Keep up to date with what’s going on on the strength sports side of the Arnold Sports Festival
The 2025 Arnold Sports Festival in Columbus, OH has arrived! From February 27 through March 2, bodybuilders, strength athletes, and other athletes will gather to compete! In terms of strength sports, the Arnold Sports Festival features its competitive strongman and strongwoman competition on February 28 and March 1. The Arnold Strongman Classic (ASC) this year is going to be one for the books, as there are some top notch athletes competing, and our team at Generation Iron is going to be covering the whole thing.
The Arnold Strongwoman Classic (ASWC) also featured some awesome athletes, all gunning for the title. But in the end, Mitchell Hooper and Inez Carrasquillo won the Arnold Strongman Classic and Arnold Strongwoman Classic respectively.
Check out the final standings and results from the Arnold Strongman and Strongwoman Classics:
2025 Arnold Strongman Classic Leaderboard
- Mitchell Hooper — 51.5 points (Winner)
- Lucas Hatton — 49 points
- Hafthor Björnsson — 42.5 points
- Austin Andrade — 38.5 points
- Trey Mitchell — 37.5 points
- Evan Singleton — 33 points
- Tom Stoltman — 31.5 points
- Bobby Thompson — 17.5 points
- Nick Guardione — 17 points
- Maxime Boudreault — 6 points (withdrew)
2025 Arnold Strongwoman Classic Leaderboard
- Inez Carrasquillo — 60.5 points (Winner)
- Olga Liashchuck — 56.5 points
- Angelica Jardine — 50 points
- Andrea Thompson — 41.5 points
- Rebecca Roberts — 40.5 points
- Lucy Underdown — 36 points
- Jennifer Lyle — 35 points
- Melissa Peacock — 30.5 points
- Sam Belliveau — 28.5 points
- Erin Murray — 23.5 points
- Nadia Stowers — 23 points
- Gabi Dixson — 15.5 points
2025 Strongwoman Classic Event Results
Below are the results for each Individual event for the Arnold Strongwoman Classic.
Max Elephant Bar Deadlift
Ladies first! The strongwomen competed first on March 1, 2024, and one of the events was the Max Deadlift, which featured athletes establishing their heaviest deadlift in a weightlifting event-style meet. What that means is that athletes with the lighter weight always lifted before an athlete with a heavier attempt, regardless of what attempt they were on.
- Lucy Underdown — 676 pounds
- Andrea Thompson — 671 pounds
- Jennifer Lyle — 651 pounds
- Olga Liashchuck — 626 pounds
- Rebecca Roberts — 611 pounds (T-fifth)
- Inez Carrasquillo — 611 pounds (T-fifth)
- Angelica Jardine — 601 pounds
- Melissa Peacock — 561 pounds (T-eighth)
- Erin Murray — 561 pounds (T-eighth)
- Gabi Dixson — 546 pounds
- Sam Belliveau — 521 pounds
- Nadia Stowers — 441 pounds
Overhead Gauntlet
Each strongwoman lifts a 70-kilogram dumbbell, a 79-kilogram stone, a 100-kilogram log, and a 122-kilogram log overhead within a two-minute limit.
- Andrea Thompson — 22 points (T-first)
- Olga Liashchuck — 22 points (T-first)
- Angelica Jardine — 22 points (T-first)
- Inez Carrasquillo — 12 points
- Nadia Stowers — 3 points
- Rebecca Roberts — 1 point (T-sixth)
- Melissa Peacock — 1 point (T-sixth)
- Sam Belliveau — 1 point (T-sixth)
- Erin Murray — 1 point (T-sixth)
- Lucy Underdown — no lift
- Jennifer Lyle — no lift
- Gabi Dixson — no lift
Timber Carry
Within a 30-second time limit, strongwomen perform a farmer’s carry with a 265-kilogram timber frame up an 11-meter ramp.
