Worlds Strongest Hands 2011, Minneapolis results

Yesterday was the first leg of the international grip series. 13 contest sites, with 88 total competitors in  the first round. Of those 88 11 were Women, 21 were in the 82.5 kg class, and 59 in the open class.

The Minneapolis location had 14 competitors. 7 in the open class, 4 in the 82.5 kg class, and 3 in the women’s class.

The first event was the Vulcan adjustable gripper using a 20 mm setting block. The rules are simple, set the grippers, demonstrate the 20 mm block can pass through the handles then close it for an end to end touch. This year we used a new Silver/black dipped spring which was much more challenging than last years Gold spring.

Placing for Vulcan

Open

1. Adam Glass Level 17 (4th place tied with Jedd Johnson, Dave Thornton, and Peter Kerr)
2. Chris Mathison Level 14 (this was a tie with 8 other people in the 21 st place range)
3. Austin Acree Level 12 (this was a tie with 8 other people in the 30 th place range)
4. David Dellanave Level 10 (this was a tie with 4 other people in the 42nd range)
5. Joe Tebbe Level 6 (tie for 62 nd place)
6. Brad Ellingson Level 3 (4 way tie for 70th place)
7. Mike Nelson Level 3 (4 way tie for 70 th place)

82.5 kg class

1. Bob Sundin Level 12 (this was a tie with 8 other people in the 30 th place range
2. Ryan Pitts Level 11 (4 way tie for 38th place)
3. Nick Oswald Level 8 (6 way tie for 51st place)
4. Dave Sandel Level 5 (5 way tie for 65th place)

Womens Class (White spring used)

1. Kathi Burger Level 15 White (83rd place)
2. Jodie Nelson Level 13 White (84th place)
3. Megan Kruger Level 9 White (85th place)

The second event was the two hand pinch deadlift. This is one of the most popular grip events in the world and is a standard in competition. The objective is to lift the apparatus to a 16.5 ” standard and set it back down.

Open Class

1. Adam Glass 235.63 (3rd place)
2. Chris Mathison 195.43 (17th place)
3. Austin Acree 161.57 (45th place)
4. David Dellanave 142.5 (54th place)
5. Joe Tebbe 140.18 (56th place)
6. Brad Ellingson 120.71 (68th place)
7. Mike Nelson 119.54 (69th place)

82.5kg Class

1. Bob Sundin 204.93 (14th place, World Record for 82.5kg class)
2. Ryan Pitts 165.61 (35th place)
3. Dave Sandel 155.16 (48th place)
4. Nick Oswald 129.67 (64th place)

Women’s Class

1. Kathi Burger 109.58 (77th place)
2. Jodie Nelson 97.05 (80th place)
3. Megan Kruger 83.95 (83rd place)

The Third event was the Griptopz half penny pinch. It is a very close position pinch using the thumb and index finger. The objective is to lift the apparatus to a 16.5 inch standard and set it back down.

Open class

1. Adam Glass 41.25 (1st place World Record for apparatus)
2. Chris Mathison 32.3 (21st place)
3. Joe Tebbi 22.21 (59th place)
4. Austin Acree 22.13 (60th place)
5. David Dellanave 20.83 (64th place)
6. Brad Ellingson 17.22 (5 way tie for 74th)
7. Mike Nelson 17.22 (5 way tie for 74th)

82.5 kg class

1. Bob Sundin 33.42 (14th place)
2. Ryan Pitts 26.04 (39th place)
3. Nick Oswald 22.21 (48th place)
4. Dave Sandel 22.12 (61st place)

Women’s class

1. Kathi Burger 17.22 (5 way tie for 74th)
2. Jodie Nelson 17.22 (5 way ti for 74th)
3. Megan Kruger 17.22 (5 way tie for 74th)

The forth event was the Griptopz Hub lift, a claw style lift using the index/middle/ringer finger and thumb. The objective was to lift the apparatus to a 16.5 inch standard.

