Shaw Classic

 ( Strongmen Competitions ) 

The Shaw Classic is a strongman competition run and hosted by four-time World's Strongest Man Brian Shaw, who won the inaugural competition in 2020. The second edition of the contest had 16 athletes with backgrounds from Europe and North America. The total prize pool in 2020 was $53,900. In 2021 the prize pool increased to $100,000 and in 2022 the prize pool increased to $150,000. In 2023 the prize pool was $251,932.

Since 2023, the Shaw Classic's invitational event has been branded as Strongest Man on Earth, formerly used by the Fortissimus strongman competition held in 2008 and 2009.

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History The first Shaw Classic was held in 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. With many major events for the year canceled or modified, Shaw invited ten athletes to compete in a closed competition in his private gym in Colorado. This was filmed and released shortly after. Shaw won the inaugural contest.

The 2021 contest allowed live spectators. Trey Mitchell won this edition. 2022 added an open men's and women's competition in addition to the invitational, which remained men's only.

In 2023, the show's invitational was branded "Strongest Man On Earth," a title used earlier by the Fortissimus contests. Shaw won the title for a second time in his last career competition. Mitchell Hooper won in 2024 after placing second to Shaw the prior year.

Shaw announced a new formal qualification system for 2025: The previous year's top-5 finishers at Strongest Man on Earth, World's Strongest Man, Arnold Strongman Classic, and Rogue Invitational podium finishers, the winner of North America's Strongest Man, and winner of the Shaw Classic Men's Open would all receive automatic invites, with at-large invitations extended to bring the field to a complete sixteen competitors across eight events. (Although it is theoretically possible for all sixteen athletes to be drawn from these qualifiers, there is in practice always overlap between these qualifying groups.)

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Podium Breakdown

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Pro Men (From 2023 onwards, the competition is known as 'Strongest Man on Earth') Oleksii Novikov

2021	Trey Mitchell	Brian Shaw	JF Caron
2022	Trey Mitchell	Brian Shaw	Mitchell Hooper
2023	Brian Shaw	Mitchell Hooper	Tom Stoltman
2024	Mitchell Hooper	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	Lucas Hatton

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Open Men

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Open Women Olga Liashchuk

Cori Butler
2023	Olga Liashchuk	Samantha Belliveau	Melissa Peacock
2024	Melissa Peacock	Nicole Genrich	Nadia Stowers

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Lightweight Men

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Lightweight Women

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Classic Results

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2020 Shaw Classic

	Brian Shaw		47.5
	JF Caron		44.5
	Oleksii Novikov		40
4	Trey Mitchell		35.5
5	Jerry Pritchett		33.5
6	Adam Bishop		31
7	Luke Stoltman		30.5
8	Maxime Boudreault		29.5
9	Kevin Faires		27
10	Terry Hollands		5

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2021 Shaw Classic

	Trey Mitchell		104.5
	Brian Shaw		101.5
	JF Caron		99
4	Kevin Faires		83
5	Evan Singleton		80
6	Bobby Thompson		75.5
7	Adam Bishop		74
8	Maxime Boudreault		70
9	Aivars Šmaukstelis		69
10	Konstantine Janashia		60
11	Graham Hicks		56.5
12	Zydrunas Savickas		36
13	Gabriel Rheaume		32
14	Gabriel Pena		29.5
15	Jerry Pritchett		23
16	Mikhail Shivlyakov		22.5

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2022 Shaw Classic

	Trey Mitchell		100.5
	Brian Shaw		99.5
	Mitchell Hooper		95
4	Oleksii Novikov		79
5	Maxime Boudreault		70
6	Kevin Faires		68
7	Aivars Šmaukstelis		67.5
8	Evan Singleton		59.5
9	Konstantine Janashia		52
10	Zydrunas Savickas		49.5
11	Bobby Thompson		42
12	Gabriel Pena		39
13	Gabriel Rheaume		36.5
14	Jerry Pritchett		27
15	Luke Stoltman		1

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2023 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth

