Paddy Haynes scored gold in his home country.
The 2025 England’s Strongest Man (ESM) contest occurred on July 20 in York, England. The single-day contest featured 12 athletes competing through five events to crown a champion: Deadlift Ladder, Shield Carry, Super Yoke, Log Lift, and Sandbag Medley.
When all was lifted and loaded, 2025 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) fifth-place finisher Paddy Haynes scored the overall gold, earning 50 of a possible 60 points. Haynes is riding a wave of momentum on his third-place finish from the 2025 Strongman Classic on July 5.
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2025 England’s Strongest Man Event Results
Below are the results for each of the five events contested in York:
Deadlift Ladder
- Graham Hicks — Four in 22.84 seconds
- Ryan Bennett — Four in 33.46 seconds
- Andrew Flynn — Four in 34.51 seconds
- Paddy Haynes — Four in 37.24 seconds
- Ben Glasscock — Four in 37.56 seconds
- Kane Francis — Four in 38.13 seconds
- Jack Osborn — Three in 18.6 seconds
- Paul Smith — Three in 21.16 seconds
- Zack Hill — Three in 34.89 seconds
- Dan McNicholas — Three in 37.02 seconds
- Dean Mason — Two in 30.2 seconds
- Tom Owens — Two in 30.48 seconds
Shield Carry
- Paddy Haynes — 77.94 meters
- Andrew Flynn — 60 meters
- Ben Glasscock — 56.45 meters
- Paul Smith — 46.95 meters
- Kane Francis — 44.16 meters
- Dan McNicholas — 42.96 meters
- Zack Hill — 41.77 meters
- Dean Mason — 39.48 meters
- Tom Owens — 37.68 meters
- Graham Hicks — 30.25 meters
- Ryan Bennett — 29.96 meters
- Jack Osborn — 22.63 meters
Super Yoke
- Paddy Haynes — 12.47 seconds
- Kane Francis — 14.02 seconds
- Andrew Flynn — 14.67 seconds
- Jack Osborn — 15.67 seconds
- Graham Hicks — 16.33 seconds
- Paul Smith — 16.89 seconds
- Ryan Bennett — 20.58 seconds
- Ben Glasscock — 25.77 seconds
- Zack Hill — 35.1 seconds
- Dan McNicholas — 45.65 seconds
- Dean Mason — 57.73 seconds
- Tom Owens — 15.29 meters
Log Lift
- Jack Osborn — Nine reps
- Andrew Flynn — Six reps (T-second)
- Kane Francis — Six reps (T-second)
- Ben Glasscock — Six reps (T-second)
- Paul Smith — Six reps (T-second)
- Paddy Haynes — Five reps (T-sixth)
- Graham Hicks — Five reps (T-sixth)
- Ryan Bennett — Five reps (T-sixth)
- Zack Hill — Four reps
- Dan McNicholas — no lift
- Tom Owens — no lift
- Dean Mason — no lift
Sandbag Medley
- Paddy Haynes — Four in 32.22 seconds
- Ben Glasscock — Four in 35.65 seconds
- Kane Francis — Four in 36.71 seconds
- Andrew Flynn — Four in 36.83 seconds
- Zack Hill — Four in 38.66 seconds
- Ryan Bennett — Four in 44.33 seconds
- Paul Smith — Four in 60.09 seconds
- Tom Owens — Four in 62.97 seconds
- Graham Hicks — Three in 30.46 seconds
- Dan McNicholas — Three in 39.73 seconds
- Jack Osborn — Three in 43.84 seconds
- Dean Mason — Three in 58.9 seconds
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