Open class

1. Adam Glass 50.27 (9th place)
2. Chris Mathison 45.06 (18th place)
3. David Dellanave 37.42 (39th place)
4. Austin Acree 34.96 (48th place)
5. Joe Tebbe 27.31 (69th place)
6. Brad Ellingson 24.86 (76th place)
7. Mike Nelson 24.86 (76th place)

82.5 kg class

1. Bob Sundin 42.47 (27th place)
2. Nick Oswald 33.5 (54th place)
3. Dave Sandel 32.35 (58th place)
4. Ryan Pitts 29.87 (63rd place)

Womens Class

1. Kathi Burger 24.86 (76th place)
2. Jodie Nelson 22.28 (80th place)
3. Megan Kruger 19.85 (83rd place)

After the Official events we held a medley at Movement Minneapolis, I think everyone enjoyed it.

Medley events were as follows

1. Thomas Inch Dumbbell Replica
2. Thomas Inch Dumbbell Replica (182 lbs, AKA the Glass Bell)
3. Thomas Inch Dumbbell Replica (shot loaded from Atomic Athlete 150 ish Lbs)
4. Double 45′s pinch
5. Double 35′s pinch
6. 3- 10′s pinch
7. 2- 10′s pinch
8. #3.5 COC from MMS
9. #3 COC from MMS
10. #3 in choker
11. #2.5 MMS
12. #2 MMS
13. 2″ Axle loaded to 285 lbs
14. 3″ Axle loaded to 165 lbs
15. 3″ Dumbbell loaded to 114 lbs
16. 3″ dumbbell loaded to 144 lbs
17. IM Rolling thunder loaded to 175 lbs
18. 2″ Vertical bar loaded to 230 lbs
19. 1″ Vertical bar loaded to 32 lbs
20. IM Hub lift loaded to 23 lbs
21. IM pinch block loaded to 26 lbs
22. “Plywood lift” loaded to 30 lbs
23. Dinnie Stone replicas loaded to 475 total
24. 8 lbs sledge hammer to the nose
25. 13 lbs reverse lever to the rear
26. 27 lbs Slim Style double lever from the floor
27. Griptopz stub lift 24 lbs
28. Block weight 23 lbs
29. Block weight 28 lbs
30. York Blob 33 lbs
31. York Blob 34 lbs
32. Block weight 34 lbs
33. Block weight 41 lbs
34. York blob 44 lbs
35. York Blob 49 lbs
36. Blob50 52 lbs
37. York Fatman 53.5 lbs
38. York legacy blob 51 lbs
39. Block weight 53 lbs
40. Block weight 51 lbs
41. Double hex head db lift 60 lbs bell
42. Double hex head db lift 75 lbs bell
43. Vertical hex DB lift 10 lbs
44. vertical hex DB lift 15 lbs
45. Vertical hex DB lift 25 lbs
46. One hand pinch lift on Euro apparatus with 72 lbs

Placing for the medley were as follows

Open

1. Adam Glass – 44 points
2. Chris Mathison 37 points
3. Austin Acree 27 points
4. David Dellanave 25 points
5. Joe Tebbe 24 points
6. Brad Ellingson 24 points
7. Mike Nelson 16 points

82.5 kg class

1. Bob Sundin 35 points
2. Ryan Pitts 32 points
3. Dave Sandel 23 points
4. Nick Oswald 19 points

Womens Class

1. Kathi Burger 11 points
2. Megan Kruger 8 points
3. Jodie Nelson 0 points

Final placings on World list

1. Adam Glass 3rd place
2. Chris Mathison 17th place
3. Bob Sundin 21st place
4. Ryan Pitts 40th place
5. Austin Acree 50th place
6. David Dellanave 53rd place
7. Nick Oswald 57th place
8. Dave Sandel 60th place
9. Joe Tebbe 67th place
10. Brad Ellingson 76th place
11. Mike Nelson 78th place
12. Kathi Burger 82nd place
13. Jodie Nelson 84th place
14. Megan Kruger 86th place

Final placing for 82.5 class (out of 21, maintained as separate list)

1. Bob Sundin 4th place
2. Ryan Pitts 7th place
3. Nick Oswald 12th place
4. Dave Sandel 15th place

Final placings for women’s class (out of 11, maintained as separate list)

1. Kathi Burger 7th place
2. Jodie Nelson 9th place
3. Megan Kruger 10th place

The next leg is 10 September 2011. I will have a full post to explain all rules and events. I predict at least another 20 people will jump in for the second go.

For scoring, you carry points each series. At the final leg all points are tallied for final placing.

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