Tom Stoltman reigned supreme and showed his dominance to become Britain’s Strongest Man for the fourth time. There were several highlights of his performance that fans would want to know.

The 2026 Britain’s Strongest Man competition was held on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at Utilita Arena in Sheffield, England. It had 5 main events, in which 12 competitors were tested and demonstrated their strengths.

In all the 5 events, Stoltman always came in the top 3 contenders, and his total was 54.5 points, which made him the champion of 2026 Britain’s Strongest Man and also paved his way to 2026 World’s Strongest Man.

Adam Bishop became the runner-up with a total of 48.5 points. And at 3rd place, it was Paddy Haynes with 48 points.

Now, let’s look at the individual results of the 5 main events with the top three contenders in each event. The competition was started with

MIRAFIT Circus Press Medley (Event 1)

In this event, all the competitors first perform the barbell press with 176.4lbs and 330.7lbs. After that, bars were loaded with 198.4lb and 220.5lb, to press as many reps as possible for each participant. The top 3 performers are 

• Tom Stoltman: Performed 8 reps in 74.89 seconds
• Luke Stoltman: Performed 7 reps in  68.28 seconds
• Ben Glasscock: Performed 6 reps in 61.73 seconds

IRONRHINO Car Walk (Event 2)

This is the staple event in Giants Live competitions. For this event, cars were custom-made so that participants could step into them, carry them on their shoulders, and walk a course in the shortest time possible. The weight of these custom cars was almost 450kg, and the top 3 performers in this event are

• Adam Bishop: Finished the task in 11.81 seconds
• Graham Hicks: Finished the task in 16.08 seconds
• Tom Stoltman: Finished the task in 17.42 seconds

SBD Axle Deadlift (Event 3)

In this event, competitors were asked to perform as many reps as possible with a bar weighing 793.7lbs. The top 3 performers of this event are

• Paddy Haynes performed 8 reps
• Adam Bishop performed 7 reps
• Tom Stoltman performed 7 reps in total

BEAST PHARMA Bag Toss (Event 4)

In this event, athletes must toss 6 bags of weights 39.7lbs, 44.1lbs, 50.7lbs, 55.1lbs, and 61.7lbs as quickly as possible. The top 3 performers of this event toss all 6 bags in 

• Tom Stoltman: in 13.94 seconds
• Adam Bishop: in 15.35 seconds
• Paddy Haynes: in 15.53 seconds

CASTLE WATER Power Stairs (Event 5)

This was the final event of the completion, and competitors were asked to carry five weights (440.9lbs, 463lbs, 496lbs, 529.1lbs, 551.2lbs) up 3 stairs, for a total of 15 steps. The top 3 performers of this event carry weights for 15 steps in

• Paddy Haynes completed in 39.51 seconds
• Adam Bishop completed in 40.38 seconds
• Tom Stoltman completed the task in 41.43 seconds

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Written by

Supradeep Dutta

Edited by

Souvik Roy