2025 Real Strength Cup Results

Tom Place claims gold in the Netherlands!

Last updated on August 11th, 2025

The 2025 Real Strength Cup (RSC) occured in Den Haag Loosduinen, Netherlands, on Aug. 9, 2025. The contest featured 11 strongmen, representing seven countries, running through five events: Max Log Lift, Squat Lift, Wheelbarrow Carry, Viking Press, and Atlas Stones.

The UK’s Tom Place scored the overall win, achieving 45.5 of a possible 55 points — a tie with Latvia’s Aivars Šmaukstelis. However, Place’s faster time in the Atlas Stones was the tiebreaker that enabled him to stand atop the podium.

2025 Real Strength Cup Results

1. Tom Place (UK) —45.5 points
2. Aivars Šmaukstelis (LAT) — 45.5 points
3. Oleg Pylypiak (UKR) — 43.5 points
4. Dean Mason (UK) — 41 points
5. Walid Hammoud (FRA) — 27.5 points
6. Luca Heijster (NED) — 27 points
7. Martijn de Boer (NED) — 25.5 points
8. Calum Nicholls (UK) — 22 points
9. Zdeněk Vávra (CZE) — 21 points
10. Szilárd Barta (HUN) — 15 points
11. Sebastian Petrů (CZE) — 6.5 points

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2025 Real Strength Cup Event Results

Below are the results for each event contested in Den Haag Loosduinen:

Max Log Lift

Athletes established their max log lift by round:

1. Oleg Pylypiak — 190 kilograms
2. Tom Place — 180 kilograms
3. Walid Hammoud — 165 kilograms
4. Aivars Šmaukstelis — 155 kilograms (T-fourth)
5. Dean Mason — 155 kilograms (T-fourth)
6. Calum Nicholls — 155 kilograms (T-fourth)
7. Luca Heijster — 145 kilograms (T-seventh)
8. Zdeněk Vávra — 145 kilograms (T-seventh)
9. Sebastian Petrů — 145 kilograms (T-seventh)
10. Szilárd Barta — 135 kilograms
11. Martijn de Boer — 125 kilograms

Squat Lift

Athletes lifted 300 kilograms for reps.

1. Oleg Pylypiak — Nine reps
2. Tom Place — Seven reps
3. Luca Heijster — Five reps
4. Martijn de Boer — Two reps (T-fourth)
5. Aivars Šmaukstelis — Two reps (T-fourth)
6. Dean Mason — Two reps (T-fourth)
7. Walid Hammoud — One rep
8. Calum Nicholls — no lift
9. Zdeněk Vávra — no lift
10. Szilárd Barta — no lift
11. Sebastian Petrů — no lift

Wheelbarrow Carry

1. Aivars Šmaukstelis — Three in 37.15 seconds
2. Oleg Pylypiak — Three in 39.25 seconds
3. Dean Mason — Three in 43.85 seconds
4. Martijn de Boer — Three in 57.74 seconds
5. Zdeněk Vávra — Three in 58.84 seconds
6. Szilárd Barta — Three in 74.94 seconds
7. Calum Nicholls — 14.74 meters
8. Tom Place — 11.35 meters
9. Walid Hammoud — 10.7 meters
10. Luca Heijster — 4.95 meters
11. Sebastian Petrů — Two meters

Viking Press

Each strongman locked out 160 kilograms for reps.

1. Tom Place — 14 reps (T-first)
2. Aivars Šmaukstelis — 14 reps (T-first)
3. Dean Mason — 13 reps
4. Oleg Pylypiak — 10 reps (T-fourth)
5. Walid Hammoud — 10 reps (T-fourth)
6. Luca Heijster — Six reps (T-sixth)
7. Zdeněk Vávra — Six reps (T-sixth)
8. Szilárd Barta — Six reps (T-sixth)
9. Calum Nicholls — Five reps
10. Martijn de Boer — One rep (T-10th)
11. Sebastian Petrů — One rep (T-10th)

Atlas Stones

The five stones weighed 120 to 200 kilograms and were loaded for time.

1. Tom Place — Four in 25.85 seconds
2. Aivars Šmaukstelis — Four in 29.43 seconds
3. Dean Mason — Four in 30.94 seconds
4. Martijn de Boer — Four in 39.98 seconds
5. Calum Nicholls — Four in 60.79 seconds
6. Luca Heijster — Three in 30.5 seconds
7. Zdeněk Vávra — Three in 55.7 seconds
8. Oleg Pylypiak — Two in 12.74 seconds
9. Walid Hammoud — Two in 28.18 seconds
10. Szilárd Barta — Two in 63.5 seconds
11. Sebastian Petrů — One in 20.2 seconds

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