The 2024 Strongman Champions League (SCL) season kicked off on Feb. 24, 2024, in Joensuu, Finland, via the SCL Iceman contest. Twelve athletes representing eight countries clashed across six events in the single-day contest: Frame Carry, Front Hold, Bag Over Bar, Truck Pull, Super Yoke, Conan’s Wheel, and Loading Race.
Aivars Šmaukstelis of Latvia stood atop the podium with 63 of a possible 72 points. He bested USA’s Nick Wortham by six points and bronze medalist Kane Francis of the UK by eight points.
2024 SCL Results
Aivars Šmaukstelis (LAT) — 63 points
Nick Wortham (USA) — 57 points
Kane Francis (UK) — 55 points
Colten Sloan (CAN) — 52 points
Mika Törrö (FIN) — 52 points
Ervin Toots (EST) — 45 points
George Sulaiman (NED) — 44 points
Kevin Hazeleger (NED) — 44 points
Jesse Pynnönen (FIN) — 41 points
Sami Ahola (FIN) — 39 points
Péter Juhász (HUN) — 34 points
Heikki Pohjonen (FIN) — 20 points
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2024 SCL Event Results
Below are the results for each of the six contested events in Finland.
Frame Carry
Each athlete was allotted 60 seconds to traverse a 320-kilogram frame down a 40-meter course in the fastest time possible:
Colten Sloan — 26.13 seconds
George Sulaiman — 27.56 seconds
Kane Francis — 28.03 seconds
Kevin Hazeleger — 28.78 seconds
Aivars Šmaukstelis — 29.32 seconds
Ervin Toots — 29.36 seconds
Mika Törrö — 35.05 seconds
Sami Ahola — 47.47 seconds
Péter Juhász — 57.67 seconds
Jesse Pynnönen — 36 meters
Nick Wortham — 30 meters
Heikki Pohjonen — 13 meters
Front Hold
Each strongman attempted to establish their max front hold with a 30-kilogram implement:
Nick Wortham — 52.69 seconds
Aivars Šmaukstelis — 38.88 seconds
Mika Törrö — 38.37 seconds
Heikki Pohjonen — 37.05 seconds
Colten Sloan — 36.19 seconds
Jesse Pynnönen — 35.57 seconds
George Sulaiman — 34.28 seconds
Ervin Toots — 33.34 seconds
Kevin Hazeleger — 30.09 seconds
Sami Ahola — 28.59 seconds
Péter Juhász — 28 seconds
Kane Francis — 27.92 seconds
Bag Over Bar
Athletes had 60 seconds to toss five implements, ascending in weight from 22 to 28 kilograms, over a 4.3-meter bar in the fastest time possible:
Aivars Šmaukstelis — Five in 17.9 seconds
Colten Sloan — Three in 20.56 seconds
George Sulaiman — Two in 20.60 seconds
Kevin Hazeleger — Five in 20.66 seconds
Nick Wortham — Five in 22.57 seconds
Ervin Toots — Five in 26.36 seconds
Jesse Pynnönen — Five in 28.06 seconds
Mika Törrö — Five in 29.77 seconds
Kane Francis — Five in 32.53 seconds
Péter Juhász — Five in 33.41 seconds
Sami Ahola — Four in 21.25 seconds
Heikki Pohjonen — Three in 29.96 seconds
Truck Pull
Each strongman had 90 seconds to pull a 24,000-kilogram truck six meters as quickly as possible:
Mika Törrö — 53.59 seconds
Jesse Pynnönen — 58.42 seconds
Sami Ahola — 59.13 seconds
Aivars Šmaukstelis — 74.46 seconds
Kevin Hazeleger — 5.5 meters
Nick Wortham — 5.45 meters
Kane Francis — 4.57 meters
Ervin Toots — 4.51 meters
Péter Juhász — 3.28 meters
Colten Sloan — 3.02 meters
George Sulaiman — 2.5 meters
Heikki Pohjonen — 0.6 meters
Super Yoke
With one minute on the clock, athletes raced across the 25-meter course with a 420-kilogram yoke for time:
Kane Francis — 16.07 seconds
Aivars Šmaukstelis — 18.31 seconds
Péter Juhász — 20.97 seconds
Kevin Hazeleger — 21.48 seconds
Nick Wortham — 22.08 seconds
George Sulaiman — 22.90 seconds
Colten Sloan — 24.70 seconds
Sami Ahola — 27.22 seconds
Mika Törrö — 29.39 seconds
Ervin Toots — 32.44 seconds
Jesse Pynnönen — 14 meters
Heikki Pohjonen — 2.9 meters
Conan’s Wheel
Athletes had a 60-second time cap to establish their max distance with the 270-kilogram Conan’s Wheel:
George Sulaiman — 47.9 meters
Colten Sloan — 42.55 meters
Ervin Toots — 41 meters
Sami Ahola — 36.2 meters
Kane Francis — 33.65 meters
Nick Wortham — 32.9 meters
Jesse Pynnönen — 31.3 meters
Aivars Šmaukstelis — 30.05 meters
Heikki Pohjonen — 24.7 meters
Mika Törrö — 21.5 meters
Kevin Hazeleger — 15.4 meters
Péter Juhász — 15.25 meters
Loading Race
Each strongman raced to load four implements in the fastest time possible:
Kane Francis — Four in 17.3 seconds
Nick Wortham — Four in 17.81 seconds
Mika Törrö — Four in 18.6 seconds
Colten Sloan — Four in 18.62 seconds
Péter Juhász — Four in 18.69 seconds
Aivars Šmaukstelis — Four in 19.4 seconds
Ervin Toots — Four in 19.7 seconds
George Sulaiman — Four in 21.45 seconds
Jesse Pynnönen — Four in 22.03 seconds
Sami Ahola — Four in 23.21 seconds
Heikki Pohjonen — Four in 24.31 seconds
Kevin Hazeleger — Four in 25.44 seconds
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