Nick Best (born November 3, 1968) is an American

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and

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Powerlifting

Prior to competing in strongman, Best won the USAPL National Powerlifting Championships in the 125 kg class in 1996 and 1997, as well as the WDFPF World Powerlifting Championships in 1996.

Strongman

Best started his strongman career in 2006 by participating at

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competition. The following year he won second place to

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. In 2008, he carried the legendary Jón Páll Sigmarsson Stone for for a new world record. In 2009 he participated at Strongman Super Series Romania Grand Prix and won second place in addition to winning Jesse Marunde Invitational. In 2010, Best won the All-American Strongman Challenge which qualified him for the 2010

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where he finished ninth. Two months later he competed in the 2010 World's Strongest Man and qualified for the finals and finished sixth. On the same year Best finished second at the

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Swedish Grand Prix behind Brian Shaw. In 2011, He placed second at the 2011 All-American Strongman Challenge which earned him an invite to the 2011

, where he took seventh. He competed in the

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contest but failed to qualify for the finals. In 2012, Best competed in the 2012 All-American Strongman Challenge and finished third. He placed second at the 2012

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behind Mike Jenkins. In this competition, he set a joint world record in the hip lift event with Jenkins with a lift of . This placing qualified Nick for the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest, he finished third in his heat and failed to qualify for the finals. Also in 2012, he competed in the inaugural SCL North American Championships in

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, winning third place. In 2013, Best finished second in the

Australia Grand Prix behind

. This placing qualified Nick for the 2013 World's Strongest Man contest. Despite qualifying for the World's Strongest Man competition in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016, he could not manage to get selected to the finals. However, in 2017 he did so where he emerged tenth. His attempts to get into the finals in 2018 and 2020 were unsuccessful. In the 2019 television series, '' The Strongest Man in History'', on the

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, Best broke Paul Anderson's legendary Carousel lift world record by lifting . Best is known for his longevity in the sport. He claims to have squatted or more for 27 consecutive years.

Personal records

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– (2017 World's Strongest Man) *Hummer tyre Deadlift ''(15 inches off the floor)'' – (2010 Arnold Strongman Classic) *Elevated Axle bar Deadlift (for reps) ''(15 inches off the floor)'' – x 12 reps (2009 Strongman Super Series Sweden Grand Prix) (World Record) *Log press – (2015 Britain's Strongest Man) *Axle press – (2009 Romania Grand Prix) * Atlas Stone (for reps) – x 4 reps over 4 ft bar (2011 Arnold Strongman Classic) * Atlas Stone to shoulder – x 7 reps (2013

FitX Melbourne) (Joint-World Record) * Jón Páll Sigmarsson Stone carry – for (2008 America's Strongest Man) (Former World Record) *Elephant Shield carry – for (2017 World's Strongest Man - Group 5) (World Record) *Farmer's Walk – per each hand for 75 m in 47.56 seconds (2006 IFSA World Championships Group 1) ( IFSA Record) *Carousel lift – (2019 Strongest Man in History TV show) (World Record) *Hip lift – (2012 Giants Live FitX Melbourne) (joint-world record) *Super Yoke – for 20 m in 8.88 seconds (2009 Romania Grand Prix) *

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Rolling Thunder – (2016 Visegrip Viking, Los Angeles) *Double overhand Axle deadlift – (2023 Fefor Arm Lifting)

References

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Powerlifting

Strongman

Personal records

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