Shaw Classic

Shaw Classic
The Shaw Classic logo
Tournament information
LocationColorado
Established2020 (2020)
Number of
tournaments
6
FormatMulti-event competition
VenueBlue FCU Arena
Websitetheshawclassic.com
Current champion
United States Evan Singleton
Most recent tournament
2025 Shaw Classic

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.[1] The second edition of the contest had 16 athletes with backgrounds from Europe and North America.[2] The total prize pool in 2020 was $53,900.[3] In 2021 the prize pool increased to $100,000 and in 2022 the prize pool increased to $150,000.[4] In 2023 the prize pool was $251,932 followed by $263,200 in 2024.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7] 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 and Trey Mitchell repeated as champion.[7]

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 and the podium finishers from World's Strongest Man, Arnold Strongman Classic, and Rogue Invitational. Next, 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 for athletes that performed well at other elite competitions like the Magnus ver Magnusson Strongman Classic to bring the field to a complete sixteen competitors. (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.)[8]

Podium Breakdown

Pro Men

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

Year Winner Runner-up Third place
2020 United States Brian Shaw Canada JF Caron Ukraine Oleksii Novikov
2021 United States Trey Mitchell United States Brian Shaw Canada JF Caron
2022 United States Trey Mitchell United States Brian Shaw Canada Mitchell Hooper
2023 United States Brian Shaw Canada Mitchell Hooper United Kingdom Tom Stoltman
2024 Canada Mitchell Hooper Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson United States Lucas Hatton
2025 United States Evan Singleton United States Lucas Hatton United States Thomas Evans

Open Men

Year Winner Runner-up Third place
2022 United States Thomas Evans Canada Joey Lavallée Canada Wesley Derwinsky
2023 United States Austin Andrade Canada Wesley Derwinsky Canada Joey Lavallée
2024 United States Joshua Spurgeon United States Nicholas Guardione United States Tim Buck
2025 England Ben Glasscock United States Zachary Price Sweden Frederick Johansson

Open Women

Year Winner Runner-up Third place
2022 United States Victoria Long Ukraine Olga Liashchuk United States Cori Butler
2023 Ukraine Olga Liashchuk Canada Samantha Belliveau Canada Melissa Peacock
2024 Canada Melissa Peacock Australia Nicole Genrich United States Nadia Stowers
2025 United States Jennifer Lyle Canada Jackie Osczevski United States Jackie Rhodes

Lightweight Men

Year Winner Runner-up Third place
2024 United States Alec Soukup United States Matthew McQuiston United States John Alimo
2025 United States Tyler Pruitt United States Jordan Wychulis United States Sean Mullican

Lightweight Women

Year Winner Runner-up Third place
2024 United States Kira Wrixon Canada Taylor Woods Canada Holly McRae
2025 United States Megan Davis Australia Camilla Fogagnolo Canada Taylor Woods

Classic Results

2020 Shaw Classic

# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brian Shaw  United States 47.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) JF Caron  Canada 44.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 40
4 Trey Mitchell  United States 35.5
5 Jerry Pritchett  United States 33.5
6 Adam Bishop  United Kingdom 31
7 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 30.5
8 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 29.5
9 Kevin Faires  United States 27
10 Terry Hollands  United Kingdom 5
[9]

2021 Shaw Classic

# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Trey Mitchell  United States 104.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brian Shaw  United States 101.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) JF Caron  Canada 99
4 Kevin Faires  United States 83
5 Evan Singleton  United States 80
6 Bobby Thompson  United States 75.5
7 Adam Bishop  United Kingdom 74
8 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 70
9 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 69
10 Konstantine Janashia  Georgia 60
11 Graham Hicks  United Kingdom 56.5
12 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 36
13 Gabriel Rheaume  Canada 32
14 Gabriel Pena  Mexico 29.5
15 Jerry Pritchett  United States 23
16 Mikhail Shivlyakov  Russia 22.5
[4]

2022 Shaw Classic

# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Trey Mitchell  United States 100.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brian Shaw  United States 99.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mitchell Hooper  Canada 95
4 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 79
5 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 70
6 Kevin Faires  United States 68
7 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 67.5
8 Evan Singleton  United States 59.5
9 Konstantine Janashia  Georgia 52
10 Zydrunas Savickas  Lithuania 49.5
11 Bobby Thompson  United States 42
12 Gabriel Pena  Mexico 39
13 Gabriel Rheaume  Canada 36.5
14 Jerry Pritchett  United States 27
15 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 1
[10]

