas Stones
*Note: the schedule of events is subject to change
BarBend will be on the ground covering the competition live in Sacramento, CA. The WSM contest was held in Myrtle Beach, SC, in 2023-24. This is the contest’s return to Sacramento; it was most recently the host city in 2022, when Tom Stoltman won his second WSM title.
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