World's Ultimate Strongman

The inaugural edition of the competition was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with the winner being Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson. The 2019 edition was also held in Dubai and was won by Mateusz Kieliszkowski. Defending champion Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and recently crowned World's Strongest Man Martins Licis did not take part.

On February 22, 2020, it was announced the competition would be expanding and would hold an event in Bahrain at the Bahrain International Circuit with a purse of $350,000 which is the largest for any strongman competition.[1]

Due to the postponement of worldwide sporting events and travel restrictions being in place for many countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic, World's Ultimate Strongman announced an at home/private gym Feats of Strength series with differing strongman record attempts to be live streamed for free. Below are the record attempts (Men's World Record unless otherwise stated):

Season 1

Date	Attempt	Athlete	Existing Record and Holder	Record Broken?	New Record if Broken
May 2, 2020[11][12]	Maximum Deadlift (standard bar)	Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson	500kg ( Eddie Hall)	Yes	501kg
May 16, 2020[13]	Maximum Log Lift	Luke Stoltman	228kg ( Žydrūnas Savickas)	No	-
May 23, 2020[14]	Maximum Atlas Stone Lift	Tom Stoltman	273kg ( Tom Stoltman)	Yes	286kg
May 30, 2020[15]	100kg Dumbbell Press for Repetitions	Oleksii Novikov	10 repetitions ( Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson)	Yes	11 repetitions
June 6, 2020[16]	Maximum Atlas Stone Lift Women's Under-64kg Record	Rhianon Lovelace	139kg	Yes	141kg
June 13, 2020[17]	Maximum Log Lift American Record	Rob Kearney	214kg ( Rob Kearney)	Yes	216kg
June 20, 2020[18]	400kg Deadlift (standard bar) for Repetitions	Jerry Pritchett	5 repetitions ( Jean-François Caron) ( Konstantine Janashia)	No	-
		Rauno Heinla		Equalled	-
June 20, 2020[19]	Raw Bench Press (power bar)	Julius Maddox 1	349kg ( Julius Maddox)	No	-
June 27, 2020	Maximum Deadlift (standard bar) Masters (Over-40s) Record	Terry Hollands	430kg ( James Hickey)	No	-
		Mikhail Shivlyakov		No	-
July 4, 2020	Maximum Log Lift Women's Record	Andrea Thompson	129kg ( Danielle Vaji)	Yes	135kg
July 11, 2020	400kg Deadlift (standard bar) for Repetitions	Adam Bishop 2	5 repetitions ( Jean-François Caron) ( Rauno Heinla) ( Konstantine Janashia)	No	-
		Jean-François Caron		No	-

¹ It was found during the event that Maddox's bar had been misloaded with one side being 25kg heavier than the other.
² It was found during the event that Bishop had 402.5kg on the barbell, rather than 400kg, causing an unofficial world record of 402.5kg for 4 repetitions.

Season 2

Date	Attempt	Athlete	Existing Record and Holder	Record Broken?	New Record if Broken
September 13, 2020	400kg Deadlift (standard bar) for Repetitions	Rauno Heinla	5 repetitions ( Jean-François Caron) ( Rauno Heinla) ( Konstantine Janashia)	Yes	6 repetitions
		Konstantine Janashia		No	-
September 20, 2020		Trey Mitchell	6 repetitions ( Rauno Heinla)	No	-
September 27, 2020	Maximum Atlas Stone Lift	Tom Stoltman	286kg ( Tom Stoltman)	No	-
	Maximum Atlas Stone Lift Women's Record	Donna Moore	162kg ( Donna Moore)	Yes	171kg
October 4, 2020	Maximum Deadlift (standard bar) Women's Record	Andrea Thompson	Record disputed	Yes	290kg
October 11, 2020	Maximum Log Lift	Rob Kearney	228kg ( Žydrūnas Savickas)	No	-
		Luke Stoltman		No	-
October 18, 2020	Maximum Deadlift (standard bar)	Rauno Heinla	501kg ( Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson)	No	-
		Ivan Makarov		No	-
	Maximum Deadlift (standard bar) Masters (Over-40s) Record	Mikhail Shivlyakov	435kg ( James Hickey)	Yes	436kg

• Deadlift – Lifting weights or vehicles straight off the ground until knees lock in a standing position. The 2018 edition consisted of a max Silver Dollar Deadlift, a variation in which the weight is lifted from 18 inches (460 mm). Straps are allowed for this variation. The 2019 edition used the conventional strongman version of the deadlift, using a standard deadlift bar with straps and a deadlift suit.[20]
• Super Yoke – Apparatus composed of a crossbar and two uprights. The uprights each have a heavy weight attached to them, such as a refrigerator or diesel engine, and the competitors must carry the yoke on their shoulders for a short distance.[21]
• Shield Carry – Athletes compete in carrying a 'shield' usually weighing between 160–180 kilograms (350–400 lb) for distance or a set distance for the fastest time. The Shield Carry can be its own event or be used alongside the super yoke.
• Press Medley – Athletes must press various equipment overhead such as a log, axle, circus barbell, and giant dumbbell. The event is scored based on the number of implements completed, then the fastest time.
• Vehicle pull – Vehicles such as transport trucks, trams, boxcars, buses, or planes are pulled across a 100-foot (30 m) course as fast as possible. One variation sees the competitors pull the object with a rope toward them. Another has them attached to a rope which is attached to a vehicle, while they use another rope to pull themselves down the course.[22]
• McGlashen Stones / Atlas Stones – Five heavy round stones increasing in weight from 100–160 kilograms (220–350 lb) are lifted and set on platforms. When the stones were first introduced to the competition, it was an individual event and the platforms were all of equal height. The modern Atlas Stones event takes place on a 16–33-foot (5–10 m) long course and the competitors participate two at a time. In the 2019 edition, a 10 stone event was introduced with stones ranging from 100–200 kilograms (220–440 lb), a first of its kind.[23]