2023 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth

Main article: 2023 Shaw Classic
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brian Shaw  United States 96
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mitchell Hooper  Canada 89
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 83
4 Evan Singleton  United States 77.5
5 Trey Mitchell  United States 73
6 Thomas Evans  United States 64
7 Bobby Thompson  United States 62
8 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 57
9 Kevin Faires  United States 49
10 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 44
11 Gavin Bilton  Wales 43
12 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 41
13 Luke Stoltman  United Kingdom 32.5
14 Adam Bishop  United Kingdom 8
[11][12]

2024 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth

# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mitchell Hooper  Canada 117
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson  Iceland 108
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lucas Hatton  United States 83
4 Trey Mitchell  United States 79.5
5 Austin Andrade  United States 75.5
6 Evan Singleton  United States 70
7 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 68.5
8 Bobby Thompson  United States 63.5
9 Wesley Derwinsky  Canada 61.5
10 Thomas Evans  United States 57
11 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 41
12 Mathew Ragg  New Zealand 40
13 Tristan Hoath  Canada 38
14 Aivars Šmaukstelis  Latvia 38
15 Pavlo Kordiyaka  Ukraine 35
16 Oleksii Novikov  Ukraine 29.5
[13]

2025 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth

# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Evan Singleton  United States 93.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lucas Hatton  United States 92.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thomas Evans  United States 88
4 Austin Andrade  United States 83.5
5 Bryce Johnson  United States 82.5
6 Trey Mitchell  United States 82.5
7 Tristan Hoath  Canada 72.5
8 Tom Stoltman  United Kingdom 72.5
9 Wesley Derwinsky  Canada 64.5
10 Ondrej Fojtu  Czech Republic 63.5
11 Eddie Williams  Australia 62
12 Nick Guardione  United States 60.5
13 Joshua Spurgeon  United States 58.5
14 Maxime Boudreault  Canada 58
15 Shane Flowers  United Kingdom 21
16 Bobby Thompson  United States 14.5

Open Results

2022

2022 Shaw Classic Open (Men)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thomas Evans  United States 62.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joey Lavallee  Canada 61.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wesley Derwinsky  Canada 58.5
4 Sean Hayes  Canada 53
4 Jack Plankers  United States 53
6 Austin Andrade  United States 50.5
7 Lucas Nail  United States 47.5
8 Bryce Johnson  United States 44
9 Andrew Montoya  United States 41
10 Andy Black  United Kingdom 38.5
11 Tim Buck  United States 37
12 Trevor Siemonsma  United States 33
13 Brian Clark  United States 31.5
14 Alex Kelley  United States 26
15 Ayyub Mohammad  Germany 23.5
16 Joe Stella  United States 18
[14]
2022 Shaw Classic Open (Women)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Victoria Long  United States 49.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Olga Liashchuk  Ukraine 38.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cori Butler  United States 34.5
4 Nancy Johnson  United States 31.5
5 Samantha Belliveau  Canada 31
6 Jackie Osczevski  Canada 28.5
7 Bailey Deschene  Canada 22.5
8 Rebecca Houston  United States 13.5
9 Monica Johnson  United States 11.5
10 Taylor Woods  Canada 8
[15]

2023

2023 Shaw Classic Open (Men)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Austin Andrade  United States 65
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wesley Derwinsky  Canada 59
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joey Lavallee  Canada 58.5
4 Brett Thompson  United States 57.5
5 Tim Buck  United States 54.5
6 Nathan Goltry  United States 51.5
7 Tristain Hoath  Canada 48
8 James Jeffers  Canada 44
9 Bryce Johnson  United States 42
10 Nicholas Guardione  United States 41.5
11 Josh Gregory  United States 32.5
12 Zach Price  United States 31.5
13 Alexander Kopp  United States 28
13 Josh Spurgeon  United States 28
15 Andrew Montoya  United States 27
16 Donald Treglia  United States 10.5
[16]
2023 Shaw Classic Open (Women)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olga Liashchuk  Ukraine 67
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samantha Belliveau  Canada 63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Melissa Peacock  Canada 60
4 Jackie Osczevki  Canada 52
5 Cori Butler  United States 47
6 Jackie Rhodes  United States 41
7 Rebecca Houston  United States 30
7 Morgan Irons  United States 30
9 Stephanie Bisignano  Canada 28
10 Austyn Grubb  United States 27
11 Jessica Trumbull  United States 18
12 Joscelyne O'Brien  Canada 11.5
13 Laura De Berdt Romilly  Canada 8
13 Angela Highfield  United States 8
[17]