- Rebecca Roberts — 7.56 seconds
- Inez Carrasquillo — 8.34 seconds
- Olga Liashchuck — 9.47 seconds
- Lucy Underdown — 9.48 seconds
- Andrea Thompson — 9.99 seconds
- Jennifer Lyle — 11.07 seconds
- Gabi Dixson — 11.41 seconds
- Nadia Stowers — 19.63 seconds
- Angelica Jardine — 22.7 seconds
- Erin Murray — 18 feet, one inch
- Sam Belliveau — 14 feet, eight inches
- Melissa Peacock — 13 feet, five inches
The Big Jerk
- Inez Carrasquillo — 160 kilograms
- Olga Liashchuck — 143 kilograms
- Andrea Thompson — 135 kilograms (T-third)
- Angelica Jardine — 135 kilograms (T-third)
- Melissa Peacock — 135 kilograms (T-third)
- Sam Belliveau — 135 kilograms (T-third)
- Lucy Underdown — 125 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Rebecca Roberts — 125 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Erin Murray — 125 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Jennifer Lyle — 115 kilograms
- Gabi Dixson — 115 kilograms
- Nadia Stowers — 105 kilograms
Carry & Drag
- Rebecca Roberts — 29.82 seconds
- Inez Carrasquillo — 32.22 seconds
- Lucy Underdown — 34.65 seconds
- Sam Belliveau — 37.72 seconds
- Angelica Jardine — 39.29 seconds
- Jennifer Lyle — 43.45 seconds
- Erin Murray — 44.19 seconds
- Olga Liashchuck — 46.47 seconds
- Gabi Dixson — 46.85 seconds
- Andrea Thompson — 51.17 seconds
- Melissa Peacock — 58.33 seconds
- Nadia Stowers — Four points
Stone-To-Shoulder
- Olga Liashchuck — 20 points (T-first)
- Andrea Thompson — 20 points (T-first)
- Inez Carrasquillo — 10 points
- Sam Belliveau — Two points (T-fourth)
- Jennifer Lyle — Two points (T-fourth)
- Nadia Stowers — One point
- Rebecca Roberts — no lift
- Angelica Jardine — no lift
- Lucy Underdown — no lift
- Erin Murray — no lift
- Melissa Peacock — no lift
- Gabi Dixson — no lift
2025 Arnold Strongman Classic Event Results
Below are the results for each Individual event of the 2024 Arnold Strongman Classic.
Max Elephant Bar Deadlift
Each strongman has three attempts to hit their max lift.
- Hafthor Björnsson — 1,026 pounds
- Mitchell Hooper — 951 pounds
- Bobby Thompson — 986 pounds
- Trey Mitchell — 981 pounds
- Evan Singleton — 966 pounds
- Austin Andrade — 961 pounds
- Lucas Hatton — 926 pounds
- Tom Stoltman — 861 pounds
- Nick Guardione — 781 pounds
- Maxime Boudreault — no lift
Overhead Medley
Each strongman lifts a 113-kilogram dumbbell, a 125-kilogram stone, a 175-kilogram log, and a 195-kilogram log overhead within a two-minute time limit.
- Lucas Hatton — 32 points — 1:45.02
- Trey Mitchell — 32 points — 1:51.15
- Mitchell Hooper — 12 points — 1:07.94
- Austin Andrade — 12 points — 1:20.64
- Hafthor Björnsson — 4 points
- Tom Stoltman — 3 points
- Evan Singleton — 2 points
- Bobby Thompson — 1 point — 12.01 seconds
- Nick Guardione — 1 point — 28.34 seconds
- Maxime Boudreault — 1 point — 45.65 seconds
Timber Carry
Each strongman has two minutes to lift a 113-kilogram dumbbell, a 125-kilogram stone, a 175-kilogram log, and a 195-kilogram log overhead.
- Mitchell Hooper — 10.77 seconds
- Lucas Hatton — 12.37 seconds
- Evan Singleton — 17.91 seconds
- Austin Andrade — 18.94 seconds
- Hafthor Björnsson — 22.88 seconds
- Maxime Boudreault — 11.63 meters
- Nick Guardione — 10.31 meters
- Tom Stoltman — 3.81 meters
- Bobby Thompson — 2.44 meters
- Trey Mitchell — 0.03 meters
The Big Jerk
- Lucas Hatton — 247 kilograms
- Mitchell Hooper — 242 kilograms
- Trey Mitchell — 242 kilograms
- Hafthor Björnsson — 232 kilograms
- Austin Andrade — 232 kilograms
- Evan Singleton — 232 kilograms
- Tom Stoltman — 232 kilograms
- Bobby Thompson — 215 kilograms
- Nick Guardione — 215 kilograms
- Maxime Boudreault — withdrew
Timber Trial
- Hafthor Björnsson — 31.21 seconds
- Mitchell Hooper — 35.29 seconds
- Tom Stoltman — 37.37 seconds
- Lucas Hatton — 37.57 seconds
- Austin Andrade — 40.31 seconds
- Trey Mitchell — 43.1 seconds
- Evan Singleton — 45.6 seconds
- Nick Guardione — 51.42 seconds
- Bobby Thompson — 56.19 seconds
- Maxime Boudreault — withdrew
Stone-To-Shoulder
- Austin Andrade — 40 points
- Lucas Hatton — 30 points
- Mitchell Hooper — 20 points (T-third)
- Trey Mitchell — 20 points (T-third)
- Tom Stoltman — 20 points (T-third)
- Hafthor Björnsson — 10 points
- Evan Singleton — Two points (T-seventh)
- Nick Guardione — Two points (T-seventh)
- Bobby Thompson — no lift
- Maxime Boudreault — withdrew
2025 Arnold Class Full Coverage
Generation Iron Fitness Network will provide coverage of the full Arnold Classic event including pre-judging reports, analysis, and results updates. Stay tuned to Generation Iron and to find the full 2025 Arnold Classic results, visit our official 2025 Arnold Classic coverage hub right here!
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