Frame Walk
Virastyuk 52.63m
Murumets 49.9m
Poundstone 48.84m
Szczepanski 40.8m
Blekaitis 36.54m
Katona 32.53m
Hatfield 32.29m
McClure 28.54m
Kokylaev 25.5m
Savickas 25.25m
Brusokas 13.42m
Hams 12.65m
Yoke
Virastyuk 11.34s
Blekaitis 11.34s
Poundstone 14.37s
Savickas 14.56s
Szczepanski 14.94
Brusokas 14.97s
Murumets 17.19s
Hams 18.19s
Kokylaev 19.16s
McClure 20s
Hatfield 20.06s
Katona 20.69s
The competition started under a tent because of the expected rain. The first event, bus pull, began after a long delay. Organizers spent a long time on the bus' tires to make the pull harder. Vidas Blekaitis started first followed by 8 more competitors. Best time of all who completed the event was by Vasyl Virastyuk, in the area of 23 sec. The ninth to go was Andrus Murumets. He had a strong pull and pulled the bus all the way, however at the finish line the bus' brakes gave out and Murumets was ran over by the bus. Fortunately Murumets was not hurt.
Then the circus began. At first everyone was happy that Murumets was not hurt, then the deliberation began whether the event can be continued. On one hand there was still 3 competitors who were yet to go (Koklyaev, Brusokas and Savickas), on the other hand it started raining and the course began to flood, on top of all that no one was sure that the same incident would not repeat. Organizers made attempts to dry the course and checked the brakes, however half an hour later the decision was made to abandon the event. It was also decided that the 3 competitors who did not get to do the bus pull will go first in the next event.
Attempts were made (by Savickas and others) to argue the point that timber walk is a strategic event and it makes a big difference to know your opponents' result before you go. It was proposed to draw lots for the starting order, however Virastyuk categorically refused. It was argued that what occured wasn't the last 3 guys' fault but it didn't matter.
The first pair to go in the farmer's walk were Koklyaev and Brusokas, next to go were Savickas and Hams. As expected, each pair that followed got better times than the first two. What a shame. It felt as if this was another GP, not the Championship of the World. Next was the super yoke. There was some strange refereeing. One example was Derek Poundstone dragging the yoke for part of the course, yet his result counted.
Just before the start of the final it was announced that there will be no Conan's circle but no reason why was mentioned. As a result the events changed to:
Day 1:
Timber walk
Super yoke - 410 kg.
Day 2:
Manhood stones - 170 kg. for reps, 155 cm., 140 cm. and 125 cm.
DL for reps - 340 kg.
Apollon's axle for max
Medley - sack for 25 m., famer's for 25 m. and shield for 25 m.