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| File:Shaw Classic.jpg The Shaw Classic logo | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Colorado |
| Established | 2020 |
Number of tournaments | 6 |
| Format | Multi-event competition |
| Venue | Blue FCU Arena |
| Website | theshawclassic.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 but has dropped to $178,750 in 2025.[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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]Pro Men
[edit | edit source](From 2023 onwards, the competition is known as 'Strongest Man on Earth')
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Open Men
[edit | edit source]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
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| 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 Fredrik Johansson |
Open Women
[edit | edit source]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
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| 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 |
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Lightweight Men
[edit | edit source]| 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
[edit | edit source]| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third place |
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| 2024 | United States Kira Wrixon | Canada Taylor Woods | Canada Holly McRae |
| 2025 | United States Megan Davis | Australia Camilla Fogagnolo | Canada Taylor Woods |
Classic results
[edit | edit source]2020 Shaw Classic
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2021 Shaw Classic
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2022 Shaw Classic
[edit | edit source]2023 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth
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2024 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth
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2025 Shaw Classic - Strongest Man on Earth
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Open results
[edit | edit source]2022
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| 2022 Shaw Classic Open (Women) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Athlete | Nation | Points |
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Victoria Long | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 49.5 |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Olga Liashchuk | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | 38.5 |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Cori Butler | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 34.5 |
| 4 | Nancy Johnson | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 31.5 |
| 5 | Samantha Belliveau | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 31 |
| 6 | Jackie Osczevski | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 28.5 |
| 7 | Bailey Deschene | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 22.5 |
| 8 | Rebecca Houston | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 13.5 |
| 9 | Monica Johnson | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 11.5 |
| 10 | Taylor Woods | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 8 |
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2023
[edit | edit source]2024
[edit | edit source]| 2024 Shaw Classic Open (Men) | |||
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| # | Athlete | Nation | Points |
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Joshua Spurgeon | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 52.5 |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Nicholas Guardione | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 50 |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Timothy Buck | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 47 |
| 4 | Joey Lavelle | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 45 |
| 5 | Andrew Burton | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 43.5 |
| 6 | James Jeffers | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 37.5 |
| 7 | Alexander Koop | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 36 |
| 8 | Nicholas Smith | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 25 |
| 9 | Jon Furrh | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 23 |
| 10 | Josh Gregory | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 12.5 |
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| 2024 Shaw Classic Open (Women) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Athlete | Nation | Points |
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Melissa Peacock | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 57.5 |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Nicole Genrich | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 47.5 |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Nadia Stowers | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 45.5 |
| 4 | Erin Murray | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 45.5 |
| 5 | Nancy Johnson | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 38.5 |
| 6 | Jackie Osczevski | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 37 |
| 7 | Ashley Crawford | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 37 |
| 8 | Jennifer Lyle | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 34.5 |
| 9 | Jackie Rhodes | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 26.5 |
| 10 | Laura De Berdt Romilly | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 15.5 |
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| 2024 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Men) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Athlete | Nation | Points |
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Alec Soukup | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 62.5 |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Matthew McQuiston | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 55.5 |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | John Alimo | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 50 |
| 4 | Richard Mocygemba | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 49 |
| 5 | Jack Turner | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 40.5 |
| 6 | Philup Brinkman | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 36 |
| 7 | Josh Harrelson | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 34 |
| 8 | Nick Strauss | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 24.5 |
| 9 | Harry Walker | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 18 |
| 10 | Blake Hoffman | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 15 |
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| 2024 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Women) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Athlete | Nation | Points |
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Kira Wrixon | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 56 |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Taylor Woods | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 49 |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Holly McRae | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 46.5 |
| 4 | Krystal Stanczyk | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 38 |
| 5 | Stacey Burr | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 37 |
| 6 | Kristin Ellis | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 35.5 |
| 7 | Diana Ferrer | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 35 |
| 8 | Nadia Morrison | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 33.5 |
| 9 | Heidi Ellen Humar | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 29 |
| 10 | Jamie Strong | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 21.5 |
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2025
[edit | edit source]| 2025 Shaw Classic Open (Men) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Athlete | Nation | Points |
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Ben Glasscock | File:Flag of England.svg England | 55 |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Zachary Price | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 53.5 |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Fredrik Johansson | File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 46.5 |
| 4 | Seth Soukup | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 45 |
| 5 | Josh Gregory | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 40 |
| 6 | Beau Bathery | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 33.5 |
| 7 | Quinten Holley | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 33 |
| 8 | Alex Kelley | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 29.5 |
| 9 | Connor Aaron Hunt | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 27.5 |
| 10 | Jon Furrh | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 15.5 |
| 2025 Shaw Classic Open (Women) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Athlete | Nation | Points |
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Jennifer Lyle | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 54.5 |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Jackie Osczevski | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 50.5 |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Jackie Rhodes | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 50 |
| 4 | Nancy Johnson | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 46 |
| 5 | Erin Murray | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 45.5 |
| 6 | Kira Wrixon | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 40.5 |
| 7 | Rebecca Houston | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 35.5 |
| 8 | Nicole Wight | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 21 |
| 9 | Cheyenne Ruiz | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 21 |
| 10 | Trisha Mank | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 19.5 |
| 2025 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Men) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Athlete | Nation | Points |
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Tyler Pruitt | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 52 |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Jordan Wychulis | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 49.5 |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Sean Mullican | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 46.5 |
| 4 | Kevin Candito | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 44.5 |
| 5 | Christopher Otero | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 40 |
| 6 | Derek Brooks | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 35 |
| 7 | Joe Korasick | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 34 |
| 8 | Gabe Deal | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 31.5 |
| 9 | Bodie Giron | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 25.5 |
| 10 | Skye Olsen | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 25.5 |
| 2025 Shaw Classic Lightweight (Women) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Athlete | Nation | Points |
| 1st place, gold medalist(s) | Megan Davis | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 59.5 |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Camilla Fogagnolo | File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia | 57.5 |
| 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) | Taylor Woods | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 46 |
| 4 | Diana Ferrer | File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | 46 |
| 5 | Kristin Ellis | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 43 |
| 6 | Holly McRae | File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada | 31.5 |
| 7 | Hanna Coldiron | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 28.5 |
| 8 | Jamie Strong | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 26.5 |
| 9 | Savannah Schepp | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 26.5 |
| 10 | Alex Martin | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | 19 |
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