The qualifiers are over and the top two of each group have earnt themselves a place in the final.
Group 1 (loading, truck pull, giant dumbbell, car deadlift, keg toss and atlas stones)
- Zydrunas Savickas – 31.5 points
- Jean Francois Caron – 29 points
- Derek Poundstone – 27.5 points
- Mateusz Baron – 15 points
- Jack McIntosh – 13 points
- Frankie Scheun – 10 points
Group 2 (loading, truck pull, viking press, super yoke, squat and atlas stones)
- Hafthor Bjornsson – 29.5 points
- Mike Jenkins – 26 points
- Nick Best – 21 points
- Eddie Hall – 19 points
- Sebastian Kurek – 15 points
- Akos Nagy – 13.5 points
Group 3 (loading, arm over arm, giant dumbbell, car deadlift, keg toss and atlas stones)
- Brian Shaw – 27.5 points
- Johannes Arsjo – 27 points
- Martin Wildauer – 23.5 points
- Mikhail Koklyaev – 22 points
- Lauri Nami – 16 points
- Chris Gearing – 10 points
Group 4 (loading, limo pull, viking press, keg toss and atlas stones)
- Vytautas Lalas – 29 points
- Ervin Katona – 23 points
- Louis Phillipe Jean – 21 points
- Jerry Pritchett – 18 points
- Graham Hicks – 17.5 points
- Ole Martin Hansen – 16.5 points
Group 5 (loading, truck pull, viking press, super yoke, car deadlift and atlas stones)
- Terry Hollands – 30 points
- Krzysztof Radzikowski – 27.5 points
- Michael Burke – 24 points
- Alex Moonen – 19 points
- James Fennelly – 18.5 points
- Eben Le Roux – 5 points
Well done to Big Z, Caron, Bjornsson, Jenkins, Shaw, Arsjo, Lalas, Katona, Hollands and Radzikowski for making the final. A bit of a surprise for Poundstone to miss out but such is the way of strongman. We’re a bit disappointed that Misha didn’t slip through the net as he would have made for an entertaining competitor in the final. At least he reportedly managed to break the keg toss apparatus enroute!
