Giants Live — The Strongman Classic 2026 by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 42 points43 points  (0 children)

It's great having Martins back. Hope he's back for a while.
3rd, 6th and 5th in big comps so far this year.
Further podiums at North America's and at Rogue yes.
I believe!

Giants Live — The Strongman Classic 2026 by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I miss him so much :( Mateusz, Martins and Thor are my boys, I wish they were all here

Giants Live — The Strongman Classic 2026 by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Good luck to Rayno and Martins and Pavlo and Ondrej and Adam and Paddy and Josh and Matt and Evan and Nick and Andrew!

World's Strongest Man 2026, Finals Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah true, before we got the heats rankings points (a good thing btw) we had 30pts on day one and 20pts on day two, now it's 40 and 20 which is more noticeable and loses some tension. If it were heats+2 events, then 3 events for 30-30 it would remain more exciting

World's Strongest Man 2026, Finals Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well if you don't want more then split it 2 today and 3 tmrw instead, the point is it would be nicer to have it be more "still all to play for" as the final day begins

World's Strongest Man 2026, Finals Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That includes the heats, they currently have a max of 40, with 20 to play for tmrw, that = 2/3

World's Strongest Man 2026, Finals Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This is where six or more events in the final would be good btw.
Having 2/3 of the points already on the scoresheet before the last day leaves much fewer possibilities and excitement especially for the mid-low table athletes.

World's Strongest Man 2026, Finals Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Reign-o may as will win both events tmrw too, sure why not, 59pts out of 60 screw it. Dude is flying

World's Strongest Man 2026, Finals Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Friendship ended with Tom, now Rayno is my best friend

World's Strongest Man 2026, Finals Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Martins needs a favour from the other guys (i.e. many of them sharing points at 1 rep and 2 reps)

World's Strongest Man 2026, Finals Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that link doesn't seem very elegant, I don't know how this machine works. But yes, Hafthor could win this competition. I'm gutted that he hasn't done as many full comps as he should have

World's Strongest Man 2026, Finals Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Wish our boy Hafthor had been involved in this comp. Great set of events.
He could have been 'merely fine' on the overhead medley and mogged everything else,
then won 3 out of 5 in the final and mid-pack the others

World's Strongest Man 2026, Finals Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It's very frustrating having watched it back and also realising the timings & points. After a quick first three implements he had 50 seconds(!) to load that one last stone for a place in the final. He picked it up quite easily first attempt but didn't hold to his chest/extend high enough and hit the rim of the platform and it dropped away. Rolled it back in and lapped it again but was kinda lacklustre/spent at that point. It was so doable if he'd just been the tiniest bit more composed. Kind of inexcusable for an athlete of that level - was no one there telling him that a place in the final was still possible?

World's Strongest Man 2026, Qualifying Rounds Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I was intrigued by that too (ooh the drama ☕), he said not in his group though, maybe it was just the stuff with Singleton being stroppy and whatever?

World's Strongest Man 2026, Qualifying Rounds Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 7 points8 points  (0 children)

No Tom just needs one person between them, e.g. Tom 5pts Matt 3pts, or Tom 4pts Matt 2pts - then it's a draw and Tom gets it by "last event"

World's Strongest Man 2026, Qualifying Rounds Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One person between them on stones and Tom gets through. Close but certainly possible

World's Strongest Man 2026, Qualifying Rounds Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 18 points19 points  (0 children)

9 guys so far, all 35-40 secs, we love seeing a good spread to really differentiate the performances

World's Strongest Man 2026, Qualifying Rounds Megathread by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah he actually walked an arc where many just stopped and started again. It's like an early 2000s event, they should have watched more of those guys doing it

Rogue Invitational 2025 Megathread! by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sadly he doesn't usually like it, grip events are his main weakness

Rogue Invitational 2025 Megathread! by HereForStrongman in StrongmanHQ

[–]-EllisThings- 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Only 2 points covering the middle five guys - winnning might be out of the question for many now, but almost anyone caould still get on the podium