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NORTH DAKOTA STRONGEST MAN & WOMAN XII  

April 11th, 2026 

This competition is licensed by Strongman Corporation.

RULES:

EVENT 1: AXLE DEADLIFT - Athlete will start hands off, unstrapped and standing back a few feet. Judge will say the commands and when the clock is started is when you can strap in. Time limit is 60 seconds to do as many reps as possible. Reps are counted good when the judge says "good rep" and a down command is giving. Reps need to come to a dead stop on the ground, no "touch n go reps" to be awarded a good rep. Judge will not give an up command, as long as weight stops you are good to go back up. No suits or squat briefs allowed, all protective wear including straps , belt, chalk, sleeves, aloud. 

EVENT 2: LOG -  Athlete will clean and press each rep within 60 seconds to complete as many reps as allowed on the log. Start position will be standing up and when start command is giving the athlete can grab the log. Log will be a 12" for all, except novice women is a 10" steel log. A completed rep is when the log is above the head, arms locked out, feet square and locked out, athlete looking at the judge and has stopped moving. The log can be dropped down as we will have pads, but we ask that you still follow/guide it down so it does not roll onto the floor. Viper press, split jerk, push press are all aloud. All protective wear is allowed. 

EVENT 3: FARMERS MEDLEY - Athlete will have 60 seconds to complete the farmers medley. There will be 4 implements, and each one will need to be carried 25' down the course. Each implement will start behind the line and will need to cross the line 100%. Order will go, Regular farmer handles down, dumbbells back, "Monkey ropes" (plates on pins) back down and "dinnie stones" (plates on pins) back. Each implement weight is "per hand" and labeled in order as how it is descripted above. All protective wear allowed except lifting straps of any kind. Athletes will start "hands on" Time will stop when the last implement has crossed the  line and placed on the ground. If an implement is not finished a distance is kept and recorded.

EVENT 4: MAX POWER CLEAN - Athlete will have 3 attempts to find a max power clean. This is a full clean with no press, no belt clean allowed and no continental or belt clean.  Start weight is listed above for each class. Athletes can skip weights as many times as they need. We will have a warm up area so athletes can keep warming. A good rep is counted when the barbell is cleaned up to the chest height, athlete is standing up, feet square, arms up, body stable, heading looking at judge. Time limit is 60 seconds per attempt. Once an attempt is failed the athlete is done and the successful attempt will be recorded. 

EVENT 5: POWER STAIRS - Athlete will go head to head and have a time limit of 60 seconds to carry 2 power stair implements to the top of the stairs. There will be 6 steps per handle. Handle height is roughly 16" and steps are roughly 15". We will post pictures when complete. Implements need to be 100% on the top step (no part of implement hanging off) to be scored good. All protective equipment is allowed.

EVENT 6: SANDBAG STEEPLECHASE - Athletes will have 60 seconds to carry 2 sandbags down a course with a yoke in the middle where they will need to pick over. There will be 2 sand bags at the start line while they stand behind and hands off the bag. Carry the lighter bag down the 25' course to the yoke, load over yoke then go around or under the bar to repick the back and carry down the remainder of 25' course to cross the line and repeat for the 2nd heavier bag. Women have 42" height on yoke and men will have 48" height on the yoke. All protective gear is allowed. 

We will post videos on our social media pages to show demonstrations of each event.

Parking is free.

Weight can change without notice.

Please follow the Full Circle Strength Systems Facebook and Instagram pages as well as the North Dakota Strongest Man Instagram page for additional information. 

Thank you all and Good Luck!

Mitch & Lacee

Great Northern Event Center 
202 1st Ave E
Williston, ND 58801
 

Weigh ins will be at the Great Northern Event center the day before (Friday April 10th) at 9am and end at 5pm.  If these times do not work, please schedule with us ahead of time. No weigh-ins the day off. 

April 11th, 2026
Start Time
12:00 PM 

Meet Director
Mitch Hughes
fullcirclestrengthsystemsllc@gmail.com
701-641-1870