World Strongest Man 2025 starts on Thursday as Invergordon brothers Tom Stoltman and Luke Stoltman start bid to win title in Sacramento, California
Tom Stoltman will begin his quest to become World’s Strongest Man for the fourth time when the competition is set to begin tomorrow.
His older brother Luke Stoltman is also taking part in this year’s competition which takes place in Sacramento, California.
The Invergordon brothers will be two of 25 athletes from across the world who will be competing over the next four days.
The quest for the title of begins with qualifying rounds on Thursday and Friday, with the final taking place on Saturday and Sunday.
The competition this year has undergone a format change with the number of athletes taking part being reduced from 30 to 25.
Unlike previous editions after the fourth event, the athlete in first place will no longer automatically go through to the final, and second and third place will no longer compete against each other in the stone-off.
Instead, athletes will have to complete all five events to decide the two qualifiers.
As the athletes who made it to the final competed in the same events, their performances in the heats events will then be compared. This will then lead to the best-performing athlete going into the final with 10 points, with each step down in place earning one less point than the previous.
Tom Stoltman (30) regained his World's Strongest Man title last year by 6.5 points from 2023 World's Strongest Man Mitchell Hooper from Canada. Stoltman also won the World’s Strongest Man title in 2021 and 2022 and has been in the final six times.
Luke Stoltman (40) is appearing at the World’s Strongest Man for the 10th time in his career and has appeared in the final five times. His best position in the final has been seventh, three times in 2019, 2021 and 2022. He has won Europe’s Strongest Man twice in 2021 and 2024.
He won Britain’s Strongest Man for the first time in his career in February.
Heats draw
Heat One
Tom Stoltman (Scotland)
Austin Andrade (Mexico)
Eddie Williams (Australia)
Thomas Evans (United States)
Jaco Schoonwinkel (South Africa)
Heat Two
Mitchell Hooper (Canada)
Paddy Haynes (England)
Wesley Derwinsky (Canada)
Matthew Ragg (Australia)
Bryce Johnson (United States)
Heat Three
Shane Flowers (England)
Lucas Hatton (United States)
Mateusz Kieliszkowski (Poland)
Rayno Nel (South Africa)
Evans Aryee (Ghana)
Heat Four
Maxime Boudreault (Canada)
Ondřej Fojtů (Czechia)
Tristan Hoath (Canada)
Trey Mitchell (United States)
Luke Richardson (England)
Heat Five
Andrew Flynn (England)
Nick Guardione (United States)
Pavlo Kordiyaka (Ukraine)
Evan Singleton (United States)
Luke Stoltman (Scotland)
Full Event Schedule (All times are BST)
Thursday - Qualifying RoundLoading medley8pm
Deadlift
10pm
Overhead medley
1am
Friday - Qualifying Round
Titan’s toss
6pm
Stone medley
10pm
Saturday - Final
Knaack Carry & Hoist
6pm
Knaack Tools of a Strongman Award
7pm
Deadlift (max 18″)
9pm
Hercules Hold
Midnight
Sunday - Final
Flintstone Barbell (max)
6pm
Jimmy Pollock Award
10pm
Atlas Stones
10.30pm
SBD World’s Strongest Man Trophy Ceremony
11:30pm
