The 2025 Strongest Nation in the World contest occurred in Moscow, Russia, on July 5, 2025. It featured 12 athletes, representing six countries, competing through five events: Overhead Medley, Farmer’s Walk, Sandbag-to-Shoulder, Sack & Yoke Medley, and Atlas Stones.
Dmitrii Skosyrskii of the host country scored the overall gold by achieving 55 of a possible 60 points. He bested runner-up, fellow countryman Alexander Klokov, by two points.
2025 Strongest Nation in the World Results
- Dmitrii Skosyrskii (RUS) — 55 points
- Alexander Klokov (RUS) — 53 points
- David Shamey (RUS) — 48 points
- Valentin Akimov (RUS) — 47 points
- Dmitrii Samoilov (RUS) — 39 points
- Ruslan Bagirov (BLR) — 34 points
- Roman Druzhinin (RUS) — 28 points
- Jinsong Wu (CHN) — 27 points
- Evgeny Gavrilenko (RUS) — 26 points
- Aydin Humbatov (AZE) — 15 points
- Maksim Osipov (KAZ) — 10 points
- Bogdan Vuković (SRB) — Eight points
2025 Strongest Nation in the World Event Results
Below are the results for each event contested in Moscow:
Overhead Medley
Each strongman had 90 seconds to lift a 90-kilogram dumbbell, 100-kilogram block, 120-kilogram sack, 135-kilogram keg, 145-kilogram axle, and a 155-kilogram log.
- David Shamey — Six in 49.38 seconds
- Dmitrii Skosyrskii — Six in 60 seconds
- Dmitrii Samoilov — Five in 50.85 seconds
- Valentin Akimov — Five in 66.63 seconds
- Alexander Klokov — Three in 25.7 seconds
- Ruslan Bagirov — Three in 60.82 seconds
- Roman Druzhinin — Two in 10.71 seconds
- Evgeny Gavrilenko — Two in 14.74 seconds
- Aydin Humbatov — Two in 15.86 seconds
- Bogdan Vuković — Two in 23.17 seconds
- Jinsong Wu — Two in 45.91 seconds
- Maksim Osipov — no lift
Farmer’s Walk
Athletes established their farthest walks within the 60-second time cap.
- Alexander Klokov — 72.7 meters
- Dmitrii Skosyrskii — 67.2 meters
- David Shamey — 64.5 meters
- Valentin Akimov — 61.4 meters
- Dmitrii Samoilov — 54 meters
- Roman Druzhinin — 48.5 meters
- Ruslan Bagirov — 41.3 meters
- Evgeny Gavrilenko — 41 meters
- Aydin Humbatov — 40 meters
- Jinsong Wu — 22.8 meters
- Maksim Osipov — 22 meters
- Bogdan Vuković — Two meters
Sandbag-to-Shoulder
Athletes had 90 seconds to lift four implements weighing 100, 120, 130, and 140 kilograms.
- Dmitrii Skosyrskii — Four in 19.6 seconds
- David Shamey — Four in 20 seconds
- Alexander Klokov — Four in 20.22 seconds
- Valentin Akimov — Four in 26.22 seconds
- Jinsong Wu — Four in 30.45 seconds
- Ruslan Bagirov — Four in 41.9 seconds
- Dmitrii Samoilov — Four in 46.35 seconds
- Evgeny Gavrilenko — Four in 50 seconds
- Roman Druzhinin — Three in 23.09 seconds
- Aydin Humbatov — Three in 44.49 seconds
- Maksim Osipov — Three in 46.24 seconds
- Bogdan Vuković — Two in 35.67 seconds
Sack & Yoke Medley
Each strongman carried a 120-kilogram sack and walked a 350-kilogram yoke 15 meters each.
- Alexander Klokov — 17.47 seconds
- Valentin Akimov — 22 seconds
- Dmitrii Samoilov — 22.85 seconds
- Dmitrii Skosyrskii — 22.88 seconds
- Ruslan Bagirov — 24.93 seconds
- Roman Druzhinin — 24.94 seconds
- Jinsong Wu — 25.56 seconds
- David Shamey — 25.86 seconds
- Evgeny Gavrilenko — 37.66 seconds
- Aydin Humbatov — 49.95 seconds
- Maksim Osipov — 48.37 seconds
- Bogdan Vuković — 83.25 seconds
Atlas Stones
Athletes raced to load five stones weighing 120 to 185 kilograms within the 90-second time cap.
- Dmitrii Skosyrskii — Four in 20.94 seconds
- Alexander Klokov — Four in 21.67 seconds
- David Shamey — Four in 23.47 seconds
- Valentin Akimov — Four in 23.97 seconds
- Jinsong Wu — Three in 25.1 seconds
- Evgeny Gavrilenko — Three in 27.56 seconds
- Ruslan Bagirov — Three in 45.6 seconds
- Dmitrii Samoilov — Three in 55.08 seconds
- Roman Druzhinin — Three in 72.41 seconds
- Aydin Humbatov — One in 32 seconds
- Maksim Osipov — One in 12.95 seconds
- Bogdan Vuković — no lift
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Featured image: @dmitrii_skosyrskii on Instagram
