Australia’s Eddie Williams made historical past on the 2025 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) competitors in Sacramento, California, by setting a brand new world document in one of many sport’s most heroic occasions—the Hercules Maintain.
The Hercules Maintain is a real take a look at of guts and grip energy the place the athlete should stand between two colossal pillars, holding them vertical for so long as humanly doable. The one technique to win is to outlast your opponents. On Could 17, Williams not solely beat the rivals within the 2025 competitors, however he additionally bested everybody who has ever competed on this problem. By holding on to an astonishing 159 kilograms (350 lbs) with every hand, Williams lasted an unbelievable 1 minute and 22.14 seconds, breaking the earlier document held by Mark Felix.
Eddie Williams Obtained to Grips With the 2025 World’s Strongest Man
“What I put it all the way down to is the ache threshold,” mentioned Williams of his gargantuan grip energy in an interview with M&F previous to the competitors. “It’s not solely about being robust, it’s additionally having the ability to simply maintain on, even whenever you’re like, ‘I’m in all probability going to interrupt a finger.’ It’s that sort of grit.”
The “Singing Strongman” now holds three world information. In 2018 he pulled a tank for over 10 meters in 36.65 seconds and in 2023 he set a world document with the Nicol stones by carrying one stone weighing 251 kilos (114 kilograms) and the different at 306 kilos (139 kilograms) for greater than 30 meters.
Whereas Williams didn’t make the winners podium, and the title of World’s Strongest Man went to newcomer Rayno Nel of South Africa, the Australian was capable of attain the finals and positioned tenth, which is a marked enchancment over 2024. That, alongside along with his record-breaking efforts spelled the tip of a profitable 2025 WSM marketing campaign. “I set a aim with @hannahvioletwilliams and my coach @manletmovement to make the highest 10 Last at @theworldsstrongestman,” commented the load crushing crooner following the occasion through Instagram. “And with the assistance of my sponsors and the help of my household, my aim was achieved. Going to get residence to our lovely children and write down the subsequent targets. Getting nearer and nearer yearly!”