22, he totaled 930 kg (2,050 lb) raw, winning second place overall, behind Páll Logason. During the 2018 Thor's Powerlifting Challenge (sanctioned by the 'World Raw Powerlifting Federation'), with only five weeks of casual preparation, Hafþór totaled 1,100 kg (2,425 lb) raw, which was at the time the fifth-highest raw superheavyweight powerlifting total of all time. He won second place for highest bench press, behind Kirill Sarychev, and won first place for the highest squat, highest deadlift, highest total, and highest Wilks score, winning the overall competition. After a two-and-a-half-year hiatus from strength training, Hafþór competed in Thor's Powerlifting Meet 2022 with six weeks of preparation and totaled 970 kg (2,138 lb) raw. On 13 February 2023, Hafþór officially announced his return to strength sports, stating he will attempt to break the all-time powerlifting total world record at the end of the year. Personal records Deadlift – Squat – Log press – Axle press – Bench press – Cyr Dumbbell – Húsafell Stone – for Atlas Stones – 5 Stones weighing 120–200 kg (264–441 lb) in 17.54 seconds Keg toss – 8 kegs () over in 16.35 seconds One arm Weight over bar – over Legacy During his ten-year international strongman career, Hafþór won all the major strongman competitions and titles that were available at that time, including World's Strongest Man, Arnold Strongman Classic, Europe's Strongest Man, Strongman Champions League, Giants Live, and World's Ultimate Strongman, and his thirty international wins rank him as the third most decorated strongman of all time. Even though he was noted primarily for his strength in the moving events during the initial years of his career (for example, medleys and loading races, keg-tossing, power stairs, vehicle pulls, and natural stones, which require good stamina and athleticism), Hafþór kept on improving and upscaled his brute strength, which helped him excel in static events, such as deadlifts, squats, log presses, axle presses, circus dumbbells, etc. This made him a well-rounded strongman by the year 2018. Experts consider the three years from that point onwards as the "highest peak performance" of any strongman in history, due to Hafþór's dominance and having no weaknesses at any event. During these three years, the only time Hafþór failed to win a competition was due to an injury, and apart from it, he remained unbeaten. Hafþór's international accolades and winning everything there is in the sport cemented his legacy as one