Ben Glasscock is the 2025 Shaw Classic champion!
Last updated on August 17th, 2025
The 2025 Shaw Classic occurred in Loveland, CO, on Aug. 17-18, 2025. It was headlined by the 2025 Strongest Man on Earth contest and featured the 2025 Shaw Classic Open and weight class contests.
In the Men’s Open competition, the UK’s Ben Glasscock scored the overall gold with 55 of a possible 70 points. He bested nine other strongmen through seven events: Axle Press, Frame Carry, Load & Drag, Max Log Lift, Yoke & Arm-Over-Arm Medley, Deadlift, and Atlas Stones.
2025 Shaw Classic Men’s Open Results
- Ben Glasscock (UK) — 55 points
- Zach Price (USA) — 53.5 points
- Fredrik Johansson (SWE) — 46.5 points
- Seth Soukup (USA) — 45 points
- Josh Gregory (USA) — 40 points
- Beau Bathery (USA) — 33.5 points
- Quinten Holley (USA) — 33 points
- Alex Kelley (USA) — 29.5 points
- Connor Hunt (USA) — 27.5 points
- Jon Furrh (USA) — 15.5 points
2025 Shaw Classic Men’s Open Event Results
Below are the results for each event contested in Loveland.
Axle Press
Athletes repped 152 kilograms as many times as possible in one minute.
- Ben Glasscock — Five reps (T-first)
- Zach Price — Five reps (T-first)
- Seth Soukup — Four reps (T-second)
- Alex Kelley — Four reps (T-second)
- Josh Gregory — Three reps (T-fifth)
- Quinten Holley — Three reps (T-fifth)
- Connor Hunt — Three reps (T-fifth)
- Jon Furrh — Three reps (T-fifth)
- Fredrik Johansson — Two reps
- Beau Bathery — One rep
Frame Carry
Each strongman carried a 352-kilogram frame 30 meters in the fastest time possible.
- Beau Bathery — 59.59 seconds
- Connor Hunt — 38.71 meters
- Jon Furrh — 27.84 meters
- Fredrik Johansson — 26.5 meters
- Ben Glasscock — 21.44 meters
- Josh Gregory — 15.24 meters
- Alex Kelley — 12.45 meters
- Zach Price — 6.81 meters
- Seth Soukup — 2.13 meters
- Quinten Holley — 0.66 meters
Load & Drag
Strongmen loaded 136 and 147-kilogram sandbags and dragged a torque tank.
- Ben Glasscock — 35.75 seconds
- Zach Price — 36.82 seconds
- Quinten Holley — 39.31 seconds
- Seth Soukup — 39.41 seconds
- Fredrik Johansson — 39.57 seconds
- Josh Gregory — 40.41 seconds
- Beau Bathery — 41.93 seconds
- Jon Furrh — 42.47 seconds
- Connor Hunt — 48.78 seconds
- Alex Kelley — 60 seconds
Max Log Lift
Athletes established their max log lifts.
- Zach Price — 186 kilograms
- Ben Glasscock — 172 kilograms (T-second)
- Seth Soukup — 172 kilograms (T-second)
- Quinten Holley — 172 kilograms (T-second)
- Josh Gregory — 163 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Alex Kelley — 163 kilograms (T-fifth)
- Fredrik Johansson — 154 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Beau Bathery — 154 kilograms (T-seventh)
- Connor Hunt — 145 kilograms
- Jon Furrh — withdrew
Yoke & Arm-Over-Arm Medley
The yoke weighed 454 kilograms.
- Seth Soukup — 46.31 seconds
- Beau Bathery — 49 seconds
- Zach Price — 53.09 seconds
- Fredrik Johansson — 51.19 seconds
- Ben Glasscock — 55.69 seconds
- Josh Gregory — 71.93 seconds
- Connor Hunt — 22.63 meters
- Alex Kelley — 17.04 meters
- Quinten Holley — 16.54 meters
- Jon Furrh — withdrew
Deadlift
Athletes deadlifted 329 kilograms for reps.
- Fredrik Johansson — 11 reps
- Josh Gregory — Nine reps
- Ben Glasscock — Six reps (T-third)
- Seth Soukup — Six reps (T-third)
- Zach Price — Four reps
- Beau Bathery — Three reps
- Quinten Holley — One rep
- Alex Kelley — One rep
- Connor Hunt — no lift
- Jon Furrh — withdrew
Atlas Stones
The five stones weighed from 159 to 204 kilograms.
- Fredrik Johansson — Five in 45.33 seconds
- Zach Price — Five in 56.13 seconds
- Ben Glasscock — Four in 42.36 seconds
- Connor Hunt — Three in 17.92 seconds
- Josh Gregory — Three in 21.22 seconds
- Quinten Holley — Three in 25.98 seconds
- Alex Kelley — Three in 35.82 seconds
- Seth Soukup — Three in 39.21 seconds
- Beau Bathery — Three in 55.32 seconds
- Jon Furrh — withdrew
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