	Brian Shaw		96
	Mitchell Hooper		89
	Tom Stoltman		83
4	Evan Singleton		77.5
5	Trey Mitchell		73
6	Thomas Evans		64
7	Bobby Thompson		62
8	Maxime Boudreault		57
9	Kevin Faires		49
10	Oleksii Novikov		44
11	Gavin Bilton		43
12	Aivars Šmaukstelis		41
13	Luke Stoltman		32.5
14	Adam Bishop		8

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2024 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth

	Mitchell Hooper		117
	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson		108
	Lucas Hatton		83
4	Trey Mitchell		79.5
5	Austin Andrade		75.5
6	Evan Singleton		70
7	Tom Stoltman		68.5
8	Bobby Thompson		63.5
9	Wesley Derwinsky		61.5
10	Thomas Evans		57
11	Maxime Boudreault		41
12	Mathew Ragg		40
13	Tristan Hoath		38
14	Aivars Šmaukstelis		38
15	Pavlo Kordiyaka		35
16	Oleksii Novikov		29.5

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Open Results

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2022

	Thomas Evans		62.5
	Joey Lavallee		61.5
	Wesley Derwinsky		58.5
4	Sean Hayes		53
4	Jack Plankers		53
6	Austin Andrade		50.5
7	Lucas Nail		47.5
8	Bryce Johnson		44
9	Andrew Montoya		41
10	Andy Black		38.5
11	Tim Buck		37
12	Trevor Siemonsma		33
13	Brian Clark		31.5
14	Alex Kelley		26
15	Ayyub Mohammad		23.5
16	Joe Stella		18

	Victoria Long		49.5
	Olga Liashchuk		38.5
	Cori Butler		34.5
4	Nancy Johnson		31.5
5	Samantha Belliveau		31
6	Jackie Osczevski		28.5
7	Bailey Deschene		22.5
8	Rebecca Houston		13.5
9	Monica Johnson		11.5
10	Taylor Woods		8

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2023

	Austin Andrade		65
	Wesley Derwinsky		59
	Joey Lavallee		58.5
4	Brett Thompson		57.5
5	Tim Buck		54.5
6	Nathan Goltry		51.5
7	Tristain Hoath		48
8	James Jeffers		44
9	Bryce Johnson		42
10	Nicholas Guardione		41.5
11	Josh Gregory		32.5
12	Zach Price		31.5
13	Alexander Kopp		28
13	Josh Spurgeon		28
15	Andrew Montoya		27
16	Donald Treglia		10.5

	Olga Liashchuk		67
	Samantha Belliveau		63
	Melissa Peacock		60
4	Jackie Osczevki		52
5	Cori Butler		47
6	Jackie Rhodes		41
7	Rebecca Houston		30
7	Morgan Irons		30
9	Stephanie Bisignano		28
10	Austyn Grubb		27
11	Jessica Trumbull		18
12	Joscelyne O'Brien		11.5
13	Laura De Berdt Romilly		8
13	Angela Highfield		8

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2024

	Joshua Spurgeon		52.5
	Nicholas Guardione		50
	Timothy Buck		47
4	Joey Lavelle		45
5	Andrew Burton		43.5
6	James Jeffers		37.5
7	Alexander Koop		36
8	Nicholas Smith		25
9	Jon Furrh		23
10	Josh Gregory		12.5

	Melissa Peacock		57.5
	Nicole Genrich		47.5
	Nadia Stowers		45.5
4	Erin Murray		45.5
5	Nancy Johnson		38.5
6	Jackie Osczevski		37
7	Ashley Crawford		37
8	Jennifer Lyle		34.5
9	Jackie Rhodes		26.5
10	Laura De Berdt Romilly		15.5

	Alec Soukup		62.5
	Matthew McQuiston		55.5
	John Alimo		50
4	Richard Mocygemba		49
5	Jack Turner		40.5
6	Philup Brinkman		36
7	Josh Harrelson		34
8	Nick Strauss		24.5
9	Harry Walker		18
10	Blake Hoffman		15

	Kira Wrixon		56
	Taylor Woods		49
	Holly McRae		46.5
4	Krystal Stanczyk		38
5	Stacey Burr		37
6	Kristin Ellis		35.5
7	Diana Ferrer		35
8	Nadia Morrison		33.5
9	Heidi Ellen Humar		29
10	Jamie Strong		21.5

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