2024

2024 Shaw Classic Open (Men)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joshua Spurgeon  United States 52.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nicholas Guardione  United States 50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Timothy Buck  United States 47
4 Joey Lavelle  Canada 45
5 Andrew Burton  United States 43.5
6 James Jeffers  Canada 37.5
7 Alexander Koop  United States 36
8 Nicholas Smith  United States 25
9 Jon Furrh  United States 23
10 Josh Gregory  United States 12.5
[18]
2024 Shaw Classic Open (Women)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Melissa Peacock  Canada 57.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nicole Genrich  Australia 47.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nadia Stowers  United States 45.5
4 Erin Murray  United States 45.5
5 Nancy Johnson  United States 38.5
6 Jackie Osczevski  Canada 37
7 Ashley Crawford  United States 37
8 Jennifer Lyle  United States 34.5
9 Jackie Rhodes  United States 26.5
10 Laura De Berdt Romilly  Canada 15.5
[19]
2024 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Men)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alec Soukup  United States 62.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matthew McQuiston  United States 55.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Alimo  United States 50
4 Richard Mocygemba  United States 49
5 Jack Turner  United States 40.5
6 Philup Brinkman  United States 36
7 Josh Harrelson  United States 34
8 Nick Strauss  United States 24.5
9 Harry Walker  United States 18
10 Blake Hoffman  United States 15
[20]
2024 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Women)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kira Wrixon  United States 56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Taylor Woods  Canada 49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Holly McRae  Canada 46.5
4 Krystal Stanczyk  United States 38
5 Stacey Burr  United States 37
6 Kristin Ellis  United States 35.5
7 Diana Ferrer  Mexico 35
8 Nadia Morrison  United States 33.5
9 Heidi Ellen Humar  Australia 29
10 Jamie Strong  United States 21.5
[21]

2025

2025 Shaw Classic Open (Men)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ben Glasscock  England 55
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zachary Price  United States 53.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fredrick Johansson  Sweden 46.5
4 Seth Soukup  United States 45
5 Josh Gregory  United States 40
6 Beau Bathery  United States 33.5
7 Quinten Holley  United States 33
8 Alex Kelley  United States 29.5
9 Connor Aaron Hunt  United States 27.5
10 Jon Furrh  United States 15.5
2025 Shaw Classic Open (Women)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jennifer Lyle  Canada 54.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jackie Osczevski  United States 50.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jackie Rhodes  United States 50
4 Nancy Johnson  United States 46
5 Erin Murray  United States 45.5
6 Kira Wrixon  United States 40.5
7 Rebecca Houston  United States 35.5
8 Nicole Wight  Australia 21
9 Cheyenne Ruiz  United States 21
10 Trisha Mank  United States 19.5
2025 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Men)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tyler Pruitt  United States 52
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jordan Wychulis  United States 49.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sean Mullican  United States 46.5
4 Kevin Candito  United States 44.5
5 Christopher Otero  United States 40
6 Derek Brooks  United States 35
7 Joe Korasick  United States 34
8 Gabe Deal  United States 31.5
9 Bodie Giron  United States 25.5
10 Skye Olsen  United States 25.5
2025 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Women)
# Athlete Nation Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Megan Davis  United States 59.5
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Camilla Fogagnolo  Australia 57.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Taylor Woods  Canada 46
4 Diana Ferrer  Mexico 46
5 Kristin Ellis  United States 43
6 Holly McRae  Canada 31.5
7 Hanna Coldiron  United States 28.5
8 Jamie Strong  United States 26.5
9 Savannah Schepp  United States 26.5
10 Alex Martin  United States 19

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