World's Ultimate Strongman
World's Ultimate Strongman is an annual strength athletics competition which began in 2018. The event has a number of rival and parallel competitions, including the World's Strongest Man and the Giants Live Tour
History
The inaugural edition of the competition was held in Dubai,United Arab Emirates with its 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 22 February 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.
Effects of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic
On March 13, 2020, World's Ultimate Strongman released a statement entailing that the recently announced event due to take place on April 11, 2020, in Bahrain was postponed due to concerns over the novel COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak, to which they said that a new date would be found and announced when it logistically and feasibly possible.Record breaker series
Due to the postponement of worldwide sporting events and travel restrictions being in place in many countries, World's Ultimate Strongman announced an at home/private gym record breaker series with differing strongman record attempts to be livestreamed for free. Below are the record attempts :| Date | Attempt | Athlete | Existing Record and Holder | Record Broken? | New Record if Broken |
| 2 May 2020 | Maximum Deadlift |  Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson | 500kg | ' | 501kg |
| 16 May 2020 | Maximum Log Lift |  Luke Stoltman | 228kg | ' | - |
| 23 May 2020 | Maximum Atlas Stone Lift | Tom Stoltman | 273kg | ' | 286kg |
| 30 May 2020 | 100kg Dumbbell Press for Repetitions |  Oleksii Novikov | No officially verified record | ' | 11 repetitions |
| 6 June 2020 | Maximum Atlas Stone Lift Women's Under-64kg Record |  Rhianon Lovelace | 139kg | ' | 141kg |
| 13 June 2020 | Maximum Log Lift American Record |  Rob Kearney | 214kg | ' | 216kg |
| 20 June 2020 | 400kg Deadlift for Repetitions | Jerry Pritchett | 5 repetitions | ' | - |
| 20 June 2020 | 400kg Deadlift for Repetitions |  Rauno Heinla | 5 repetitions | ' | - |
| 20 June 2020 | Raw Bench Press | Julius Maddox 1 | 349kg | ' | - |
| 27 June 2020 | Maximum Deadlift Masters Record | Terry Hollands | 430kg | ' | - |
| 27 June 2020 | Maximum Deadlift Masters Record |  Mikhail Shivlyakov | 430kg | ' | - |
| 4 July 2020 | Maximum Log Lift Women's Record | Andrea Thompson | 129kg | ' | 135kg |
| 11 July 2020 | 400kg Deadlift for Repetitions | Adam Bishop 2 | 5 repetitions | ' | - |
| 11 July 2020 | 400kg Deadlift for Repetitions |  Jean-François Caron | 5 repetitions | ' | - |
1 It was found during the event that Maddox's bar had been mis-loaded with one side being 11kg 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.
Championship breakdown
Championships by country
Commonly contested events
- 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 which is double the height of the standard bar. The 2019 edition used the conventional strongman version of the deadlift a standard deadlift bar with straps and deadlift suit allowed.
- 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.
- Shield Carry – Athletes compete in carrying a 'shield' usually weighing between for distance or a set distance for the fastest time. Shield carry can be its own event or can be used alongside the super yoke.
- Press Medley – Athletes must press various equipment such as a log, axle, circus barbell and giant dumbbell. With the fastest athlete being the winner of the event.
- Vehicle Pull – Vehicles such as transport trucks, trams, boxcars, buses, or planes are pulled across a 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.
- McGlashen Stones / Atlas Stones – Five heavy round stones increasing in weight from 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 long course and the competitors participate two at a time. In the 2019 edition a first of its kind 10 stone event was introduced with stones ranging from.