The 2024 Giants Live World Tour Open occurred on Sept. 7, 2024, in Birmingham, England. The single-day contest featured the 2024 Log Lift Challenge, where Cheick “Iron Biby” Sanou set the world record log lift to 231 kilograms. The log lift challenge was considered the first of five events. The others were the Arm-Over-Arm Pull, Deadlift, Sandbag Toss, and Power Stairs.
2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) Mitchell Hooper ascended the podium, scoring 48.5 points — four more than runner-up Maxime Boudreault.
2024 Giants Live World Tour Open Results
- Mitchell Hooper (CAN) — 48.5 points
- Maxime Boudreault (CAN) — 44.5 points
- Luke Richardson (UK) — 43 points
- Thomas Evans (USA) — 40 points
- Evan Singleton (USA) — 40 points
- Oleksii Novikov (UKR) — 33 points
- Ondřej Fojtů (CZE) — 31 points
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (LAT) — 28.5 points
- Kevin Faires (USA) — 27 points
- Paddy Haunes (UK) — 26 points
- Gavin Bilton (UK) — 9.5 points
- Nathan Goltry (USA) — Eight points
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2024 Giants Live World Tour Open Event Results
Below are the results for each of the events contested in Birmingham.
2024 World Log Lift Challenge
- Mitchell Hooper — 210 kilograms (T-first)
- Ondřej Fojtů — 210 kilograms (T-first)
- Maxime Boudreault — 185 kilograms (T-third)
- Luke Richardson — 185 kilograms (T-third)
- Thomas Evans — 185 kilograms (T-third)
- Oleksii Novikov — 185 kilograms (T-third)
- Nathan Goltry — 185 kilograms (T-third)
- Evan Singleton — 170 kilograms (T-eighth)
- Kevin Faires — 170 kilograms (T-eighth)
- Gavin Bilton — 170 kilograms (T-eighth)
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — no lift
- Paddy Haunes — no lift
Iron Biby lifted as a special guest in this event and extended his previous log lift world record by one kilogram to 231 kilograms.
Arm-Over-Arm Pull
- Luke Richardson — 23.03 seconds
- Mitchell Hooper — 25.57 seconds
- Maxime Boudreault — 26.23 seconds
- Thomas Evans —26.35 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 26.93 seconds
- Evan Singleton — 28.23 seconds
- Paddy Haunes — 28.28 seconds
- Ondřej Fojtů — 28.51 seconds
- Oleksii Novikov — 29.16 seconds
- Gavin Bilton — 30.76 seconds
- Kevin Faires — 37.26 seconds
- Nathan Goltry — withdrew
Deadlift
Athletes attempted to pull 350 kilograms on an axle bar for as many reps as possible.
- Mitchell Hooper — Eight reps
- Paddy Haunes — Seven reps
- Luke Richardson — Five reps (T-third)
- Thomas Evans — Five reps (T-third)
- Evan Singleton — Five reps (T-third)
- Oleksii Novikov — Five reps (T-third)
- Kevin Faires — Five reps (T-third)
- Ondřej Fojtů — Four reps (T-eighth)
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Four reps (T-eighth)
- Maxime Boudreault — One rep (T-10th)
- Gavin Bilton — One rep (T-10th)
- Nathan Goltry — withdrew
Sandbag Toss
Each strongmen was tasked to toss six implements weighing 18 to 28 kilograms within the one-minute time cap.
- Maxime Boudreault — Six in 16.48 seconds
- Mitchell Hooper — Six in 17.3 seconds
- Evan Singleton — Six in 20.65 seconds
- Oleksii Novikov — Six in 23.16 seconds
- Thomas Evans — Six in 29.16 seconds
- Luke Richardson — Five in 12.93 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — Five in 14.2 seconds
- Ondřej Fojtů — Five in 16.21 seconds
- Kevin Faires — Five in 19.74 seconds
- Paddy Haunes — Five in 41.08 seconds
- Gavin Bilton — withdrew
- Nathan Goltry — withdrew
Power Stairs
With one minute on the clock, each strongman attempted to ascend 15 total stairs. Each weight — 200, 210, 225, 240, and 250 kilograms — was ascended three stairs each.
- Maxime Boudreault — 15 in 36.71 seconds
- Evan Singleton — 15 in 37.37 seconds
- Aivars Šmaukstelis — 15 in 40.11 seconds
- Kevin Faires — 15 in 42 seconds
- Luke Richardson — 15 in 50.94 seconds
- Thomas Evans — 15 in 56.23 seconds
- Paddy Haunes — 15 in 56.82 seconds
- Ondřej Fojtů — 12 in 45.33 seconds
- Oleksii Novikov — 12 in 55.66 seconds
- Mitchell Hooper — One in 6.32 seconds
- Gavin Bilton — withdrew
- Nathan Goltry — withdrew
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