2022 World’s Strongest Man: Day Three Results & Recap

2022 World's Strongest Man
Joe Martinez / World's Strongest Man

2022 World’s Strongest Man results are in for Day 3 with complete breakdown of qualifiers.

The 2022 World’s Strongest Man competition is underway. The scene is set in Sacramento where 30 of the world’s best strongmen will compete from May 24-29 to see who will be crowned this year’s champion.

The qualifiers began on Tuesday and will run through Thursday. There are a total of six events that will be spread out over all three days. The competitors will have a chance to rest on Friday before the finals begin on Saturday. The final day of the event will take place on Sunday.

Today marked the third day of the competition. All groups competed in the car walk and log lift. Below, you can find the results as they continue to come in from Sacramento!

2022 World’s Strongest Man: Day Three Events

  • Wrecking Ball Hold – All Groups
  • Stone Off – All Groups

The third day of action is completed in Sacramento. Checkout the full results and current standings from the World’s Strongest Man competition.

2022 World’s Strongest Man Leaderboard

Rank Name Points
Group 1
1 Tom Stoltman 25
2 Kevin Faires 24
3 Gabriel Rheaume 20
4 Aivars Smaukstelis 15
5 Andy Black 12
6 Manuel Angulo 6
Group 2
1 Mitchell Hooper 23.5
2 Bobby Thompson 22
3 Brian Shaw 17.5
4 Mark Felix 15
5 Konstantine Janashia 13
6 Gabriel Pena 13
Group 3
1 Oleksii Novikov 24.5
2 Trey Mitchell 21.5
3 Adam Bishop 18.5
4 Rob Kearney 15
5 Grzegorz Szymański 13
6 Mika Torro 13
Group 4
1 Martins Licis 25.5
2 Maxime Boudreault 23
3 Pavlo Kordiyaka 21.5
4 Gavin Bilton 17
5  Nedzmin Ambeskovic 9
6 Shane Flowers 6
Group 5
1 Luke Stoltman 23
2 Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted 20
3 Jean-Stephen Corabouef 18
4 Kelvin De Ruiter 16.5
5 Evan Singleton 14.5
6 Kim Ujarak 11

2022 World’s Strongest Man: Day Three Qualifier Results

The third day of qualifiers featured two events — the stone off and wrecking ball hold. This is the final day of three qualifiers where competitors will earn points in hopes of making it through to the finals over the weekend.

Joe Martinez / World’s Strongest Man

Wrecking Ball Hold

The day began with athletes required to hold a bar with two wrecking balls on either side. This was a timed event as competitors held the bar up in the air without resting it using any body part. The weight of the behemoth was 228kg (500lbs).

For reference, Tom Stoltman and Mitchell Hooper are already qualified for the finals over the weekend and did not exert energy on this event.

Group 1

  1. Kevin Faires – 1:35.18s
  2. Andy Black – 1:26.92s
  3. Gabriel Rheaume – 1:24.10s
  4. Manuel Angulo – 1:11.66s
  5. Aivars Smaukstelis – 0:57.44s
  6. Tom Stoltman – 0:04.63s

Group 2

  1. Mark Felix – 2:20.49s
  2. Bobby Thompson – 1:21.33s
  3. Brian Shaw – 1:06.13s
  4. Konstantine Janashia – 1:01.38s
  5. Gabriel Pena – 0:48.27s
  6. Mitchel Hooper – 0:06.40s

Group 3

  1. Trey Mitchell – 2:06.46s
  2. Mika Torro – 1:53.17s
  3. Grzegorz Szymański – 1:46.49s
  4. Oleksii Novikov – 1:38.63s
  5. Adam Bishop – 1:31.35s
  6. Rob Kearney – 1:01.95s

Group 4

  1. Maxime Boudreault – 1:33.93s
  2. Pavlo Kordiyaka – 1:31.33s
  3. Martins Licis – 1:25.63s
  4. Nedzmin Ambeskovic – 1:12.47s
  5. Gavin Bilton – 1:07.15s

Group 5

  1. Kelvin De Ruiter – 1:45.65s
  2. Evan Singleton – 1:40.34s
  3. Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted – 1:03.42s
  4. Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf – 1:00.70s
  5. Kim Ujarak – 36.24s
  6. Luke Stoltman – no attempt

Stone Off

This was a chance for the second- and third-place finishers to go head-to-head and earn a trip to the finals over the weekend. Competitors battled to see who could last longer lifting stones over a bar that stood 1.25 meters high.

If there was a tie, the advantage went to the competitor with the highest total points over the first five events.

Group 1 – Gabriel Rheaume (6 stones) over Kevin Faires (5 stones)

Group 2 – Brian Shaw (1 stone) over Bobby Thompson (0 stones)

Group 3 – Trey Mitchell (11 stones) over Adam Bishop (11 stones)

Group 4 – Maxime Boudreault (10 stones) over Pavlo Kordiyaka (10 stones)

Group 5 – Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted (5 stones) over Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf (5 stones)

2022 World’s Strongest Man: Event Schedule

Deadlifts
Joe Martinez / World’s Strongest Man

Day One Finals: Saturday

  • Giant’s Medley
  • Deadlift
  • Flintstone Barbell

Day Two Finals: Sunday

  • Bus Pull
  • Power Stairs
  • Atlas Stones

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Greg Patuto
Greg has covered the four major sports for six years and has been featured on sites such as Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports, SB Nation, NJ.com, and FanSided. Now, he is transitioning into the world of bodybuilding and strength sports.